Review: A series with some good potential
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
I like the premise of the book.  Earth creates new technology in the near future that will open up the universe for Human Exploration.  The exploration team runs into a problem and instead of making it to Mars as part of their test flight, they end up in a place far, far away.  They run into danger in space and on the Earth-like planet they are orbiting.Pro:1)  Betrayal - gotta have some good back stabbing in there.2)  Love interest - makes the danger events even more so.3)  Artificial intelligence - interesting way this could develop.4)  Aliens - it is Sci-Fi so you have to have aliens5)  Friendly Aliens and Enemy Aliens - sets the stage for future books6)  Near Future instead of too far out.  Nice to see that setting.Cons:1)  While I thought the betrayal by one or more characters in the story was a great part of the story, it could have been done so much better.  While the betrayal caused multiple problems but when the Human enemy was finally captured, the logic behind why this groups actions it was pretty lame.2)  While the technology behind the technological leap is interesting, it's is not very well developed in the story line past some vague affects on humans and aliens.  I hope the 2nd book delves a bit more into it.A fun read and I have started the 2nd book.Enjoy.