Adiamante

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Earth was once the capital of an interstellar empire, but now it's just another inhabited planet in a forgotten universal order. Its citizens survive through kindness, environmental conservation and non-aggression. But humanity's great strides toward erasing its violent past are threatened when 12 ships made of indestructible adiamante appear in orbit. The ships are from a former colony bent on subjugating the Earth and its inhabitants. But the strict ethics that have helped revitalize the Earth may be its downfall, as the human homeworld struggles to find a way to save itself without violating its new-found principles.

Product Description
Earth, the peaceful capital of a long-fallen interstellar empire, is confronted by deadly violence when the warships of a former colony attack, and it is up to planetary coordinator Ecktor deJanes to eliminate the menace without violating Earth's non-aggression principles.

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3 out of 5 stars

A good read but it will go in the trash can when I am finished. September 22, 2008
I had trouble following the story at first. Part of the problem is that the author thinks he is being cute, or imaginative I guess because I takes words and shortens them, or puts two words together to make a new word. I call it arrogant and naive and a waste of time for the reader because not all words are immediately understandable. Also, I agree with the other review that said that the book was a Greenpeace wishlist. I find this society abhorent and cannot believe it could stand for thousands or years without revolt. However, as a fictional world/society I have no issues because this is fiction. I would be troubled if anyone actually felt this way, but I don't see any evidence that the author was doing anything other than tell a story of of some fictional society.

I would have liked more detail about the differences between the three races. Why would anyone NOT want to be a demi if it is a simple choice? Are the cybs clones? Are there bodys procreated or created in labs? Why destroy Pyramids? How did such a totalitarian regime gain power? How can people on old-Earth even remember who the cybs are after thousands of years let alone remember their traits and keep refering to the "same-old cybs?" So, after thousands of years, the cybs show up and people on old-earth just say "Hey there, how are you doing?" as if an off-shoot of old-earth returning happened every week?

Books I love go into my book case, the rest I throw away when I am done reading. This one will not go in the book case, although I am enjoying it. It is just that some books I can't swallow very well such as ANYTHING written by Harry Turtledove.

1 out of 5 stars

Disappointing to a Dedicated Fan May 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have to preface this comment by saying that I am a long time fan of Mr. Modesitt and have enjoyed many of his works immensely.

What one did not see here that was conspicuous in his other works was the detailed development of characters and a definite sense of good and bad. The work was almost devoid of meaningful personalities and, instead, droned on and on about every left wing cause that Hollywood had ever invented to explain how much better are the elites than us.

How stupid we must be to water our yards and build fantastic cities from the mud and rock that nature provides in such glorious abundance. How inadequate we must be to think that we can overcome the forces of nature and over allocate our families with more than the completely normal 1.5 children. How ecologically unsound must we be to ignore the politicians and theatrical elitists who move about the world in Lear Jets and heat and air condition mansions in every major city on earth and think it acceptable for the average Joe to own his own 2,000 square foot home replete with white picket fence.

Mr. Modesitt must think so much of himself and so little of us. I wonder now why I ever paid my limited cash for fifteen of his novels.

T. Nickelsen

5 out of 5 stars

A daring work of utopia September 19, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

If you are at all interested in thinking about and exploring Utopias, this book is a must. Unlike much other speculative fiction about utopias, Modesitt dares to explain the rules of his utopia in a thoughtful and engaging story. I truly enjoyable read, I would recommend this book to anyone.

5 out of 5 stars

One that will make you think... September 10, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book is an excellent example of what makes science-fiction so appealing to me : timeless questions and ideas, put in a different perspective, so that a new understanding may be found.

Power vs responsibiliy, and what make a society stable ? Food for the thought, packaged in a good action plot.

4 out of 5 stars Well done, but blandly seasoned June 8, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This novel presents a compelling entree to a mythos/universe that the author expands in other novels, but Adiamante may lack the vicersal tug that you get from a truly great novel. Well worth reading, even loosing sleep for, but by the very nature of its characters and message, not one you'll push on your friends.
More mature and thoughtful readers will remember this one fondly, and return to it often.

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