Jonny's son Justin would carry the Moreau name to danger. Corwin Moreau is governor of Aventine, but the fact that the Moreau family has held power for so long is beginning to generate bad feelings in the Cobra Worlds Council.
But Corwin's niece, Jasmine, faces the greatest challenge. Until a mission arises that demands her expertise, and requires that she be given the deadly Cobra implants. Because the enemy, too, knows that there are no female Cobras, and Jasmine can infiltrate without being suspected. Subscribe to posts. An A-Z guide. Get Big. It would attack the aliens not from space, but on the ground-with forces the Trofts did not even suspect.
Thus were created the Cobras, a guerilla force whose weapons were surgically implanted, invisible to the unsuspecting eye, yet undeniably deadly. But power brings temptation. Jonny Moreau would learn the uses-and abuses-of his special abilities, and what it truly meant to be a Cobra. If anyone had told Jonny Moreau the Cobras would one day take orders from the alien Troft, he would have laughed without humor.
He'd lost too many friends during the Troft war, though the Cobras triumphed in the end. Now, though, the Troft were trading partners-and they feared what might be a mutual danger: A new race, ruthless and tenacious, that threatened human space as well as Troft. And the offer was five new planets for the overcrowded Cobra worlds. Jonny's son Justin would carry the Moreau name to danger. Corwin Moreau is governor of Aventine, but the fact that the Moreau family has held power for so long is beginning to generate bad feelings in the Cobra Worlds Council.
But Corwin's niece, Jasmine, faces the greatest challenge. Her only ambition is to become a Cobra-but no woman has ever been accepted to the Academy or ever will be, if her opponents have their way. Until a mission arises that demands her expertise, and requires that she be given the deadly Cobra implants. Because the enemy, too, knows that there are no female Cobras, and Jasmine can infiltrate without being suspected. But power brings temptation.
Jonny Moreau would learn the uses-and abuses-of his special abilities, and what it truly meant to be a Cobra. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. Published September 14th by Baen Books first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions 5.
Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Cobra Trilogy , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Cobra Trilogy. Oct 18, S. Higbee rated it it was amazing. In a very smart marketing move back in , Baen gathered together this fine series of books and put them into an omnibus edition. However I now realise that I was seriously selling Zahn short — his work is far more than that… The colony wo In a very smart marketing move back in , Baen gathered together this fine series of books and put them into an omnibus edition.
However I now realise that I was seriously selling Zahn short — his work is far more than that… The colony worlds Adirondack and Silvern fell to the Troft forces almost without a struggle. It would attack the aliens not from space, but on the ground — with forces the Trofts did not even suspect. Thus were created the Cobras, a guerrilla force whose weapons were surgically implanted, invisible to the unsuspecting eye, yet undeniably deadly.
But power brings temptation… and not all the Cobras could be trusted to fight for Earth alone. Jonny Moreau would learn the uses — and abuses — of his special abilities, and what it truly meant to be a Cobra. Written with plenty of verve and tension — but the book quickly shoots off into another direction, exploring the far more intriguing political and social aspects of having a bunch of surgically enhanced fighters within a community. While they may be capable of saving a planet from a deadly alien invasion — what happens when the threat goes away and the majority of your force has survived the war?
Layered in amongst the various adventures are a number of gnarly issues for readers to consider if they wish. Issues such as right versus might; at what stage does one society with superior technology intervene in the affairs of another planet to prevent a perceived threat?
How far should a soldier follow orders? His unfussy style manages to keep the action rolling forward through multiple viewpoints, avoiding the chunks of info-dumping so often prevalent with this sub-genre. It takes a lot of skill to set a storyline spanning several worlds while following a family down three generations as they grapple with another Cobra-related problem, without resorting to several pages of background information in omniscient viewpoint.
Shelves: ebook. Book Info : Genre : Military Sci-fi Reading Level : Adult Disclosure : I received an ARC of the final book in the Cobra War trilogy from Amazon Vine in exchange for an honest review; in order to fully appreciate it, I have gathered this first trilogy in omnibus format and the first two books in the Cobra War trilogy, for all of which I will happily also provide an honest review.
Synopsis : The colony worlds Adirondack and Silvern fell to the Troft forces almost without a struggle. Outnumbered and on Book Info : Genre : Military Sci-fi Reading Level : Adult Disclosure : I received an ARC of the final book in the Cobra War trilogy from Amazon Vine in exchange for an honest review; in order to fully appreciate it, I have gathered this first trilogy in omnibus format and the first two books in the Cobra War trilogy, for all of which I will happily also provide an honest review.
