Star Strike (The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1)

Features

• Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 400 pages
• Published by: Eos January 29, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0061238589
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0061238581
• Book Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 7.2 ounces

Product Description

Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul.

Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination: the warriors of a resilient race the world-devourers nearly annihilated centuries ago . . .

A power vast, ancient, and terrifying, the mighty Xul have lost track of the insignificant humans hundreds of years after devastating their home world—which has enabled the United Star Marines to operate unnoticed and unhindered. A near-autonomous intergalactic policing force, they battle in defense of an Earth they may not live to see again. Now, following the trail of a vanished twenty-fourth-century transport, they are journeying through an unexplored stargate to the edge of an unknown galaxy many light years from their sun. For the last, best, and only chance to defeat the tyrants of the universe may at long last be at hand . . .

About The Author

Ian Douglasis the author of the popular military SF series The Heritage Trilogy. He lives in Pennsylvania.

Reader Reviews
I have read the previous two triologies, Heritage and Legacy. This is a great start to the new series. Mr. Douglas/Kieth has done it again. Being a former Marine, I feel he captures the feel and attitude of the Marines he is writing about. He brings in the stress of combat and the aftermath into the forefront and does not make the characters supermen and women. He brings out the depth and emotion of what it feels like to be close to a small group of people. He also, for me at least, captures the antipathy and bigotry that Marines run into. He shows that the Marines are not killing machines but real people. The universe he has created over the last six books is a very deep and rich one. It is not a perfect universe where everyone gets along and all push together. He brings out the competion that humans have and the conflicts that arise. If you have not read the previous books, go back and read them. You will not be sorry. But you can pick this book up and will not be disappointed.