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A review by alexctelander
Coyote Rising by Allen M. Steele
4.0
Almost ten years ago, when I read Coyote by Allen Steele and hailed it as a great work of science fiction and hoped he would do a sequel, little did I know it would become an ongoing series! In the first sequel to Coyote, Coyote Rising, Steele continues with his parallelism of the settling of the New World, as things begin to heat up on the world of Coyote and revolution is afoot.
With the arrival of a whole host of new colonists from a very different Earth under a new doomed socialist dictatorship at the end of Coyote, the original colonists have fled their former cities, striking out for the jungles, forests and hinterlands, creating their own new hamlets and towns. Originally published as a series of stories in Asimov’s, each “part” of the book looks at a different viewpoint of this diverse world, as the original colonists plan raids and revolts against these new colonists who seek to subjugate and control them. But the original colonists have a strong leader in Rigil Kent, who is the familiar protagonist from Coyote, Carlos Montero: a great leader and an even better schemer at fighting back against these Social Collectivists.
Coyote Rising also focuses on the building of an important great bridge and its attempted detonation and destruction by the rebels. Steele has great fun researching the architectural fundamentals of building such a large bridge from the viewpoint of James Alonzo Garcia. In another story he focuses on the strange genetically engineered character of Reverend Zoltan Shirow, a cult leader who gives a whole new meaning to the term “batshit crazy.”
Reading this sequel is like delving through an important volume of history covering the beautiful but dangerous planet of Coyote, as Steele seeks to tell a wide variety of entertaining and captivating stories told by a host of interesting and at times fascinating characters.
Originally written on August 15, 2011 ©Alex C. Telander.
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With the arrival of a whole host of new colonists from a very different Earth under a new doomed socialist dictatorship at the end of Coyote, the original colonists have fled their former cities, striking out for the jungles, forests and hinterlands, creating their own new hamlets and towns. Originally published as a series of stories in Asimov’s, each “part” of the book looks at a different viewpoint of this diverse world, as the original colonists plan raids and revolts against these new colonists who seek to subjugate and control them. But the original colonists have a strong leader in Rigil Kent, who is the familiar protagonist from Coyote, Carlos Montero: a great leader and an even better schemer at fighting back against these Social Collectivists.
Coyote Rising also focuses on the building of an important great bridge and its attempted detonation and destruction by the rebels. Steele has great fun researching the architectural fundamentals of building such a large bridge from the viewpoint of James Alonzo Garcia. In another story he focuses on the strange genetically engineered character of Reverend Zoltan Shirow, a cult leader who gives a whole new meaning to the term “batshit crazy.”
Reading this sequel is like delving through an important volume of history covering the beautiful but dangerous planet of Coyote, as Steele seeks to tell a wide variety of entertaining and captivating stories told by a host of interesting and at times fascinating characters.
Originally written on August 15, 2011 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews and exclusive interviews, go to the BookBanter site.