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  • ISBN: 0316007587
  • Category: Fiction
  • Author: Kevin J. Anderson
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  • Publisher: Orbit; Reprint edition (May 1, 2009)
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Redirected from Ashes of Worlds). The Saga of Seven Suns is a series of seven space opera novels by American writer Kevin J. Anderson, published between 2002 and 2008.

Redirected from Ashes of Worlds). The books are set in a not-too-distant future where humans have colonized a number of other planets across the galaxy, thanks in part to technological assistance from an ancient alien race, the Ildirans.

The Ashes of Worlds" offers a big, satisfying finish to a seven-book series that, at worst, was always perfectly entertaining, and at best was often much more than that

The Ashes of Worlds" offers a big, satisfying finish to a seven-book series that, at worst, was always perfectly entertaining, and at best was often much more than that.

Kevin J. Anderson has written twenty-seven national bestsellers and has over 15 million books in print worldwide. The Ashes of Worlds" offers a big, satisfying finish to a seven-book series that, at worst, was always perfectly entertaining, and at best was often much more than that. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers’ Choice Award.

The Saga of the Seven Suns is a continued in the Saga of Shadows. by Kevin J. Anderson. The culminating volume in Kevin J. Anderson'. ore.

Books by kevin j. The Saga of Seven Suns. Veiled Alliances (graphic novel) . Contents. Chapter 1: Admiral Sheila Willis. Chapter 2: King Peter. Chapter 3: Chairman Basil Wenceslas.

The Ashes of Worlds book. Martin style - by character. But therein lies another fault. The cast is absolutely massive and you never really feel like you fully get to know each character, let alone become emotionally attached to them.

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Saga of Seven Suns— historical and legendary epic of the Ildiran civilization, considered to be infallible until Anton Colicos and Rememberer Vao’sh proved otherwise. I’ve worked on the Saga of Seven Suns for nearly eight years, and even though I originally envisioned a vast epic spanning many volumes, the story has still grown and changed, thanks to the advice and expertise of many people.

The culminating volume in The Saga of Seven Suns weaves together the myriad story lines in a spectacular grand finale. Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against one another

The culminating volume in The Saga of Seven Suns weaves together the myriad story lines in a spectacular grand finale. Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against one another. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale eight years in the making. The Saga of Seven Suns is one of the most colorful and spectacular science-fiction epics of the past decade.

Galactic empires clash, elemental beings devastate whole planetary systems, and the factions of humanity are pitted against each other. Heroes rise and enemies make their last stands in the climax of an epic tale seven years in the making. Acclaim for The Saga of Seven Suns"Anderson weaves action, romance, and science with a rousing plot reflecting the classic SF of Clarke and Herbert and the glossy cinematic influence of Lucas and Spielberg." --- Publishers Weekly *Starred Review* "Kevin Anderson has created a fully independent and richly conceived venue for his personal brand of space opera, a venue that nonetheless raises fruitful resonances with Frank Herbert's classic Dune series." --- Scifi.com"Everything about Anderson's latest is BIG-the war, the history, the aliens. These are elemental forces battling here, folks. Yet the characters are always the heart of the story, and their defeats and triumphs give perspective to it all." --- Starlog "A soaring epic . . . a space opera to rival the best the field has ever seen." --- Science Fiction Chronicle"Colorful stuff . . . bursting with incidents, concepts, and a massive cast of characters, matching well-thought-out SF ideas with melodrama and interfamily strife." --- SFX
Reviews about The Ashes of Worlds (Saga of Seven Suns) (7):
Zeus Wooden
This series was a hard slog - the short chapters, recapping much of what had gone before, made it feel as if I was re-reading the story again and again. Character development was "OK". The thing that kept me going was the inevitable "how are they going to get out out of this tricky situation with impossibly powerful super-beings". Sadly, the answer was often - bring in another super-being or have an existing super-being change sides.
I am quite glad to have reached the end and can read something a bit more intriguing. Or fun.
Why did I carry on? Curiosity, but by book 4, this was really the only thing that kept me going. That, and the fact that I'd invested quite a bit of time (and money - these aren't cheap eBooks based on the genre's normal price.
Jum
I like science fiction in most forms though I prefer short stories, and though I read it for escape I like a generous amount of science in my science fiction. This seven volume saga came way too close to the old sword bearing Amazons in harem pants and brass brassieres, riding fire breathing dragons school of science fiction. And, creatures living in the heart of suns? Give me a break. If I had it to do over I would never start this series. The plot develops at such a glacial pace I feel sure that the author was paid by the word and wanted to milk it for all that it was worth. For anyone determined to read it I would suggest you read only volumes 1, 3, 5, and 7. You will miss absolutely nothing.
Auridora
Having finished all seven books in the series, I can state that this series was a chore to read and complete. But if you're reading this review, odds are pretty good that you've finished some of the books in the series and are contemplating whether or not it's worth it to continue all the way to the end. Short version: it's not, you're just throwing good time after wasting time on the earlier books.

