Review: First off I continue to enjoy the series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
First off I continue to enjoy the series.  The banter between the characters is worth the price of admission itself.  That aside I thought the actual story/execution of this book was rather weak.  The underlying theme of betrayal felt too close to the previous novel in the series.The fleshing out of Galvetor and the dual nature of the people comes across (to me) as just plain silly.  Most fearsome warriors in the galaxy (*Battlesynths may disagree) who have never actually fought and live on a separate planet from the non-warrior population + a weak (at best) navy = recipe for being taken over.  It wouldn't take much of an opposing force to interdict the super soldiers or bomb them into oblivion while rolling right over Galvetor.The drama of would Crusher stay or go was very overdone.  In particular the way Mazer was just blatantly highlighted as a replacement.  Similarly the Phoenix side of the story felt forced, especially since no one thought to keep one of the 'bad' guys alive long enough to, you know, ask them any questions.Like I said, I enjoy the series and even enjoyed the book.  5 books in to the series I just want it to get better :)