Review: Didn't make it through the book, but it is good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2013
Well written, good characters, but I absolutely hate this kind of plot. I had hoped for more of the same with previous books, all together against The Enemy. And the author did a great job as usual from his previous books.*spoiler alert*I'm not big on betrayals and particularly when there is a big threat out there that the characters should pull together on and not backstabbing and killing each other so casually. I suppose if the earlier books were like this I might have just been use to it, but this wasn't what I expected. It read like a new Battlestar Galactica episode, and I'm not a fan of the new series. When we're all that's left, attacking each other just seems so wrong.However, they didn't know the threat out there, so really the author does a fine job with everyone's motivations. I might finish the book one day, it is a good read and I did make it just over the half-way point.It was nice to see Ariel, but puzzling that with her and Clarissa proven to work in the last war, there is a worry about shortage of personnel to operate the new ships being built. Its like ignoring a resource that could make the difference in survival. Given what the two AIs did during the war, I'd be pumping out the ships with AIs and conversely if the attitude was to not trust the AIs due to the enemy, I certainly wouldn't have them involved at all. Of course, had an AI been on the New Horizon, the take over plot couldn't work.As far as writing, I would give it 5 stars. He is a great author to read. Its just a personal quirk of mine that I didn't enjoy this particular book, nor did I finish it. And that was ONLY because of the plot, not the storytelling. It was fantastic visiting with characters from the earlier books, and seeing the children grown up and now part of the story as characters.My advice is to read it, it is enjoyable, especially if you liked the earlier books. I know I will be back for the next book in the series.