The panoply of characters in this series starts immediately, picking up the story. The story is a dystopian future in which space travel is more available, and in which a megalomaniac wishes to destroy all people on earth, taking only a few with him to populate permanent stations on the moon and on Mars. The war between the "good" and the "bad" factions rages in various settings, with repetitive characters in each of those separate sets of actions. Will they save the earth? Will they be able to live there in the middle of hugely damaging sun spots creating monstrous storms all over the planet. You will have to read the book in order to find out. Suffice it to say the characters in this tale are fleshed out, human to the reader, believable. The story is far fetched, of course it is, it is dystopian, an alternative future, but it is well designed, well maintained and gives the reader a very sound basis to understand all that is happening. What more could you ask for? A good story, great characters, no major distractions of any kind, and constant action throughout the book. Easy five stars.