This is a collection of short stories. I like novels as
opposed to short stories. If the short
story is good you're disappointed that it isn't a novel. This collection is by four authors I really
enjoy. They produced four stories using
the same universe setting and theme.
The authors were S.M. Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Jody
Lynn Nye. I liked Mz. Nye's story the best of the group.
The trouble with a collection of short stories in which the
authors have decided on an environment is the disjointed nature of the stories.
Each story is adequate but hardly
outstanding as the stories don't really mesh well. Considering the four authors and how good
they are, I found that surprising and disappointing.
The main plot of the story is the conflict between two
divers species, a lizard based species
and a feline based species. Simplistically cold blooded versus mammal with
characteristics ascribed through stereotype.
The lizards are the bad guys and the mammals are the good guys. The two groups interaction and their problems
are centered around an enormous natural catastrophe.
The stories were ok, probably
my general dislike of short stories vs
novels contributes to my lack of enthusiasm for the book.
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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