Hellhole

by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Simon Saito Navarro (Translator)

Overview

Asolado por erupciones volcánicas, devastadoras tormentas y el impacto de un asteroide, Hellhole es un vertedero al que van a parar indeseables, inadaptados y charlatanes. Sin embargo, su ubicación en la frontera inexplorada de la Constelación lo convierte en el refugio definitivo para todos aquellos que huyen del yugo de la Diadema Michella Duchenet, una tirana de rostro adorable y corazón sombrío. El general Adolfo, el cabecilla militar exiliado en el planeta, está decidido a convertir Hellhole en una tierra de oportunidades, por ello forja alianzas secretas con los líderes de otros planetas de la Zona Profunda. Sin embargo, lo que nadie sabe es que Hellhole esconde un secreto de una envergadura histórica. Bajo la superficie del planeta se conservan los restos de una civilización alienígena extinguida, que ofrecen una información pormenorizada de un pasado del que no queda constancia y que, en el caso de que saliera a la luz, podría aniquilar a la frágil civilización humana.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788445078709
Publisher:	Grupo Planeta
Publication date:	10/25/2011
Series:	Volumen independiente , #2
Sold by:	Planeta
Format:	eBook
File size:	836 KB
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Brian Herbert, son of Frank Herbert, wrote the definitive biography of his father, Dreamer of Dune, which was a Hugo Award finalist. Brian is president of the company managing the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the motion picture Dune, as well as of the TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He is the author or coauthor of more than forty-five books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, has been nominated for the Nebula Award, and is always working on several projects at once. He and his wife, Jan, have traveled to all seven continents, and in 2019, they took a trip to Budapest to observe the filming of Dune.

Kevin J. Anderson has written dozens of national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers’ Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include the ambitious space opera series The Saga of Seven Suns, the epic fantasy trilogy Wake the Dragon, steampunk adventures Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives (with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart), as well as the thrillers Stake and Kill Zone (with Doug Beason). He is the publisher of WordFire Press and the director of the graduate program in publishing for Western Colorado University. He also set the Guinness-certified world record for the largest single-author book signing.

Editorial Reviews

Herbert and Anderson create vivid characters--both human and machine--with passionate goals.

RT Bookreviews on Dune: The Battle of Corin

Herbert and Anderson create vivid characters--both human and machine--with passionate goals.

RT Book Reviews on Dune: The Battle of Corrin

Bestselling authors Herbert and Anderson (The Winds of Dune) start a space opera series with a tale quite similar to Frank Herbert's Dune in setting, theme, and conflict. On the dangerous frontier planet Hellhole, defeated and exiled rebel Gen. Tiber Adolphus continues his honorable opposition to the political scheming and selfish machinations of the Crown Jewel worlds and grandmotherly Diadem Michella Duchenet. Adolphus and his companions work in secret to undermine the royal space travel monopoly and form a coalition of Deep Zone planets. Diadem Michella, embroiled in the schemes of the ancient noble families on the decadent capital planet Sonjeera, is too distracted to recognize the danger Adolphus poses. Repeated mentions of minor details bloat the novel's length, characters are one-dimensional, and the tale has an unsatisfying cliffhanger conclusion. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

The characters are easy for the reader to believe in, brought to life through not only their own emotions but also the responses and thoughts of the individuals around them.”

Booklist (starred review)

Succeeds admirably”

on the Dune novels New York Times Book Review

“Hellhole is a militaristic SF story of galactic proportions. . . .  A brilliant strategist, lover of Old Earth history, and cast-off of a now-defunct noble line, Adolphus is a Robin Hood for the galaxy to unite behind and support. The characters are easy for the reader to believe in, brought to life through not only their own emotions but also the responses and thoughts of the individuals around them.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Combines the best of space opera with galactic intrigue and a cast of memorable characters. Fans of David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series and the Star Wars® novels should enjoy a new entry into this popular category.” —Library Journal on Hellhole

“Unquestionably, Herbert & Anderson can spin a great yarn while producing a vivid, mystifying universe, filled with characters that are both endearing, and loathsome.” —BookSpotCentral on The Winds of Dune

“Herbert and Anderson create vivid characters--both human and machine--with passionate goals.” —RT Bookreviews on Dune: The Battle of Corin 

From the Publisher

In the distant future, the Constellation controls a core of 20 worlds—the Crown Jewels—and claims dominion over more than 50 peripheral planets in "the Deep Zone." When General Adolphus challenges the corrupt rule of the dowager Diadem Michella Duchenet, his incorruptible integrity leads to his defeat and exile to the inhospitable world of Hallhome, known popularly as "Hellhole." However, Adolphus sees his situation not as imprisonment on a deadly world but as an opportunity to plant the seeds of a true revolution. The coauthors of "Legends of Dune" (The Butlerian Jihad; The Machine Crusade; The Battle of Corrin) and other series set in the Dune universe introduce a new trilogy that combines the best of space opera with galactic intrigue and a cast of memorable characters. VERDICT Fans of David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series and the Star Wars® novels should enjoy a new entry into this popular category.

Library Journal

A new far-future trilogy from the latter-day Dune wizards (The Winds of Dune, 2009, etc.), bristling with revolution and alien contact.

The inner worlds of the decadent human empire known as the Constellation are ruled by a self-centered and dim-witted aristocracy headed by Diadem Michella Duchenet. Ten years previously, the neglected, impoverished and exploited worlds of the remote Deep Zone staged a desperate rebellion that ultimately failed because its leader, the honorable Gen. Adolphus, refused to sink to the Constellation's level of depravity. With his supporters, Adolphus was exiled to planet Hellhole, devastated five centuries ago by a giant asteroid impact that wiped out most of its life—including a race of advanced aliens. Hellhole became a dumping ground for the rebels, common criminals and other undesirables. After 10 years of hard work, Hellhole is now quite pleasant despite electrical storms, inedible flora and some dangerous fauna that survived the impact. Elsewhere, interstellar travel proceeds via the superfast stringline network whose every route leads through the central empire. Meanwhile, Adolphus secretly builds an alternative decentralized network among the Deep Zone planets. Then one Hellhole colonist falls into a pool of "slickwater"...and acquires a lodger in his brain: the mind of Zairic, the Xayan head honcho. Others soon jump into the slickwater to garner their own alien partners. Unfortunately, the alien aristocrats are as dim and self-absorbed as their human counterparts. The prose is boiler-plate, and nothing here has any real heft.

Ho-hum—it's on to volume two.

Kirkus Reviews