The Defiance

by Bill Baldwin

Book Overview

Wilf Brim returns to the ancient city of Atalanta where he COMMANDS the Imperial Fleet Base now. The Helmsman must rally demoralized forces, break the siege of Atalanta, and capture the ancient star... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446603341
• ISBN13: 9780446603348
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Aspect
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

New Book

Like many of you, i have despaired being able to continue the tales of Wilf Brim. I have read these 7 books repeatedly, and basically haunted Bill Baldwin's website to get moe news. Recently, it was announced in his website that Timberwolf Press will be releasing the next book, Turning Tide, as well as re-releasing the earlier 7 books again. I cannot wait for it to be available here.

another great book in the series

Bill Baldwin keeps getting better. I really enjoy this series: I've read every one of the books many times. The books keep growing on me: each time I re-read them I find more details that I missed the previous times through. The publisher is insane not to be encouraging Baldwin to write the next six books in the series. Hopefully enough fan support will cause them to rethink this foolish decision. This series is great Space Opera: far better then the vast majority of the military sci-fi that gets published. Other readers have complained about the change in writing style: I get so engrossed in the story that I don't even notice. The change of technologies over the course of the stories has been particularly interesting: as a military history buff and particularly a navy buff I really enjoy this aspect of the books. I like the fact that while the big ships are no longer dominant the smaller units are still much more substantial than mere fighters: there is no carrier dominance in this universe. I like the way Baldwin set up the character for more adventures: he's dealing with the same problem David Weber is starting to have with Honor Harrington (too much rank!) in a creative way. I'd really like to see a Role Playing Game supplement for this universe with pictures of the ships and equipment (and maps): I've thought of running my own campaign in this universe since there's such a tremendous amount of detail in these books, but more information can't hurt (hint,hint)!

Wilf Brin gets nailed...

Plenty of action and a couple of new characters you will really, really, REALLY hate. A lot. Wilf, like usual, does his job and does it well - but gets back-stabbed. Read it - you'll see. This was the first book in the series I read, and hunted up the previous 6. All are well worth the read. One warning - the publisher has no plans to renew the series, even though Bill Baldwin wants to - maybe a little pressure from fans would help! Update: Bill Baldwin has a new publisher. His books are re-released in expanded versions, and a NEW novel is due by 2007. Wilf will be back!

Continues the series but could be better.

Wilf is at it again ! I really didn't like the writing style of this the 7th book in the series. I also thought that some of the facts as remembered by Wilf had not been covered in the previous books. Overall it's not a bad read and I can't wait for book 8 !!

I am ready for the next chapter

Although at times Wilf Brim became somewhat maudlin about his romantic relationships. I still enjoyed the book "The Defiance" very much. I do think Bill Baldwin has left fans of the series hanging long enough. I have read the series at least five times. I am very ready for the next chapter.