Star's End

Starfishers, Book 3

By: Glen Cook

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

The Fortress on the edge of the galaxy was called Stars' End, a planet built for death, but by who? It lay on the outermost arm of the Milky Way, silent, cloaked in mystery, self-contained and controlled, tantalizingly close to the harvesting Starfishers. If they could gain control of that arsenal, the Starfishers would never need to fear the Confederation's navy or the forces of the humanlike Sangaree. But intelligent life everywhere now needs the might of Stars' End--and the knowhow of agents Storm and BenRabi. For in the midst of the Sangaree wars, a far more sinister enemy approaches from the depths of the galaxy, in hordes as large as a solar system. And its mission is only to kill!

©1982 Glen Cook (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Interesting storyline

Stars End was actually one of the first books I read as a teenager for fun back in the early 1980’s, and it got me hooked on SciFi. Although starting with the third book in a trilogy isn’t always the best place to start, it made want to read the other two books of the trilogy. Being a young mind to reading and not appreciating the importance that the character have Depth, I didn’t enjoy book 1 The Shadowline, like I should have. Years later I did appreciate it. I often wondered why they really didn’t do more with Thomas or add additional books. The story begs for it and it doesn’t need to center on up the two main characters in books 2 and 3 of the Trilogy. Stars End needs the reader to really have read at least book 2, The Starfishers, to understand the book better. I just completed the Audio Books of the Trilogy and they were performed well, giving me more of an appreciation of the stories. Give it a read, I think will like it.

Mostly a waste of time

This was not a very inspired story, and I really have no interest in what happens to the characters in future stories if they are ever written. I was always wondering when the plot would get interesting, and then I was at the end of the book. Disappointing.

The narrator did a fine job. He just couldn't make up for an uninteresting plot.