aqiul's review
5.0
Wow! Massive space battles, giant planetoids which are actually ships and an alien fleet that seems infinite. This is just what I was looking for!
Everything is bigger and more explode-y compared to book 1. Our new Emperor is trying his best to find the remnants of the 4th Empire without much luck while a massive armada moves slowly towards Earth to make new friendships. We get to see more of Brasheel and what his life is like with the Achuultani.
The escalation type of combat scenes get better with every battle. Colin and the crew are better at their new ships even in the face of colossal losses. The Achuultani side of the story was impressive and I would have loved to see more of that. Dahak is as lovable as ever and when
The book was awesome and it deserves a 5/5.
Everything is bigger and more explode-y compared to book 1. Our new Emperor is trying his best to find the remnants of the 4th Empire without much luck while a massive armada moves slowly towards Earth to make new friendships. We get to see more of Brasheel and what his life is like with the Achuultani.
The escalation type of combat scenes get better with every battle. Colin and the crew are better at their new ships even in the face of colossal losses. The Achuultani side of the story was impressive and I would have loved to see more of that. Dahak is as lovable as ever and when
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he offers to sacrifice himself to save the mission, you can see how far he has come as a sentient computer.The book was awesome and it deserves a 5/5.
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I wont be reading book 3 as I can see from the blurb its not continuing the Achuultani story but in fact moving on to a ground based battle type combat. Not sure if I want to read that.fbone's review
3.0
This installment was ok, perhaps, a little too predictable. Three battles occur in good detail and strategic development. Typical military sci-fi where one has to suspend belief to enjoy it. But that's fine with me. Visualizing the number and size of ships was difficult but that just made the climax more incredible and satisfying.
nakedsteve's review
5.0
I've gotta say: I *love* Weber's space battle stories. This one was great. An excellent sequel to Mutineers' Moon, for sure. I can't wait to start Heirs of Empire now.
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