Review: Very good re-telling of classic
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
This series is a re-imagining of the late 50's classic Space Prison (aka The Survivors) by Tom Godwin. However, the author uses proscribed genetic engineering as a device to speed the story through a couple of decades rather than the several generations required in the original.  I loved the premise as well as the treatment of society prejudices, both against genetic science and males, that hamper the survival effort.  The main characters were very real in their determination that more than survival, revenge was their ultimate objective.There was some unevenness in the structure and plot line that was just a little off.  And like most of these early writing attempts, the number of typos and bad grammar was somewhat high. A name changed between books, Ted to Thad Greeves, but the author had a very good reason. I would prefer a cleaned-up version of the story, but I really enjoyed what I had.  I will watch for more sequels in this series.In other words, I LIKED it!  Just because it wasn't totally unique in its premise doesn't mean it isn't a very good story indeed.