The Shiva Option

Starfire, Book 3

By: David Weber, Steve White

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Defeat was not an option.

The war wasn't going well.

The mind-numbingly alien Arachnids were an enemy whose like no civilized race had ever confronted. Like some carnivorous cancer, the "Bugs" had overrun planet after planet...and they regarded any competing sentient species as only one more protein source. They couldn't be reasoned with, or even talked to, because no one had the least idea of how to communicate with a telepathic species with no recognizable language...and whose response to any communication attempt was a missile salvo. No one knew how large their civilization - if it could be called a civilization - actually was or how it was organized, but the huge fleets they threw against their opponents suggested that it was enormous.

The Grand Alliance of Humans, Orions, Ophiuchi, and Gorm, united in desperate self-defense, have been driven to the wall. Billions of their civilians have been slaughtered. Their most powerful offensive operation has ended in shattering defeat and the deaths of their most experienced and revered military commanders. The edge in technology with which they began the war is eroding out from under them, and whatever they do, the Bugs just keep coming.

But the warriors of the Grand Alliance know what stands behind them, and they will surrender no more civilians to the oncoming juggernaut. They will die first...and they will also reactivate General Directive 18, however horrible it may be. Because when the only possible outcome is victory or racial extermination, only one option is acceptable.

The Shiva Option.

©2002 David Weber and Steve White (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

The Shiva Option

Captivating Naval space thriller written by someone who must have been a Naval Officer. Additionally, the reader is excellent.

can't wait to read book 4

I really enjoyed the book a lot. I especially enjoy the narration. I thought the narrator did a great job depicting the different alien species within the book. I can't wait to read the next one

WW2 Pacific arena in Space

WW2 Pacific arena in Space. There is lots of Naval jargon. although it is an entertaining read.

Always a good read from David Weber.

Science Fiction with a traditional flavor. This appears to be in the same universe as the Honor Harrington series, but at an earlier time. So far I haven't had a poor story from this author.

Excellent science fiction!

Dense, fast paced, not too short and, honestly, deserves a continuation... Definitely worth reading . Awesome!