Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The Exordium

Several years ago a friend urged me to read a multi-part space opera. I started it and was hooked from the first chapter. Epic battles that would rival "Doc" Smith, dense politics, strange backgrounds and cultures that would make Jack Vance proud and enough verbiage (five volumes) to keep you busy for weeks.

The downside was that it appeared that the series did not get the support it deserved and the attention it deserved so it faded from view.

Well, not entirely. There was a active (vocal) group at Yahoo to discuss the book. And as time marched on and the barriers to entry fell, the two authors of the book were able to bring it back into print in electronic and paper format.

So...I urge you to go out and experience The Phoenix in Flight and Ruler of Naught, the first two volumes of the amazing Exordium series (the other three will come). Now with revised/restored sequences!

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