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This is one of my favorite SF series—arguably my very favorite one currently in progress, althouigh Weber's Honor Harrington series, Eric Flint's 163X series, and Sharon Shinn's elemental series are quite close. The problem is that I can't say much specific about the seventh book of a series (that is really one very long novel, unlike the Harrington or 163X series that tend to resolve the immediate story arc at the end of each book, with a few exceptions) without including spoilers for earlier books in the series. I'll just say that after the largely downer Midst Toil and Tribulation, things by and large start looking significantly better for the Charisian Empire in this one, though I estimate there are still at least two more books to go—and that's only if he stops it once the Church is defeated and doesn't continue into how humanity manages to defeat the Gbaba. (Of course, I'm only assuming the Church will eventually be defeated, but if it isn't this whole series doesn't seem to have a point.)


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Like a Mighty Army A Novel in the Safehold Series David Weber 9780765321565 Books Reviews

This had fewer completely asinine plot holes than the last. I've read all in the series up to Hell's Foundations. Although "read" is a bit strong. There is WAY, WAY! too much nattering insignificant detail - just pads the word count (Weber must be paid by the word, or perhaps he is under contract to deliver a manuscript with at least X number of words or pages. I hope he isn't doing it to just annoy his audience.) OTOH, I do find some of the background info interesting, it (*some* of it) gives the action more context, when he writes about leaking valves or getting a cart through the mud, but some of it is just way too much of nothing. I've taken to almost completely ignoring the sections written from the pro-Temple point of view, the book is less painful to progress through that way. But even with that, there's just too much about how many hills are on the left of the road, and whether there's a ditch on the right, how many leaves are on the trees. This is the 7th book of the series, and I'm still with it, so it can't be that bad. OTOH, if it was that good, I would be reading every word. This book is, imho, written a lot better than the last (which I gave one star). It still has one absolutely horrible plot element where a box is allowed to be placed within a couple of yards of a main character without being inspected. It couldn't be any more lame than that. Guard"Whatcha got there?" Villian"Oh, just ignore that large box, obviously it can't be anything dangerous" Guard "OK, you may pass. Be sure to get a front row seat!" It's utter rubbish. The good part is that is the only BIG hole (there are a couple of other scenes that send the plot in the direction that Weber obviously wanted it to go that made little sense, but that is by far the one that wasn't even plausibly stupid.(note I've altered the situation slightly, but not significantly, it shouldn't be a spoiler, I hope).) I recommend skipping any pro-temple section over a couple of paragraphs. You won't miss anything, imho. Or if you want, only read the dialogs in those sections. You also might want to skip the narrative paragraphs which contain no dialog, especially if they start describing the scenery. I got sick of them very quickly. The only other silly plot line was the sudden appearance of a female action hero. Her debut has her at 5'4" beating the tar out of some 6' 200 lb bully-boy in front of an audience! Yeah, no. Totally ridiculous. I will admit that young readers may accept this nonsense, since they see so much just like it on TV or in the movies now days. But it happens in the book. Is the heroine worried that her cover is blown and she'll be regarded as a demon? Of course not! I mean, Safehold is all about the Equal Rights for Women. In a way, her beating up the thug is disrespectful of the problems that women face in the (real world) workforce. It isn't the obvious difference in physical strength and size that forms the basis of discrimination, it is the discrimination in the actions, opinions and expectations of the woman's co-workers, underlings, and superiors. Women don't "fix" that by arm wrestling some guy twice their size. But I digress. Much better than Midst Toil, still isn't up to what he used to be able to write, when he still was trying. Actually, I am amazed how much technical detail he seems to have mastered. Makes me wonder whether he's writing this all himself. My guess is he's had a LOT of help (discussions about firearms, steel making, etc.). Perhaps that explains some of the really weak points. Alzheimers, drug addiction are alternative possibilities. Weber still seems to be unable to create dialogs which are either not sarcastic, jokey, and bluntly honest OR angry and sadistically threatening - its one or the other. Everybody speaks that way, right? You'll also see a continuation of the overuse of pat phrases "With all due respect, ..." and "Forgive me, your Grace/Majesty/Highness" and about two dozen others and the implausible "reading of eyes" wherein character A can intuit exactly how character B is feeling by looking deeply into his/her eyes. Magic - Just ask HW about looking into Putin's soul...Silly and the count of the times someone's eyes "speak" in this series is about 3000% too high. And my last complaint is that without detailed topographical maps, his excessive description of the terrain and troop placements are, to me, totally useless. I've read some good military history which allowed the audience to understand what is happening. If that was Weber's intent (and the only other intention I can think of is to pad the word count), then he's failed, at least with this reader (I consider myself to have above average 3D visualization abilities (and I've tested highly in that), but his descriptions leave me having to ignore entire sections as meaningless blah, blah.). I guess the only other thing I'd mention is that Weber leaves characters behind. A key character (oh, say a spymaster) in one book seems to have zero contributions in following books. Oh, one more thing it is IRONIC that supposedly Merlin is teaching Safeholdians about the scientific method and to be curious, and yet there is one character who has inexplicable abilities, and Merlin just ignores her. (You know who I mean if you've read the previous books). "Oh, her? Yeah, I'm astounded she could do that. What? Am I curious? No, not really. Don't want to be impolite or suspicious (after all, I've looked into her eyes...).
I bought all the books, in hardcover, as soon as they were released, until the 7th one. I bought that one on , and it is the last one for me. I'm now an elderly woman, I doubt I'll live long enough to find out what happens to the people of Safehold, nor do I care any longer. I love series usually. I have the complete Wheel of Time, thanks to Brandon Sanderson completing it. And I own thirty four of the books in the "In Death" series. But in each of the series I've enjoyed, each book in the series contained a complete story arc and climax. This series has become like one huge book, divided up into six or seven hundred pages released once every twelve or so months. At this rate, I'm guessing it will take 40+ books or more to bring Safeholdian civilization back up to the level necessary for resolution of the war with the Gbaba. Over 15% of the last book was a glossary. If I had realized this was the author's plan, I wouldn't have started it. Luckily, I have never read any of his other work and won't waste any more of my time. There are so many authors writing excellent military sci-fi, this series is no longer worth my time or money.
I've really enjoyed the imaginative and unique premise for this series as manages to mix Sci-Fi, religion, technology new and old and deep character development.

