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Spinward Fringe #4
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 4: Frontline
What at first seemed to be a chaotic uprising of machine against man is becoming a controlled event, destroying the lives of billions and hurling the known galaxy into a state of utter discord. The fourth fall of mankind is well underway. The Order of Eden seems to be the only force for order and peace, offering a place in their new society in trade for a large investment and their freedom. Frontline takes the Spinward Fringe series to an epic scale without leaving what makes Space Opera great behind. Frontline has the drama, grit, characterization and humor we've come to expect from Randolph Lalonde.. Captain Valance and the Triton crew are finally working as a unit. Oblivious to the grand designs of the Order of Eden, they will be drawn into the center of a galactic conflict over a planet with a secret that's been buried for decades.
The question put to them is not if they can prevail, but if they can survive.
The question put to them is not if they can prevail, but if they can survive.
806 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2009
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About the author
Randolph Lalonde
45 books498 followersBorn in 1974, Randolph Lalonde has worked in customer service, sales, played drums for several heavy metal bands you've never heard of, dealt blackjack in a traveling casino, and serviced countless computers. He's also owned businesses in the design, printing, collectible and custom computer fields.
He completed writing his first novel in the fantasy adventure genre at the age of fifteen and has been writing ever since.
He self published his first novel;
Fate Cycle: Sins of the Past in 2004 and after taking a break has begun to release his work again starting with the First Light Chronicles series.
Randolph Lalonde has sold thousands of eBooks to date, enough to keep writing full-time for fifteen years so far. He is deeply grateful for his following of readers and strives to improve his skills to entertain them better. The Spinward Fringe Space Opera series has proven to be his most popular offering.
He currently resides in Sudbury Ontario and manages a chapter a day writing habit.
In his diminishing spare time he reads voraciously, tinkers with design, video editing and reviews the occasional film or television show. A science fiction and fantasy fan, he often comments on the state of the entertainment industry on his website, www.randolphlalonde.com.
He completed writing his first novel in the fantasy adventure genre at the age of fifteen and has been writing ever since.
He self published his first novel;
Fate Cycle: Sins of the Past in 2004 and after taking a break has begun to release his work again starting with the First Light Chronicles series.
Randolph Lalonde has sold thousands of eBooks to date, enough to keep writing full-time for fifteen years so far. He is deeply grateful for his following of readers and strives to improve his skills to entertain them better. The Spinward Fringe Space Opera series has proven to be his most popular offering.
He currently resides in Sudbury Ontario and manages a chapter a day writing habit.
In his diminishing spare time he reads voraciously, tinkers with design, video editing and reviews the occasional film or television show. A science fiction and fantasy fan, he often comments on the state of the entertainment industry on his website, www.randolphlalonde.com.
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November 10, 2012
There was a point in this series that I was beginning to wonder if he was writing just to write and if the introduction of more characters, more ships, and things of that nature was more just to disguise the fact that he wasn't quite sure where the plot was supposed to go next. Mostly this has occurred in the middle of these monstrously large epic military science fiction adventure stories. (This one was over 1,400 pages on my Nook.)
I was wrong.
He knows exactly where he is going with this and the last half of this particular book has convinced me of that. Before I go any farther I should state that I want to be a Framework. I won't even go into the things that I would do for that because it isn't worth making myself seem that horrible a person for something that won't happen. But yeah, Frameworks are awesome. Freaking amazing.
I think that if you've made it this far and you aren't reading out of a genuine love of the story line, then you can still appreciate the Triton, the Frameworks, and Mihn's sense of humor. Maybe Mihn had to come back to life simply because there was no one else as funny and the story was suffering and becoming too serious? That's my belief anyway.
I was wrong.
He knows exactly where he is going with this and the last half of this particular book has convinced me of that. Before I go any farther I should state that I want to be a Framework. I won't even go into the things that I would do for that because it isn't worth making myself seem that horrible a person for something that won't happen. But yeah, Frameworks are awesome. Freaking amazing.
I think that if you've made it this far and you aren't reading out of a genuine love of the story line, then you can still appreciate the Triton, the Frameworks, and Mihn's sense of humor. Maybe Mihn had to come back to life simply because there was no one else as funny and the story was suffering and becoming too serious? That's my belief anyway.
January 14, 2013
The Old Crew, like the cavalry, are coming to meet the New Crew.
More wonderful Sci-Adventure with the crew of the Triton and First Light fighting a desparate war against an immensely powerful foe. Frost and Steph take most interesting character nods, while Ashely takes the most likeable...but then, everybody's sweet on her.
