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Dogs of War
- Ixan Legacy, Book 3
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
The invasion has begun....
The Progenitors are here, and Captain Husher knows the galaxy isn’t ready. He spent his entire military career preparing, but it wasn’t enough.
As the Interstellar Union continues to flail and colony after colony is consumed, Husher must make some impossible choices. About what to save. And what to let fall to the onslaught.
If he can’t find a way to oppose the Progenitors, they will sweep through the multiverse like fire through a parched forest.
It all comes down to this.
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- Placid
- 12-03-19
A truly good book
This is the third installment of the Ixan Legacy Trilogy. It continues after the Progenitors have started another series of conflicts that has led to fighting. Captain Husher seems to be the only member of the Navy who has recognized the seriousness of the danger involved even as the Union continues to try and destroy him as they also work to wreck their own government.
There are many places where you want to believe that people could not be as bad as they appear; but it provides a look at how far people will go to ensure their own position of power.
The book is exciting and keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. It is well narrated and the narrator has great voice control for the various character and is fully understandable.
This book was provided free of charge in exchange for an honest review.
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- David Munch
- 06-02-21
Good scifi with a rushed ending
Dogs of War is the last book in the Ixan Legacy trilogy, by Scott Bartlett. The interstellar Union is pressed to the brink, due to the relentless continued attacks from the progenitors. The enemys ability to phase in and out of reality, and their massive number of ships, has created a situation from which Captain Husher is unsure that they can survive. At the same time, his best friend Feske is missing in a parallel universe, and the IU government is fighting his actions at every move.
The quality of the writing and audiobook narration by Mark Boyett is unchanged, and I still enjoyed it as much as the previous books. It rounds of the trilogy in a satisfying way, although I must say it was somewhat more predictable than previous entries, and I did feel the ending was slightly rushed. The big end battle with the main bad guy was surprisingly quickly over, and the bad guy just kind of vanished without a satisfying finish. I assume it was due to the setup of the secondary bad guy, as a kind of ‘new type’ of baddest bad guy, but even he was also finished very quickly. In addition to that, the aftermath was very briefly touched, and I would have liked to know more about how the political and human aspects of the universe changed post war. I assume it is possible that Bartlett wants to add yet another trilogy to his world, but if he does, I do hope it isn’t another trip with the same bad guy again. :P Now I want to see the different aspects of his world, and while space ship warfare can still be a good part of it, it shouldn’t be the main focus anymore. The author did quite good with the addition of the political side plots in this trilogy, and I would like to see more of it.
As with the previous book, I felt the entire side plot with the characters from the Mech Wars series was a waste. It didn’t add much, and in the end they really needn’t had been there for the overall story. I had no relation to them at all, and thus I often felt I didn’t understand why they did as they did. In addition, the enemy that was introduced in book 2 for these characters was completely unused here, and thus disappeared as fast as he appeared.
Overall I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t as ‘tight’ as previous Bartlett books, especially the ending. So if you enjoyed the previous entries, and have you also read the Mech Wars series, you’ll definitely also like this one.
I received this audiobook for free in return for a review. I have no affiliation with the author, the narrator, the publisher, or their pets (Although I am sure the latter are quite nice!).
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- Mark Say
- 28-01-20
Dogs of War
This is the final part of the Ixan Legacies trilogy and it is a fitting end to the series. I flew through this listening to it much quicker than I normally would have because I couldn't wait to find out what happened!
I can't really remember where the last book Pride of the Fleet ended and this one began. Because I don't want to get into spoiler territory all I will say is that this is the best book of the three, the other two were merely setting the scene so that things could be wrapped up for better or worse here.
We have space battles, mech wars and finally an ending to the frustration of intergalactic politics which wound me up so much in the first two books. Don't let the fact that I got wound up about it put you off, I'm more than certain that it was supposed to.
The ending wraps things up and doesn't leave is with a massive cliffhanger like some of Bartlett's previous book!
I really enjoyed the series and would thoroughly recommend.
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- Azura S
- 11-07-20
Thrilling Finish
I have really enjoyed this series. Finally, a sci-fi series written by somebody who isn't a utopian idealist. This is a solid commentary on today through a future lens as well as a super and entertaining romp. The narrator is excellent too. Thumbs up, this was great.
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