I liked this book, but there were some problems with it. First and worst, was that I found the battle scenes tedious and confusing to read. If you want a really good space battle read David Weber's Honor Harrington novels. I also didn't really care all that much about Michael Helfort. His character was sort of flat. The last thing I didn't care for in this book was the direction it went in, the initial set up of the book didn't really mean anything. We start out with our hero taking the blame for something and it didn't really affect him. The author never really goes back to it, and it doesn't seem to be a driving force for the character. Now this was still a fun read and I enjoyed it, there are just better examples of this genre out there.
Rating: 3 stars
Recommendations: Read Weber's Honor Harrington books, the first one is On Basilisk Station. They are great!
384 pages took about 3 hours
I think this might have been my least favorite of the series. Mainly because it didn't go anywhere. Almost 400 pages and nothing was resolved, it's like there should be another book in the series. Plus, I really hate Michael's girlfriend, Anna. She is totally illogical, and very poorly conceptualized.
This was my favorite of the series. There was more thought put into this book, there was some exploration of how politics and tradition impacts the running of a war. The space battles were still poorly done but the overall arc of the story kept me in.
I liked this one a little better than the first book in this series, Battle at the Moons of Hell*, it still was a pale echo of some better series but I find myself warming to Michael. His character is starting to fill out a little and he's getting more interesting. Plus there weren't really very many space battles in this one to distract me.
I liked this book, but there were some problems with it. First and worst, was that I found the battle scenes tedious and confusing to read. If you want a really good space battle read David Weber's Honor Harrington novels. I also didn't really care all that much about Michael Helfort. His character was sort of flat. The last thing I didn't care for in this book was the direction it went in, the initial set up of the book didn't really mean anything. We start out with our hero taking the blame for something and it didn't really affect him. The author never really goes back to it, and it doesn't seem to be a driving force for the character. Now this was still a fun read and I enjoyed it, there are just better examples of this genre out there.
