Review: I liked it, but it really felt like more of the same.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
When Girabaldi went to Bester in the Zathros sector; it was almost too much for an old Babylon 5 fan.  I loved the shout outs to one of my all time favorite shows.I think Nuttall has been working along a theme for quite a while (some results are better then others).  The Federation, Empire, whatever... has become bloated and corrupt with the people being disenfranchised and rebellion ensues.  Fortunately for me; I like this theme and eat up Nuttall's works as fast as he can publish them. If you read the Democracy Series (Democracy's Right, Democracy's Might) this is basically the same story, just told from the other side.  I liked Democracy more, I thought it was a little better written, but the battles and science were more balanced in this telling.  There was more consideration of distances in regards to the combat and a better understanding of the delays from light-speed limited communication.  There was less consideration of many of the characters; why did Tiffany and Mairus hit it off so well?  Why was Rastlin such a throw-away character even from the beginning?  I liked it, but it really felt like more of the same.