Review: Both Character and Action
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
This book is somewhat reminiscent of the old, 1930's style scifi books as far as the pace of protagonist progress. Frex, in the older books, some guy may discover what looks like life on Venus and then goes to work along with some others on a team to assemble a rocket ship all within a few weeks of the discovery.Here a few war vets living in Montana manage to get their hands on a space ship and within a few months, they not only have mastered the ship, but a good deal of its technology and have established bases in outer space including Mars and the asteroids. That's only the start of it too. They go much much further in this book alone. I say this book because Nutall's universe here can easily accommodate a continuing series.Meanwhile, the main character evolves from a government hating libertarian who is especially hostile to this Obama-like president to a genuine diplomat not only dealing with this president, but others he dislikes, out of necessity rather than standing on principle and not doing so. You get the sense that by book's end, the libertarian even develops respect for the president he used to despise.Overall a rousing optimistic tale of humanity's future and potential. If Nutall were to continue the series, I'd surely be along for the ride.