Review: Readable but only just
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2012
A 5-star book this not.  A sequel is rarely as good as the original book and this is no exception.I bought the book immediately after finishing book 1 and even now, having just finished it in a couple of days, am hard pushed to remember much about it other than the parts that were absolutely rediculous.  There are also many parts of the book that add absolutely nothing to the story and seem to be in there just to flesh it out (ie. almost a chapter on the surfing prowess of some of the lead characters).  I found myself skimming a lot of the book just to get to sections with some action and relevance.All in all, a readable story if one concentrates on the action but too many inconsistancies and unbelieveable sections in the storyline.  ie. guns and fighter ships that seem to have an endless supply of bullets and missiles etc, ships that can be build by a few people to carry thousands in just a few weeks, and many more (I don't want to put in too many spoilers).Sorry but this book seems to be just like the second book in too many other trilogies, it just fills in time until the third book comes out to conclude the story.  Then again, I haven't seen anything to indicate that this is intended to be a trilogy or even a series, but the story ended on an obvious 'to be continued...'.I may buy the next book if it is available reasonable soon, otherwise I'm likely to forget about the series, just go on to more believeable stories and give it a miss.