Review: Ride the skies with the crew of the Storm Brother
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2011
Liberator's Ruin by P.J. Johns was a wonderful book.  It takes place in a world of interesting technology.  It has a bit of a steampunk feel to it, but there is not the steam driven technology that is required for that genre to truly fit.  The truly unique feature of the world is a mineral that is used in what are basically anti-gravity engines.  That is what allows the giant airships to rule the skies and even enables floating island colonies.There are some wonderful characters in the book, my favorites being Nathaniel, Fran, Grekhis, and even Thomas.  There are several story lines active through the book following the different characters and no surprise I enjoyed Nathaniel's crew the most by far.  They have some great interactions and all seem to be good people despite the morally gray area that many of their jobs fall in.I despised the character Anna.  Now that seems bad, but in reality I think it reflects very well on how she was written.  If I was apathetic to her it would show much less depth to her character, however I wanted terrible things to happen to her.Liberator's Ruin is an extremely enjoyable read and well worth the .99 that it costs for a copy.Review copy provided by the author.