Review: Great addition to the story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2012
This series seems to be getting even better as it goes along.  I liked Book One (Proxy) and I really liked Book Two (Gabriel), and with Book Three I am in love with Marcia Turner.  Unlike Brian and Denis, Marcia is a fully realized adult character with her own extensive back story already touched on in the other two books but she is the star here and it works very well.  As second in command with the IBD, she is a lot like the Nick Fury character in Marvel comics but with her own powers as well.  She has super strength and super speed but by her own admission, she is not the strongest or fastest.  Her biggest asset is her brains and her training, and her willingness to take charge and then deal with the repercussions.  I especially enjoyed the revelations about her life and her past relationship with Mike Conroy.My only complaint is the continued, unnatural hostility Brian has for the cops.  We get it, he had some terrible experiences, but his actions shown in this book (especially with the unarmed police chief) were completely off the reservation.  First mode issues aside, the author is either really trying to make Brian unlikeable or (I hope) his reaction ties into the ongoing problems with the old Alpha Team.  Anyway, overall this is a great addition to the ongoing saga and now the problem is the wait for the next one.