Review: Great Episodic Space Opera
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2012
I swear every novel in this series should start with "when we last saw our heroine Sorilla Aida." Sure it has other main characters, but she seems to steal the show. The entire series is a pretty good read with each novel having at least one ground and space battle telling the story of humanity's first interstellar war. It's just that Sergeant Aida seems like such a more interesting character then the admirals and captains manning the space ships. Valkyrie Burning tries hard to focus more on the space battles then previous books and these sections are well written, filled with strategy, and full of surprises. But nothing is as cool as sliding down a space elevator after taking sniper shots at enemy forces while free falling towards terminal velocity. I cross my fingers that Evan Curie spins off Sorilla Aida in a separate series after he wraps this one up in the next book.