Cobra
Outlaw
Timothy
Zahn
Baen,
Feb 3 2015, $15.00
ISBN:
9781476780344
On Aventine, Dominion of Man Commodore Santeros
abducts Paul Broom, patriarch of the Broom Cobra warriors. Santeros plans to use the dangerous MindsEye
technology on his prisoner’s brain to learn the location of Qasamaa, a planet
allegedly containing the most advanced armaments known. Believing the weapons will give his side the
advantage in the next interstellar war with the Troft, Santeros will offer a
deal that Qasama cannot refuse if they do not want annihilation on an
extinction level.
At the same, freedom fighters revolt on several
planets (to include Aventine Cobra warrior felons Lorne and Jody Broom) against
the hated Dominion, who has committed massacres and other violent “crimes”
against humanity. On the other side of
the upcoming war, Cobra warrior Jason Broom poses as an escaped slave on a
Troft prison planet searching for allies who oppose war with the humans.
Although overly complex with several subplots besides the three
above that at times decelerate the overall interesting storyline, Cobra
Rebellion Book 2 (see Cobra Slave) remains a fine military science fiction
thriller. The prime overarching themes
continue to be deftly developed as freedom fighters and peace in our time
advocates struggle to keep two superpowers from a war that these third (and
fourth) innocent parties will suffer consequences of mass destruction.
Harriet Klausner
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