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Published Dec. 18, 2018 by Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance.
I seem to have had quite a run of disappointments lately. This novel was almost worth plodding through to the end. As it is/was this book seems to focus largely as an exercise in using the F-word as much as possible. The plot was almost mediocre and the characters were worthy of replacement.... oh well.
As with the first book in this series, The Collapsing Empire, this is a wonderfully written space opera with complex, human characters (who can also be a great deal of fun to read about) and a plot which pushes ahead briskly. I found it a little more predictable than the first book, and while the ending is very satisfactory, the surprise was not in who was going to win, but how they would go about it. Still, I hugely enjoyed the book, and am very much looking forward to the next.
Enjoyed the second book in the series as much as the first. These books are just too short. Can't wait to find out how the story continues.
Just when I think I know the path Scalzi will take, he makes a hard left turn and I end up delightfully surprised. And now I have to wait an eternity for the third book to find out how he ties up the few loose ends while adding the usual giant extra thing that nobody expected.
Highly recommended space opera.
