Imperative

Starfire, Book 7

By: Steve White, Charles E. Gannon

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

The war with the Arduans - profoundly alien invaders who originally arrived in STL ships - is over. Most of those attackers are now probationary (and very productive) citizens of the Rim Federation.

However, many among the Arduans' warrior caste have accepted neither defeat nor the personhood of any of the other intelligence races. Their leader, the ruthless admiral of the second Arduan exodus, Amunsit, is in firm control of the Zarzuela system. Along with a fifth column among the peaceable Arduans, she hopes to find allies in subsequent refugee fleets that abandoned their race's now-dead home system long ago.

But as the victors' diplomats attempt to soothe tensions with these warlike neighbors, two heroes of the last war - veteran admiral Ian Trevayne and young troubleshooter Ossian Wethermere - suspect they have stumbled upon a deeper Arduan plot: one that could shatter the Pan-Sentient Union and perhaps interstellar civilization itself.

©2016 Steve White & Charles E. Gannon (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Great Series

What did you love best about Imperative?

The story is interesting and the characters are so real.

What other book might you compare Imperative to and why?

Any of David Weber's books that he has written.

Which scene was your favorite?

All of them especially the battles/

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No

Any additional comments?

None

Improved over the last book!

For the first several chapters it seemed like a repeat of the last two books. About 1/3 of the way through, but then the author brought in new material. My only remaining complaint is that every time you blink, someone has developed a new miraculous devastating weapon... its sometimes like a bad tv drama where you aren't given enough background or information to make the connection. The story goes from the good guys having the best tech to ... oh wait a minute... the bad guys have the best tech... almost like pulling a rabbit out of a hat

I did like the book despite this issue

a very good book 📖 👌

i enjoyed the book 📖 very much the book was a very good book thank you. 😊😊😊🖖🖖🖖

Great Instalment

Great continuation of one of the best series in scifi. Well worth the tour time. I hope this universe continues after this story arc is completed.

need no 8

where is the next book in the series? too good of a series to end like bk 7......

hurry up and write the other book

great book really enjoyed reading it please let the author know to hurry up and write the next one because he literally left his on a major cliffhanger

fantastic science fiction

loved it, could not put it down. mark, keep up this awesome story line. great cliff hangers. when can we expect the next installment?

Fantastic Space Opera

This series is amazing. Gritty. Heartfelt. Never ceases in quality. Vietor aces the narration.

fantastic series

I know when a book is good when I get mad at what happens to the characters and can't stop listening. There are some flaws in story that mite just be me being picky. But in all it a smart space story. I can't wait till I get to listen to the next in the series .

If you love the series...

I fell in love with the series with "In Death Ground". I am glad that I finished the series, but the formula used used over and over again in the series gets repetitive. It was hard to suspend disbelief that that an isolated system would create enough colony generation ships and that they could advance their technology and reform their ships to defeat massive stellar empires of hundreds of worlds, in 6 years. It is fantasy but sometimes it is too much.