Review: Well written,  but dirivitive
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
Unlike Mr. Nuttall's "Democracy Right" series, the good guys and bad are all portrayed as 3D characters. Even the bandids, bad guys even in their own eyes, are portrayed in a believable fashion. The ground has been  covered many times before and the plot is fairly predictable, but Mr. Nuttall's sharp writing skills makes it worth the read anyway.I don't know who edits his books for him, but with a couple of exceptions,  they do a very good job. I see few misspellings and even fewer duplicated plot set ups.I wish he had not borrowed so many  Baen Books conceits in this book.  The famous 'gets killed' character Joe Buckley seems to actually survive this  book, and using the retired, former Army JAG officer turned mediocre Baen stable writer Tom Kratman, is off putting. Also using such a limited number of fictional source materials as quotes to  start each chapter is distracting. How hard is it to make up three or four addtional, fictional sources to  use for  the same  quotes?All in all, not his best writing, but worth the read, and worth buying the sequel.