On one hand, gannons novel offers a meticulously detailed and broadly examined future history the kind of thing old school sf nerds gush over while adding a few new twists and wrinkles to the classic first contact narrative. Commander cantrell in the west indies, and bronson pinchot reads larry correias hard magic, part 9. Fire with fire, second edition ebook written by charles e. Commander cantrell in the west indies in eric flints bestselling ring of fire series. Gannon is coauthor with steve white of extremis, the latest entry in the legendary starfire series created by david weber.
Previously published works in this settingalmost 70,000 words worthhave appeared in analog sf magazine and the defending the future anthologies. Book 1 of 6 in the caine riordan series and terran republic books series. Id seen the book in the bookstores, and honestly everything about it seemed designed to keep people from buying it. Trial by fire caine riordan book 2 english edition.
We have talked about chuck gannons fire with fire published by baen books. Intelligence analyst caine riordan uncovers a conspiracy on earths moona historymaking clandestine projectand ends up involuntarily cryocelled for his troubles. Listen to the author discuss the book here on the baen free radio hour. Twelve years later, riordan awakens to a changed world. Intelligence analyst caine riordan uncovers a conspiracy on. On one hand, gannon s novel offers a meticulously detailed and broadly examined future history the kind of thing old school sf nerds gush over while adding a few new twists and wrinkles to the classic first contact narrative. Gannon has 41 books on goodreads with 19530 ratings.
Sequel to national bestseller, nebula award finalist, and compton crook award winner. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fire with fire, second edition. Gannon s fire with fire is oldfashioned, in both the best and worst senses of that term. Fire with fire caine riordan, book 1 by charles e gannon.
The first fire with fire book by charles gannon is really lots of fun. Gannon is a breakthrough rising star in science fiction with a multiple short story and novella publications in baen anthologies, mankzin wars xiii, analog, and elsewhere. Im not sure how this book managed to get a series tacked on to it, or how it was even nominated for a nebula award, but it gives me encouragement that i could write something way better than this. Buy a cheap copy of fire with fire book by charles e. The vatican sanction, a new entry in the ring of fire alternate history series, part one of a. Gannon is coauthor with steve white of extremis, the latest entry in the legendary starfire series created by. Prequels raising caine, trial by fire and fire with fire were all nebula award finalists. Gannon is the author of compton crook award winning, nebula nominated novels fire with fire, trial by fire, and raising caine, in the caine riordan series. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide gannon, charles e, fire with fire. Fire with fire caine riordan, book 1 by charles e gannon book cover, description, publication history.
Humanity has achieved fasterthanlight travel and is pioneering nearby. An agent for a spy organization uncovers an alien alliance in near. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fire with fire. When reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative caine riordan returns from humanitys first encounter with alien races, sudden war clouds burst. Sadly this becomes a much larger problem in the sequel trial by fire. Author of rumors of war and infernal machines, oblivion, infinite stars, fire with fire, raising caine caine riordan book 3, trial by fire, raising caine, fire with fire charles e.
Gannon is also the winner of the compton crook award caine riordan, reluctant diplomatic and military intelligence operative, has just finished playing his part repulsing the arat kurs and. I wish he would focus more on the aliens in this series and less on the main character with the magic penis. Gannon baen books riverdale, ny wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be. Antiquated scifi tropes in a recently written book, i give fire with fire 2. Steve white, vietnam vet, longtime david weber collaborator and coauthor, with weber, of the new york times bestseller the shiva option, joins with analog contributor and military sf scholar charles e. Egregiously stupid title, the cover art was amateur trash, and the back blurb couldnt have been more banal. His novels fire with fire and trial by fire were both nominated for the nebula award for best novel in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Sequel to national bestseller, nebula award finalist, and compton crook award winner fire with fire. The first book in a hardsf interstellar militaryintrigue epic. Nebula award finalist and sequel to national bestseller, nebula award finalist, and compton.
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