If you're not into reading a whole trilogy crammed into one book then i'd suggest staying away: this book is huge.   But if you've got this far you've just read two books of similar length so you're used to it by now -- dive right in.

My thoughts are that this book just doesn't come up to the same level as the previous two.   I think it's because everything in this universe that we've come to know is all getting torn apart into molecules by the Inhibitors and there's not much left of life as we once knew it.   It's all quite depressing really, as are some of the characters.   And while i like a writer who isn't afraid to kill off a main character or several, i was a bit put out by one of them as i really wanted to hear more from them: i won't say which one because it would spoil the whole book.

But, this is war, this is the threatened annihilation of the human race, so we can't expect it to be all upbeat and fun -- can we?

So yeah, straight into Galactic North now and then it's a bit of a wait for Inhibitor Phase to be published on 26th August 2021. ( )

Really 4.5.
Excellent continuation of the saga. Well drawn characters responding believably to epic challenges. Straight on to Inhibitor Phase! ( )

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http://pro-libertate.net/20131212/221-not-read-absolution-gap ( )

Los Inhibidores son antiguas máquinas de matar, diseñadas para localizar y destruir cualquier forma de vida que alcance cierto nivel de inteligencia. Ahora, agitados tras eones de letargo, han alcanzado su último objetivo: la Humanidad.
La primera ola de Inhibidores obligó al veterano de guerra Clavain y a un grupo de refugiados a ocultarse. Su liderazgo vacila y la situación se hace cada vez más desesperada. Pero su pequeña colonia acaba de recibir una visita inesperada: un ángel vengador con el poder de liderar a la Humanidad hacia un lugar seguro... o para dominar al peor de sus enemigos.
Mientras les conduce hacia una aparentemente insignificante luna a años luz de allí, Clavain y sus compañeros comienzan a entender que para vencer a una amenaza quizá sea necesario forjar una alianza con algo mucho peor...