I liked Xyon at first, but he quickly became a sort of macho-like figure so of course he turns out to be Calhoun's son. insufferable guy mark 2. he does seem more sympathetic than his dad so far. I liked how he dropped the altruistic pretense in the psychic attack scene near the end, it makes his character more believable. having a real love-hate relationship with peter david's special little guys.

I like riella/kalinda. at the beginning her story seemed a lot like a standard YA plot which I thought was cool and by the end I liked her even more.

What bothered me about this book was that it didn't involve the regulars very much and instead set up these two characters, which made it a bit boring. I have some beef with how Soleta was used in this book as her lines sometimes seem a bit stupid.