Drew Williams: Stars Now Unclaimed (2018, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)
English language
Published 2018 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.
"Jane Kamali is an agent for the Justified. Her mission: to recruit children with miraculous gifts in the hope that they might prevent the Pulse from once again sending countless worlds back to the dark ages. Hot on her trail is the Pax--a collection of fascist zealots who believe they are the rightful rulers of the galaxy and who remain untouched by the Pulse. Now Jane, a handful of comrades from her past, and a telekinetic girl called Esa must fight their way through a galaxy full of dangerous conflicts, remnants of ancient technology, and other hidden dangers. And that's just the beginning..."--Amazon.
All action, all the time. World building every chapter. Characters so shallow they need another 2 books. Ate through it
A space opera with battles. LOTS of battles.
A kernel of a good story is buried in here, but it is filled with the fluff of too many battles, too many unfleshed characters, and races and species that are thrown in as a background that is not fully developed.
Told in a chronologically storyline that could have unfolded better by chopping things up a bit to get to the meat of the tale, or the early development of a character.
I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley and Macmillan-Tor/Forge in exchange for an honest review.
