Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 4: Stratagem

Its a fun respite to visit the legends universe Quick easy reads in morning or weekends away Looking forward to the rest

If you have read the previous three books you know what to expect. The Europeon Wars of the 17 and 1800's in space with a emphasis on strategy and politics rather than gore and bloodshed. It is all highly entertaining and I will certainly buy the next one. I deducted one star because A. It is a setup novel...a big event I thought would happen in this book barely started upon this ones ending. And B. there was a translator change and the new one is not as good as the one who did the previous three. It wasn't a huge deal, but there was a couple of times I had to reread a passage to understand it fully. That being said I can't wait for book 5!

This volume of the galactic heroes saga was an amazing journey from beginning to end and left me wanting more!

If you have read the first three, then no way do you want to miss this one. This volume had me on the edge of my seat like the first 3, but I could tell from the thickness of the book that the plot lines here weren't going to fully resolve. I feel like this volume is really building up to something bigger in volume 5 and/or possibly beyond.

Volume 4 expertly builds upon the previous three and sets us up for a major clash between two superpowers- something that Tanaka will handle with expertise and grace. Tyran Grillo's translation is smooth and clear. I can't wait to read Volume 5!

Very fun series.

This series is constantly one of my favorites and book 4 continues that standard of excellence. An absolute must read

Bought this for my son. He got my friend to read it and she is enthralled with the political intrigue.

The translation has become utter garbage. I'm reasonably sure it wasn't this bad in the first volumes, so I wouldn't even hazard a guess for what has changed, but I spent most of the time reading this book trying, with little success, to decode whatever the translator had been trying to say. Garbled sentence structure, plain errors, affirmatives-becoming-negatives, you name it. Plus of course the usual artificiality of translations from Japanese nerd media. I doubt I'll keep reading the series because this translation has effectively removed the single reason why people might prefer the books to the anime.

Imprescindible soap opera

Good novel

Best book series ever.

翻訳者が変わって、vol.1-3よりも難しい単語がよく使われています。