I thought after the last one I had stopped the end of a story... but apparently not. The Aras are out to eliminate Earth once and for all and plan on forcing the Springers to do it for them
Its a bit remarkable how millions of people get wiped out in a plague as just sort of a side light here... they're not humans, but still. I was wondering after the last one how Perry was going to come up with a fleet, and not just have his couple ships trick people into small engagements (at some point, a full scale of Earth is going to happen) and we find out here... it was both a bit surprising and very logical. Things looked grim at the end of this one, with Bell and the mutants seemingly in trouble, so I'll definitely have to read the next one right away!
The shock shorts were passible, nothing special. I did think it was funny one of them had a note for the author to write to the publisher for a royalty check (I guess they assumed permission). That was the most interesting part though.
Cosmos continue to meander along... this time talking about dimensions and space travel. I like idea of a story written but all different people, but the small bits are just too small and it just feels disjointed to me.