Review: Great new find!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2013
I like tying out new authors and have found some real gems, Evan Currie, and Ryk Brown to name a couple. To that list I'm adding Stephen W. Bennett.  The books are very entertaining and it's fun to watch the authors style develop. On a couple of sections he seems to go into to much detail on something mundane but since most new authors don't seem to put in enough detail this is an ok problem to have. He does that a lot less in this book than the first. The characters are interesting and his description of Koban reminds me of the planet Pyruss on the Deathworld trilogy by the great Harry Harrison. I guess my only real complaint is how a faction of the Koban castaways are so against genetic manipulation. Given the tragic history that genetic manipulation had on the human race it's understandable....until they run into the Krall. I've run into that before with new authors and some "vets" who are slamming dumb politicians (I guess??) with these stances. All one has to do is look at history and World War II in particular to see that humans will DO ANYTHING to survive when their back is against the wall. I can't wait for the next installment and will be looking for the announcement so that I can pre-order my copy.