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    The Unincorporated War
    The Unincorporated War
    The Unincorporated War
    Audiobook22 hours

    The Unincorporated War

    Written by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin

    Narrated by Eric G. Dove

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Kollin brothers introduced their future world, and central character Justin Cord, in their Prometheus Award-winning novel The Unincorporated Man. Justin created a revolution in that book, and is now exiled from Earth to the outer planets, where he is an heroic figure.

    The corporate society which is headquartered on Earth and rules Venus, Mars, and the Orbital colonies, wants to destroy Justin and reclaim hegemony over the rebellious outer planets. The first interplanetary civil war begins as the military fleet of Earth attacks. Filled with battles, betrayals, and triumphs, The Unincorporated War is a full-scale space opera that catapults the focus of the earlier novel up and out into the solar system. Justin remains both a logical and passionate fighter for the principles that motivate him, and remains the most dangerous man alive.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 11, 2010
    ISBN9781441858054
    The Unincorporated War
    Author

    Dani Kollin

    Dani Kollin lives in Los Angeles, California, and Eytan Kollin lives in Pasadena, California. They are brothers, and this is their second novel.

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    • 4/5
      Kollin brothers have done it again – introduced something new, noteworthy and exciting, only to completely abandon it in the following volumes.What shocked me most was how the core ideas of the fitst volume The Unincorporated Man were neglected and forgotten by the authors starting with this second volume.Nothing more on the virtues and dangers of the incorporated system. Nothing of substance about the motivations and rationelle of those that oppose such system.What saved the book from failure, though, was a complete change of pace and style, where the Kollins artfully led an initially confused reader by the nose into the throng of space battles and systemwide geopolitics.This is a book of superbly exhilarating military sci-fi! ... and yet, sadly, the authors did betray everything they established in the first volume :(As for the plot – we see that the conflict brings about religion to seep out of the hidden shadows and into the spiritual vacuum of that world. Although authors present it as a good thing, as a sort of "Enlightened Religious Renaissance"; where people of many religions, most notably Islam and Judaism, and to lesser degree Christianity and others, wisely work together as a cohesive whole, putting all the past prejudices and sins of their predecessors far far behind(notably emphasized through the voice of a spiritual leader); they do not dwell on this development to any depth, choosing instead to concentrate on the space battles...It's also important to note that nucleus of the world is still presented as long-secular and nonspiritual, where people can't tell the difference between the long forgotten religions, or which prophet is associated with which one. (This is something that got "forgotten" by the authors later on).Another thing that is absent from anywhere in this world, is indication of ethnic differences – the world is cosmopolitan, and such things are long forgotten relics of the past, where people, again are unable and uninterested in identifying their ancestry. (This, again, is brutally disregarded by authors themselves later on).And of course, it is important to note, that majority of the people under the rule of the main antagonist Hector, were lied to, manipulated, and finally forced into serving the war effort, ..., and then thrown to death in their millions – in other words, made victims.(This too is cruelly dismissed in the last volume, by the very same authors...)The AIs - who supposedly have centuries of experience, do start to seem all too human, and surprisingly simplistic and caricature-like.And finally – the character portrayal of the main antagonist begins to deteriorate here as well. He is starting to look more like a typical "bad guy" (which later will come down to the cheapest caricature of a madman you've ever seen).I suppose it could be read by itself as a stand-alone work, for those who like military sci-fi action, as an entertaining read, but nothing else.And I was entertained, and give a solid 4 star rating.As I mentioned in the review of the first volume and earlier in this one, the following books (parts 3 and 4 of The Unincorporated Man series) only deteriorate in quality, and discard all the good points of either of the first two.
    • 4/5
      For new authors, the second book is often the critical book. Did they use all their ideas in the first book and quickly dash off another book while their career was hot or did they have more stories to tell and more tools to tell their stories. The Unincorporated War is definitely in the second category. This book is much better written than the first, with deeper characters and more intricate plotting. In fact, if some one is looking for a David Weber type of war story with graphic details of armament, tactics, and strategy, this is not the book for you. Instead it is the tale of the psychological, economic, and personal costs of war from both sides of the conflict. I would have rated this book five big stars except for one incontestable problem. This book does not end. The first book, although written with sequels in mind has a satisfying ending that ties up the major plot points while leaving room for the planned sequels. As I read the last dozen pages of this novel I knew that all of the major plot points would be left unresolved with no date to expect the last (?) book in the series.