At the queen's command

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430 pages

English language

Published July 6, 2010 by Night Shade Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59780-200-0
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OCLC Number:
642849304

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A new fantasy series, re-imagining the events of the American Revolutionary War. The Crown Colonies of Mystria are in turmoil. Owen's mission is to survey this vast, uncharted territory. Prince Vlad struggles to ensure the colonist's interests are represented back in Norisle. And Vlad has a wurm-- one of the few existing "dragons" from a clutch discovered in the old world ...

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reviewed At the queen's command by Michael A. Stackpole (The crown colonies -- 1st bk.)

(Manual import from goodreads, originally written 2015/01/03)

I liked this book, but it didn't capture me as much as some other of Stackpole's books. Hence the 2 month read time (The Wheel of Time took me 6 months, so...) The main characters were a bit too perfect and unrealistic.

My standard book questions:

Could everything be solved by the main characters sitting down and talking at the beginning? - Nope. Even combined, the protagonists just don't have enough information.

Does the main character make mistakes? Not many

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Space colonies
  • Dragons
  • Princes
  • Queens