Do You like book Sword Of The Lamb (2013)?
I read this book originally as a young teen over 25 years ago. The Phoenix Legacy series had a lasting impression and helped lead me into a love of science fiction. I happened upon these books as I was going through an old box of Hardy Boys books from my youth and decided to give it another read. The story is still as rich as I remember it with excellent characters and interesting plots to go along with a detailed future of mankind.I couldn't find book 2, but thankfully there are still some out of print versions that are available relatively cheap. As I finish these up, my 13 year old son is picking them up and I'm sure he will enjoy this story written over 30 years ago just as much or more than the new science fiction he reads.
—Scott
An epic set with elements of feudal politics in the future. Two brothers, Alexand the heir apparent to the families industrial complex is learning the intrigues to maneuver at the highest levels in the Concord's Thousand Loyal Houses. Meanwhile the younger bookish Rich who has studied the Concord's history, understands the implications of revolutionary thought and how an alternate future might be chosen. Rich is capable of plotting out the results of actions that will irrevocably set events onto a new course and save the "bonds" (serfs) from the cycle of increasingly harsh reprisals their uprisings inevitably bring about. Martha Wren also wrote mysteries.
—Nicole
This is an interesting trilogy based in the future with a strict caste system in danger of coming apart at the seams. This book focuses on Alexand and his brother Richard, members of the Elite. Richard, who is terminally ill, becomes involved with the plight of the Bonds and joins the secret Society of the Phoenix. While parts of it were a little slow, there is a lot of background material to cover. Things definitely pick up near the end of this volume and I am going to start the second one immediately.
—Michelle
