Vigilante: A Major Ariane Kedros Novel

by Laura E. Reeve

Book Overview

Amidst an uneasy peace between the Autonomists and the Terrans, Major Ariane Kedros and her partner,MatthewJourney, have discovered alien ruins on a remote planet'ruins that bear evidence to an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 045146298X
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Space colonization

Laura Reeve creates a vivid future earth, colonies, and universe. The main storyline of space exploration and searching for the relics of ancient technology doesn't progress that much. The main character Ariane, does not evolve or learn to shake her vice, even though it nearly cost her life in the previous book, and again in this book. Which is true of human nature, to shake a vice is difficult, but a true hero will understand the vice and weakness but find some way to beat it for their evolution and survival. The book does pit a doomed misogynistic religious sect of the human race in their quest in conflict with the human space colonists, other human factions, and the technologically superior alien race that monitors the peace between the different human factions. There is a little action in trying to survive the crisis and Ariane is still a character unsure of herself, hesitant, and unable to act decisively. For a military trained expert, she is a character just waiting to kill herself through her vice or by inaction, due to her survivor's guilt and decisions made in the past. This is what makes the character "real", she has weaknesses. But will she become a truly heroic figure, to overcome her vices, face her inner demons to be at peace with herself and live independently for her future, not in fear of the past that haunts her? This is a good second book in the series, looking forward to reading future installments.

Fast-paced and very satisfying

While I enjoyed "Peacekeeper", "Vigilante" really reached another level. Once I started reading it I had difficulty putting it down, which for me is the best way to gauge how much I like a book. Suspenseful, wry dialog,characters I actually cared about, and just the right amount of action, which never dropped to the level of gratuitous violence. Definitely thumbs up.

Greeks in space ...

Laura is very influenced by her Greek heritage. This time Ari and Matt goes back to the G-145 system they found in the beginning of Peacekeeper. Terran State Prince Isrid Parmet, with family are there too. He who tortured Arianne and blackmailed her to sign a contract for Terran companies to exploit the alien ruins found on a moon in the system. At the same time it is discovered that a Terran temporal bomb has disappeared, propably stolen. Also set on G-145 are a cult of isolationists. Their hero Quesan Douchet once destroyed a Minoan ship. The Minoans hunted him down and killed him and made all his relatives barren. Now the isolationists are back for revenge and the fulfillment of his prophesy. They have infiltrated sleepers all over the system when their leader Abrams Hadrian Rouxe take over the generation ship in charge of the temporal buoy. Another excellent book by Laura E Reeve. Musa 3 might not have as much personality as David Weber's Dahak but she is getting there

exciting military science fiction thriller

Everyone who knows of Armed Forces Consortium of Autonomous Worlds (AFCAW) Reserve Major N-pilot Ariane Kedros besides her partner Matthew Journey sees her differently. The Terran Exploration League (TEL) believes the Aether Exploration pilot is a war criminal who needs execution for the murder of billions in one of their solar systems (see PEACEKEEPER); her side the Autominists believes her to be a war hero. Although she did her duty she agrees with the Terrans that she deserves to die, but refuses to surrender to them. Someone with obvious insider help, strong connections and capital steals a temporal distortion bomb at the same time that tension mounts between the Autominists and the Terrans. The AFCAW directs Kedros and Journey to fly Master Sergeant Joyce to G-145, an enigmatic orb that seems in the middle of nowhere yet has drawn strong attention from both sides of the hostile Cold War and the unknown alien Minoans. As Kedros arrives with her human CAW cargo, the terrorists who stole the bomb also have come to this remote planet with plans to ignite it on G-145 as their leader has vengeance and justice in mind for past crimes. This exciting military science fiction thriller obviously stars Kedros who is overloaded with guilt because she knows she can never make right what she did though her side of the hostilities appreciates her following orders; an interesting ethical dilemma that remains valid in real life. However, although Kedros is the attraction, the fast-paced story line works because of the multiple differing viewpoints re right and wrong between species and within a species. VIGILANTE is a strong action-packed sequel to the exciting PEACEKEEPER; driven to hyperspeed by a deep characterization who make the Reeve universe feel genuine. Harriet Klausner