Series: Orion
by Author Ben Bova
Orion and the Conqueror (1995)
This is just one of those light bits of fluff that I enjoy while I'm reading something heavier. It's not art, but it's fun. It's part of a series that Bova created in which our hero, Orion, is placed in Macedonia during Philip II's reign, and as Philip's son Alexander (eventually known as "the Gr...
Vengeance of Orion (1988)
Orion narrates his sudden awakening as a slave. He lays seige to Troy with Odysseus, brings down the walls of Jericho, and raises rightful Prince Aramset to power of Pharoah in Egypt. But the Greek "gods" are only powerful future humans: Apollo his master, Athena his beloved. The enlivening of lo...
Orion In The Dying Time (1991)
Ben Bova wrote the Orion series to explore one big idea: what is our relationship to god or to the gods? Does humanity create the gods or do the gods create humanity? What if the relationship is circular and more messy than you think? Orion was created by the Creators, to fight their battles in t...
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bryght (2008)
I liked this. Yes, it’s short and yes it could be made longer and deeper (snicker) but for what it is, it’s great. Cathryn knows how to write hot and steamy and there’s a lot of it here.She has fun with the whole ‘out of control mating’ trope and I thought she did pretty good with the characters ...