Review: Best of the series thus far.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
In Book three we finally get some real action.  Books 1 and 2 set the stage for the explosive action in Book 3.  The Ca'cadasans have attacked the Terran Empire (TE).  They know that it's a large empire.  You have some that disdain the humans and think it will be a cake walk, while others see how far the Terrans have progressed compared to themselves and realize they may have bit off more than they can chew.We get into more of the a couple of they other races(both allies and enemies of the TE).  It is good to see the story expanding a bit in other directions but not taking away from the main gist of the Ca'cadasan invasion and the succession crisis.PRO-Action finally happening.  Lots of battles with the invaders as well as allied races.Sabotage - A cool twist happening at a research center that is critical to the Empire.More character development (Especially on the Prince (Sean).Story is moving faster (even though the window in this book is pretty short from what I can see)Nice to see where some of the techie stuff potentially could take us (Nanites, powered battle armor, etc).In some of the battles scenes, the Terran's were NOT wiped out or had things go totally against them.  Good strategy won the day,even with a technological shortfall (see my CON listing).  Other scenes had tooth and nail fighting.  Good stuff.A bit more on the Ca'cadasan but still weakly developed given that we are in book 3.CON-While Sean's character is developing, I think there was excessive time spent with the Prince' and getting him back to be acknowledged as the Emperor and then put full focus on the issues.  In that time, he made decisions and learned lessons but the internal angst just got way to repetitive.  We want to see him mature but how many have to die before he realizes the Empire is bigger than just where he is at in the moment.  He is already 30 odd years old?The battle scenes are getting a bit redundant when it comes to how many missiles fired, counter missiles and such.  Yes, we do want battles but maybe put more focus on the overall strategies, tactical environments and individual actions in the battles.Summary:  Great book. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all three and will be glad to see book four. Thanks for writing a very good story.