Review: Another excellent novel series by Chris
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2014
Chris has struck out along another space opera story Arc that resonates because it strikes so close to home.Incompetence, disunity, political cowardice, and corruption in the highest reaches of government; compounded by a predatory news media that casually desolates lives for profit with no conscience. All this continues in the face of certain extinction if we humans don't pull together. Yep, once again he took our picture.The only salvation appears to hang in the hands of a few honor bound ordinary people who sacrifice their all to stand in the gap knowing that they'll likely be sacrificed to political expediency and the progressive rent-a-mobs, even if they manage to save humanity from extinction. If I didn't know Chris was British I'd be tempted to think he was American; but I suppose that's where we Ami's learned those traits of character. We did fight our revolution to secure "the rights of Englishmen" for ourselves after all.This new story world is quite plausible given the way our current president is working to destroy the US from within. I can see China, Brazil and a resurgent British Commonwealth stepping up to fill the power vacuum.Once again Chris presents us with accurately dramatized socio-political commentary on contemporary Western society, with a focus on Britain for a change. This is culture where he has keen insiders knowledge and it shows to good effect.His characters are patiently heroic everyman/woman. He even makes the spoiled Royal Scion likeable, and develops him into a very sympathetic character by the end of this book.A very good space opera with strong roots in our present reality.Note to Chris: Please stick to your main plot line in the space campaign and Prince H. Strike while your "hook" is hot.IMHO, if you get down in the weeds of Terran socio-politics he may lose his drawing power. The scrabbling fools on Earth are just  background until you reach the tipping point in space. FWIW.write on brodave