Review: Another great Spineward Novel.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2012
So here we are again, Joshua Wachter's second novel in the Spineward Sector series does not disappoint nor does it take anything away from the first novel.As with my review of the first novel in the series, I will start with presentation, but I will try to keep it short this time.Unlike, however, the first review, I must actually bitch about the cover artist's work this time... What the hell is that monstrosity on the cover? That is one horrible drawn spacecraft... I do extend my sincerest apologies to the artist but come on man, what the hell... Put some more effort into the tech... But I must also say, also unlike the first review, the Title and Author seem to have had a few extra seconds of work put into them, still a long way off from perfect, but you get that.Now onto the story, and what a story it is.Once again I found myself agitated by the main character, wishing he would have more backbone but this time I was treated to a few instances of him actually showing it. It seems our young admiral is coming to and becoming the great hero I wish he was.So the point still stands, I love this series because the characters seem deeper than most other books I have read. The action is still perfect and the story telling is A grade.I loved the way this one ended, not because it ended, that annoyed me to... well... no end... but the reveal that you kinda figure out will happen earlier but when it us fully fleshed out it explodes and you are left wanting more.My one hope is that the author, with all his deep characters, is writing notes to keep track of everyone before he introduces one too many interesting and deep characters and starts to forget others.Yeah, not everyone is 100% believable but they don't need to be, this is Sci-Fi and thanks to that can be summed up as Fiction, not everything in fiction has to seem real, especially when what is real is constantly showing up fiction in the unrealistic category.The few writing mistakes that are found through the book are forgivable and ultimately ignored in favour of read the story.So in closing I will say that Mr. Wachter has done another excellent job of showing his amazing imagination and skill of getting out a book that is both interesting and technical without going into the hard-core realm the likes of Matthew Mather, Neil Stephenson and the other great HC-Sci-Fi authors inhabit. Please keep it up, I WANT the next book as soon as possible... I am almost becoming an addict!And also, once again I would like to say that the "Mumford & Sons" album "Sigh no more" is still the perfect soundtrack to this series...