Review: I don't get the great reviews for this work.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
It is something I got for free as part of the author's Christmas giveaway.The author hangs out at the Baen Bar Slush Pile posting his books hoping for a book contract. He is pretty prolific. I couldn't tell you how many books he has written and posted there since I ran across the Bar. Maybe 20 or 30.He does both SF and fantasy. I am not a big fan of fantasy and magic so I just stay away from those books.His SF stuff tends to be pretty one dimensional character wise. They are pretty much all heroic military personnel struggling against incredible odds just because they are the good guys. The story lines tend to be similar as well.This one is a little different as far as a storyline goes.  The Earth is attacked by "Killers" who try to kill off humanity. Humanity fights back by dispersing. After 1000 years humanity has made little progress in dealing with the killers. I find this kind of time line implausible. There are a bunch of other things I find implausible as well, such as the British Empire becoming a space borne power. But, I think the author is a Brit so maybe that kind of thing can be forgiven.maybe this is a story I just didn't like, but I read about half of the book and just quit on it, losing interest in finishing it. So, the book earns a single star from me because I give books I start reading and lose interest in finishing one star.I would not take a single book I don't like as suggesting the author is not worth reading though. Some of his other stuff is pretty good, or at least a lot more readable to me, and he has gotten several 4 star reviews from me for other works, along with at least one 3-star review. I even bought one of his books once.As authors go he has persistence and volume on his side, along with some pretty good stuff, but so far that has not gotten him a contract from a serious publisher, although he has been self publishing at least some of his works.