Review: Good Sequel to the Space Opera
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2011
To start off, this is Book Two of the series.  If you haven' readTo The Stars (The Harry Irons Trilogy)yet, read that one first.I judge my science fiction on a modified version of the Baen criteria: the scientific advances / future technology needs to be somewhat believable, if there are aliens they need to be presented in some realistic format with names I can pronounce in my head while I read, and must have some type of plot with circumstances - good or bad - with their resolution I can get my head around, believe, and be interested in turning to the next page to learn more; that's quite a mouthful, but we've all read a lot of bad science fiction over the years.With all that being said, this book hits it on all fronts - I literally had a hard time putting this down while reading it.  The author does a great job of explaining in somewhat layman's terms the gadgets and technological advances, the dialogue between the characters is to the point without a lot of fluff, and I found myself daydreaming a couple of times about the spacecraft and technology and what  I would like to do if that was available now.  The author does a good job of bringing you up to speed from Book One of the series.If you couldn't tell, I enjoyed this one and I am looking forward to reading more material from Thomas Stone!