Proof Through the Night. Draka universe are the property of S.M. Stirling and are used. Spoken about peoples that had spent centuries under the Yoke. Buy a cheap copy of Under the Yoke book by S.M. In under the Yooke Steve Stirling has created a world in which the losers in the American Revolution did not.

I wrote a long review of this book and Goodreads ate it. I have to start writing the reviews in a word processor and pasting them here. This has happened too many times. Here's the shorthand version of the review. Better than the first book.

It concentrates on Draka consolidation of new territory, especially on the domestication of their new slaves. Draka are bastards. New generation of Draka think that its their birthright. They see themselves as becoming a kind of philosopher king after the enti I wrote a long review of this book and Goodreads ate it. I have to start writing the reviews in a word processor and pasting them here.

This has happened too many times. Here's the shorthand version of the review. Better than the first book. It concentrates on Draka consolidation of new territory, especially on the domestication of their new slaves. Draka are bastards. New generation of Draka think that its their birthright. They see themselves as becoming a kind of philosopher king after the entire world has been subjugated, but along the way they blithely witness and inflict mass impalings, horrible tortures, gang rapes, and its all just a logical consequence of being supermen.

Stirling does very well by taking seriously what it might mean to create a society of Zarathustras. He makes them totally repugnant, but also manages to make them more than one-dimensional. He also does very well showing a wide range of reactions among their subjects, from defiance to a kind of passive resistance to acceptance to allegiance, and all for different and believable motives. The plot, a spy story involving secrets on microfilm, is pretty thin, but its there as a skeleton on which Stirling can hang his outlines of the developing Draka plantation society. That picture is done nicely, even if its subject is repellant. I will definitely move on in the near future to the next book in the series. I didn't enjoy this book, although I think it was a good story and well-written.

I have nothing against Southerners as such, but reading Southern dialect for page after page after page is painful. It means I have to internalize the single worst English accent and have -that- in my head, which is like finding a lollipop in a gutter and keeping in your mouth for a week. Even worse, the author doesn't use it consistently so characters are dropping in and out of it, which makes it harder to ignore.

I didn't enjoy this book, although I think it was a good story and well-written. I have nothing against Southerners as such, but reading Southern dialect for page after page after page is painful. It means I have to internalize the single worst English accent and have -that- in my head, which is like finding a lollipop in a gutter and keeping in your mouth for a week. Even worse, the author doesn't use it consistently so characters are dropping in and out of it, which makes it harder to ignore.

The story had dead Nazis so it gets four stars. The second installment in Stirling's Draka quartet. A famous (and controversial) alternative history series in which the European settlers in South Africa become a world conquering empire over a 250 year span. Over the years I've read numerous articles in which Stirling's creation is ripped apart by alternative history connoisseurs, but also defend by others. Stirling himself has been accused of being a sexual pervert, racist and fascist, but he has gone on to have a long and prosperous career s The second installment in Stirling's Draka quartet.

Emco Pc Mill 50 Manual. A famous (and controversial) alternative history series in which the European settlers in South Africa become a world conquering empire over a 250 year span. Over the years I've read numerous articles in which Stirling's creation is ripped apart by alternative history connoisseurs, but also defend by others. Stirling himself has been accused of being a sexual pervert, racist and fascist, but he has gone on to have a long and prosperous career so he obviously has numerous fans.

I own the entire set. I have for years. I re-read them periodically. I personally don't try to poke holes in an author's AH scenario.

It's pointless. The Chameleons Torrent. The way I see it a fictional creation is just that. My creation is not better than another author's so why waste so much time ripping it apart? Stirling put in a lot of work into these books. I'm impressed and it seems plausible.