Review: A Decent Prequel Novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
In First Steps, Chris Hechtl did a good job of posing a Martian expedition.  The novel has the same pace and attention to details that earmark the Wandering Engineer series.  It does not really feed into that series very much other than filling in the back references in the Irons stories.  The story moves along pretty steadily and there are no frustrating twists.  It's a good read if you are looking to relax and be entertained.