The Conquerors Trilogy: Difference between revisions

The '''''Conquerors''''' trilogy is a series of [[Space Opera]] books by [[Timothy Zahn]] about humans encountering a new alien species and, thanks to a mishandled first contact, this turning into a war. This summary may sound rather clichéd, but the usual Zahn skill for twists, [[Tomato Surprise|Tomato Surprises]] and more makes it a compelling story.

 

The three books in the series are:

 

 

The titles stem from the fact that the humans, not knowing the name of the hostile aliens, dub them 'the Conquerors' -- and [[Not So Different|the aliens]], whose real name is the Zhirrzh, dub ''humans'' 'the Conquerors'.<ref> After initial skirmishes they're aided in that dubbing by a [[Manipulative Bastard|third species]] that's had prior contacts with humans and Zhirrzh; that species chips in to tell ''both'' sides the others are known as "The Conquerors Without Reason". Cue escalation of conflict.</ref>

 

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* [[Alien Arts Are Appreciated]]: Fibbit.

 

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