Review: Enjoyable Adventure Sci-Fi - Recommended
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2012
"Alien Assassin" is the sequel to theThe Fringe Worlds (The Human Chronicles - Book One)and even though there is a recap in this book, readers will enjoy these more reading them in order.No plot spoilers from me; the story follows the exploits of Adam Cain, displaced Navy SEAL thrown into a universe populated by dozens of alien races. Humans are barely known to the rest of the galaxy but are "Supermen" compared to the generally wimpy aliens he encounters. As uncovered in the last book, humans are key to the plans of a powerful alien race seeking to avenge a wrong done to them by the current dominant species. With all of the grand planning by the aliens, Adam is just attempting to make a living doing what he like to do most of all, killing aliens.The writing style keeps the pace moving very quickly and there are more than few plot devices that border in the "highly unlikely" range, but nothing that detracts from the overall story. This is a good mix of Sci-Fi adventure and military Sci-Fi, which makes for an enjoyable read.Recommended!CFH