Review: This is a long way from where the series began.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
What an interesting twist!  I won't go into more detail to prevent spoilers.  All the characters in this installment develop with a great deal of color and depth.  The universe Ringel has created also takes on a very interesting shape (both physically and metaphorically).  I am eagerly awaiting the next installment.The writing style displayed here has developed along with the characters; it is clean and well paced.  It also has a good balance between description and action that flow smoothly together. This is a long way from where the series began.  I feel that Ringel still has some issues with physics; especially in regards to inertia.  I both like and hate how Ringel measures distance in light-seconds (ls), light-minutes (lm), and light-hours (lh).  Across a vast stellar space, seeing things minutes or hours after they have already happened can make choices of action very difficult especially in a military scenario.  At closer (more actionable) distances, however, using these unfamiliar units created more confusion then they eliminated.  I think using the metric Giga-meters (Gm) or Terra-meters (Tm) or even the old standby Astronomical Unit (AU) would have kept things more clear.  4lm = ~72Gm = ~1/2AU