A Mighty Fortress (Safehold)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765354071 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mother Church's entire purpose is to prevent the very things to which Charis is committed. Merlin knows all about battles against impossible odds, because he is in fact the cybernetic avatar of a young woman named Nimue Alban, who died a thousand years before. He knows that Safehold is the last human planet in existence, and that the stasis the Church was created to enforce will be the human race's death sentence if it is allowed to stand.The juggernaut is rumbling down on Charis, but Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary human beings stand in its path. Not yet even thirty years old, he's won the most crushing naval victories in human history. Young Cayleb Ahrmahk has accomplished things few people could even dream of. Cayleb and Sharleyan have created the Charisian Empire, the greatest naval power in the history of Safehold, and they've turned Charis into a place of refuge for all who treasure freedom.Their success may prove short-lived. The Church of God Awaiting, which controls most of Safehold, has decreed their destruction. The Church is about to discover just how potent the power of human freedom truly is, in David Weber's A Mighty Fortress.. Soon a mighty fleet will sail against Cayleb, destroying everything in its path.But there are still matters about which the Church knows nothing, including Cayleb and Sharleyan's adviser, friend, and guardian- the mystic warrior-monk named
His other top-selling science fiction novels include Out of the Dark, the Dahak books and the Multiverse books, written with Linda Evans. His popular Honor Harrington and Honorverse novelsincluding Mission of Honor, At All Costs, and Torch of Freedomare New York Times bestsellers and can't come out fast enough for his devoted readers. His novels
The Church of God Awaiting, however, is determined to bring the whole planet of Safehold under its sway, with disastrous implications for the survival of humanity. Cayleb still has the warrior monk Merlin at hand, however, and it begins to look as though the latter isn’t the only echo of the Matter of Britain in this saga that combines superb action sf elements and (surprise!) homage to the great novels of the Age of Fighting Sail (by C. It is even prepared to take to the high seas with a vast armada using technology that centuries of effort have been spent trying to limit. --Roland Green . S. From Booklist *Starred Review* No one can doubt where the title of Weber’s new novel of the planet Safehold comes from, nor, reading it, be surprised that Cayleb Ahrmahk is happy as a grig
"500 Pages of Meeting Minutes" according to John A. Yoder. I'm a huge fan of Weber's previous work and found the Safehold series extremely compelling. And what's not to like? A lost human colony with 19th century technology is slowly being manipulated back towards modernity by an android with a love for constitutio. Lost his focus Snaz I liked the premise for this (I generally like Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court variations which is what this is).I was a little distressed when I realized the main character was just a variation on Honor Harrington remade as a male robot -- much l. Long on Talk, Short on Action: Weber needs an Editor! Cut to the Chase! Nathan S. Collier The Safehold Series has a fascinating premise:Even with access to space age technology, how can one 'man' single handedly sow the seeds of change to modernize/democratize a 1600 century culture/world steeped in the dogmatic teachings of a corrupt and all po