Isaac Hooke

The story continues seamlessly from the first 4 books, in fact the 5 books could easily be one long book. I read this in under a day. Isaac Hook has done such an outstanding job in developing his characters through 4 books that you're completely into them & what is happening to them that when he challenges your conception of... oops no spoilers here though, buy the books, read the books, get into a very good author I have! In fact I'm already into Forever Gate #6 that the author has gifted me early in exchange for an honest review.… (mere)

I only made it about 15% into the book before giving up. It wasn't poorly written but the setting is just so boring. No imagination in it at all. A couple of breathy uses of new terms (bitcoins!) and tech but no real thought put into the implications or social effects of it. The constant referring of the protagonist as a white guy is grating. In a military tech laden scifi book statements like the main character didn't feel any gees even at top speed is not a good sign that any of the tech will make sense.

I think I'll re-read Terms of Enlistment instead.… (mere)