The Darling of Freeground is on her way with the Three Mukesteers of the First Light.
It's just more fun. See my earlier reviews for more info. Great setires, still very good and enjoyable.
More wonderful Sci-Adventure with the crew of the Triton and First Light fighting a desparate war against an immensely powerful foe. Frost and Steph take most interesting character nods, while Ashely takes the most likeable...but then, everybody's sweet on her.
The Darling of Freeground is on her way with the Three Mukesteers of the First Light.
It's just more fun. See my earlier reviews for more info. Great setires, still very good and enjoyable.
January 30, 2018
Life , fiction and the future
Another adventure in this series and an additional building block to add to previous stories by Lalonde, I believe these stories try to demonstrate that the universe doesn’t bestow those freedoms that we all take for granted, they are not ours by asking for them. They can be taken so easily from people not ready to fight for them. I see these stories have a correlation to our own world in that freedom is never free and safety is a fallacy to anyone not willing to fight for it every day, without that fight we can all end up slaves, believing what we hear from media we all read with the thought of how we would react, placed in the situations we read of , I can only hope that readers see that so many things are being taken from us in the name of safety that these worlds may one day come to be
Another adventure in this series and an additional building block to add to previous stories by Lalonde, I believe these stories try to demonstrate that the universe doesn’t bestow those freedoms that we all take for granted, they are not ours by asking for them. They can be taken so easily from people not ready to fight for them. I see these stories have a correlation to our own world in that freedom is never free and safety is a fallacy to anyone not willing to fight for it every day, without that fight we can all end up slaves, believing what we hear from media we all read with the thought of how we would react, placed in the situations we read of , I can only hope that readers see that so many things are being taken from us in the name of safety that these worlds may one day come to be
August 1, 2018
Pretty much given up on the series
If ever a book was in need of an editor. And a technical advisor. And someone who understood the basics of military rank structure.
An editor could have cut the rambling mess in some of the chapters. I don’t know how many times I muttered, “get to the point” especially near the end. And don’t get me started on the grammatical and spelling errors. Did anyone with even a passing knowledge of English grammar do a quick run through this book?
A technical advisor might have explained what an afterburner is, or how a solid rocket motor differs from a liquid engine.
The author might want to spend a day reading about the military. A lieutenant does not answer to a sergeant and a chief is not an officer.
If ever a book was in need of an editor. And a technical advisor. And someone who understood the basics of military rank structure.
An editor could have cut the rambling mess in some of the chapters. I don’t know how many times I muttered, “get to the point” especially near the end. And don’t get me started on the grammatical and spelling errors. Did anyone with even a passing knowledge of English grammar do a quick run through this book?
A technical advisor might have explained what an afterburner is, or how a solid rocket motor differs from a liquid engine.
The author might want to spend a day reading about the military. A lieutenant does not answer to a sergeant and a chief is not an officer.
October 26, 2020
A great balance of space opera and sci-fi action.
I honestly don't think that this book could stand as a great book on its own, but I think it's all the better for it. This book builds on the momentum of the previous books and their expansive world-building, and sling-shots the story onwards. Frontline brings a lot of the character arcs full circle from the break-neck paced Origins book, and opens up the character and plot development to escalation.
This book delivers on the bigger stakes, bigger personalities, and bigger emotional payoffs that the last three books have been building up to.
The downside of this is that most of the concepts and events that take place during this story would lose their impact without the context that comes in the form of a long-running series.
I honestly don't think that this book could stand as a great book on its own, but I think it's all the better for it. This book builds on the momentum of the previous books and their expansive world-building, and sling-shots the story onwards. Frontline brings a lot of the character arcs full circle from the break-neck paced Origins book, and opens up the character and plot development to escalation.
This book delivers on the bigger stakes, bigger personalities, and bigger emotional payoffs that the last three books have been building up to.
The downside of this is that most of the concepts and events that take place during this story would lose their impact without the context that comes in the form of a long-running series.
March 18, 2018
The author finally self destructed.
The author needs some serious editing help. The intermingling of tenses, the poor spelling, and poor English made this book hard to read. Add to that the multiple overlapping storylines and reading it was extremely painful. I still appreciate the level of detail he weaves throughout the story. The science “could” be real in the future, we’ll just have to wait and see.
