Contact with Chaos Freehold Series Book 3 eBook Michael Z Williamson
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The Galactic Rumble Is On!
First contact with an alien species—and, surprise, the human race is far from united. The Freeholders want trade. The U.N. wants to manage. The eco-warriors want "purity" at all costs. Humans—you gotta love ‘em! Once again, a historic meeting between potential friends is about to turn into a free-fire zone! A stand-out entry in the "Freehold" saga by Michael Z. Williamson, co-author with New York Times best-seller John Ringo of "Posleen War" hit, Hero.
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"Williamson's military expertise is impressive." —SF Reviews
Michael Z. Williamson was born in Birkenhead, England and raised in Liverpool, and Toronto, Canada, before moving to Newark, Ohio. A 22-year veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, he is a state-ranked competitive shooter in combat rifle and combat pistol. His other books include Freehold and The Weapon for Baen, the Target Terror series for HarperCollins, (Targets of Opportunity, The Scope of Justice, Confirmed Kill) and The Hero, a collaboration with New York Times best-selling author John Ringo for Baen. He currently lives near Indianapolis with his wife Gail, also a veteran, their two children, and various cats that are not to be trusted.
Contact with Chaos Freehold Series Book 3 eBook Michael Z Williamson
This is the third in the Freehold series that I have read and I enjoyed it very much. Williamson introduces a charming and scary alien race, quite human in some respects, but very quick on the uptake, alien in social structure and notably more intelligent than the average Human.But most of his care and craft goes into a lightly disguised critique of contemporary Earth international and American social and political structures, attitudes and practices. In this edition Williamson does not treat us to vast battles and lavish carnage but rather sticks more closely to the characters as they attempt to both preserve the integrity of the alien society and to carve out space to exercise their own interests. This is a very thoughtful book.
And, author Williamson has a mention of The Church of the Sub-Genius, an underground fad from decades ago. I have never seen the Church of the Sub-Genius mentioned in serious literature, or anywhere for that matter. Good for him.
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Contact with Chaos Freehold Series Book 3 eBook Michael Z Williamson Reviews
The aliens are well crafted. The action is, as always, excellent. The characters are believable and as deep as the story requires of each. Williamson's writing is tight, direct, and descriptive. The story line grabs you by the hand and demands that you come along for the ride.
After reading all of Elizabeth Moon's books many times over, I discovered this offer. Although, to be honest, I don't believe he's at the same level of refinement as EM, he he does have a very vibrant and active Style that kept me fascinated through most of the book.
Surprisingly non-military and diplomatic. Reminded me of all of my IB Theory Of Knowledge texts and the hundreds of hours spent reading history of civilization encounters.
TLDR Yeah; we can be idiots. If we choose to study history, learn from it, and honor the lessons earned through the pain and blood shed of those long past; we can do great things. M. Williamson gets this.
The culmination of the Freehold series and does not disappoint. Excellent development of a totally foreign, sentient species and their reaction to a technologically superior alien species (us). The Freehold special forces are as totally superior warriors as ever and their story and fame is once again center stage in resolving the conflict with the newly discovered alien world. Exciting and suspenseful and very well written. A pager turner and another dose of Freehold, loved it.
I like how this wasn't your average space contact story. Spoiler alaert Humans make a first contact with what at first appearances looks like a technological inferior species. I really like the thought that went into the new species culture and technological development and the care that the Freeholders are trying to take to not overrun and effectively enslave the new 'aliens'. A well thought out and even thought provoking read. We ever become a space faring race, this book should become the handbook for real first contact situation.
This is a first-contact novel -- the first sentient species encountered by humans. The Freehold of Grainne is first on the spot, although the United Nations gets involved quickly.
The intelligent aliens have a highly technological society with almost no metals, and this complicates things considerably.
The premise of the story is that the aliens' home planet is highly differentiated, with nearly all the iron and other transition metals in the planet's core. I have some serious problems with the geochemistry of this. Iron could well be isolated in the core, but the chalcophile metals such as copper, zinc, lead, molybdenum, and so on would still tend to occur in the crust, since their sulfides are of reasonably low density. The aliens' blood oxygen carrier is based on aluminum and magnesium. Problem Al and Mg do not have convenient multiple oxidation states that would bind and release oxygen. A copper-based compound like hemocyanin (which is used by some terrestrial animals, e.g., lobsters) would work better, but the story has no copper available.
However, in spite of the scientific discrepancies, this is a first-rate novel. It is very internally consistent. The surprises keep happening, and the book lives up to Williamson's usual quality. It kept me riveted right to the last page.
Another book in this excellent series. This time a mining company literally stumbles on to a new sentient life form on a previously undiscovered planet. The Freehold, Earth, scientists and the independent companies all want to have control of introducing themselves to this new life form. This is a slow and patient reveal of what could and maybe should happen to a life form that has not developed space exploration themselves. So it is interesting in that the writer uses patient understanding and not warfare to developed the characters and the situations as they explore this chance to introduce the new sentient life form to the worlds they come from.
This is the third in the Freehold series that I have read and I enjoyed it very much. Williamson introduces a charming and scary alien race, quite human in some respects, but very quick on the uptake, alien in social structure and notably more intelligent than the average Human.
But most of his care and craft goes into a lightly disguised critique of contemporary Earth international and American social and political structures, attitudes and practices. In this edition Williamson does not treat us to vast battles and lavish carnage but rather sticks more closely to the characters as they attempt to both preserve the integrity of the alien society and to carve out space to exercise their own interests. This is a very thoughtful book.
And, author Williamson has a mention of The Church of the Sub-Genius, an underground fad from decades ago. I have never seen the Church of the Sub-Genius mentioned in serious literature, or anywhere for that matter. Good for him.
Give us Slack.
Yes, it has no DRM, but I do in fact derive income from it. Several of my titles are available for free through Baen's site.
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