Yet another great graphic novel by Kevin J. Anderson! If you have read "The Saga of Seven Suns" series, then most of this stuff will not be unfamiliar to you, but it will fill in some minor details that were not covered in the series. Add in the fantastic Artwork and this is a sure fire winner!

Interesting ideas and plot threads are established, reasonably good characters are put in place, and this has all the makings of the start of a good story/series, but I know from having already read books one and two of the saga, that things progress too pedantically and the story (the parts that I have read anyway) just fizzles and does not catch fire and is only mildly interesting. "Sure, I would like to find out what happens next with these plot threads and characters, but I don't have the pa...

This is one of the best and most original SF series written in recent years. The author Kevin Anderson is on a level of Clarke, Herbert and Ray Bradbury. If you start one of his books in a series you will find yourself staying up late at night and playing hooking from work in order to complete the series.

This book started out all right. It's clearly a prequel story because it's all patched together and in small chunks. The idea here seems to be to squish together as many origin stories as one can possibly do, so that the reader will be interested in reading the actual novels.But it didn't work for me. The first stories were almost interesting but the later ones just fell apart — basic old-school out of fashion science-fiction in which aliens I just humans in blue skin and pointy years. There's a...

This book I think gave a good introductory insight into the Saga of the Seven Suns universe. Very insightful but enough with the pictures and short dialogue to show promise for the rest of the series.

I haven't read any of Kevin J. Anderson's books before, but as I was planning to read his Hidden Empire I decided to whet my appetite with this prequel novella.This is an adaptation of the graphic novel he wrote. Sadly those origins shine through in the pacing, plotting and dialogue. At first, before I knew of the graphic novel origins, I thought I was reading a synopsis of the story. It was very thread bare on details and simplistic in characterisation.I enjoy the occasional graphic novel, and

Was actually surprised that this was a graphic novel. Interesting pre-quel. Answered some questions and did a nice job to help visualize certain events (the Burton for one) that were so crucial to the series.

Earth has exhausted its resources, sending the population into space in search of whatever they can find; resources or a new home. Near the end of their craft’s abilities to support them, one by one these space explorer vessels are found by a benevolent alien species that seems to want nothing in return for saving the Human race. Each independent vessel is guided to a new world capable of supporting life. The aliens give humanity FTL technology to accomplish this. We are introduced to a couple o...

Boring, clumsy, and contrived. And does humanity's future in the stars really need to be this rapey?I got an audio version, not realizing the original was a graphic novel. Maybe that was the problem. But it was still written by the author (redundant?). I'm not at all sure I want to bother with the regular series.

Meh. But I'm still going to give the novels a shot.

Don't bother

It has become something of a fad for authors to have graphic novel "prequels" released for their popular series. The Dresden Files, Mercy Thompson, The Hallows and Anita Blake all have a graphic novel that takes place before the series begins. This is billed the same, however, it actually includes minor spoilers for the first two books. This is a problem because if you have read the series, there is nothing new here, and if you haven't, some surprises will be lost. That said, this is worthwhile

Veiled Alliances does a fantastic job of setting up the Seven Suns universe. While you don't see too many familiar faces from the series, you will recognize the places, roles, and families. All the major aspects of the series can trace their roots here - the Dobro colony, green priests, Hydrogues, and more.If you're a fan of the Saga of Seven Suns, this is definitely worth the read.

The Saga of the Seven Suns series is a favorite in my household. So, when I saw that the prequel was out, the book I had been reading was abandoned to the nightstand and I dove into one of my favorite universes. As a follower of the series I was pleased with Veiled Alliances and consider it an excellent addition to the story as a whole. For a new reader to the series, I would suggest starting at book one, Hidden Empire, as Veiled Alliances did have some spoilers for what comes in the series. The...

This is another very short read, so I understand that almost all prequels are obviously made after the current series has been made and there are many good prequels out there but this one isn’t one of them.I’ve never heard of the Saga of the seven suns before and this book only got a 2 star rating because after reading it I got interested to read it but here is the thing this book feels completely rushed, I wish but it was longer and events and people and places were explained way way better, I

This a great prequel to the Saga of Seven Suns epic by Kevin J. Anderson. This graphic novel, like the books, has a slow pace that focuses on vignettes of different characters and places. The technique works brilliantly for the novels, allowing the story to slowly build in complexity and scope. But this technique does not work quite so well for the graphic novel, primarily due to the lack of space. This graphic novel is under 100 pages, which does not allow a lot of room for sprawling story line...

Veiled Alliances is simply a MUST read for anyone who enjoyed the Saga of Seven Suns. If you haven't read it and have read the other seven books you are missing out. Being able to marvel at the glorious illustrations portraying the characters, vehicles and planets described in the books was a treat that is rarely matched in literature. As always, Anderson is at his finest when he is pursuing his own original ideas. For anyone that didn't like his Dune novels, Saga may just be that perfect next s...

Anderson has stated that he's working on a novelization, and I think that will work better than this did. I enjoyed the overall story, but the pacing was very strange, as if they were trying to squeeze too much into the very few pages in this graphic novel. Looking forward to the novelization.

Great drawings but I forced myself to read the graphic novel until the end. I liked how the story was going back and forth between different set of characters in different planets, but sadly this meant also there was no time to get attached to any of the characters. Also a few times I wans't sure about what was happening.I found the comic book in a shop for a very good price so I bought it thinking to give it a try: science fiction is not really my favourite genre but I liked the drawings and th...

Paper-thin characters that struggle to show even a single dimension to their personality, exceedingly uncreative environments in which each planet shows a single characteristic clime (the forest planet, the grass planet, the rock planet, the gas planet), ye olde fashioned alien monsters, and a generally simple progression of events with few major surprises. For a quick read that provides a modicum of fun, it's fine, but it in no way inspires me to read the rest of the series.