Cobra Traitor (Cobra Rebellion Saga Book 3)

Timothy Zahn's Cobra series is a compelling and interesting setting with memorable characters. The more recent books suffer slightly from not seeming to advance the plot much in each individual book. This one ends the Cobra Rebellion trilogy with some more interesting insights into the Trofts and the Dominion of Man, but the ending does feel rather abrupt. It will be curious to see if Zahn returns to this series again in the future.

Great book. Not only a great story of alien wars, but thought provoking as well. What do you do with highly trained soldiers when the war is over? How long do heroes remain heroes? The story of Cobra soldier Johnny Moreau will keep you reading to the end, and then hook you into the sequels. Don't expect frills, this is just a great story well told. Augmented humans, alien worlds and aliens - what more could you ask for in an SF book?

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This 1985 military science fiction novel introduced the cybernetically and biomechanically-enhanced "Cobra" soldiers, and is the first book in a series of six - two trilogies written a quarter of a century apart.The first trilogy consists of:1) Cobra, published 1985, story begins in 24032)  Cobra Strike , published 1986, set a generation later3)  Cobra Bargain , published 1988, set in 2474.Much more recently Zahn has revisited these stories to produce a second set of three books known as the "Cobra War" trilogy, which is set another generation later (the heroine of "Cobra Bargain" is the mother of one of the main characters in the Cobra Ware books). This consists of4)  Cobra War Book 1: Cobra Alliance 5)  Cobra War Book 2: Cobra Guardian 6)  Cobra War Book 3: Cobra Gamble  (Due for publication in 2012)."Cobra" and "Cobra Strike" were published together in one volume as " Cobras Two " and the first three books are also available in one volume as the  Cobra Trilogy .As this book begins, some four hundred years in the future and many light years away on the frontier of human space, a group of human colony worlds are under attack from an aggressive alien race known as the Troft. The first planet they attacked was over-run in only three weeks. In a desperate attempt to stop the invaders, the Dominion of Man creates the enhanced "Cobra" guerillas: the name stands for COmputerised Body Reflex Armament.The Cobras are indistinguishable from a normal human from the outside, but with a whole host of computer-controlled weaponry and enhancements built into their bodies and their very bones. These soldiers are deadly in combat but the process of turning a normal human into a Cobra is irreversible - which means that those who survive the war will have all manner of problems returning to civilian life afterwards. The novels examine some of the personal and social consequences of turning people into supermen - have they given up their own humanity to save humankind?"Cobra" tells the story of Jonny Moreau, who is one of the first generation of Cobra guerillas, from the point when he joins up as a young man a few months after the first Troft attack, through his time as a front-line solider, until thirty years later, as a senior political leader on his home planet, Aventine, Jonny has to make a choice - whether to buy peace at the price of cutting both the Cobras and the world of Aventine off from the remainder of the human race.This book and the other two novels in the original "Cobra" trilogy are reasonably well-written, entertaining, and exciting. Having been published in the eighties during the early days of Timothy Zahn's writing career, I don't personally feel that they are in the same league as the best of the brilliant novels which he has produced over the following decades.If you read the first three Cobra novels expecting anything like " Warhorse ," " Deadman Switch , " The Icarus Hunt " or any of the "Grand Admiral Thrawn" books set in the "Star Wars" universe, you may be disappointed.Nevertheless if you are into Military SF it is extremely likely that you will enjoy these books, and you will also find that some of the ideas in them appear to have inspired a number of more recent books by other popular SF writers.

I first read this book many years ago while I was still at school. Since then I have read it many times, and enjoyed it each time. Although the content is by no means hugely original, the concept of a guerilla force with surgically implanted weapons is an engaging one, and one that Zahn explores with a delicate touch, and without resorting to overblown staged battle scenes (at least, no more than necessary). Some of the situations are a little manufactured, but then this is fiction, so you have to live with that. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable read, and one which will live on and on in my opinion.

I liked this conclusion to the Cobra Rebellion series. It had a twist that is vintage Zahn. Like his other works it's not just a laser and missile romp. The story has all the elements including different cultures and value systems, complex characters and political intrigue. Well paced with several narrative threads that may confuse readers who haven't read the previous entries in the Cobra worlds series.

Easy read good story SciFi but focuses on humanity more then science. Great series oberall I definitely recommend buying and reading

great books, i really enjoy reading all of Timothy Zahn's work.

This book is poorly written. I had to push myself to keep reading it because it's so boring. Nobody acts like a normal human would act. The Cobra world's say they want to defend themselves, but they don't build any defensive weapons at all. The characters are all unlikable. None of them are good people. And he's completely dropped the whole theme of the last three books which was this other human world that's been occupied by the aliens and needs to be freed. I cannot recommend this book.

Great book. Both my wife and I love the Cobra series. Timothy Zahn is one of our favorite sci-fi authors of all time! Make sure to check out his other series and stories (Star Wars, Conqueror's series, Quadrail series, Manta's Gift, Deadman Switch...) Heir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends (The Thrawn Trilogy) (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy Book 1) Conquerors' Pride (The Conquerors Saga, Book One) Night Train to Rigel (Quadrail) Deadman SwitchHeir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends (The Thrawn Trilogy) (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy Book 1)Conquerors' Pride (The Conquerors Saga, Book One)Night Train to Rigel (Quadrail)Deadman Switch