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 enlarge | Author: David Weber
Publisher: Tor Books
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 5694
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0765315017
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765315014
ASIN: 0765315017
Publication Date: July 22, 2008
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 Good but not great July 23, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
The 2nd book in David Weber's Safehold series is a good book but somehow not as satisfying as the first installment. Perhaps it is the fact that with the crushing Charis victory over the Church's assembled navy in the last book there is no longer a sense of "certain" doom hovering over Charis. There is nothing left to threaten Charis proper and the tension of the last book is not there. In fact, Charis will clearly be the uncontested ruler of the Safehold seas for several years at least, and probably longer when the Church starts rebuilding a navy of dubious worth.
There are several interesting revelations, and Merlin does finally come completely clean with Cayleb as well as another, rather suprising, character. There is also of course Cayleb's marriage to the queen of Chisholm which will definetly have ramifications all through the rest of the books.
Fans of epic naval battles will probably be dissapointed, and in general, there isnt as much action as I had hoped.
There IS a lot of setup for the following book, a look at some people and POVs that we hadnt seen before and will probably play a large role in future books.
Overall, I liked the book and will definetly buy the next book in the series. Especially to see how all the events started in this book fall out.
 The first was much better August 5, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
Off Armageddon Reef, the first book in this series, was the first David Weber book I had ever read. It was great. I loved it so much that I preordered the second book when I heard it was coming out. What a disappointment. I almost gave up on it about 100 pages in. When characters weren't sitting around talking to each other, they were sitting around thinking to themselves.
The two things I loved in the first book were (1) how the main character, Merlin, made new innovation possible without it being obvious that it was his idea, and (2) the great sea battles. The second book had little, if any, of either. Sorry, David, I have second thoughts about your writing abilities now. It's going to take some convincing to get me to buy the third book in this series.
 good book, not as good as the prequil July 26, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I enjoyed reading this book. It seems that this book is setting up for the 3rd installment of the series. It doesn't have nearly as much action as the first book OFF ARMAGEDDON'S REEF but, it is still very good. Mr. Weber spent most of this book on the church ( alot of talk ) and not the military or the "big get evens" that I thought he would. I hope the next installment of the story will have more of what made the first book so very very good and left this book somewhat lacking in my opinion.
 Weber always leaves me wanting more. July 31, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
The second in what Mr. Weber has announced as an eight book series. It is riveting. BSRA widens and deepens our understanding of many of the characters introduced in Off Armageddon Reef. This book held my attention for the three days it took me to finish it.
Not as much combat as OAR, but much more discussion of the political background and characters' motivations. I liked it.
 Very Disappointing... August 4, 2008
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of David Weber for years but his books have gone down hill since the last Honor Harrington book...the concept in this new series is excellent but Weber gets bogged down in a long drawn out story line...to many characters with convoluted names and places...
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