Singularity (Star Carrier, Book 3)

Ian Douglas

Nov 2012 · Star Carrier Book 3 · HarperCollins UK

About this eBook

The third book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence

There is an unseen power in the universe—a terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Sh'daar were even aware of the existence of Sol and its planets.

As humankind approaches the Singularity, when transcendence will be achieved through technology, contact will be made.

In the wake of the near destruction of the solar system, the political powers on Earth seek a separate peace with an inscrutable alien life form that no one has ever seen. But Admiral Alexander Koenig, the hero of Alphekka, has gone rogue, launching his fabled battlegroup beyond the boundaries of Human Space against all orders. With Confederation warships in hot pursuit, Koenig is taking the war for humankind’s survival directly to a mysterious omnipotent enemy.

Ratings and reviews

Very patchy: lots of phrase duplication just pages apart, so much repeated and cumbersome exposition, and I wasn't sure whether to laugh or vomit in the last chapter when they saw what date is was.

Far too much repetition of text from previous books in the trilogy and from within the sane book. I was able to spot these sections and skip them but it just adds bulk to what was in reality a much shorter book!

Good trilogy - but having read all three in quick sucession meant reading the same explanation several (no exaggeration) times.

About the author

Ian Douglas is the author of the popular military SF series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, and The Inheritance Trilogy. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.