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Victory Conditions
Victory Conditions
Victory Conditions
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Victory Conditions

Written by Elizabeth Moon

Narrated by Cynthia Holloway

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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For Kylara Vatta, it's not just about liberating the star systems subjugated by Gammis Turek and defending the rest of the galaxy's freedom. There is also a score to be settled and payback to be meted out for the obliteration of the Vatta Transport dynasty...and the slaughter of Ky's family. But the enemy have their own escalation efforts under way-including the placement of covert agents among the allies with whom Ky and the surviving Vattas are collaborating in the war effort. And when a spy ring linked to a wealthy businessman is exposed, a cracked pirate code reveals a galaxy-wide conspiracy fueling the proliferation of Turek's warship fleet.

Matching the invaders' swelling firepower will mean marshaling an armada of battle-ready ships for Ky to lead into combat. But a violent skirmish leaves Ky reeling-and presumed dead by her enemies. Now, as Turek readies an all-out attack on the Nexus system-a key conquest that could seal the rest of the galaxy's doom-Ky must rally to the challenge, draw upon every last reserve of her strategic skills, and reach deep if she is to tear from the ashes of tragedy her most decisive victory.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 2, 2009
ISBN9781400178315
Victory Conditions
Author

Elizabeth Moon

Former Marine Elizabeth Moon is the author of many novels, including Echoes of Betrayal, Kings of the North, Oath of Fealty, the Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy, Victory Conditions, Command Decision, Engaging the Enemy, Marque and Reprisal, Trading in Danger, the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark, and Remnant Population, a Hugo Award finalist. After earning a degree in history from Rice University, Moon went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas, Austin. She lives in Florence, Texas.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I think it is an excellent series for young people who wants some light military science fiction. But I prefer something a bit more complicated.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A fitting end to a great series, it felt like it wrapped up a little to perfectly and the character development flattened out a bit. None the less an enjoyable read, recommend series for lovers of sapce with good world development
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Ky Vatta finally has a chance to meet all the new captains she'd been sent by the new government on her home world of Slotter Key and starts to tie them into her growing fleet but is faced with some personal issues as she sees what had happened to her family through her father's inherited implant.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    To preface: I have very bad experiences with end-of-series novels.

    Unfortunately, this book is no different. While Moon's prose is neither overly embellished nor embarrassingly bad, her book's readability cannot save itself from its trite plot and ending.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Sort of the conclusion to the series, as Ky finally accumulates enough support (more or less) to begin thinking about taking on Taurek. However she's somewhat shocked when she learns the total size of his fleet and has to start making both sacrifices, and clever tactics. Stella and Grace are just about present around the edges as Rafe takes on a full character to try to cope with the corruption within the ISC, and repair his family life. There's nothing clever about the writing, but Moon does a reasonable job of trying to describe and understand the position of several parties of ships in a changing 3D space, where both lightspeed lag and momentum/positonal error have an impact. Thus cna be a quite a tricky concept that few authors attempt, but Moon manages to make it clear enough, even if she gets away with just letting the opponent not act intelligently. A worthy conclusion.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Rating: A very satisfying ending to a great series. Ky Vatta, failed student and one of the few Vatta survivors after her family is attacked at home and in space, has morphed into a cool and calm not to mention deadly enemy to the pirates attempting to take control of her world. They should run while they still can.Really interesting characterization, a fully imagined world, and complex plotting has made this a great series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Satisfying conclusion to the set in that most of they mysteries are explained, most of the loose ends have been tied, most of the characters have a clear sense of what awaits them over the next few years. But, as I predicted, I do want more. Kinda. I'm not sure who I'd want to be the focus in the next set - not Ky, nor Stella, nor Grace, nor Toby, despite the fact that I want to learn more about all of them.

    I dunno what to say to you, dear potential reader. Obviously if you've read the first four you're going to read this. But if you're reading all the reviews before starting, or before going past book one, know that they're pretty consistently enjoyable - they don't peter out like some series. If you've been trying to decide whether or not to read them and are torn, I'm comfortable encouraging you to give them a try.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    On par with David Weber in military Sci-fi.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Tied up all the loose ends, but the end (particularly the very end) was a tad bit cheesy.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Also good. I'd forgotten a lot of it - the part where she got treated for stress, for instance. It's both more and less intimate than the previous ones - fewer episodes of major personal events (the big shock gets glossed over because all those shocked have too much to do to stop and think about it much), but also a lot of personal revelations of one sort and another - Penny, particularly, but also Rafe and what he's capable of long-term. The major focus is the war - all the prep in the earlier books now comes to a head. There's still a lot of questions at the end - exactly how things will work out - but it's a solid solution to the problem that's been the trigger for all the rest. Good story. As I've said before - I like the Vattas.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    For once, an author that actually closes out a series when it should end, rather than dragging it out. No surprises in this book, the previous four were leading up to a big huge space battle between Admiral Vatta's fleet and the pirates, and that's what we get. Its a little more complicated than that, and there's the usual problems before that happens, but this book delivers exactly what I expected. The last battle is a little anti-climactic though, unlike most of the previous battles. Overall, very enjoyable.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good conclusion to this series. A slightly cheesy ending, but I liked it overall quite a bit.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the fifth and final book in the Vatta's War series.It's difficult to summarize this book without delving into too many spoilers, but here we go: the war against space pirates escalates as other worlds begin to take the threat seriously. Ky Vatta, under tremendous strain, works with an ever-expanding fleet and an ominous deadline. Meanwhile, the other cast members deal with terror plots and espionage, along with business and legal dealings.This was a fitting ending to a fantastic series. Each of the plot threads was enjoyable, with distinct characters and constant suspense, whether it's a space battle or a personal assassination attempt. As with any war, there is tremendous loss; I was stunned at how sad I was about the fates of some very minor side characters whom I had come to love. Moon did a masterful job in creating a five-book series where each volume is strong and thoroughly enjoyable.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A satisfying close to the Vatta's War series in which all the expected - and some unexpected - events take place as Ky takes on the pirates as Admiral of her own Space Defence Force. I did feel that this book was edited fairly ferociously in order to keep it around the same length as the previous books and that some potentially interesting sub-plots in the latter half were left out. And - not complaining too much - but the ending was just slightly too saccharine to me and didn't quite fit with the characterisations set up in the previous books. Nevertheless, this was an enjoyable Elizabeth Moon read and well worth it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A pleasing conclusion to the run of this series. Ky expands her forces, several times in fact, and uses some good guess work and some intelligence work to hit Turek's plans to increase his fleet with up-to-date ships, and then the final pitched battle, around ISC headquarters (where else) and Nexus. There is also intelligence applied in the other sense, as Ky to a large extent, and her officers to a lesser extent and/or in the background use their training to analyse their battles and develop new tactics for space combat using instantaneous communication.There's quite a bit of exposing of traitors in Nexus' political system, little bits of business politics and some fast play from a military intelligence point of view.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    If you've enjoyed the Vatta's War series so far, you won't be dissapointed by the conclusion. If you're a fan of the Familias Regnant books, particularly the Esmay Suiza series, you'll like these as well, but be sure to start at the beginning with Trading in Danger, as there isn't much in the way of back-story provided for someone who jumps in to the middle, or in this case, the end of the story.Elizabeth Moon delivers a very satisfying conclusion to a good series of books. The pacing of the story through this series is more even than in the Suiza books, making them a little more enjoyable read. And ultimately it delivers on promises. It is a fun, light, rollicking good-guys v. bad guys space adventure. And some day it will probably be a series of movies.