Review: a compelling read but the ending could have been better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 9, 2012
I've been enjoying this series quite a bit.  The first three books were great and I gave them five stars.  This one only gets three because I think the author could have done better with the ending.  However, I will keep reading the series hoping for a return to greatness in book 5.The series makes you think.  It's not good guys vs bad guys but rather totalitarian communists vs totalitarian fascists vs unstoppable cyborgs.  As if that weren't enough, this volume adds totalitarian Socratists.  The heroes are caught in the middle.  I did not find it to be hard science fiction, like another reviewer wrote, at least not to the extent of Gregory Benford, but it contains good science to make battles and strategies realistic and compelling. I really like the references to historical battle strategies and philosophers.