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Since the failure of the interplanetary communications system, the ages-long peace within the Republic of the Sphere has begun to shatter. Power-hungry factions--such as the Steel Wolves--are raiding vulnerable worlds to establish their own rule. As a gateway to Earth, the planet of Northwind has strategic value, making it an exposed target to the splintering factions emerging across The Republic--and Duchess Tara Campbell will not allow her home to fall into enemy hands. Offering military assistance, The Republic sends Paladin Ezekiel Crow and his fully armed BattleMech to help defend Northwind. MechWarrior Anastasia Kerensky, she of the infamous bloodline, has her sights set on possessing Northwind, and what Anastasia wants, Anastasia usually gets. But first she must contend with the deadly politics of the Steel Wolves before she embarks on a conquest that could lead to the very heart of the republic itself.… (más)
Another book that isn't very popular with the fanbase (indeed, an entire trilogy that got rather roasted upon release), I thought that A Silence in the Heavens was pretty good at the time. While my opinion has mellowed slightly, it's still a pretty good book.
A Silence in the Heavens picks up where A Call to Arms left off, with Tassa Kay—Anastasia Kerensky—in the hands of the Steel Wolves. Being the ambitious female dog… err, wolf—that she is, she wastes no time getting down to business and taking the Steel Wolves under her wing.
While the book does a great job of setting up Kerensky's command of the Wolves, and the impending conflict with Northwind, it then tries to bring the two into active conflict on Northwind. Unfortunately, this battle is rather hastily carried out, without the Wolves' full forces; they're sent running when it seems like they didn't really try. It seems like there wasn't enough room for the authors to play with this battle; it was meant to set up the next book, Truth and Shadows, but it only succeeded in undermining said setup.
As a standalone book, the ending is weak—but there's two more books coming after it, which build on the much stronger basis of the book's beginning. It doesn't work as a standalone, but as a part of the trilogy or the series it's an enjoyable evolution of the Wolves. ( )
Since the failure of the interplanetary communications system, the ages-long peace within the Republic of the Sphere has begun to shatter. Power-hungry factions--such as the Steel Wolves--are raiding vulnerable worlds to establish their own rule. As a gateway to Earth, the planet of Northwind has strategic value, making it an exposed target to the splintering factions emerging across The Republic--and Duchess Tara Campbell will not allow her home to fall into enemy hands. Offering military assistance, The Republic sends Paladin Ezekiel Crow and his fully armed BattleMech to help defend Northwind. MechWarrior Anastasia Kerensky, she of the infamous bloodline, has her sights set on possessing Northwind, and what Anastasia wants, Anastasia usually gets. But first she must contend with the deadly politics of the Steel Wolves before she embarks on a conquest that could lead to the very heart of the republic itself.
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A Silence in the Heavens picks up where A Call to Arms left off, with Tassa Kay—Anastasia Kerensky—in the hands of the Steel Wolves. Being the ambitious female dog… err, wolf—that she is, she wastes no time getting down to business and taking the Steel Wolves under her wing.
While the book does a great job of setting up Kerensky's command of the Wolves, and the impending conflict with Northwind, it then tries to bring the two into active conflict on Northwind. Unfortunately, this battle is rather hastily carried out, without the Wolves' full forces; they're sent running when it seems like they didn't really try. It seems like there wasn't enough room for the authors to play with this battle; it was meant to set up the next book, Truth and Shadows, but it only succeeded in undermining said setup.
As a standalone book, the ending is weak—but there's two more books coming after it, which build on the much stronger basis of the book's beginning. It doesn't work as a standalone, but as a part of the trilogy or the series it's an enjoyable evolution of the Wolves. (