Review: Humanity Should NOT Be Underestimated
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2014
I've now read all the Moon Wreck and Slaver Wars books to date.  I find the stories not only engrossing but totally entertaining.  Of course I anxiously await the Retaliation installment due early this year.One thing about this one that got my attention (in the summary):  "cryosleep chambers are beginning to fail."Reading the book, however, you find the chambers are not failing themselves---the bodies put IN them cannot sustain anymore cryosleep without danger to each occupant's health.  Thus, they were ALL awakened in this story.That lends a sense of finality to some of the characters that have been threaded through the stories for over 400 years.Speaking of which, I expect Katie Johnson will play a very important role in the upcoming installment, given there will be AI ships of considerable number bearing down on Ceres and Earth.  I also expect the original subterranean survivors of New Providence to play a pivotal role, since they now seek contact with Admiral Streth.  Insofar as the 4th advanced race of allies who are not on board with contributing to defense, I consider this an upcoming wildcard, and suspect they will be a key element in the next installment.This particular episode was face-paced, and I was reading it on two different devices, so I could continue at any available opportunity.  It's that good.  You might say it pulls you into its gravity well, and you have no remaining shields to resist its onslaught of pure entertainment.