The Coldest War
Ratings25
Average rating4.3
La trilogie de Ian Tregillis se poursuit avec ce deuxième tome se déroulant pendant une guerre froide alternative opposant la Grande-Bretagne à l'Union Soviétique qui occupe presque toute l'Europe continentale. Pas mal du tout.
Well, at least I don't have to wait long of the next book in the Milkweed Triptych. I've really enjoyed these so far.
Interesting premise but absurdly, relentlessly depressing. It's also a bit wordy for my taste and kind of lacks a plot.
This is a much faster paced and tightly plotted story than the first book in the trilogy; I didn't find myself skimming pages as happened at times with Bitter Seeds (which was still good book, if a little baggy in places). The story builds particularly well towards a dramatic ending, which whets the appetite for the final part. I am glad I didn't follow my initial instinct to stop after the first instalment.
The only thing I don't understand is why the Milkweed Triptych doesn't get more attention. No Wikipedia entry. No wild fan sites. This is an outstanding series and I wait with excitement to read the conclusion and have that usual feeling of dread at its concluding and leaving me with no more. Good thing Tregillis is signed to do a new book after the last Milkweed one. Even if it's not in the same universe, I know I'll snap it up.
The Coldest War is the second of Ian Tregillis's triptych about an alternative history of the Second World War and its aftermath. The first book, Bitter Seeds, mainly covered the period from the Spanish Civil War until the defeat of Nazi Germany. This novel picks up the main characters in the early 1960s, about 20 years after the end of the first book. It is at the height of the cold war.
Of course it is a cold war unlike the one we knew. How could it be otherwise when Soviet supermen contest with British warlocks? This book provides a lot of suspense and action and some really unusual magic. At the end the world literally hangs in the balance. (Avoiding spoilers – there is resolution, but all is not resolved.)
I await the third section of the triptych.
Gah, so you're set up for the right frame of mind after the first book. Everything WILL fuck up is just the way Gretel plans and given there is another book in the series I'm hoping for plenty more awesome fucked-upness, in a whole new future-past. That is probably spoilery, wtv. Book win.