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Title	:	Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
Author	:	Peter F. Hamilton
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 827 pages
Published	:	February 28th 2006 by Del Rey (first published February 28th 2005)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Fiction. Audiobook. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy

Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2) Hardcover | Pages: 827 pages

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Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy.

The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare. Coexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next.

Nor are the Prime the only threat. For more than a hundred years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist -- the Starflyer -- has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. But now evidence suggests that the Guardians were right all along, and that the Starflyer has placed agents in vital posts throughout the Commonwealth -- agents who are now sabotaging the war effort.

Is the Starflyer an ally of the Prime, or has it orchestrated a fight to the death between the two species for its own advantage? Caught between two deadly enemies, one a brutal invader striking from without, the other a remorseless cancer killing from within, the fractious Commonwealth must unite as never before...

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Original Title:	Judas Unchained
ISBN:	0345461665 (ISBN13: 9780345461667)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Commonwealth Saga #2, Commonwealth Universe #2

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You know that feeling you had in college after you finished your last final before vacation? That happy feeling of relief, of accomplishment, and of finally, FINALLY being done. Well, thats the feeling I had after finally finishing the Commonweath Saga the other night. Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained should essentially be viewed as one LONG book, nearly 2000 pages long in fact. It is epic, in scope, in vision, in ideas.and in bloat. Hamilton really does need a better editor.There is certainly

I have a love/hate relationship with Peter Hamilton's books. He's very adept at introducing interesting technology and making a faster-than-light society plausible but, as with a lot of these hard-science, libertarian SF authors, he badly needs an editor. I was skipping over multiple pages of irrelevance in both this book and its prequel, Pandora's Star. He also has far too many "main characters" who (despite 800+ pages) never seem to come alive. They all speak with essentially the same voice.

This book had so many good things going for it, but a few bad things really overdone degrade the whole story. The ideas and story are brilliant, and keep you interested. There are only 2 problems:1. Hamilton cannot write characters with personality at all. They are just stereotypes and many of them act so similar I couldn't tell one from another. All the soldiers acted the same, all the villains acted the same, and everyone had the same attitudes concerning most subjects. I assume they are the

Executive Summary: An enjoyable conclusion to the Commonwealth Duology. I plan to check out the Void trilogy at some point in the future.Audio book: John Lee once again does a great job. He doesn't do voices, but he's got a great reading voice that I could listen to for hours and seems well suited to Space Opera. I'm excited to see he reads the Void series for Tantor as well as a few other books I plan to check out. Full Review This is a long one, but overall I enjoyed it. I think this works

Wow! What a ride. This is Space Opera at its finest. This second book in the Commonwealth Saga cant really be described as a sequel as much as a continuation of the same story. If you put both books together you would be unable to discern where the break between the two would be. As such, a lot of my comments made in my review of the first book still apply http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...Some of our characters have decided the mythical Starflyer Alien is a real entity who has been

I have a confession to make: the Grumpy Cat is my spiritual animal. The confession was necessary because seemingly everybody and their brother loved the book. Everybody except for grumpy me that is. Let me remind you that in the previous book the humans of the future opened a Pandora Box and let some aliens with Highlander motto ("There can be only one") out in the wild. The latter happily proceed to exterminate our future race. End of book 1. This one picked right where the previous one left.

After I finished Pandora's Star , I ordered this sequel online and began it soon after it arrived at my doorstep. This is significant, because while I do not adhere religiously to the general order of my to-read list, I try to follow it in good faith. I couldn't wait over a year to read Judas Unchained, so despite my general moratorium on buying books, I made an exception. And I'm glad I did. Judas Unchained is off the frelling chain!As with my review for Pandora's Star, I'll try to keep this