This is the first book in the Saga of Seven Suns.
This was a great book. From the start, the pacing is brilliant and all of the plot elements are put into place. The "strange" spheres that emerge from Oncier at the very beginning of the novel sets up for the fearsome and terrifying reaction of the Hydrogues. There are a lot of different plot threads and a lot of characters. The characters are all unique and none of them get blurred at all, unlike in some other novels. The plot is great, even if some characters arcs get a little predictable about half-way through the novel, especially the Colicos's predicament with the Klikiss robots. While I never expected them to die, I did suspect that the Klikiss robots knew a lot more about their past than they let on, and that they would stop the Colicos couple from finding out whatever they had done.
Unfortunately, while the death of Ross Tamblyn was a huge catalyst of the novel, I felt absolutely no emotion at that point.
The Ildirans are mysterious throughout, and the Worldtrees of the Therons moreso, although these mysteries are pretty much revealed throughout the second novel. Pretty much every relationship is changed throughout, most rather dramatically, especially Raymond Aguerra, a young street-urchin-type, whose family is murdered and he ends up becoming King of the Terran Hanseatic League.
But the Hydrogues and their ruthless attacks on Humans and Ildirans alike are the best parts of the novel. Anderson really captures the desperation and helplessness of the situations that the Hydrogues create. This is made even worse by the manner of their introduction; they destroy four moons when they first appear properly, and the foreshadowing there was great at building the tension when the Hydrogue Warglobes (great name!) finally make their full appearance, sacking human colonies.
HIDDEN EMPIRE
+Fantastic characters+The Hydrogues are great
+Mysteries, mysteries everywhere
+Develpoment of character and relationships
-Ross Tamblyn's death
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