Review: OK for young kids, otherwise Meh.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2014
This book can really be divided into two distinct parts.  The first and more interesting story regards the escape from captivity of the 3 main characters; a human and two aliens. They and countless other intelligent species from all over the universe have been abducted by aliens known as Bugs.  Thanks to quick thinking, intelligence and a bit of luck they manage to escape their captivity by stealing an ancient alien vessel they call "Auntie" (?) from the Bugs’ cargo bay.  Do I even need mention how calling the evil aliens “Bugs” is extremely derivative?  It goes back at least to Heinlein’s 1959 masterpiece, Starship Troopers (not to be confused with the horrible film that came out a few years ago loosely based on the phenomenal book .)The second part of the book was far less interesting and quite a bit more juvenile.  It concerns the trios setting up an enormously profitable trading partnership and fighting bounty hunters (and navies) sent by the Bugs to recapture them and especially the ancient alien ship they escaped in.  This ship is pretty cool and old and belonged to a race long thought vanished, but here’s where it starts to get incredibly silly.  After every altercation the heroes tell their vanquished enemies that they won because alien ghosts that helped them.  All these advanced space faring (even intergalactic) races buy this nonsense without problem.  I’m all for the willing suspension of disbelief, but I couldn’t buy this drivel.I will not be reading any further in the series.