{"id":12686,"date":"2022-03-12T09:17:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=12686"},"modified":"2022-03-12T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:17:56","slug":"collision-the-battle-for-darracia-2-by-michael-phillip-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=12686","title":{"rendered":"Collision (The Battle for Darracia #2) by Michael Phillip Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artfully constructed and vividly detailed\u2026 Electrifying.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cash continues The Battle of Darracia trilogy with this second installment with all the key players separated and searching for answers throughout the solar system. With Zayden on the trail of his uncle Staf Nuen and Tulani with her people, Prince V’sair is single handedly struggling to hold his broken kingdom together. But Staf Nuen is making evil alliances with immoral new allies. Will V\u2019sair be able to hold it all together or lose in the face of an increasingly powerful enemy? Cash\u2019s intriguing storyline of political manipulations versus individual resistance offers an excellent blend of SF and high fantasy imaginings\u2014from the impossible futuristic technology to magic-powered fireblades as weapons of war, it is all there. The story can get heavy-handed, particulary when it comes to the protagonists\u2019 inner turmoil. Both V\u2019sair and Zayden, for example, are tortured souls, struggling to find a balance between duty and personal struggles. But any personal disquiet fits seamlessly into the narrative as V\u2019sair and Zayden find strength and insight from the elements\u2019 guiding energy to move forward in their quest. Cash\u2019s futuristic vision of a society divided by race and class isn\u2019t new, but it\u2019s remarkably well realized. Throughout, introspection, romance, friendship, and familial bonds play out among the main protagonists. Along the way, Cash examines the violence, bloodshed, and cruelties of war, treachery, prejudice, love, greed, trust, and the lust for power while delving into questions of what is the real meaning of life and what is it that makes life truly meaningful. The result is a fascinating layering of SF, fantasy, and social critique which explores much more than just the backstory of an alien planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collision<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The Battle for Darracia #2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Phillip Cash<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date March 10, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 978-1495273483<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $3.99 (USD) Paperback, $0.00 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artfully constructed and vividly detailed\u2026 Electrifying. Cash continues The Battle of Darracia trilogy with this second installment with all the key players separated and searching for answers throughout the solar system. With Zayden on the trail of his uncle Staf Nuen and Tulani with her people, Prince V’sair is single handedly struggling to hold his broken kingdom together. But Staf Nuen is making evil alliances with immoral new allies. Will V\u2019sair be able to hold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":12687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,726,103272229,3328,7224,1136176,54306025,1473,1008073,856121,309,10615,349],"class_list":["post-12686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-authors-reviews","tag-book-reviews","tag-fantasy","tag-indie-books","tag-indieauthor","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-science-fiction","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/battle-of-darracia-2.jpg?fit=324%2C499&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-3iC","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12689,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686\/revisions\/12689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}