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Matriarch
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060882310
ISBN: 006088231X
Label: Eos
Manufacturer: Eos
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: October 01, 2006
Publisher: Eos
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Studio: Eos
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Editorial Review: In thirty years, the invincible Eqbas will arrive at Earth to forcibly return the planet to what it once was—as retribution, in part, for the gethes' thoughtless near-extermination of an alien ocean-dwelling species. First, however, another world requires their attention: the crowded, ecologically ravaged planet of the swarming, insect-like isenj. Efforts to drastically reduce the isenj population have sparked a devastating civil war—which may well do the savior/destroyers' work for them. And the human visitors can only watch.
Rendered immortal and ever changeable by a parasite in her blood, ex-cop Shan Frankland isn't content merely to play Matriarch to her two similarly infected mates—one earthborn, one alien wess'har. Her fears for the future of Umeh and the ultimate fate of humankind must be set aside while she tackles an unfulfilled duty that haunts her every waking moment—a mission that must be undertaken for the sake of the future—and pursues a righteous vengeance.
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Rating:  - 4th in a series worth reading
This is the 4th of the series (starting with City of Pearl) and is not a stand alone book at all, though it does start with a brief summation to bring you up to date, I don't think that that would be sufficient for a new reader.
The pace is slower than the previous books but still engrossing. Shan strikes a few repetitive notes, but her dilemma is real and tragic - the 'gift' of immortality via the alien viral symbiot, and how to stop humans from exploiting it. The comparisons between ... Read More
Rating:  - Prepare to be surprised again
In "Matriarch," fourth of the saga of Shan Frankland, things take another surprising turn. The Eqbas take time out from their planned arrival on Earth to--they hope--straighten out the Isenj, who have so overpopulated their world that the very idea of a tree becomes a novelty. This causes some conflict between the two wess'har factions. Meanwhile, Shan learns that Rayat and Neville not only live, but are also infected with c'naatat, the stuff that immortality is made of (for those unfamiliar with the ... Read More
Rating: - What goes around, comes around
Matriarch is the fourth volume in British author Karen Traviss' Wess'har series. If you haven't yet read the previous novels, you might like to start at the beginning with City of Pearl. If you do, I'm sure you'll be back here to order this volume.
Matriarch picks up right where The World Before left off, with the the Eqbas, the technologically superior wess'har from the titular home world, preparing to ecologically rebalance the overpopulated and resource starved world of Umeh, inhabited ... Read More
Rating: - Living as the bomb falls
The title of my review sums up the sense of dread that inhabits this novel. In the forth segment of her Wess'har Wars series Karen Traviss does, as one reviewer put it, gives us a pause in the break-neck speed with which other books in the series seemed to move, but instead of this pause simply being filler we have chapter after chapter of growing dread, as if the moral implications of previous actions have finally sunk home to certain characters. Much like in real life where a pause allows one to collect ... Read More
Rating: - True to the title: Shan is back!
Matriarch is the 4th in Traviss' standalone series featuring Shan Frankland and the wess'har, Aras. The books in order are City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, the World Before, and Matriarch. Read them in order. These books are set in a rich plot of space, light years away from earth. Humankind's blunders are catching up with them, and the Eqbas are off to settle the score for the universe. In 30 years, the Eqbas will knock on Earth's door and fix the problem by restoring the planet to what once was in ... Read More
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