Review: Action? Well a couple pages
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2013
Mr Hechtl has a huge aversion to violence in his books. Thus, I was extremely surprised when he actually wrote a couple of pages worth of space combat. Unfortunately, this was very VERY anticlimactic since it was the culmination of the first half of the book. The second half was supposed to be a political intrigue thriller but ended up being about the rebuilding process of the system. Additionally, the protagonist was yanked out of character at the finale of the book. This wasn't the first time it had happened but was the most egregious example.Those problems aside, the book was a fairly good story with little to no real conflict. It seems to be a feel-good story mixed with some tragedy. I'm not really sure that was the author's aim. It does however, grow upon the overall architecture of the series and provides additional depth to the universe if not the characters.As with his other books, editing is poorly done at best. Antonyms and homonyms are frequently misused and spelling is sometimes an issue but not very often. Unfortunately, the combination of the two create pauses and breaks in the flow of the story and screw up the overall pacing of the book which is already slow from the depth of detail provided. On the plus side, the author is much better about showing scene breaks and temporal breaks than in previous books. My advice to the author is to get different and/or more proof readers.Overall, this is a decent book in a series with great potential. Not one that I would recommend but not one that I would advise against purchasing either.