Review: Markedly Improved Writing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2012
It is pleasurable when I can say that I see improvement in an author's writing ability from book to book to book, and I do say so in The War of Pawns, the third book in the Human Chronicles.  I previously complained that Adam Cain lacked depth, and the author seamlessly weaved this character's background as a Delta Six member, and his family life, into the story.  The author also provides sorely needed background into the rise of the Juirean Empire, and the origins of their conflict with The Klin.Yet, T. R. Harris steadily and methodically matches the merry troop led by Adam Cain to a disaster in the making as they return to Earth, reaching a crescendo with the quick and chaotic deaths of a billion Earthians.  With this ghastly and horrific atrocity unleashed, the author goes on a Red Bulls-fueled frenzy in showing the mettle of Humans as our favorite SEAL leads the counterattack against the Juireans.The War of Pawns is a crazy joyride of action, and shows the true meaning of the Human Spirit.