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EVE: The Burning Life - didn't get the ending

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Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2011-12-13 14:31:33 UTC
SPOILER ALERT - Discuss the ending of the book EVE: The Burning Life A good book IMO, don't read this thread if you're going to read the book.

I read the last chapter of E: TBL twice and I still don't understand it. It seems like some content that should have been included in the book is missing. Here's how I understand what happened at the end:
-Drem made a deal with Blood Raiders, of course
-He gave the Raiders the money from the Rabbit
-He informed them of some plot by the Sisters
-His team in the Sisters were punished by the Sisters

As I understood it, the only plot within the Sisters was the one against capsuleers. Nothing against Blood Raiders. So there really wasn't anything for Drem to reveal to the Raiders. And the Sisters approved of the action against the capsuleers, so there was no reason for the team (Ortag, etc.) to be punished.

What did I miss something along the way? Could be, I was sort of skimming at the end. Good book though, I thought.
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2011-12-13 20:23:38 UTC
Somebody help Sam. Sam no understand. Smile
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#3 - 2011-12-14 18:59:53 UTC
The group he got involved with in the Sisters, their views are not the official views, it's a sort of minority opinion, so when the Sisters leadership found out, Bad Stuff happens.

Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.

Jowen Datloran
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#4 - 2011-12-14 19:15:22 UTC
I my opinion the ending of The Burning Life was a bit abrupt and I lost the feeling on the female main character and her motivations to do what she did. I read it like Drem was selling this Gand Plan to Sansha and the Rabibit on how to strike a blow on all capsuleers, but in the end he lied to them all just to get in a position where he could get even with that ONE capsuleer and get what he needed to clear the name of his brother.

A tale showing how important and strong the belief in "pure blood" and the afterlife is for the Raiders.

Mr. Science & Trade Institute, EVE Online Lorebook 

Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2011-12-14 19:34:52 UTC
Ah, makes sense. The fact that he just went after the one capsuleer, not all of them, comprised his Sisters team. They had done all of that background work (visits to Hona, the Rabbit, Sansha) as a secret operation, of course. When he didn't follow through against all capsuleers as planned, it came out that they'd been duped. Sisters' HQ couldn't be happy about that .

All in all a surprisingly good book I thought. Very true to the backstory and spirit of EVE. And the author managed to delve into the cultures of all four main racial factions, in addition to the pirate factions. I nice addition to the lore.

Much thanks Valerie and Jowen!
Bobby Chombo
Gestalt Solutions Co. Ltd.
#6 - 2011-12-14 19:51:03 UTC
IIRC, the Raiders were happy that he didn't implement his evil anti-capsulear plan because they wanted all the blood that the eggers helped them reclaim for their evil purposes. That's why he was welcomed back into the fold because otherwise, they would have been hard up for blood, and would have had to switch to fattening alternatives like Ketchup.

My favourite part of the book was his time with the sisters team. The rest of if was horribly cliched and poorly concieved. Empyrian Age, while not perfect, was much better and got me interested in this game in the first place. Here's hoping that Templar One is good.
Jowen Datloran
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2011-12-15 08:47:57 UTC
I think CCP Abraxas (who is the author) is much better at writing short stories, like the EVE Chronicles, than a whole novel. And I think it is visible in The Burning Life. The individual chapters are more less succesful but the overall plot is difficult to graps and seems forcefully attached at times.

Mr. Science & Trade Institute, EVE Online Lorebook 

Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2011-12-15 15:00:36 UTC
[quote=Bobby Chombo] That's why he was welcomed back into the fold because otherwise, they would have been hard up for blood, and would have had to switch to fattening alternatives like Ketchup. [quote]
Well that would be truly bad. Ketchup Raiders... no. Smile But I still don't see what benefit the Blood Raiders got out of Drem's revealing the anti-capsuleer plot. Passing The Rabbit's money to them was a benefit, sure. Revealing the plot...? Maybe just the inside knowledge on other factions was a benefit in itself. Enough to be welcomed back into the Blood Raiders, at least.

Ah, Abraxas wrote E: TBL? I'm impressed. I thought the writing itself (the sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph part) was very good. Some good imagery, and even some good character development. It wasn't literary-level character development, of course, and that was probably a good choice. Anyone reading an EVE book wouldn't want space wasted on a lot of character development. If the writer's first novel, he did an excellent job overall IMO.
IM0001
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-01-13 15:51:45 UTC
While I get the gist of what is being said here, I am still confused since the entire time after he found out the Sisters were helping him with his plan, it was known he was going to test it on the single test bed first. Technically, he didn't fail, but at the same time, it would seem that he would have a larger bounty placed on his head now more than ever from the big 3 + The Sisters more or less. :/
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2012-01-13 17:45:14 UTC
I think you're exactly right, IM001. The Sisters knew he was going to test the plan on that one capsuleer. But they expected him to continue on and keep doing similar with other capsuleers, on behalf of the Sisters. Instead, he gave the project funding to Blood Raiders and absconded. So I suppose he's OK with Blood Raiders now, but definitely not liked by the Sisters. Maybe not by the The Rabbit or Sansha, either. Though possible either of them could appreciate the fact that he was clever enough to trick them too.

Since he'd turned down going back to the Blood Raiders, I got the impression he'd be living the rest of his life underground as a fugitive. From the Sisters, maybe some capsuleers, and possibly Guristas and/or Sanshas.
Ando Ohmiras
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-01-14 05:47:22 UTC
Jowen Datloran wrote:
A tale showing how important and strong the belief in "pure blood" and the afterlife is for the Raiders.

In my opinion it is a story about family, and how there is no greater bond than that of blood. It also illustrates exactly how far a man can go when he's living on borrowed time, a theme I quite enjoy in Abraxas' writings and in EVE itself.