Victory Conditions (Vatta's War) by Elizabeth Moon
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Book Reviews of Victory Conditions (Vatta's War)
Book Review: Winning Against All Odds
Summary: 5 Stars
Victory Conditions (2008) is the fifth naval SF novel in the Vatta's War series, following Command Decision. In the previous volume, Kylara Vatta and her Space Defense Force drove away pirates attacking two Mackensee Military Assistance Corporation ships in the Boxtop-zip-figaro-112 system. More MMAC ships were expected in twelve days, so the SDF stayed insystem to protect the surviving MMAC vessel.
When an SDF technician repaired the ISC ansible in the system, the relay notified ISC headquarters. An ISC Enforcement taskforce was dispatched to apprehend the ship. They encountered the returning pirates and lost half their ships.
In this novel, Ky is now Admiral Commanding of the SDF. All her surviving ships are gathered within the MMAC home system and have been resupplied by the mercenaries. She also has been notified that the Slotter Key privateers have been ordered to report to her at Cascadia Station.
Before their departure to Cascadia, Ky holds a staff meeting with all her ship captains and the MMAC liaison. She asks Major Douglas to query the Mackensee linguists about the language used by the pirates. Ky also decides to ask cousin Stella to check on a retrofit Combat Control Center for the Vanguard.
Rafe Dunbarger is now acting CEO of InterStellar Communications. The board is happy to have him in command, but they are unhappy with his relationship to Ky. The board thoroughly believes his father's delusion that the Vatta family is aiding the pirates. Rafe cannot convince them otherwise.
Stella is acting CEO of Vatta Transport on Cascadia Station. She has a problem with Toby's attachment to Zori Lourri. Remembering her own crushes, she reassures Zori's family of the status of Toby and herself. Toby is asked over to the Lourri house for supper.
Aunt Grace is now Rector of Defense for Slotter Key. She prepares the Slotter Key Spaceforce ships to join the Space Defense Force commanded by Ky. Despite her objections, MacRobert talked her out of going along with the Spaceforce fleet. Of course, MacRobert was onboard when they leave.
In this story, Toby discovers that the secret language of the pirates is the same as the one that he has been learning from Zori. Stella tells him to not confide in Zori, but he refuses to distrust her. Toby avoids telling her about the pirates, but he does ask her some questions about the language in a roundabout way. Then the pirates abduct Toby.
Zori notices the kidnappers wheeling Toby away from the O'Keefe Ice Cream Palace as she arrives for their meeting. She tries to chase the ambulance, but her security holds her back. Then they tell her that she is going home now.
Zori evades her security and then hides under a table to avoid the shooting. Eventually, station security shows up and she tells her story. They finally release her into the custody of Stella.
Ky and her staff decide that the pirates will need more and larger ships. After several interstellar calls, they learn that only the shipyard at Moray has received an order for several larger ships. Ky takes her ships to Moray and arrives amidst a battle.
This tale shows Ky learning more about joint forces strategy and tactics. With her reinforced fleet, additional personnel and shipboard ansibles, she starts training the fleet in new tactics. Meanwhile, her staff begins to collect more intelligence on the pirates.
This novel is the last volume in the series. Naturally Ky defeats her enemies and gains her true love. Enjoy!
Highly recommended for Moon fans and for anyone who enjoys tales of naval tactics, political intrigue, and tangled romances.
-Arthur W. Jordin
Book Review: Please do not stop
Summary: 5 Stars
Want more! Love this series and buy everyone presubscribed hardbound. At least continue the universe with stories of other characters.Book Review: Victory Conditions
Summary: 4 Stars
Wow! More thrilling space opera from Elizabeth Moon.
This book lives up to everything we've come to expect from Ms Moon. Good character development, good plot lines and well described space battles with plausible physics.
This is the last book in the Vatta's War series, returning to an established cast in an ongoing war with the space pirates. sounds corny I know but Ms Moon pulls it off in stile.
The pace increases towards the end with what feels like a rushed and contrite finish to the otherwise elegant series. The rushed finish levees the reeder feeling unsatisfied and wondering if the printer left out two or three chapters.
Fans of Ms Moons work will enjoy this book (I know I did) ignoring the rushed finish, this was a good read and I recommend it to Ms Moon's readers.
Book Review: Good Resolution
Summary: 5 Stars
I LIKE Elizabeth Moon's books. However the last two before this strayed from the straight-on "Space Opera" of some of her earlier work (read the Esmay Suiza stories!). I was getting a little tired of the poorly disguised lectures, so I was pleasantly surprised that Victory Conditions just forges ahead, doing a nice job of bringing the Vatta's War series to resolution and conclusion. Once again, she's brought her personal knowledge of what life might be like in a space navy to bear, and the result is a lot of smile-inducing reading.Book Review: victory conditions, vatta'a war
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed this book immensely. I couldn't read it fast enough yet hated to finish it as it was the last of the trilogy. I've read all 3 books, the hardest part is waiting for the sequels. I hope Elizabeth Moon will come out with another series soon. She writes well. Her characters are believable and stories action packed.