Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 8 hours and 58 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Audible Studios
Audible.com Release Date: October 13, 2015
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B0168VRCT6
Best Sellers Rank: #44 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Science Fiction > High Tech #203 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Hard Science Fiction #527 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Space Opera
The opening chapter is really the conclusion of the previous novel in the series. At installment 5, one would expect the series to begin to get habitual and decay. At first it seems like this is indeed happening, and the crew gets stupid and overconfident (a little side episode seems only for the purpose of illustrating that, so I guess it is deliberate).On the plus side, two of the characters receive upgrades that change their capabilities. While a dangerous tactic for an author (ever increasing technology or magic leads to boring magic vs. magic plots) the author does not fall quite into that trap, and explores the legitimate psychological and physical effects of genetic upgrades. Some of this begins to emphasize the differences in species, which reviewers had complained about in previous installments. The author even postulates evolutionary justification for why on the surface interactions, so many species are similar. One may agree or disagree, but the author's position is apparently not just accidental. Perhaps he based it on his personal experiences interacting with other cultures? He doesn't get quite that introspective. But this installment is relatively more introspective than the others.Then there is a prison break which they undertake without full control, and a dull sequence of them plowing through tunnels and cutting open grates in what amounts to a dungeon. I was bored and started skimming. But then, issues of control are plainly a theme of this novel. I don't want to spoil it. But it is not just a formula extension of what went previously.One of the things I like about the beginning of a series is how future team members find each other and come together for a common purpose. Most series go bad because this interesting process stops.
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