Review: Interesting Concept, Good Action
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
One of the fun things about reading science fiction is seeing how different facile-minded authors envision human development over the next centuries or millennia. Technically, each one has a concept of faster-than-light travel, for without that, story-lines would be limited, but the means for doing so differ widely, as do the equipment, ships, weapons, defenses, communications, and computers. Politically, the gap widens, where mankind evolves disparate ways to govern themselves and others. Earth is important....or not. And the introduction of other sentient species gives rise to an incredible imaginative variety.This book involves all of the above, plus some interesting characters and a plausible plot line. A fair amount of space war for us military freaks. My only criticism is that Rex Wahl is more interesting before he becomes Dudley Do-Right and becomes overly altruistic. I like him better as alone and pissed off at his Commodore than I do as the self-appointed protector of three disparate crewmembers and a baby.The book is a decent stand-alone, but could handle a sequel.