Review: Mediocre, but ok for the price
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2012
The $0.99 price makes the book tolerable, and it's a quick read.  If you just need something to occupy a couple of hours, there are worse ways than Exodus of the Phoenix.In general, I do like pulp-style stories, at least occasionally.  Sometimes it's nice to read something that's just a simple space adventure.  This is what I kind of expected from Exodus of the Phoenix.The premise of the book itself strains credulity; the only two people who can possibly command the super-ship are a couple of not-yet-graduated cadets?  When the ship is already filled with military personnel?And if the military is as nepotistic as indicated, surely there would be a great number of personnel loyal to humanity but disaffected with the hierarchy.  Experienced, skilled command personnel.  Who have at least finished the academy.Also, Mars as a "forward base" for Earth makes no sense; for most of it's orbit Mars is further away from the Earth than the Earth is from Mars' orbital path.  That calls into question why the Exodus needed to pass Mars...or even Luna.  Why not just head perpendicular to the solar system's orbital plane?And I do wish non-technical authors would just drop the Star Trek-style technobabble.  "Route the frequency through the secondary buffer" indeed.