Review: interesting twists, but plot getting a bit weak.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2013
This story started interesting with Brian Yi (Proxy) finally getting an opportunity to return to his hometown to get a level of justice for some of the events from the first book in this series.  It was clearly a manipulated situation, but the tunnel-vision that Brian had been suffering since the middle of book 1 clearly was in effect at the start of the tale.Of course, that wasn't allowed to stand and the plot twists and dances, with a number of imaginative and interesting revelations.  Some are a bit "deus ex machine" in nature, but overall they definitely move the plot forward and reveal quite a bit more about the master conspiracy and villains who inhabit this universe.Unfortunately, once again P.S. Power's prejudices and politics snuck into this story and for once I ended up more than a little upset with how blatant P.S. Power's hatred comes out.  It involves a plot twist where a villain is supposedly going to escape the consequences of his action.  I won't mention more at this time to avoid revealing spoilers, but I don't think any honest person could believe the way the plot twists in an attempt to keep one of the villains relevant.  I almost gave this story 2 stars for that twist, it annoys me that much.