The series as a whole is fundamentally flawed, with shallow characters, poor plotting, and no discernible science or logic to the internal universe. For example, take the Faeros--they can fly through interstellar space where there's no air and no temperature, yet in at least one scene, they can be extinguished by repeated water runs from starships (and why starships would be capable of putting out fires is another example of a flaw--they can do it because the plot requires them to be able to do it).

This final book is completely predictable. Will the villains get defeated? Yes, and exactly in the way you'd expect. Will there be ridiculous coincidences throughout the story to make sure the plot gets moved along. Yes. Will author Kevin Anderson repeat pieces of the story we just read a few pages ago? Yes. Will the chapters be too short and often pointless? Yes.

I suggest saving yourself a lot of time and just read a summary of the book. The who series could have been done in three books with decent editing and a lot less exposition. This ending, which was a long time coming, is neither satisfying nor interesting. If you've read all prior six books, then I suppose you're compelled to finish the series, but if you've only read the first two books, don't waste your time going on. But for anyone who enjoys reading or a good story, don't expect a sense of accomplishment at finishing this series.
Aradwyn
I started listening to this series on Audible and ended up reading the last 4 books. The amazing thing about this series is that there are multiple disparate plots going on, clearly all intertwined but each equally important and interesting, yet Anderson takes them all and ties them together at the end in a way that no other series I have read has ever done. He really gives a very satisfying end to each of the many different plots, which is an incredibly hard thing to do. I can't see how this could have been done in fewer books (besides, has anyone else figured out that 7 books is the appropriate number for obvious reasons?).

These books take patience to read, but that patience is well-rewarded. It is truly remarkable how satisfying the end was to me.
Agalas
What an excellent ending to the Seven Suns saga. I highly recommend this book and it's author. I can't wait to read what's next from the author.
MilsoN
"The Ashes of Worlds" offers a big, satisfying finish to a seven-book series that, at worst, was always perfectly entertaining, and at best was often much more than that. My personal favorite plotline throughout the series was the constant power struggle between Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter over who would hold the reins of the human government, and that was one of many plotlines entertainingly resolved here.

In a style that reminded me of the close to the film "Return of the Jedi", the last quarter of the book nicely jumped between several different battles and confrontations, with all the separate strands finally pulling together to contribute to the big finish. There are also a few quiet, graceful final chapters that nicely show us the aftermath of that big finish, and what many of the characters will now be doing with their lives (something "Return of the Jedi" could have used).

Was seven books a little long for Kevin Anderson's space opera? Maybe. But in a world where there's ten (so far) "Wheel of Time" books with no scheduled resolution (a situation further hampered by the recent passing of the books' author, Robert Jordan) and an ever-growing (but still very good, admittedly) "Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series by George R. R. Martin, it was refreshing to read a series that announced it was going to be seven books, delivered seven books (doing so fairly regularly one after the other), and- most importantly- provided a complete, satisfying story.

If you enjoyed Kevin Anderson's "Saga of Seven Suns" series, you might also like the single-volume epic, "The Last Days of Krypton", which is Mr. Anderson's imaginative take on the events leading up to the destruction of the planet Krypton and the launch of the infant Kal-El to Earth, where he'd eventually grow up to be Superman. Incidentally, I read both "The Last Days of Krypton" and "The Ashes of Worlds" on my Amazon Kindle reading device, and both read beautifully on the Kindle's eye-pleasing screen.

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