Review: Is this the collapse of the empire?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
This is the hardest book in the series to read.  You have formed bonds with many of the characters but in war you lose freinds and the author does a fine job of keeping it real.  As I have said in my other reviews you should start with book one and read all five books in the series.  This is the best way to keep the story in its p[roper sequence.  de Cosimo does bring the reader up to speed in each book and this can be a bit tedious at times but it is necessary to keep up with what happened in the past.  There is no substitute for actually reading how Nina loses her memory for a year and how Trever is tortured by the Order.  Start from the beginning and get the full value of the story.  One thing that bugs me.  The author knows his military weapons and some civilian weapons but he makes a Hollywood screw up when he has an accomplished gun handler, Bad guy Roos slaps the cylinder of a .38 Special shut.  This can bend the crane and keep the pistol from firing.  This is a small thing but it still bugs me.