Blackcollar

Timothy Zahn

Oct 2012 · The Blackcollar Series Book 1 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

A genetically enhanced fighting force may be humanity’s only hope in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn.

Decades after a successful invasion of Earth and the Terran Democratic Empire by the Ryqril—hostile, leathery-skinned aliens—resistance fighter Allen Caine is training for an undercover mission. He will assume the identity of an aide to the senate—part of the government that colludes with the invaders. But when the mission begins earlier than planned, Caine finds himself stuck on the off-planet outpost of Plinry with no idea of what awaits. He’s responsible for the most important mission undertaken by the resistance in twenty years, and when the operation goes awry, Caine’s only hope is to locate Plinry’s so-called blackcollars—the elusive, martial arts–trained guerilla force whose wartime resistance efforts are legendary. With his life and the freedom of everyone in the TDE on the line, Caine’s success will depend on whether or not he can find them. . . .

Ratings and reviews

The Blackcollar trilogy. I read the first book and loved his writing style. As I said in the subject heading for this review; a "very visual writing style". Some people have described the series as ninjas in space. While there is definitely a lot of hand-to-hand combat and, yes, some ninja weaponry is used, the story is much deeper in content and broader in a descriptive writing style to lump this story into the karate movie genre. Timothy Zahn has created an expansive universe with very well developed characters. It is more of a movie about war, a special ops team formed to fight a lost war and a central character who joins this team (though he is not trained as they are) who, in the story telling world, is the character put there to ask the questions the reader needs to hear the answer to in order to learn the history of the war, how the special ops team came into being and over the course of the series, how to eventually try to regain everything that was lost when the "good guys" lost the war. Zahn's writing style paints a pictures so vivid you feel like you are watching a movie. A great trilogy tho the 1st book can be read as a standalone story.

About the author

Timothy Zahn is a New York Times–bestselling science fiction author of more than forty novels, as well as many novellas and short stories. Best known for his contributions to the expanded Star Wars universe of books, including the Thrawn trilogy, Zahn won a 1984 Hugo Award for his novella “Cascade Point.” He also wrote the Cobra series, the Blackcollar series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series, whose first novel, Dragon and Thief, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Zahn currently resides in Oregon with his family.