Review: A good second book to the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
I enjoyed the first book (the Last Praetorian) and recommend you read it before reading this one.  it is free on the Kindle Library (at least as of this review).  http://www.amazon.com/Last-Praetorian-Redemption-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00A0M85KK/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1392985404&sr;=1-4&keywords;=redemption+trilogyThis book picks up where the first one left off.  Jon Radec has been dragged back into the politics of the Confederation.In book one, we learned how the Emperor was betrayed by one of his former Admirals and killed in the subsequent coup attempt.  Jon was able to save Sofia (The last Princess...) and through much risk to life and limb, is able to get her to Eden Prime where she becomes a Senator and eventually the Confederation President( Politics is in her blood line...).In this book, we find out that some things that were thought fact in book one might not be the case.  Jon finally gets the man that betrays his Emperor and finds out that Marcus is still alive and being held captive on another planet.  Jon rallies the troops and attempts a rescue, without involving Sofia, the daughter.... so he thinks...  Will they be able to pull it off?The authors writing has matured a bit and there is a bit more humor in some of the interplay between the characters that you got just a glimpse of in book one.  I think that is a good improvement.  The reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is two-fold:1)  The sex scenes are a bit much.  This is turning a bit into a Sci-Fi romance novel.  While not overly graphic in nature, they take away from the main storylineSPOILER ALERT!!*************************2)  The ending of this book.  While this sets up the stage for book three, the actions of Jon (or lack thereof) contradict his mission and how he has composed himself in most of the two books.  To bring Sofia and Marcus into the Senate where guns are the norm just make no sense to me.But, those two quibbles not withstanding, I enjoyed the book and have been looking forward to the third one for a while.