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Blackhawk
Written by Jay Allan
Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Blackhawk: a wanderer, a man running from a dark and sinister past. A genetically-engineered warrior, a capable and accomplished killer, he is also a lost soul, a man who has fled to the deepest reaches of space seeking his true identity.
The Far Stars: the farthest extent of human habitation in the galaxy, a sector of a hundred inhabited worlds, it is a dangerous expanse full of pirates, mercenaries, and cutthroats. The sector is a rough and rugged frontier, lying beyond the darkness of the great Void, and the only place in all the vastness of space where men live free of the brutal empire that rules the rest of mankind.
Celtiboria: once the premier world in the Far Stars, now a planet wracked by centuries of brutal civil war, driven to the edge of a dark age by the unending struggle among its Warlords for power and control.
Augustin Lucerne: one of Celtiboria's feuding Warlords, a brilliant tactician and a respected commander. Lucerne is something rare on Celtiboria, in all of the Far Stars . . . an honorable man who fights not for personal aggrandizement but to save his world.
The Far Stars: the farthest extent of human habitation in the galaxy, a sector of a hundred inhabited worlds, it is a dangerous expanse full of pirates, mercenaries, and cutthroats. The sector is a rough and rugged frontier, lying beyond the darkness of the great Void, and the only place in all the vastness of space where men live free of the brutal empire that rules the rest of mankind.
Celtiboria: once the premier world in the Far Stars, now a planet wracked by centuries of brutal civil war, driven to the edge of a dark age by the unending struggle among its Warlords for power and control.
Augustin Lucerne: one of Celtiboria's feuding Warlords, a brilliant tactician and a respected commander. Lucerne is something rare on Celtiboria, in all of the Far Stars . . . an honorable man who fights not for personal aggrandizement but to save his world.
Author
Jay Allan
Jay Allan is a former investor and the author of the Crimson Worlds series and the first two books in the Far Stars series, Shadow of Empire and Enemy in the Dark. When not writing, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and reading. He loves hearing from readers and always answers e-mails. He currently lives in New York City.
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Reviews for Blackhawk
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blackhawk is a pretty good book that I enjoyed reading. It is a fast paced, tension filled, action packed adventure story that combines the cold barbarity of the past with some interesting weapons of the future. It is also about the ultimate warrior, a cold, brutal killer who hates the monster he had become. “Had,” because he escapes into the Far Stars, the farthest location of planets in the galaxy, home to pirates and mercenaries, yet also the last bastion of freedom. Here, he is hoping to find himself, his “true” self, atone for his sins, and escape from his past. On the world of Celtiboria, he finds himself in the middle of a war for a worthy cause, yet every time he picks up a weapon, he is drawn closer and closer to his past, to the creature he once was. The struggle is very real. The war is a little too much of a case of black and white, good against evil, far too simplistic, and not overly realistic, but that doesn’t take away from the enjoyment of the book. The book’s main drawback is its repetitiveness, as in once a character states something, either he or another character explains the statement as though the author is automatically assuming the reader is too stupid to understand the meaning of the original statement. For that, I’m knocking one star off. However, this is an exciting military sci fi novel with plenty of intrigue and action and it’s a good start to a new series. Four stars and recommended.