Review: Saxon Andrew continues to write enjoyable light stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2013
Saxon Andrew continues to stay true to his basic standard concept in his books. You might of course think that this make his books repetitive and boring after a while and I guess some people might feel that way. Personally I like Saxon Andrew’s concept when I am in the mood for a light read and I think he manages to create enough variation that it have not really felt boring, at least not yet. Sure some of his books started to feel a bit repetitive and mass produced a while back but I feel that he, in his later works, have spent more time on the story and the writing itself have developed in a positive direction.I would still characterize this book as being in the young adult genre but, having said that, it is somewhat darker and even cruel than many of his earlier works. Now, we are still talking about a Saxon Andrew book here which means that the correct characterization is perhaps that it is slightly less upbeat and optimistically heroic than his earlier books. Emphasis on slightly here. The classical trademarks of a Saxon Andrew book can still be found. Like a collection of unbelievably shining heroes, technological “just-in-time” advancements and a few bad guys seeing the error of their ways and thus enter the club of the good guys.As I said, I do like these books when I am in the mood for a light read. They are always simple and fun reading. Sure, there are some silly things like the ridiculous rate and the whims by which people are promoted from nothing to Admirals for instance. Also, Saxon Andrew usually do not delve too much into the science part of science fiction which I think is good because when he tries to it doesn’t always come out well. Like the statement that mass was giving an energy beam its power for instance.In any case, as you might have caught on to by now, I found this book a very enjoyable reading. The ending pretty much concludes the current story arc of this book series but leaves a huge open thread onto which a new future (far future) story arc could be spun.