Review: wow, the worst ai, virtual reality, junk scienec i have read in a long time
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
Book 1 and 2 were interesting, the concept was great, i am an engineer so i thought this would be really cool, alas, sadly the series really sucks from book 3 on.Firstly the premise that the super smart engineer FLEET ADMIRAL is like a political idiot, unable to navigate basic machinations of villains, even with the help of a sophisticated AI gets old after a while, especially as he is portrayed to be pretty much an imbecile in the political arena.secondly the science is just ridiculous, they have nanite replicators but use uarts and irq's etc, this would make a good bad 90's bok, really if your writing sci fi, don't date it by using a barely understandable version of yesterdays science, create your own futuristic version and try to make it worth reading.thirdly the AI based book ghost station with its attempt at a tron like war between AI's and cybers is so grating you end up skimming through almost 1/2 a book to escape the pain of having to read it.fourthly, in book 5 the outright Plagiarism of a bunch of corny bad tv series, both in behaviour, simplicity and even the characters names, ie boss hoggs, hazard county, little buddy, (dukes of hazard) commissioner gordon (batman, seriously) etc is just sad.no it is not cute nostalgia, its just lazy drek. and its lame to read,.the author even says "this book is just a filler for later books"  at the end of the book.seriously, how disrespectful to your readers. the style has devolved into almost ramblings, plot jumps around, 1/2 sciences abound, and it gets to where there is so many characters and sub plots lifted from other authors you start to wonder which book / tv series you are reading at any particular point.If it had started off mediocre and gotten better I would gladly have recommended any writer and tried to encourage him to continue his dream/quest etc to be a successful writer.in good conscience  however if this high school level cheat fest is the best the series ever aspires to be and its all downhill from here then i say say run for the hills, dont give this man your money and tell your friends not to read this junk.