Review: Awesome Entry In The Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2013
PS Power is an author willing to take chances, and the first book starring Tierra as a main character was definitely going out on a limb.  Readers loved or hated her single-minded, angry approach to the world, but no one who read the book was neutral, and everyone had an opinion.  Tierra was not Tor, not Timon, and not like a lot of other previous PS Power protagonists.Now, with the "Silence Within", we get the payoff.  This Tierra is still passionate and now has a full range of emotions, not just blinding anger, and she is awesome.  I don't want to give any spoilers, but Tierra finally gets to take care of some lingering plot issues, learns some surprising things about her family, and we, as readers, get hit in the head by a couple of sandbags we did not see coming as the plot jumps forward in a big way.  That said, we also have smaller moments and Tierra's reaction to an attack on Timon is telling, as is her touching concern for her little brother.  These characters react like family, not just pawns on a board.Just my two cents, since Timon still seems ticked at Tor for the adjustments he made, but for Tierra the changes make her life worth living.