The Backlash Mission

Timothy Zahn

Oct 2012 · The Blackcollar Series Book 2 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

In the sequel to Blackcollar from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn, Allen Caine is back on the front lines of an alien war.

Denver, Earth. The twenty-fifth century. After a devastating alien invasion, the Terran Democratic Empire is occupied by the Ryqril race. The once-heroic resistance warriors known as the blackcollars now serve as strong-arm security for Denver’s criminal elements.

When Allen Caine completes his year-long blackcollar training on the planet Plinry, he and his elite team head to Earth to strike out against the Ryqril puppet government. But there’s no way of knowing whether the remaining blackcollars in Denver will be with him, or against him. . . .

Ratings and reviews

This is the second book that Timothy Zahn wrote in what was intended to be a trilogy from the start. You wrote the first two books under one publishers and then changed publishers. Unfortunately the old publishers would not allow him to finish the series with one book to go. That was in the early 1980s. 20 years later Timothy Zahn went back to his original publisher and completed the third and final book in the series. I loved the first two books and was thrilled when the third finally appeared. Zahn's style of writing is cinematic. Amazingly clear pictures of the surroundings and fully develops all his characters. The books are suspenseful and action packed in this series they shouldn't be overlooked.

Good read

About the author

Timothy Zahn is a New York Times bestselling science fiction author of more than forty novels, as well as many novellas and short stories. Best known for his contributions to the expanded Star Wars universe of books, including the Thrawn trilogy, Zahn won a 1984 Hugo Award for his novella “Cascade Point.” He also wrote the Cobra series, the Blackcollar series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series, whose first novel, Dragon and Thief, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Zahn currently resides in Oregon with his family.