Review: A good continuation of the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2013
I received this book free to read and review.As the author states this volume will be hard going without having read the previous ones in the series. I thought this was an exaggeration with the previous two but he is certainly right with this one. You are plunged straight into the story where you left off and will be wondering not only what Skull and Raphael are doing in an alien shuttle but even who they are.There are two very separate themes running through this book, the shuttle which although important is a minor theme and the continuation of the aftermath of the conflict on earth and the attempts to rebuild things, with the threat of an alien attack/invasion in the background.More than anything this volume develops the characters more particularly Jill Repeth who is developing as the main character. Skull who in the previous volumes was a very cold character is shown to have more feelings although unable to express them. As with the previous books the characters are brought to life and the action scenes make you think that you are actually there.Although I liked this book it is certainly not one to read unless you have read the previous ones and are going to read the next as it is an intermediate volume with almost everything being continued into the next volume. I don't know how many volumes this story is going to run to as there are 5 at least with volume 5 not yet published.