Void Wraith (Void Wraith, #2) by Chris Fox

Void Wraith (Void Wraith, #2) Reviews

• 
  Brian Tubbs

  Great sci-fi!
  
  Love this action-packed, sci-fi series. Kept me turning the pages. Very enjoyable. Ready to read the next one. Let’s get Hollywood working on this ASAP!
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  Jim

  Another really good space science fiction book. This follows the first book, "Destroyer", picking up nicely with all the unfinished pieces from that book. The author even provides a pretty good "catch-up" section in the front of the book which is a good idea for other authors to follow. He just kind of recapped what happened in "Destoryer" which is very helpful if it read the previous book a while back.
  
  The humans have been at piece for a while after the recently declared end to the Eight Year War with the Tigris. The Tigris is a race of cat-like aliens who have about the same technology as the humans. Now, something has come up that is destroying or wiping out human and Tigris colonies. In fact, the colonist aren't just being killed, they're being kidnapped without a trace. A third race, called the Primo, a very advanced race, who are also pretty arrogant, are not as numerous as the Humans or Tigris, but they are also being attacked. The Primo maintain huge ancient libraries which have already lead to the identity of this new alien race as the "Void Wraith”. The Void Wraith are extremely advanced and seem to be unlimited in numbers. They need to be stopped or they will soon conquer the entire Milky Way galaxy.
  
  Yet, even as powerful as the Void Wrath are, they are only puppets of another "Master" race who's whereabouts were unknown until then Commander, now Captain Nolan, found their hidden location next to a massive black hole. Floating next to black hole is some kind of massive alien eye that has some kind of mental hold on the Void Wraith, humans, Tigris and Primos whom it has infected with its larva. The Void Wraith, have built a massive ship yard, churning out thousands of ships and a massive single bomb. That bomb was supposed to go to the Primo homeworld and ignite, but Nolan, with he help of a Tigris crew, managed to destroy the bomb.
  
  Now, with a common enemy, Admiral Dryker, Captain Nolan, and Mighty Fizgig, they have to convince their respective civilizations that they are not enemies, but they all need to focus on destroying the Void Wraith. That is almost an impossible task since the senior military commanders for each civilization has some how been infected with the alien larva and it is controlling their actions. If the Humans and Tigris don't stop fighting, they will wipe each other out and the Void Wraith won't have a problem conquering both civilizations and the Primo along with the entire Milky Way.
  
  The story has a lot of moving parts but they all fit together in the end as they should. I’m not sure about the authors use of his cat’s names for some of the Tigris, but at least the names of his aliens are pronounceable. The story doesn’t quite end with then end of this book. No, the actual real battle hasn’t even begun yet! There’s something about a mysterious starship called the “Forge” which needs to be found. But where?
  
  There is a third book, "Eradication", which I have already obtained. I'll be reading it shortly since this is such a great series.
  
• 
  Jason

  So Chris Fox has this thing where he likes to do a ‘Previously in…’ each of his books, and no offence to his actual writing, because I seriously LOVE his work, but, the ‘Previously’ bit is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. It is almost worth buying the book just for this.
  But I digress, the Void Wraith…
  Nolan and the crew are still stuck, trying to make it back to occupied space, having been trapped after destroying the Helios Gate, and in his training with Fizgig, he has started to become a warrior.
  The descriptions of the hand-to-hand combat, as well as the weapons and the Tigris are really exceptional, Fox does a brilliant job of capturing every detail and nuance of the combat, but not dragging it out for days on end so that you wish you were in the combat and getting stabbed with something pointy.
  The Main characters return to find the galaxy at war, through treachery and deceit, the Masters have tricked the Humans and the Tigris into war with each other. Each race believes the other is guilty of starting the war at Gantos.
  This will leave both the races weakened for the Void Wrath to sweep in and destroy each race with little or no resistance.
  Nolan and his crew on board a harvester, Dryker with the Primos and Fizgig trying to band together what she can of the Tigris are all that stand together between the Masters, the Void Wraith, and the end of their respective races. And thus for ‘Void Wraith’, our main characters set about trying to save their respective races, friends and the galaxy from destruction.
  This is truly Epic Military Sci-Fi, as Nolan and his crew race against time to discover elements to defeat both the Void Wraith and the Masters, whilst Dryker tries desperately to stop the war with Fizgig.
  I really enjoyed a lot of elements of this book, one of these being that Fox has done some clever work in creating background for his story in how his characters have gone from pretty useless with hand-to-hand weapons to competent and even dangerous, rather than some books in which characters just magically manage to fight off aliens that are far better trained. It really adds such depth to the story, and makes it so much more believable (well for the genre we are reading in which humans and big cats are fighting each other! *grin*)
  Other aspects are the political intrigue that runs through the story, the sensational starship combat that really brings the book to life, and the absolutely exceptional character work.
  Fox’s character work is really brilliant, the interplay between each of the main characters, the different races and the fanatical individuals of ‘The Masters’ all make for some exceptional reading. Nolan and his crew are really outstanding in their continued fight for survival, the emotional, physical and psychological toll that their efforts take on each of the crew is brilliantly detailed and incredibly realistic.
  This is Military Sci-Fi at its absolute best and there is just no reason to miss this – if you are a fan you must read this!
• 
  Michael Keller

