Review: Good story, bad editing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2011
I would give the story 4 stars, and the editing 1 star.The story was good, and the action kept me fairly engrossed.The only issue I have with the story is the prototype vehicle. One of the characters mentioned the control panels being Star Trek like, and that's not where the similarity ends, and that's not a good thing. The vehicle is grossly and overwhelmingly powerful. It's invulnerable and has no (revealed) weaknesses. It faces two main battle tanks with a crew of two, and suffers not a scratch of damage. Unfortunately, it appears that the vehicle will occupy a major place in the stories, so it'll take a large does of "suspension of belief". There is some appendix-like material at the end of the book which discusses some of the technical issues, but to an unsatisfactory degree.As for the editing, it almost appears that the author simply published his first draft. This is not nit-picking, the errors are abundant to the point where they can disrupt the flow of reading, causing me to stop and re-scan a paragraph or even go back a page. Since I am reviewing the Kindle edition, I'm surprised that the author hasn't chosen to reissue a new edition. Technically it would cost nothing to reissue an e-book update, but then again, I'm not an author nor publisher, so I don't really know what's involved. Seeing as other people have mentioned the editing of this book, I know I am not alone in picking this up.All that aside, I've no doubt I will continue to explore this series, until either I run out of books to read, or I lose interest. I've already downloaded the second book in this series, and hope that as the series progresses, the authors editing becomes better.