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Title: A Vastly Underrated Novel, Overshadowed by Honor Harrington Series
Review: I should've reviewed this book years ago. It is an outstanding novel that would probably make a great movie. Unfortunately it has been largely overshadowed by Weber's subsequent Honor Harrington series. Much of the technology that is common in the Honorverse books and the strong female lead character are foreshadowed here.The portions where the human woman (well, mostly human) is introduced to the major governments on Earth (secretly and not including the Chinese) is handled extremely well and realistically with our heroine having to use a vast amount of her "phaser like" hand weapons charge to prove her claims.And the portions where the "troll" (the "apocalypse troll" of the title) gains control of the minds of humans, especially the minds of those in various racist hate groups in the U.S., is quite chilling and effective.The final page of the book leaves the reader both saddened yet fullfilled in a way that the best stories should.
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