Allies and Aliens

by Roger MacBride Allen

Lieutenants Terrance MacKenzie Larson and Joslyn Marie Cooper Larson had just gotten married and also finished training in the League of Planets Survey Service when their first mission was rudely... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671876589
• ISBN13: 9780671876586
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 726 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Two very different stories makes a more than average book

The first part of the book deals with the reconquering of a Finnish colony by the League of planets. The invaders have achieved complete surprise and will be hard to boot out. Fortunately there are always unsung heroes to take care of those situations :) This story makes a parallel about the obsolescence of battleships at the end of WW2. As you can see on the cover of the book, the aircraft carrier is going down. The second part is about First Contact with a very different species that ours. Those aliens are dragged in the war between the two other factions and humans might be on the brink of extinction. I thought this story a little better written that the first one. As with any good story, it made me imagine a lot of things. The characters are not that fleshed out but you get the point.

Lots of imagination.

Interesting aliens, realistic space combat, interesting characters. You must remember that the book is two within one, so the second starts slightly overlapping the first book. Its the plot itself that seems to come from a 50's space opera. Wars HAVE been fought because of revenge and greed, but still it feels like a simple battle of good vs evil. A group of evil racist imperialistic humans with superweapons vs a group of good honorable freedom loving humans with old time naval traditions.

Gripping, Exciting, Contemporary Science Fiction

The story is complex, intense, and exhilerating. There is plenty of action, romance, mystery, suspense and excitement. You won't be able to put it down and will have to read it twice just to satisfy your craving.

Very good hard Sci-Fi

This book was a great read. I couldn't put it down. There is plenty of action, and it is gripping. His writing makes you want to skip ahead to find out what happens. The aliens are really alien for a change, instead of just being intelligent earth animals, like in most Sci-Fi. The aliens also have different subcultures, which is also missing from most sci-fi. Mr. Allen shows great imagination and writing skill with this one and I look forward to all his books.