Review: Another fine entry in the series.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
This book has a more personal tone within the Donsaii crew, as Ell and members of her crew go through various personal trials and relationships are further developed.  The time is evenly split between the Donsaii team and a plot revolving around the "villain" of the last few books, President Edith Stockton.  Stockton is forced to tone down her anti-Donsaii rhetoric somewhat in the wake of the events of book 10 and switches her primary focus to terrorist cells, ultimately resulting in a new villain making the scene and establishing the main conflict of the book.  I haven't been a huge fan of Stockton as a baddie to this point because her motivations have been shown to be very petty and one-note in nature, and she is willing to be very corrupt in her pursuits of things she wants, but this book does manage for the first time to make her headstrong attitude a positive quality to an extent, making her a more understandable character.  Once again, Ell herself continues to casually do amazing things while dealing with her family issues and evading the government, continuing to be a strong, appealing lead.  Another excellent read, looking forward to the next one.