Metal Swarm

The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 6

By: Kevin J. Anderson

Narrated by: David Colacci

For years, the alien Klikiss robots have pretended to be humanity's friends, but their seeming "help" allowed them to plant an insidious Trojan Horse throughout the Earth Defense Forces. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating war, swarms of ancient black robots built by the lost insectoid Klikiss race continue their depredations on helpless worlds with stolen and heavily armed Earth battleships.

Among the humans, the Hansas' brutal Chairman struggles to crush any resistance, even as King Peter breaks away to form his own new Confederation among the colonies who have declared their independence.

And meanwhile, the original, voracious Klikiss race, long thought to be extinct, has returned, intent on conquering their former worlds and willing to annihilate anyone in the way.

The saga continues: listen to more of Kevin J. Anderson's Seven Suns series.©2007 Word Fire, Inc. (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with Orbit/Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group USA.

Critic reviews

"Rapid-fire action and panoramic plotting make this a first-class space opera." ( Library Journal)

Im a real fan now

At first i thought the stories were okay a real good listen and a good value. but this listen made me a real fan i have since finished the series and hope anderson hurries to write another i enjoy his story telling, a touch just a touch predictable but he is second to none in his story telling.

Good but could have been better

This book and the series is very interesting and an entertaining story. There are some implausabilities that could have been done better but if you look beyond that and just enjoy it is good stuff.

I much preffered George Guidell's reading in the first 3 books. This narrator is a little over dramatic in the read.

And also why cant new narrators in series ever listen to the way the first ones were read so the names are at least consistent?

great series

this series is great it show how one man can think that he can do no wrong and how people can overcome trials and tribulations.

Not as good as Of Fire and Night

I liked this installment but didn't think it was as good as Of Fire and Night. I was disappointed with the number of characters that died in this one but it happens. The plot was good overall and the performance good as well. I'm anxious to start the next book in the series and see how several subplots turn out.

Great Series

I had read the first five books in this series way back when they were released. I wanted to finish the series but life got in the way and I left it tables until a few months ago. I started from the beginning and worked my way through until I got back to Metal Swarm, where I had left it so long ago.

The books, all of them, are very well written, mostly in narrative and dialogue form. The story is unique, I haven’t ever read a SCI-Fi book with the concepts Kevin Anderson wove into the tapestry of the series. The setting is epic, and spans several clusters of planetary systems, with new places coming into focus as the story progresses.

There is a bit is suspension of belief required to read through this book, but not as much as I have found in others. The characters are all believable, and you find yourself picking sides very quickly, hoping that the cast of heroes triumphs kn the end. The antagonists are also very believable, and they set up for believable conflict as the story progresses.

Metal swarm picks up, tying up loose threads, where the last major story arc ended, Humans and Illdirians, at great cost, finally won the Hydrouge war. Although the Hydrouge threat was contained, several internal and external enemies still threaten the Spiral Arm. The sudden resurgence of the Klikiis, an intelligent insecticide race thought to be long extinct, brings new perils. Threats within humanity, specifically at the hand of Hansa Chairman, Basil Wenceslas, leave an uncertain future.

I’m excited to find out what happens next!