Review: Good effort by the author but needs a lot more development.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
I've rated this 3 stars primarily for effort. The author clearly put a lot of work into the book. But I found the endless flashbacks annoying. Sometimes there a good story telling method but the author just didn't make it work here. I also found the universe he created for his story to be very shallow and undeveloped. And the idea about how the Empire was formed was particularly unconvincing. That wasn't the only thing unconvincing about the story. There is a lot of talk about the Praetorian's being such great warriors but no real explanation of either the training or history of who the Praetorian's are. This needed a lot more development.