Review: CHARACTER-DRIVEN INTER-PLANETARY THRILLS AND SPILLS
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
This novel creates a totally believable setting of inter-planetary warfare while at the same time painting a riveting picture of individual rivalries, relationships and romances. After recent battle successes, Sterling Presley is appointed military assistant to the teenage Queen, Geneva, both soon to be embroiled in a titanic struggle with their Thypholian enemies, led by Emperor Pompey. This alternative universe is described in great, authentic detail, from consideration of battle-fleets and weapons of war to a host of well-drawn protagonists with idiosyncracies of character and facial shape.  There are a succession of battles and Machiavellian twists and turns--as well as the erratic course of the affair between Sterling and Queen Geneva--to keep the reader fully engrossed.  Check it out. You won't be disappointed.