Tsar Wars

Stephen Goldin

Mar 2010 · Parsina Press

About this eBook

Welcome to the first great space opera decalogy of the twenty-first
century! Agents of ISIS is the 21st century re-envisioning of the Family
d'Alembert series by its original author, an epic saga describing the
fight to preserve humanity from the forces of chaos and destruction.

With
humanity scattered across the galaxy on hundreds of worlds, the Empire
is the only force for order across the stars. Without it, interstellar
conflicts would bring chaos and billions of deaths.

But the tsar
has been in a coma for five years now, and his grand-niece, the only
apparent heir, is only 14 years old. In this hour of crisis, the task of
preserving the Empire falls to two untrained--but far from
unskilled--agents of the Imperial Special Investigation Service. Can
they make a difference against the vast forces arrayed against them? 

Ratings and reviews

I'm a sucker for a massive, galactic-spanning space opera that has everything but the kitchen sink in it (Star Wars anyone?), so when the tongue-in-cheek Tsar Wars came across my recommendation list, it was a given I'd snap it up. I enjoyed this book far more than perhaps I should have. Galactic empires, political back-stabbing, genetically engineered secret agents, a princess-in-peril, and ... circus performers? Including a cameo with some otherworldly jaguar-like antagonists? Oooh! Yeah. This book hit a sweet spot that ain't been hit since Princess Leah kissed Luke Skywalker just before swinging across that yawning chasm and said 'good luck!' Since when did it become not okay to just plain have FUN reading a book? With a happy ending? Why has everything become about some dark, tortured anti-hero? Can't heroes just be heroic because it's the right thing to do? If you enjoyed the light-hearted feel of the first three Star Wars movies (IV-VI)and lamented the loss of both characterization and feel-goodedness (is that even a word?) from the latter three prequels (I-III), then you'll enjoy this book immensely. And oh, goody ... there are several more books in this series....

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About the author

Born in Philadelphia in 1947, Stephen Goldin has lived in California since 1960. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy from UCLA and worked as a civilian space scientist for the U.S. Navy for a few years after leaving college, but has made his living as a writer/editor most of his life.

His first wife was fellow author Kathleen Sky, with whom he co-wrote the first edition of the highly acclaimed nonfiction book The Business of Being a Writer. His current wife is fellow author Mary Mason. So far they have co-authored two books in the Rehumanization of Jade Darcy series.

He served the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as editor of the SFWA Bulletin and as the organization’s Western Regional Director. He has lived with cats all his adult life. Artistically, he enjoys Broadway musicals and surrealist art.

Learn more about him at his Web site, http://stephengoldin.com.

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Learn about Stephen Goldin’s other ebooks at http://stephengoldin.com/ebibliography.html.