Review: Nice Story But Leaves You Hanging
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2011
To start off, this is Book Three of the series.  If you haven' read Book OneTo The Stars (The Harry Irons Trilogy), or Book Two,Stolen Worlds (The Harry Irons Trilogy)yet, read them first in order.I judge my science fiction on a modified version of the Baen criteria: the scientific advances / future technology needs to be somewhat believable, if there are aliens they need to be presented in some realistic format with names I can pronounce in my head while I read, and must have some type of plot with circumstances - good or bad - with their resolution I can get my head around, believe, and be interested in turning to the next page to learn more; that's quite a mouthful, but we've all read a lot of bad science fiction over the years.With all that being said, this book hits it on most of these fronts.  I really enjoyed the first two books of the series and, comparing the third installment to the first two books I will say it wasn't quite as good  - it felt a bit rushed, and a few of  the scenes (no spoiler here) I had a mental "b.s." comment going through my head, especially the last 10% or so of the book.  Rather than an ending you can wrap your head around, he does leave you hanging on the conclusion which almost begs for a Book 4 to tie up all the loose ends.The author does a great job of explaining in somewhat layman's terms the gadgets and technological advances, the dialogue between the characters is to the point without a lot of fluff, and I found myself daydreaming a couple of times about the spacecraft and technology and what  I would like to do if that was available now.Overall, the series is very well-written and I enjoyed it.  I am looking forward to reading more from this author.