Glasslands was a great introduction for me into the halo series, though i did have some knowledge of the franchise prior to reading the book, there were still a few terms that i had to catch up with. The thursday war by karen traviss online at alibris. Evolutions audiobook by karen traviss, eric nylund. Traviss focuses less on fight scenes and combat, and more on dialogue between different characters. When she came back and started reading her book, she turned it over from time to time to frown at the cover, and. Interview with karen traviss on 2 karen traviss to pen next halo novel. Karen travis single handedly ruins years halo lore i have read all the books by eric nylund and karen traviss completely ruins the hard work of the previous authors. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items.
See all books authored by karen traviss, including star wars. Ghosts of onyx and was published on october 25, 2011. There are a few nonfiction books out there with essays of mine in them, but lets stick to what youve really come here for storytelling. Karen traviss has become one of the top writers of science fiction stories in recent time. Glasslands has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. When humanity expanded beyond the safety of earth to new stars and horizons, it never dreamed what dangers would be encounter there. The theocratic military alliance known as the covenant has collapsed after a long, brutal war with humanity that saw billions slaughtered on earth. As near as i can tell, the author chose to write this book solely for the purpose of entertaining an audience. The kilofive trilogy, written by karen traviss, fleshes out the events of the postwar era following halo 3 the first book in the kilofive trilogy, halo. She was also the lead writer on the blockbuster gears of war 3 video game from epic games.
She was also lead writer on the 2011 blockbuster game gears of war 3. Where karens books fell flat on their face was characters and ideas. She was also the lead writer on the blockbuster gears of war 3 video game from epic. The author and publisher have provided this ebook to you without digital rights management software drm applied so that you can enjoy reading it on your personal devices. The book is filled with constant useless dialogue and the obvious hate for halsey shows karens inability to separate her personal feelings from the story as a writer. With the thirtyyearlong covenant war finally over, the office of naval intelligence faces old grievances rising again to threaten earth. The thursday war, was published on october 2, 2012. Net login register for bookmarks and favorites menu login. This is a great installment in the halo series and a great read. A former defense correspondent and tv and newspaper journalist, she.
She is best known for her work on the wesshar series but she has also written tiein stories for the star wars film franchise and the gears of war video game series. The final novel of the kilofive trilogy by numberone new york times bestselling author karen traviss part of the expanded universe based on the awardwinning video game series halo. Glasslands is a fantastic addition to the halo universe, and is a standout military science fiction novel in and of itself. Glasslands by karen traviss is thrilling, actionpacked science fiction that longtime halo fans and newcomers alike will enjoy. A former defence correspondent and tv and newspaper journalist, she lives in wiltshire. Ive read every halo novel as well as both gears of war novels which were written by karen traviss who penned one of the stories in this book. Karen traviss project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The thrilling shortstory collection featuring jeff vandermeer, karen traviss, and eric nylund part of the expanded universe based on the new york times bestselling video game series halo.
The characters traviss created and introduced were mostly fine barring osman, but her handling of already established characters was poor at best. The covenant has collapsed after a long, brutal war that saw billions slaught. The theocratic military alliance known as the covenant has collapsed after a long, brutal war with humanity that saw billions slaughtered on earth and its colonies. With the 30yearlong covenant war finally over, the office of naval intelligence faces old grievances rising again to threaten earth. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
Plenty to explore in this complex universe where the good guys do very bad stuff too, and the most human of beings isnt even organic. The kilofive trilogy follows those saucy spooks of the office of naval intelligence and splendid special forces. Glasslands is an okay halo book, but i dont think it matches up to the level of some of the previous nylund books in the series like fall of reach. I used to be a huge fan of a particular franchise which karen traviss wrote what i feel was a fairly epic line of books. First of all, there is a lot less action going in this one. Republic commando, star wars order 66, halo, the clone wars star wars arrow books, anvil gate karen traviss, sacrifice star wars legacy of the force paperback. Theres also a collection of shorter works available, evolutions. Since being royally screwed over by certain individuals in said franchise and wont return, i was. Its kind of like they held a contest and asked a bunch of authors to submit their stories to see who is the best halo writer. Legacy of the force, book 2, star wars republic commando true colors star wars.
Arguing politics and theories of law via the encounter with powerful alien. Storywise, traviss absolutely succeeded except for mortal dictata. Mortal dictata, by karen traviss, is a sciencefiction book that is set in the distant future where humanity is at war with a union of alien species called the covenant. The first novel of the kilofive trilogy by numberone new york times bestselling author karen traviss part of the expanded universe based on the awardwinning video game series halo. Karen traviss books list of books by author karen traviss. As a fan of the machinima webseries red vs blue, karen traviss made several references to the series in her kilofive trilogy. Sf signal karen traviss does an excellent job writing for the halo universe, she creates believable human and alien characters.
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