Despite a warning to return home, Cole isn't about to leave his allies before their little slug infestation has been dealt with. This time, he plans to take the fight to them. Of course, when humans make plans, the powers that be just sit back and laugh.
While traveling through slip space, a tunnel fractures. Elsewhere, a portal under lock and key mysteriously goes missing.
Those two events are only the beginning. As more dominoes begin to fall, Cole and his team are forced to make a choice. Go home, or work alone in a hostile system to finish their task. One thing is painfully someone is working against them. Trying to get them out of the way but hasn't taken a lethal approach. Whoever is responsible sticks to the shadows, and Cole can't focus on them without taking his eye off what's most important.
Looks like there's one more book left to wrap up this tale, curious to see how that will play out. Over all, the series has been a fun read, but it pales in comparison to Chaney's other works, like Backyard Spaceship or the Renegade series.
The rag tag of misfits is there, the wise cracking leader, the grunt, love interest warrior, even the snarky AI, but something is different. Not sure what it is, but I find the writing style and characters in BY to be both more believable and enjoyable to read about. SR is definitely better than some of the other Chaney collaboration series and I'll see it to its conclusion, but it's become more of a chore at this point.