Review: Dragging on after a brilliant beginning.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2012
My favourite book of the series is the very first one- Origins. It's really cool, upbeat, there's an optimistic crew, there's experimental technology, and there's cool unusual tactics which save the butts of the crew several times.I also liked how it seemed to be a bit like Star Trek tecnology-ish, but without many of the ST restrictions. eg- ST just has one layer of defense- energy shields (ok, later ablative armour, but that's hardly mentioned). Here, there's a thick hull, regernative metal, reflective coatings, and not 1, not 2, but 3 types of energy shielding!However, I must say that the last two volumes have really dragged on. The story has gotten quite convoluted, and it seems quite ridiculous that it talks about how powerful the Triton is- the shields, the armour, the technology. And yet with each engagement large portions of the ship are destroyed, and they have to start repairs over from scratch. Similarly, they describe how powerful the Uriel fighters are. But the pilots just seem to get blown up one after another as if they were paper airplanes. I can't believe any rational person would want to be a pilot. 7 fighters go out, just 2 come back. It's practically suicide being a fighter pilot.And let's not talk about the characters from the two crews.......I may or may not buy the last one. It's only 3 bucks and it's the last one (I assume). Hopefully it'll be tidied up in a nice way.