Review: A good Romance not so great as as Sci-Fi
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
I read this as a pure Science Fiction reader and found many faults with it.  For instance,  Space ships don't need control surfaces in the vacuum of space, and they don't lose velocity when an engine quits working, or is damaged.  They may not accelerate as fast, but the don't slow down, there is nothing in space to slow them down.The Author, Mr Mike Smith should have known better than to make those simple mistakes.  There are a lot of other glaring errors.  Errors that a person with a background in military affairs would not have made.  In fact there are a lot of errors that a person that had read Science Fiction or done research would not have made.  BTW I will give Commander Radec a pass on his sword of non-obtamium steel.  Heck I assume metallurgy in the far future is a lot better.That said, the plot was well developed, and the characters were pretty good.  But in my opinion, this is really a romance novel set in the future.  It is not a true Science Fiction novel.  I recommended it to my wife on that basis.I  think there is enough meat in the plot to make me want to read the next book.  Heck, I like a good romance too.