  Three races fight for control in the galaxy. Another race is quietly harvesting populations from their planets.
  
  Primo - the first race. Bipedal, binocular vision, very intelligent with millennia of history as shown by the ruins on thousands of planets. Ruins displaying great wealth and great knowledge, unused, abandoned, decaying. Most of he worlds settled by the three races contained ancient Primo ruins. Tigris - like the Primo, the Tigris are bipedal like the Primo and humans, two arms, two legs, one head containing two eyes, two ears, a nose and a mouth. The Tigris appear to derive from a leonine body form: thick fur pelt, paws, a long furry tail, and some really impressive dentures. The Tigris are aggressive and combative, warrior-like, prizing fighting skills above all. The humans are ape-like in form, no hair except on their heads, agile, dexterous hands, intelligent with a hint of genius (especially in their authors).
  The Helios gates bring the races together. The gates lie in the hearts of stars and connect with each other allowing near-instantaneous travel between star systems. The Helios equipped starships can enter a star using the massive energy of the sun to resist the heat and pressure. Once in the gate simply choose where you want to go and you're there. Easy-peasy.
  The villains of the story are the Void-Wraith: every 26 thousand years the Void-Wraith harvest the three races, ripping out their nervous systems to power their mechanical troops. Not much is known about these foes - yet. I feel that the answers are coming.
  Wow! Another great read!
• 
  Alan Mills

  Let down from the first book in the Void Wraith trilogy...but the best is yet to come
  
  To start off, let me be clear that I loved the Void Wraith trilogy! Great world building, interesting characters, and well done battle sequences. That said, volume two is clearly the weakest of the three. It spends too much of its time filling in the back story, explaining the origins of the three races, and the spread of the influence of the Void Wraith. All of this nicely set up the action packed third volume....so you can't just skip the second volume.
  
  In essence, volume two describes the jockeying for position among each of the three races, plus the Void Wraith, each of which is trying to have the strongest position going into what will obviously be the "big battle" coming in volume three. The Void Wraith continues to extend its influence among each of the three races, and each race needs to sort out who can and can't be trusted, and the trust worthy ones have to find their allies among the other races and learn to work as teams.
  
  By the end of volume two each "team" has effectively sorted itself out (although further shuffling happens in volume three), and is stronger than they were at the end of volume one. A few battles get fought along the way, but the outcome is never in doubt (to the reader; not so for the characters).
  
  In the end, don't get turned off the series by this (somewhat) weaker volume two. Your patience is rewarded in volume three.
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  Àkos Györkei

  Soha nem bocsátom meg az írónak az a Void Wraith hajó elnevezésekor nem volt képes valami nevet kitalálni. Egy jármű elnevezése azonnal kult jelleget ad neki: Az Ezeréves Sólyom, Nabukodonozor, Nostromo, Serenity. Erre itt hogy hívják? 'Ship'.
  
  Ha eseményekről és csatákról van szó akkor olvasható a regény, ha karakterekről vagy űrlényekről akkor elképesztő banalitások vannak benne.
  
  Honnan látják, hogy elpirul a szőrrel borított macska? Miért az a harcmodor, hogy állandóan megszállják egymás csillaghajóit? Hogy lehet, hogy teljesen ugyanúgy épül fel a Tigris társadalom mint az emberi csak épp macskák alkotják és annyi a különbség, hogy 'büszkébbek'?
  
  Továbbra is jól jön a reading challengebe.
  