The problem, however, is that the story is moving at a pace best described as "glacial". 600 or so pages in this, the 7th book and we readers are only incrementally farther along that we were 3-4 books ago. At this pace it might literally take another several just to confront the Mother Church on its own grounds, never mind explore lifting its oppressiveness in an effort to get humanity back on its feet and on the offensive.

In short, a great and unique story by a gifted author who tends to ever more get bogged down in minutiae and excruciatingly irrelevant detail. Tom Clancy was able to delve deeply into detail & tech, yet still kept the story from stagnating. Since we tend to see about one of these books a year I'm concerned that either the author or too many readers may expire before we actually get to experience some real forward movement in the storyline.

C'mon, Mr. Weber, get the story MOVING!!
This is one of my favorite SF series—arguably my very favorite one currently in progress, althouigh Weber's Honor Harrington series, Eric Flint's 163X series, and Sharon Shinn's elemental series are quite close. The problem is that I can't say much specific about the seventh book of a series (that is really one very long novel, unlike the Harrington or 163X series that tend to resolve the immediate story arc at the end of each book, with a few exceptions) without including spoilers for earlier books in the series. I'll just say that after the largely downer Midst Toil and Tribulation, things by and large start looking significantly better for the Charisian Empire in this one, though I estimate there are still at least two more books to go—and that's only if he stops it once the Church is defeated and doesn't continue into how humanity manages to defeat the Gbaba. (Of course, I'm only assuming the Church will eventually be defeated, but if it isn't this whole series doesn't seem to have a point.)