My Thoughts : This is am omnibus edition that contains the books Cobra originally published in , Cobra Strike and Cobra Bargain I have read a number of books by Timothy Zahn in the past, which have varied from brilliant to so-so. Military science-fiction is a relatively new addition to my list of books I will read — my husband introduced me to the genre with the fun The Rats, The Bats, and the Vats something like eight years ago and then I graduated on to the Honor Harrington books and never really looked back.
Then when I learned this were originally published while I was still in high school, I was even more interested to see what I thought, since at the time I was mostly reading fantasy — a very different mindset!
The set-up for this is a very interesting one — the Cobra soldiers are basically turned into a sort of cyborg and used for guerrilla warfare. Like many books of military science-fiction, this book goes beyond the war and into the reactions of the people to war, victory, defeat, and the military itself.
This series is a multi-generational thing. We follow down from Jonny Moreau and through his family lines to his granddaughter, Jin, as the Cobras first are created and then later form a place for themselves within society. I found this to be an enjoyable piece of military science-fiction — perhaps a bit belated with its late acknowledgment of women in the military, but a solid piece of the genre fiction. You can find individual reviews for each of the books in the usual places.
Highly recommended. Jun 11, SciFiOne rated it really liked it Shelves: scifi. This book contains three complete novels by Timothy Zahn. I have read many of Mr. Zahn's books but had never read any of his Cobra books. I have been reading a lot of Military Science Fiction lately and decided to read these books too.
I had thought from the descriptions that they were too Military Science Fiction and there were some elements of that genre in them but they were more Space Opera than Military Science Fiction.
I am a big fan of Space This book contains three complete novels by Timothy Zahn. I am a big fan of Space Opera however so that was fine. In the first book ,Cobra, the first half of the book is mostly Military Science Fiction and is about Jonny Moreau and his decision to join in mankind's war against the alien Troft who have invaded two of Earth's colonies. When he joins the service he is selected for the elite Cobra force. He is extensively modified with weapon implants and a computer to run them.
He undergoes training and then he and his team are dropped on one of the occupied planets where they work with the local underground in a gorilla war against the Troft.
The second half of the book takes place after the war and Jonny tries to integrate back into society but finds that he no longer fits in. He is then volunteers to go to a new colony with a group of Cobra on the far side of Troft space and help establish the colony and make it safe from the local wildlife and as a deterrent against the Troft who mankind has an uneasy alliance with.
The second book, Cobra, strike take place a few years after Cobra and Jonny is now a politician on his new colony world when the Troft come to the Cobras asking for help against a new enemy they have met on a planet called Qasama.
Jonny's two sons Justin and Joshua, one who is a Cobra and one who is not, are sent on a mission with a group of Cobras and scientists to investigate this new menace which turns out to be a lost colony of humans who have come under the influence of an alien species. The third book, Cobra Bargain, has Jasmine Moreau, the daughter of Corwin Moreau, one of Jonny's sons, becoming the first female Cobra and being sent back to Qasama because spy satellites have found evidence that the humans there may be developing space flight capability and they have sworn to attack mankind if they ever do.
The mission is shot down when attempting to infiltrate Qasama and only Jasmine survives. She is determined to complete her mission to prove that woman Cobra can do as well as a male Cobra. With the help of two unlikely allies she proceeds to do so. Nov 26, Aaron rated it it was ok Shelves: novels , library. I'm torn on my review because I didn't read the entire trilogy. But the reason for that is because the first book wasn't what I expected or wanted and I ended up being kind of disappointed.
I was hoping for a smart or witty not necessarily the same thing military action story with some moral introspection on war or soldiers and so on. There was action and it was smartly written, but there was a lot of politics and "soldiers come home from Vietnam" -esque storylines that weren't bad but not wha I'm torn on my review because I didn't read the entire trilogy. There was action and it was smartly written, but there was a lot of politics and "soldiers come home from Vietnam" -esque storylines that weren't bad but not what I at all had picked up the book to read.
Doing a bit of searching indicated that it seemed more likely that that style were continue for the rest of the trilogy, so I decided to stop there and move on to something more suited to my mood.
Sep 09, Jenavieve Rose rated it really liked it. I really enjoyed this series! My only drawback was that a certain plot element involved the scientific explanation of how an alien animal species mated and a few adult comments made by some characters. There was also a scene where a young man tries to convince a woman to sleep with him, but she firmly refuses and what he wants is only hinted at.
All in all, pretty good books, I just wouldn't recommend them to for young readers. Especially since these books deal with war and its consequences. It I really enjoyed this series!
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