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| Original Title: | The Ethos Effect |
| ISBN: | 0765347121 (ISBN13: 9780765347121) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Parafaith #2 |
L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 537 pages Rating: 3.9 | 895 Users | 32 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Ethos Effect (Parafaith #2) |
| Author | : | L.E. Modesitt Jr. |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 537 pages |
| Published | : | February 27th 2018 by Tor Books (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction |
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Set in the same universe as The Parafaith War (but two centuries later, and intended to be read independently), The Ethos Factor is the story of Commander Van C. Albert of the Republic Space Force of Taran, a brave and resourceful officer who once defeated a larger enemy ship but indirectly caused the loss of a civilian liner in the process. Cleared by the board of inquiry, but an embarrassment to the high command, he retains his commission but is given only dead-end assignments. For a time, he must watch helplessly as cold war among economic, religious and political rivals evolves toward interstellar open warfare.Assigned as a military attaché at the Taran embassy on Scandya, Van is seriously wounded foiling an assassination. Decorated, promoted and summarily retired while still in a coma, he wakes to find himself honorably but intolerably unemployed. Then the harmless sounding Integrated Information Systems foundation of the Eco-Tech Coalition recruits him to fly a starship, Van finds he now has a powerful new vantage point not just for observation, but for action. The IIS has interests everywhere and Van is not just a pilot, but their point man in a conflict that will shake the worlds.
Modesitt uses a distinctive blend of space battles, political and economic intrigue, and issues of race and religion to address deep questions of good and evil, ethics and self-interest. Van Albert makes his decisions; it is for you to decide if he is a hero.
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Ratings: 3.9 From 895 Users | 32 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books The Ethos Effect (Parafaith #2)
You wouldn't want to give the author access to weapons, especially nukes.One of my favorite books. It was both enjoyable and thought provoking, though not as much fun as Parafaith War.
Frustrating end.
Easily one of the worst science fiction novels I have read in the recent past. This is not strictly speaking a dig against Modesitt, as I have read much of the Saga of Recluse and a number of his other works, and although that was many years ago, the taste left behind was hardly bitter. This book...this book was different. Clunky. It's far too long for what actually happens in it. The characters are ciphers, mostly personality free except in the most broad of outlines. The protagonist, Van, has
A treatise on and/or exploration of ethics wrapped in a scifi novel. An excellent read - thought-provoking and entertaining. The pacing was slower than the Parafaith War, but I felt that both the characters and world(s) were more thoroughly developed.
Quite possibly the worst book ever written, if you ever want inspiration to write, read this and you'll feel more confident than ever before. I'm sure Modesitt can write, but this novel was terrible. Essentially, what could have been an interesting five page article on ethics is stretched into a novel length ethical dilemma where you don't even care about the characters by the end because it drags on for so long, not to mention the hammy dialogue. By the end of the novel billions of people have
Political scifi told in classic Modesitt style, which involves lots of conversations over simple food (I could not count the number of times Van eats in a restaurant--once a chapter?) and a simple hero travelling through the world, surrounded on all sides by hard choices and grey areas. I didn't find the main character all that compelling, but there are some good conversations about ethics scattered throughout the novel.
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