Review: Wandering Engineer series continues - so do the grammatical errors and wrong word usage
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
I like the Wandering Engineer series.  However, I'll start by saying that if he had an editor for this book they should be fired and Chris Hechtl should have a full refund.  The grammatic and wrong word mistakes in this book eclipse the others by a wide margin.Good story, and good series.  Somewhat better character development in this book of the other players and certainly much more development of Admiral Irons.  Also some very good "sight jokes" (not site please note) that require some previous knowledge of other science fiction series and TV shows (OK, the allusion to Barney Fife was a bit of a stretch).  Minor character development could be better, some of the stuational material could have been presented better, but overall it was a good entertaining story.Chris does hit on some contemporary issues and reflects those in his story.  It certainly shows that some attitudes and political maneuvering never go out of style.  Regardless of the havoc they cause when well-meaning individuals impose their beliefs and will on others without considering the wider consequences.  Irons, for a really smart guy, often seems to totally miss the political machinations of his opponents.  It's also surprising that his AI, Sprite, doesn't do a better job of managing some of that.I'm looking forward to the next book, and hope that he finds an editor, or at least someone who knows a bit about the English language, to improve the grammatical errors and word usage.