Stone Dogs

Draka, Book 3

A cold war between the American-led Alliance and the Domination, rivals in the Draka conquest, erupts in a space confrontation that will decide the freedom or slavery of humankind.

©1990 S.M. Stirling (P)2021 Recorded Books Inc.

A poignant end to the original Draka trilogy.

Even in what is probably the darkest of dystopian story I’ve ever come across; I’m struck by the flame of hope that endures. Don’t listen to this book if you don’t like to think about what it means to be human or what it means to do the right thing.

Better than book 2 but still no great.

This is basically an ok science fiction novel but the author has once again lowered to quality of his story by a fixation torture and graphic sex. I understand he wants to convey how foreign the Draka culture is but at some point it becomes unnecessary. We get they are cruel, amoral nihilists and don't need the constant reminder. I was glad to see the return of Eric and call backs to the previous book. I enjoyed some of the characters but maybe I'm not supposed to enjoy others.

Great book

I am not a SCI-FI person but this series has it all. I have recommended it to many folks.

horrifying

how awful can humans be to each other? let me count the ways... nice completion to the story. and the final epilog.

Next generation Domination

S M Stirling’s Stone Dogs is the third installment in his Domination series, an alternate history tale. The story is set in the late 20th century and concerns the twin children of the resistance fighter from the previous installment that escaped to the US. Her children have become secret agents in the US’ open competition with the Domination. In the background to the action is that the Domination is pursuing a biological weapons program as their final solution, while America is focused on technology of the elec-tronic / digital type. This does not end well for the ‘good guys.’

Stirling stays true to the single-mindedness of the Domination, but still manages to instill some devel-oping generational conflict. The space forays far exceed our own 20ht century, but Stirling may be suggesting that the nature of the Domination threat far exceeds that of the former USSR in terms of driving technological development.

The narration is quite good with excellent character distinction. Pacing is brisk.