Review: Good first try
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2012
This is ok as a first book -the story was original and imaginative -  and there were only a few errors the proofreader missed. But there were a few areas  that appeared to me to be mistakes."Boost looked up fast enough to see the sun of this galaxy get swallowed by the darkness."A Galaxy doesn't have one sun. A solar system does. If this author wants to write sci fi he needs to know the difference. Perhaps he got confused because he had characters traveling from galaxy to galaxy while most sci fi stories are confined to one galaxy."The temperature inside the cockpit immediately dropped as they flew into the planet's atmosphere."So from the cold of space they fly into an ice planet's atmosphere and the ship can't handle the cold? It can't be colder than the cold of space!"He could pour himself something strong, perhaps a gin, and relax"The orange-eyed alien who destroyed earth drinks gin?"His own stink was killing him as much as the pain in his hooves from his having sat for so long."Huh? This was at the very start of the book so it made me wary about how many other mistakes I would find.  Why would his feet hurt from sitting?I think this writer has potential but needs to be more careful. The story itself is not bad, but I felt lost in trying to keep all the different kinds of aliens straight in my head.  There could have been more backstory about each of the different kinds of aliens, especially the ones who played major roles. If you read too fast you will miss that there are 2 kinds of humans because it is only mentioned once in passing. Needed some background on how this came about and what their relationship was to each other.It was never explained why the Ruverans were going around destroying planets. No motive that I could find so that is still a puzzle. And the story ends as a cliffhanger. I'm not sure if I will look for the sequel.