--- product_id: 149547683 title: "Cobra Kindle Edition" brand: "timothy zahn" price: "€ 0.40" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.fr/products/149547683-cobra-kindle-edition store_origin: FR region: France --- # Wi-Fi enabled Unlimited eBooks Long-lasting battery Cobra Kindle Edition **Brand:** timothy zahn **Price:** € 0.40 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 📖 Elevate Your Reading Game! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cobra Kindle Edition by timothy zahn - **How much does it cost?** € 0.40 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/149547683-cobra-kindle-edition) ## Best For - timothy zahn enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted timothy zahn brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Connect and Discover:** Seamlessly browse and download new titles with built-in Wi-Fi. - • **Lightweight & Portable:** Carry your entire library in a sleek, lightweight design. - • **Read Anywhere, Anytime:** Dive into a library of thousands of eBooks at your fingertips. - • **Stay Charged, Stay Engaged:** Enjoy weeks of reading on a single charge—no interruptions! - • **Personalized Reading Experience:** Adjust font sizes and backlight for your perfect reading comfort. ## Overview The Cobra Kindle Edition is a state-of-the-art e-reader that offers access to a vast library of eBooks, a long-lasting battery for uninterrupted reading, and built-in Wi-Fi for easy downloads. Its lightweight design makes it perfect for on-the-go reading, while customizable settings ensure a personalized experience. ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Cobra Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/WEBP_402378-T1/images/I/51YnLLrOJoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Speculative fiction about politics using super soldiers as a thought experiment *by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2019* When I read the cover blurb for this book, I expected something like the Blackcollar series: military sci-fi about super soldiers, cyborgs in this case instead of pharmaceutically enhanced ninjas. That impression is completely wrong. While there are some battle scenes in this book, that isn’t really the focus. This isn’t really military sci-fi at all, but rather speculative fiction about politics using super soldiers as a thought experiment.This is the second book I’ve read recently that looks at the problem of how a society would change if people appeared within it who were faster, stronger, and generally more dangerous than the norm. The first, Heroes Fall, was in the superhero genre. The reaction of that society to superhumans in their midst is mostly adulation, with a few generally ignored naysayers. The corruption of society is subtle and slow, underneath the public fanfare.For the Dominion of Man, the seventy-world setting of Cobra, their cyborg super soldiers were created [perhaps in a bit of a panic] to help win a war, without much thought for what would come afterward. Men with unusual strength, automated reflexes, and lasers built into their fingertips are not universally loved once demobilized, especially when accidents and misunderstandings that escalate into things far worse start to occur.I was reminded of David Morell’s First Blood, a novel that really captured the struggles of Vietnam veterans to find a place back home, or the ending of The Hurt Locker, when Jeremy Renner’s Sgt. James stands bewildered by the endless varieties of breakfast cereal in a supermarket. Men who did everything their government and society asked of them come home to find that they no longer have a home to return to.The bulk of the book is taken up with the search for an acceptable political solution to the problems the Cobras pose to their society. Officially, the Cobras are war heroes. In the public eye, they are mostly objects of fear and loathing. Unofficially, the Central Committee that runs the Dominion considers them a threat; bored and frustrated former soldiers that have more in common with each other than their fellow citizens can become agents of revolution.While we are treated to brief interludes within the halls of power on the planet Asgard, we mostly see this play out through the eyes of Jonny Moreau, a bright young man who volunteered to go off to war, and found that he was changed forever by the experience. We follow Moreau from young adulthood, when he volunteers for service, into middle age, when he brokers a deal to preserve hard won freedoms and privileges for his fellow Cobras at immense personal cost. I gather there are a number of sequels that follow from this book, as Zahn explores the further implications of Jonny Moreau’s actions at the end of this book.Since this is hard sci-fi, many of the problems the Cobras face, both in battle and life, stem from the physical consequences of their modifications. During the bootcamp section of the book, the Cobra trainees spend time learning how to pick up unusually heavy things without tearing their ligaments or giving themselves subdermal hematomas. Their bones have been strengthened, and their strength and speed supplemented by servo motors, but the rest of their bodies remain much as they always were.First and foremost, they are men, and they want the same things as anyone else: a job, a family, a home. Unfortunately, most other people don’t want them around. In a memorable incident in his home town after Jonny comes marching home, a couple of young punks hassle him in a local entertainment center, and then swerve their car towards him when they seem him walking on the street later. Jonny’s programmed combat reflexes take over [literally, COBRA means computerized body reflex armament], he shoots out the tires of the kids’ car and they both die in the resulting crash.The reason this all happens is that the computer implanted in the brain cannot be removed with causing brain damage, and the finger lasers cannot be removed without amputation, and that was a price the Central Committee was unwilling to pay [or unwilling to be seen to be willing to pay]. Although, I did wonder why they didn’t do something about the power source, which was implanted in the chest, and thus much easier to get to. Much of the other equipment Jonny carried into war was successfully removed, but none of it other than the strengthened bones would work without power. I do remember reading about how much heavier their bodies got, so maybe it was seen as too much of a burden to leave them with limbs too heavy to lift. Perhaps this could have been explored a bit more.The Central Committee itself is interesting, insofar as it really is an Inner Party. The Central Committee almost functions as a character, one analogous to Lathe in the Blackcollar novels or Thrawn in Heir to the Empire, powerful and far-seeing, capable of predicting its opponents and laying traps. It is also quite good at governing, since the Dominion of Man seems quite peaceful and prosperous. Except, in this case, everything that happens is because the Central Committee made a mistake in even allowing the Cobras to be created. Over the many years depicted in the novel, we see the Central Committee continue to dominate, but also to make critical mistakes at times. I enjoyed how Zahn took a central idea in his style and inverted it, making the the clever and powerful Central Committee the antagonist.I also liked the broad sweep of the novel, covering several decades in the life of Jonny Moreau. Since the kind of things Zahn wants to explore in this novel take a long time to work themselves out, nothing shorter than a generation would have been adequate. Looking through the blurbs for the many sequels, we will continue to follow the Moreau family as the implications of Jonny’s solution work themselves out over the generations to follow. Overall, this was an interesting novel, and I’m curious to see where Zahn decided to take the society he created in the conclusion of this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good read *by W***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2021* This was a good read. There was a shallowness to some of the secondary characters but it did nothing but make some plot points predictable. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Epic story of a Cobra's life and frontier planets *by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2021* This well-written book was fun to read with plenty of action and intrigue. I enjoyed the way years of time might pass without comment to get you to the next major event.I would like to read more of Timothy Zahn's writing, so I "followed" him so I know when new books are out. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.fr/products/149547683-cobra-kindle-edition](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/149547683-cobra-kindle-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart France* *Store origin: FR* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*