False Colors

by J. Andrew Keith, William R. Forstchen, William H. Keith Jr.

Book Overview

When a desperate attack on the Kilrathi homeworld destroyed the entire planet, with the Emperor and his warlords, the demoralized Kilrathi colony worlds surrendered. After thirty-five years of war, Earth and its own colonies welcomed peace in our time. But the ominous reality was that plenty of independent Kilrathi warlords survived and commanded a formidable array of warships and weaponry. War weary Earth turned a deaf ear to reports of Kilrathi...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671577840
• ISBN13: 9780671577841
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

The end of the beginning

This book is set just after the end of the Kilrathi war. Kilrah's surface has been utterly devastated by the Temblor bomb. The offical representatives of the Kilrathi government surrendered; the other clans split and began fighting amongst themselves. Once again, (as in the truce of 2668) the war weary people of the Confederation have been quick to demobilise and declare peace. But a Kilrathi warlord has other plans. It falls to Admiral Tolywn and a small group of brave men and women to hold the front line.Something happened to Geoffrey Tolwyn in the years between the Kilrathi war and the Border Worlds conflict (the setting for Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom) that dramatically changed the admiral, with disastrous consquences for mankind. This book offers the first hint of what caused a man of Tolwyn's stature and accomplishment to fall from grace. That is a small part of the book, however, and even if you aren't interested in Tolwyn specifically you can still enjoy the storyline. This book is far superior to Forstchen's prequel "Action Stations", which I didn't rate very highly.I look forward to the next book, which will hopefully bridge the gap between Heart of The Tiger and The Price of Freedom.

A Terrific Book that fills the gap between WC3 & WC4

This book is very well done and fills in the gap between Wing Commander Heart of the Tiger & W.C. The Price of Freedom.It also brings some of our Heroes back from W.C. Fleet Action & W.C. End Run. This is a great series & you'll enjoy it even if you don't play the computer games...

The best of the WC series

This is the best one of the series with political intrigue mixed with plenty of action. It's cool how it sheds light of Tolwyn's plot in relation to another secret group, and the whole novel had an underlying tension that sets the rest of the book off.

Absolutely action packed.

This book is very well done. It keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through. Once you start you'll find it impossible to start. It clarifies a lot about the series after the war has ended.

The true story behind the end of the Kilrathi war is told.

Jason Bondarevsky of past Forstchen novels returns, along with Sparks, Tolwyn, and even Doomsday, teaming with the Landreich to use a captured Kilrathi supercarrier against independent Kilrathi warlords unwilling to surrender after the destruction of Kilrah. Very well done, written like Fleet Action.