Review: Better than the Wandering Engineer Series by far
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2013
This book mostly takes place during the events of Destiny's Choice, the third book of the Wandering Engineer series. It takes place in Pyrax and Agnosta. The first is the admiral's first attempt to restart the federation. The second is an undeveloped colony that is one hyper jump from Pyrax. The story is about a young Neo-panther who enters the newly reformed Federation Marine Corps. This include his time in training and a bit beyond.The story focuses on the people in the book and public opinion/awareness of the newly minted armed services. There is some politics to it but not nearly as much as the main series has. This is great since the author is way too fond of politics in the main series. Another departure is the lack of space combat. The author isn't very comfortable with those type of scenes and it shows in his writing. They are usually very short and often curtailed when present in the main series. This book lacks that and the actual fighting in this book is very well described and concludes at a natural pace instead of being abruptly cut short.Overall, I enjoyed this story a great deal and wish that the main series would take some of it's characteristics to heart. :) I recommend this book to anyone who likes general sci-fi.