  
• 
  Michael

  In addition to being quite a short read, the first 5% of the book is a summary of what happened in the first book of the series. Once you get past the introduction, the action picks right up where book one left off. It was a good, fast read but I was disappointed with the ending as it seems to cut off (vs. a cliffhanger) right in the middle of a scene vs. a logical end point which makes the book seem incomplete: if you want to know more, you will have to buy the next one in the series which is not published. Luckily, I picked this up for free with my Kindle Unlimited borrow vs. the regular price of $3.99.
• 
  Karl

  I don't know why it took me forever to write this review. I started multiple time buts I always quickly found something else to do. As my ratings suggest, I didn't hate this book, quite enjoyed it, in fact, but something just kept me from writing a review.
  
  Perhaps I just don't have a lot to say about it? It's better than the previous book in the series, the main character is better but still not all that compelling. The pace is utterly ridiculous, it moves so quick that at times it becomes nearly impossible to follow along since it also jumps between the many plots going on at the same time. It also doesn't like to keep anything secret. If there's a plot twist in there, it'll happily tell you it's coming up long before it's relevant.
  
  We learn a bit more about the Void Wraith, about the history of the universe and about the characters themselves (not to mention throwing a few more on the pile for us to keep track of). Overall, there's just more of what worked in the first book and a little less of what didn't work. It's still written a bit amateurishly but that's the glory of it, isn't it? We all have to start somewhere.
• 
  Μιχάλης

  Perfectly bland military sci fi for fans of Mass Effect, Babylon 5 and Firefly.
  While nothing exceptional or groundbreaking it is very easy to read, entertaining and has some touches of humor that never come close to camp or self-parody (all the while the author is perfectly aware of how predictable table his book is and being smarmy on his recap of book 1)
• 
  Jim Kratzok

  Good sequel.
  
  While I wasn't too impressed with the first book of the trilogy, this one seemed a bit better. There is nonstop action as the humans and their allies do their best to understand and learn how to take the battle to their enemy - the Void Wraith.
• 
  Joe

  Against all odds they survive.
  
  It is clear the series.must continue. The battles are great but now outnumbered 10 to 1 they must continue the fight. Maybe they will succeed you have read to find out
• 
  Charles Stenberg

  I really enjoyed this book. I am now reading Book #3 and hope it is as good as the first two in this series.
• 
  Shawn

  Still enjoying the series. Fun, fast paced military space opera.
• 
  Ian

  I want more
• 
  Scott Wozniak

  Yeah, another one with a decent plot but mediocre writing. The non-human races were very like the humans (only cosmetic differences, not in thinking or culture). The tech didn't get explained any better from the last book. And the one thing driving the first book was the mystery of the Void Wraith. This book gives easy answers (a researcher finds out the ancient info) and even regularly shows the bad guys point of view so we know exactly what they're trying to do.
  
  So it devolved into a series of space fight scenes. Oh well.
• 
  Dan Absalonson

  This book reads like a breeze and yet it's chalked full of awesome stuff! Political intrigue, amazing action scenes, really cool alien races, space battles, a super creepy mysterious antagonist, and so much more. I really enjoyed getting to spend more time with the characters from the first couple books and meeting new ones. Nolan gains new skills in this book and it was awesome getting to see him grow and use them. Dryker proves a formidable military leader in this book and my respect for him grew a lot from the last book. Annie a human from the prequel novel comes back to help in a big way in this story and I really enjoyed getting to know her more. She's a kick in the pants. Fizgig the amazing Tigris was as awesome as ever and I really enjoyed seeing her a lot in this novel. There were tons of other awesome characters too, like a bionic soldier. He was awesome in the firefight scenes.
  
  This book had amazing mission style action scenes where the characters had to go into battle to recover items. These scenes were intense and awesome, but they were also used well to build up the characters. I really enjoyed getting to see the character Annie again in this book, especially in combat situations. Her dialog and actions cracked me up and gave me respect for her. I wouldn't want to be on the other end of her weapon.
  
  All of the characters in this book were great. From the amazing Tigris cat aliens, to well rendered tough characters like the military veteran Annie. Chris Fox really pulled it off on this novel.
  
  There was an awesome claw to claw fight scene between two of the Tigris main characters. I loved getting to see more into the culture of this cat race of aliens. It was also cool seeing more of the Primo alien race. As the story unfolds you get to see humans, Tigris, and Primo all interacting in ways that go against how they've related to each other throughout all of history up to this point—and that was really cool.
  
  The last act of the story was done really well. The tension just kept building. The characters kept finding themselves in situations where it seemed like there was no way for them to succeed in the battle let alone the war. The climax of the story was fantastic. An amazing fight that took a lot of brawn and brains. I'm not going to spoil it by saying everyone made it out alive or who won, but man was it an amazingly fun scene to read! Chris Fox is a talented author, and the stuff he came up with also shows just how creative he is. This story rocked.
  
