This one was too "hard" sci-fi for my taste. I don't care for space novels where we all have to wait 30 minutes for light to catch up to us to see what occurred 30 minutes ago. Plus, there seemed to be a lot of political elements included- not interested in that. I also don't like names with apos...
Loved the story and the action. Book 2 takes off where book 1 ended. After the successful battle at Arcturus Koenig is at it again this time bringing the war to the hated Sh'daar and its numerous allies: Turusch and the Hrulka.I've started to like Ian Douglas' writing style. Book 1 and book 2 ...
Summary: Good old space opera military SF. Good plot, good universe, well written, thoroughly enjoyed this one. The only real problem is that their is a rather obvious and fatal flaw which must be overlooked for everything to hang together.Plotline: Good plot well thought out with action all th...
It's... ok.This book starts to make good on the strife building at home on Earth but it's a bit clumsy. Overall it's repeating a lot of the same themes the books have already gone through and doesn't feel like it expands any long term plots enough to add as much as it could or should to the seri...
I didn't enjoy this book as much as some of the other books by Douglas. I thought there was too much philosophy and not enough story. The author did make his views on organized religion well known. When the story was going it was pretty exciting but it was slow in between. The other thing was tha...
I enjoyed this book much better than the first book in the series. Still the plot is a little predictable and the ending felt a little convenient. Also the only character that got any development was the main character which made the story one dimensional. Of course I was not looking for a great ...