Review: Better than Ever
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
I've loved all 3 of Dain White's books about the Archaea and its crew, but Mr. White has definitely been working on his writing skills for his third book.  Not only is it almost twice as long (and at least 4 times as fun) as "Janis", but his characters, including Janis herself, are steadily becoming more human.  There are back stories about several characters, solutions to problems (WHERE do they get all the coffee beans, do they really exist on PB&J and curry stir frys, how will they spend enough money on guns, computer cores and software to clear all that gold out of their hold).  Add in a description of Mars that somehow feels like what we see from Spirit and her family of Rovers and a couple of space stations and other spaceships just to keep the surroundings interesting, plus the usual (and unusual) selection of bad guys trying to kidnap/kill the crew.  Great fun.  I hope there will be a 4th volume soon.  This author is one I'll happily spend my miniscule Kindle allowance on.