  In conclusion, this was a very satisfying novel that made me laugh a lot. It had tons of amazing action and character interaction that made for one heck of a read. I flew through this book. I'm sad I finished it because I wanted it to keep going. The ending was a great conclusion to the story that built up and it sets up the third book nicely. I'm hungry to read it. Luckily I know how productive the author has been—writing the first 2.5 books in the series—so I know we won't have that long to wait. I can't wait for the next one! The stakes are high! It should prove to be another amazing ride!
• 
  Don Viecelli

  From My Review Number 129:
  
  This review is on Void Wraith by Chris Fox. This is Book 2 in The Void Wraith Trilogy and the third book I have read by this writer.
  
  Commander Nolan and his crew are aboard a captured Wraith ship and are currently trying to reach another Helios Gate. In the meantime, Nolan is combat training with his Marine troops learning from the Tigris, Fizgig, how to fight with new weapons.
  
  Captain Dryker is on a Primo carrier ship with the Tigris, Khar, circling a Primo home world while the Primo tries to understand what is happening in the universe. Meanwhile, Humans and Tigris are still fighting each other under the direction of the Wraith who is trying to wipe out all of them for reasons not yet fully understood. All that is known now is the Wraith has infiltrated the leadership of both races and needs to be stopped.
  
  In this story we meet the “Eye”, the intelligence that controls the Wraith. One of the host characters is going to meet with the Eye and get new instructions how to deal with the remaining fighters against the Wraith. Admiral Mendez renews his goal to capture Commander Nolan and turn him into a host.
  
  The Wraith continues to battle everyone in the universe with the ultimate goal to defeat them and use them for hosts. The allies against the Wraith find new ways to defend themselves. Everything comes down to Dryker convincing the remaining human fighters to join his effort to defeat the corrupted leadership and find a new weapon that can really destroy the Wraith.
  
  I give this book For Stars because the story continues to entertain and add new elements that create mystery and uncertainty as to how the story will end. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
  
  Keep reading good science fiction and let me know when you find an interesting novel or author.
  
• 
  Eric Veldhuyzen

  Even if you just finished book one in this trilogy and think you don't need to read the recap of the first part, please read it anyway. It is very funny and gives you some extra information about the author and the characters in this trilogy.
  
  Now about part two of the trilogy. Nolan destroyed the Void Wraith factory and the bomb, but he has a long travel to get back to the next sun, to a helios gate. He uses this this to get in shape and to get some battle experience training with the Mighty Fizgig. When he finally is back he discovers that Humanity and the Tigris are at war, so he faces the task to end this war and unite Humanity, the Tigris and the Primo so that they can fight the Void Wealth together. It shouldn't be a surprise that he succeeds at that, but since this is a trilogy, it shouldn't be a surprise that there are still enough problems ahead for the conclusion either.
  
  I really liked this book and this series. It is full of action, it is funny and it has cats in it! Since I really like cats, that alone makes it a winner. But even if you're not into cats as much as I am this should be a fun read. Highly recommended.
• 
  jeffrey

  Movie material
  
  Book was amazing each race has its own points that mAke them unique. This is a book series that would make such a amazing movie. Just Abrams could do wonders with this series. The story picks up right where book 1 leaves off and constantly leaves you salivating craving more like a rabid dog. The way Chris Fox describes the battles, armour, scenes is very vivid and beautiful. Anyone a fan of m military sci-fi go and pick up the first book you will not be disappointed. I can not wait to see what is in store in book 3 for Dryker, Nolan, and the mighty Fizgig. The time to fight for humanity and the galaxy is now. DO YOUR PART BY PICKING UP THIS AWESOME SERIES!!!
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  miha

  Skrivnostni sovražnik se razkrije, neki čvičasti zajedalci so se infiltriral med ljudi in mačke (se zarejo v človeka tko k Goauldi pr Star Gate :) in netijo spore in bitke med rasama, da bi tako oslabil oboje da jih te Void wraithi potem laje premagajo... Pa neko velikansko oko k vse spremlja in nadzira, ampak tud to še vedno ni taglavna vesoljska rasa... Še eden je gospodar teh void wraithov...
  
  Ni neka huda literatura tole, je pa napeto in me zanima kako bo naprej :)
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  Ryan Rauber

  This is a nice sequel follow up to the first book, and lays the groundation to the finale in the trilogy. Again, this is basically the Mass Effect storyline, an alien race comes to the Milky Way to wipe out all civilized races once every 50,000 years. Plenty of action, colorful characters, and suspense to keep me entertained.