ARCADIA (COLONY Book 2)

I am a fan of Rich Weyand's Colony series. This is the second one and I enjoyed reading it. It tells a human story but in the future on a colony planet. There is some intrigue but overall it is a light, fast moving novel.

Awesome book can’t wait to read the next one. I really like this author his books are very easy to read and I can go through them like I’m eating peanuts.Now I’m onto the next one!

I love a well written scifi story. The science can be as off the wall as you want and still be consistent within the reality of the author. It is the hallmark of a well developed world. This one has been nicely consistent awith entertaining characters. I love the casual nudity that developed as a cultural norm here. Not prurient, but simply as a matter of life. It's a series well worth reading.

This book has to do with world building and a set up to space flight. Not very much action in this particular book. If you want explosions shoot them ups this is not a series or book for you. This book concerns the manipulations of a certain rich family and how they work their way into developing The colonies way back to the stars. Good if you’re into this type of material you may enjoy it obviously I did I read the entire book.

This installment capably continues to develop the primary storyline and threads that successfully with several new themes and storylines, most of which are resolved by the end of this installment. Good character and society development, supported by a cast of new characters. Ends on a promise and a hope for the future.

Perhaps most noteworthy among several elements is that and what there there is almost no violence in the first two novels. A refreshing departure from the all-too- common violence endemic to the genre. Human nature being what it is, greed and a lust for power over others is likely to surface but civiizations are built upon competition within a framework of cooperation. Nor do governments based upon the "consent of the governed" initiate wars upon other established nations with clear borders. No doubt some will object, citing white american's treatment of indian nations and the mexican-american war. On the surface those do conflict but history demonstrates otherwise. The indian nations not only did not have established formal borders but did the very same thing to each other that whites did to them and had done so to each other for thousands of years. It was a dog eat dog world and the biggest dog won. Mexico's dictator Gen. Santa Ana precipitated the Mexican/American war. The party that starts a war has no right to complain when they lose that war.

An interesting change of perspective. In the first book of the series we get the 'big picture' ideological view of the Colony project. In this second book it's all about first person 'on the ground' impressions. The delivery is an interesting choice. Weyand covers the first 100 or so years of Arcadia from landing through the first Centennial and beyond. In between each segment are very brief glimpses Of Quant and what she is doing in the background.I've gotten used to Weyand's tendency to jump from detailing menus to planning more 'perfect' governments. It is a quirky style but his characters are detailed and strong enough to always carry the story through. It is Weyand's characters and his larger vision that seen to always keeps me coming back for more.

Great world creating and ingenious weaving of the plot.

Arcadia continues the story of the colonists, it's written as four story arcs set at various times and covering the major events in the planets growth,each section is separated by a brief update on what Janice Quant is up to, the Chen-Jasic alliance grows into a powerful economic block who aren't overtly political but still dedicated to the original colonists ideals,unlike some who allow power to corrupt them,the author manages to round of each book satisfactorily but also leaves teasing hints of what is to come.The one problem that I had was keeping track of all the Chen clan,an index would be great as I found myself jumping back a lot.