The Backlash Mission, Timothy Zahn
The Backlash Mission, Timothy Zahn
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The Backlash Mission

Author: Timothy Zahn

Series: Blackcollar

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Unabridged: 13 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/03/2025

Synopsis

In the sequel to Blackcollar from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn, Allen Caine is back on the front lines of an alien war.

Denver, Earth. The twenty-fifth century. After a devastating alien invasion, the Terran Democratic Empire is occupied by the Ryqril race. The once-heroic resistance warriors known as the blackcollars now serve as strong-arm security for Denver's criminal elements.

When Allen Caine completes his year-long blackcollar training on the planet Plinry, he and his elite team head to Earth to strike out against the Ryqril puppet government. But there's no way of knowing whether the remaining blackcollars in Denver will be with him, or against him . . .

About Timothy Zahn

It is not often that you hear of someone going through several years of postgraduate education, who ends up turning a hobby into their life's, paying, productive work. Such is the unusual story of American author, Timothy Zahn, who was born in 1951, grew up in Lombard, IL and graduated with a B.S. Degree in physics from Michigan State University. He then proceeded to the University of IL where he received his M.S. Degree in 1975. After beginning his doctorate in physics, his advisor passed away, and he never did complete the studies.

Zahn had started writing as a hobby, so when his plans changed, he took his writing of science fiction to a higher level. Zahn is best known for his Thrawn Star Wars series of novels. He has also had other novels of fantasy and science fiction. There are also many works that he has penned in short story fiction.

Zahn and his wife Anna live in Bandon, Oregon and have one son, Corwin Zahn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on September 05, 2024

My GR friends know how much I enjoy Zahn’s imagination and writing style. Not all of his efforts are equally successful but his ability to draw the reader into worlds of possibility has been rarely equaled. Backlash is the second book in a trilogy that took Zahn over 20 years to complete. As much as......more

Goodreads review by Jean-Luc on December 26, 2014

When I said The Blackcollar was about ninjas in space, I left an important detail: anyone can obtain and learn to use ninja masks, ninja suits, shuriken, and nunchaku, so what separates a ninja from a ninja in space? Science! In the first book, our hapless hero Allen Caine was counting on General Lep......more

Goodreads review by Dr. T Loves Books on December 31, 2016

SPACE NINJAS. What else do you need to know? I originally read this book when I was a pre-teen, when I would read just about any scifi book I could get my hands on. I didn't realize that this was the second of a trilogy, so I read it as a stand-alone. I can't imagine what I thought of this book thirt......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on October 22, 2018

The second book in the Blackcollar series picks up several years after the conclusion to the previous volume. The Blackcollars of Plinry have wrestled concessions from the conquerors of Earth that allow them to continue to train guerrilla fighters and operate a small space fleet. With the possibility......more

Goodreads review by James on December 31, 2024

I absolutely loved this book and the rest of this trilogy! I wish Zahn would return to the blackcollars and either write prequels or sequels or both! I first read this series back in middle school and have reread the trilogy multiple times. This story sets the stage for the forgotten hero's to rise......more

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