The Court Of A Thousand Suns

[His] mind churned on with constantly changing images of death. Bada-boom! Another Sten novel. Surprisingly, this one took a while to get going. The novel flirts with being a police procedural as well as a political thriller, in addition to an action story. This is a departure from the previous novels......more

The great part about the Sten books is that you know what you're going to get. They are like 1980s action movies. If you want to get a great, in-depth story-line with deep characters and terrific plot twists, you're in the wrong place. If you want to sit back, turn your brain off, and enjoy a bunch......more

What surprised me most, is that this book is actually more a detective than a space western the two previous books were. I liked the turn though, because while this book had less gore and non-stop action the it's predecessors, the trade-off was a better insight into the empire and The Emperor himsel......more

This book started off strong for me, I enjoyed especially the interesting species it featured, and the world building. However, further in, the politics and plot devolved for me, becoming overly complicated and difficult to follow, and then there were a series of “fight scenes” I did not find partic......more

Sten opäť v akcii, tentoraz ako kapitán osobnej stráže cisára :) Kniha ani po rokoch nestratila svoje čaro, aj keď teraz by som našla viacej drobností, ktoré by som mohla vytknúť, ale načo? Dej odsýpa, čítanie je zábavné a príbeh je uzavretý. Práve to poslednej dobe oceňujem najviac. Keď Sten dostal......more