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Wess'Har Wars
Jun. 24th, 2007 01:24 pmI've been reading the series of Wess'Har books by Karen Traviss, and just finished with the latest one, Ally. I assume there will be more, judging by the ending.
The basic setting is a human extrasolar mission going to find an earlier, pioneering religious group that had taken with it, much like Noah's Ark, a gene bank to an alien world. ( Some mild spoilers. )
The alien races and cultures are very nice. Some liberties have been taken with the ability to communicate and share an environment, but less so than in many other works, and some can be conceivably explained away to satisfaction. None of the aliens are "evil" or bent on destruction, and I appreciate how the problem of balancing their relative interests and deeper look into their natures serves as a setting for pondering humanity as well.
In short, I really like this series; I found it to be an extraordinarily fun read, yet one that made me frequently pause, set the book aside, and ponder what I would do in a given situation, and just how I would balance things if I had a choice.
The basic setting is a human extrasolar mission going to find an earlier, pioneering religious group that had taken with it, much like Noah's Ark, a gene bank to an alien world. ( Some mild spoilers. )
The alien races and cultures are very nice. Some liberties have been taken with the ability to communicate and share an environment, but less so than in many other works, and some can be conceivably explained away to satisfaction. None of the aliens are "evil" or bent on destruction, and I appreciate how the problem of balancing their relative interests and deeper look into their natures serves as a setting for pondering humanity as well.
In short, I really like this series; I found it to be an extraordinarily fun read, yet one that made me frequently pause, set the book aside, and ponder what I would do in a given situation, and just how I would balance things if I had a choice.
