Review: Impressive Detour
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
You’re probably asking yourself if this will cure a hankering for more of the admiral's world. Yes, it surprisingly will, even though it's a new cast of people. This book was written by “Luke Sky Wachter’s” brother, but they seem to work hand in hand so it’s very close in style. More importantly, I typically hate side stories in general but actually loved this one. Why:-Even though it’s a tangent story, it weaves back into the main arc and seems a critical piece of the overall tale-Usually side stories are for lower stakes and mere shadows of the main story, but this one plays at the same level-Similar style of challenges as the main arc, building and surviving out of nothing, assembling eclectic crew-Actually has more action than the mainline (seems like something big happens every few pages)-There were some unique and powerful characters introduced that I can’t wait to read more of-Heaps and heaps of tear-jerking sacrifice-Captain Middleton is a different kind of leader from the admiral, giving enough difference to the story that it's not like they took one of the earlier books and just changed all the namesOther points:-It could actually read as a standalone-Pretty shoddy copyediting (barrels of typos), but this is all forgiven on the basis that the Wachter brothers publish sizeable books of solid story quality every few monthsNote to author: I would do some effort to make this easier to find / more closely associated with your brother’s name and admiral who. I was fortunately subscribed to announcements that let me know this book was published several days after the fact. I had actually done my periodic search for another Luke Sky Wachter Admiral Who book and found nothing just prior when it was out. I would think that’s probably why this book has so few reviews yet.