Knight (Sibyl's War, #2)

by Timothy Zahn

A legend of Space Opera is back with Knight, the second book in Timothy Zahn's Sibyl’s War series

Nicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philadelphia, then she and her partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth-like aliens and taken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha.

Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy. Competing factions control different parts of the Fyrantha with the humans and other sentient aliens caught in the middle. But Nicole is done being bullied, and now she has a plan to take control of the ship. She just has to outsmart war profiteers and slavers to do it.

• ISBN10: 0765329670
• ISBN13: 9780765329677
• Publish Date: 16 April 2019
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Imprint: Tor Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Quirky Cat]

Knight: A Chronicle of Sybil's War is the second novel in Timothy Zahn's series, Sybil's War. It's an epic space opera perfect for fans of the genre.

Once upon a time, Nicole Hammond and her partner Bungie were focused entirely on trying to survive on the streets of Philadelphia. Now, that seems like so long ago. Against all odds, they have been abducted by mysterious aliens – and unfortunately for them, they do not imagine this experience.

Her time among the aliens changed her, and now she is a being known as a Sybil – a human with the ability to communicate with aliens. She must find a way out of this war, for everyone's sakes, even if nobody is thrilled with the situation.

Before I delve into my review, I need to be completely honest here. I did it again. AGAIN. I picked up yet another novel without realizing it was a sequel beforehand. I don't know why I seem to have gone through a string of this lately. I need to up my Goodreads search skills.

Anyway, despite not having read the first novel, I didn't have any trouble following along with Knight. Many early events sound pretty similar to other series (games and novels) that I've seen in the past, so that helped a lot.

I enjoyed reading about Zahn's alien races and how they function as individuals and society. If I'm honest, those were the highlights of this novel to me. That doesn't mean the rest was bad, just that these moments and revelations stole the show as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks to Tor Books and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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