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The Friendly Ambassador: Walking with the Enemy

As the end approaches, Li-Sen-Tot remembers his time on this once peaceful world and the people he had come to know so well. Those memories tug at his bitter heart, but his loss is too much to bear. For the Androktones and the Seventy-Ninth of the Telen'Gal, the final reckoning brings the final solution to the turmoil that has dominated their thoughts in equal power. For Anaxilea, it is a final peace for her troubled conscience. And with the Gate Of Heaven safe, it is time for Tai-Gil and Ann-Ra to leave. And when the war is finally over, the aftershocks continue. Victory is hollow for Ares and the Atlantians as they head for Troy and a life in exile. The Klysanthians also face an uncertain future, and Peleus must decide whether that future is the one that he will share. Prophecies and legends entwine, and in the end only one thing is certain: Nothing will ever be the same again.

The Friendly Ambassador: Walking with the Enemy is the fourth part of an ongoing four part science fiction epic in which female characters feature very prominently, many of them in strong and attractive leading roles. The first three parts of the story are: The Beginning of the End, A Gathering of Angels and Changes.

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Product Details:
Author: David George Richards
Paperback: 380 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: October 23, 2006
Language: English
ISBN: 1419632884
Product Length: 5.98 inches
Product Width: 9.01 inches
Product Height: 0.77 inches
Product Weight: 1.1 pounds
Package Length: 9.0 inches
Package Width: 6.0 inches
Package Height: 0.86 inches
Package Weight: 1.42 pounds
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4An excellent space opera.  Apr 10, 2012
By Kodai Okuda ""Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man or better than a man, but not like a man.""
All reviews that I do are measured using John Woods Campbell's criteria for science fiction. This criteria combines elements of "hard SF" with "soft SF" and space opera.

The Friendly Ambassador series is NOT a hard SF story, I don't consider it military SF either, but it has all of the elements of a choice space opera.

THE GOOD:
Strong character development. Believable interactions between characters, each is his/her own individual and I found no characters that can be called flat or "filler." Battles are well done and have purpose, no combat is done simply as paddding. Story is coherent, flows well, and leads to a conclusion that makes sense. The use of Greek names adds to the perfect feeling of space opera and lends itself to the atmosphere of reading a classic epic or legend. I enjoyed that touch very much.

THE BAD:
The Romantic element is quite good, but there is too much of it for my tastes. The sexual liasons are far too numerous for me. While some may enjoy this very much, I do not. I like a bit of sex in my science fiction, but I dislike reading page after page about the feelings one character has for another. I realize this story is a space opera and that is supposed to be in a space opera story type, but it is still a turn off for me.

THE UGLY:
The prologue. It needs to be redone. It is the only portion of the book in which there are changes in perspective from past to present tense without explanation or reason. I understand that this is a summary of the previous three books, but it does not flow anywhere near as well as the book itself does. I would suggest rewriting the prologue as a character telling what has happened in a journal or aloud speaking to someone else. Perhaps Tipi explaining it to his son or some such. Other than the prologue, I found no glaringly bad errors or mistakes within the novel itself.

CONCLUSION:
A really fun space opera to read. It has everything you would expect from a Greek classic or Classical Romantic tale such as Le Morte d'Arthur. I recommend this series for anyone looking for a good space-romance.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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