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Sassinak
by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon

Old Enough to be Used
Young Enough to be Broken

Sassinak was twelve when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength. Maybe it was her friendship with the captured Fleet crewman. Maybe it was her spirit. Whatever it was, it wouldn't let her resign herself to the life of a slave. She bided her time, watched for her moment. Finally it came, and she escaped.

But that was only the beginning for Sassinak. Now she's a Fleet Captain with a pirate-chasing ship of her own, and only one regret in her life: not enough pirates.

Published 3/1/1990
SKU: 067169863X
Ebook Price: $5.00 
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1. Joe on 10/30/2010, said:

This reads like something you'd get from a literature class where each person writes a paragraph or chapter, then hands it to the next person. As others have said, this volume might be better understood in the context of a larger story arc and other volumes. However, that doesn't excuse this: confused, weak, incomplete, inconsistent and an ultimately boring mush. The authors are demonstrably capable of much better, so I'll keep them on my watch list. But don't waste your time and money on this one.
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2. Samuel on 9/22/2010, said:

If you're reading this and it seems less than complete, that may well be because you haven't read Death of Sleep and Generation Warriors the sequels. This is part of a story arc which started with Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur Planet survivors and although it tends to stand alone reasonably well, there are elements that are missing if you haven't read the other stories. For the person that felt that this was a copy of David Weber's work, you should look at the publication dates. Sassenak came out four years prior to On Baslisk Station, and the whole series was complete a year before it was published. The original story in the arc was a couple of decades before that. Ann and Elizabeth did a credable job of starting what would be a precursor to the Serrano/Suiza/Vatta(?) universe. If you're not into overanalyzing your favorite writers, or if they aren't favorites, this isn't required reading. But I remember it all rather fondly from two decades ago, which says something for it.
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3. Georgina on 3/5/2008, said:

Starts well, ends badly. The events of the climax pass far too quickly and without sufficient explanation to make sense of them. It feels like there should have been a lot more to the story, perhaps a sequel was originally intended, then dropped, and the plot attempted to hastily tie itself together? Anyway, the end result is unimpressive.
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4. Daryl on 9/23/2007, said:

I have read works by both authors and found them highly enjoyable. However, this book just seems to be a timid and pale imitation of Weber's Honor Harrington. And it lacks the gritty detail of space combat, personal combat, and the adrenaline rush of a firefight I would look for in a Space Opera. It made me feel like I was watching an episode of star Trek Voyager, where all the combat was hits, percentage of shields lost, power failing, but no real descriptions or visualizations of what was happening. I hold up Wrath of Khan as one of the best for showing visceral phaser fire between starships! Or many of the Star Wars movies. Not to compare this novel to a Star Wars movie or a TV episode, those were just my impressions, or lack thereof. This is only a three quarters review, though, so I hope that somewhere in the last part this book redeems my time spent reading it.
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