Review: slow start but excellent finish
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
Well, this story started slow for me and I actually put it down a couple of times but when I finally go into the guts of it, it really began to take off. Please be aware this is a excellent B-grade book so don't expect a New York Times top ten list. Some of the ideas are bizarre like here we are in space and have a human society where woman still only receive 85% of a male workers wage?? We have extreme sexist types on both sides adding a bizarre touch too.Anyway, now to the good stuff, it is not part of a series acting as a cliff hanger to entice you to buy more, a big plus. Great ending wrapping the bad guys and bad girls up. From the halfway point the action never stops and I just had to keep reading, the various subplots twisting and turning until they come together.The funny names, the disgraced Colonel Oliver West (lol, aka Oliver North) the young teenager caught up in the military operation and ends up in a few firefights but learns the meaning of being a real person, the totally trampy female assassin and the bigoted Senator and even more corrupt and bigoted religious mouth piece. They amazed me, disgusted me and amused me so thank you John Bower for making sure they got what they deserved both goodies and baddies, lol.So at 99cents outstanding value if you like part military sci-fi, part space opera, part spy intrigue, part political election scandal and overall fun read for me.