The author needs some serious editing help. The intermingling of tenses, the poor spelling, and poor English made this book hard to read. Add to that the multiple overlapping storylines and reading it was extremely painful. I still appreciate the level of detail he weaves throughout the story. The science “could” be real in the future, we’ll just have to wait and see.
November 12, 2024
So We Continue Along …
This one took me months to complete. Compelling but there was just something that after a few pages I would find something else to do - weird!
Anyway the saga continues, no main characters seems to die - they just get resurrected & space combat is brutal.
It’s becoming like an it’s like an 18+ Hallmark Channel Movie where nothing goes right!
Onto the next one …
This one took me months to complete. Compelling but there was just something that after a few pages I would find something else to do - weird!
Anyway the saga continues, no main characters seems to die - they just get resurrected & space combat is brutal.
It’s becoming like an it’s like an 18+ Hallmark Channel Movie where nothing goes right!
Onto the next one …
April 8, 2019
Perfect? No. Great? No, but very good.
Despite the occasional bad grammar (her instead of she, me instead of I - or visa versa) this series is now one of my favorites. All of the main characters grow and evolve, none are static flat props. The action is intense and even surprising at times.
Despite the occasional bad grammar (her instead of she, me instead of I - or visa versa) this series is now one of my favorites. All of the main characters grow and evolve, none are static flat props. The action is intense and even surprising at times.
September 14, 2019
One of the best series I've ever read
This series just keeps getting better and better. That's saying alot, as it's been amazing from the first book. Jonas/Jacob are epic characters. When combined with a cast of equally fantastic characters, a complex, engrossing story, and exciting , suspenseful, action, it adds up to a wonderful,impossible to put down reading experience.
This series just keeps getting better and better. That's saying alot, as it's been amazing from the first book. Jonas/Jacob are epic characters. When combined with a cast of equally fantastic characters, a complex, engrossing story, and exciting , suspenseful, action, it adds up to a wonderful,impossible to put down reading experience.
January 1, 2018
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March 18, 2019
Captain Valance and the Triton crew are finally working as a unit. With the arrival of Alice and Jacob, Captain Valance starts to have more memories surfacing. But there is more of the crew from Freeport are coming to join the party. Looking forward to the next book.
January 3, 2020
Can’t complain
Can’t complain really as these books are cheap as chips and keep me mildly entertained.
Grammatical errors drive me nuts though and shouldn’t really appear as often as they do
Can’t complain really as these books are cheap as chips and keep me mildly entertained.
Grammatical errors drive me nuts though and shouldn’t really appear as often as they do
February 24, 2022
Great book, love the characters and their plot. It keeps you wanting to move on through the series. Good pacing. Can’t wait to start the next.
October 3, 2022
Another great Lalonde book
Another great one in the Spinward series that keeps engaged and ready for the next one. A couple of twists you won't see coming.
Another great one in the Spinward series that keeps engaged and ready for the next one. A couple of twists you won't see coming.
December 22, 2013
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 4: Frontline, Randolph Lalonde
The Holocaust Virus is beginning to spread uncontrollably through the galaxy, infecting every A.I. it comes across. In its lee, lie a series of desolated, lifeless worlds. Human casualties have risen to incomprehensible figures and even the sinister Regent Galactic is beginning to become sickened, trying their very best to divert the blame of the virus away from themselves.
Amidst all of the chaos, confusion and death, Jason, Ayan and Ming buu set off to rendezvous with Jacob Valence and his powerful warship, the Triton. Their journey will be far more dangerous than even they realise, as they will have to pass by Pandem – a tiny island planet that is to serve as the ‘beachhead’ the West Keepers need to launch their assault on the free galaxy.
The Good
Like its predecessors, Frontline is exciting and imaginative. The pace of the story is bang-on and it really builds up to an exciting ending. Randolph Lalonde has gone all out in this story and has held nothing back, slightly dipping into horror for the first time to create a grotesque form of science fiction. Lalonde carries this off well and really forms a harrowing picture of what the Holocaust Virus is doing to the worlds it infects.
The Bad
Once again, as with its predecessors, the main issue I had with Frontline was with its poor editing and the book is riddled with grammatical and colloquial mistakes. This is a shame really as the story itself is good, but Lalonde is clearly either editing his work himself or is paying a non-professional to do it for him. These mistakes really diminish his story and gives Frontline a slightly amateurish feel that I didn't like and was (in my opinion), easy for him to have avoided.
Frontline also continues to have some of the other problems I have mentioned previously: its dialogue is slightly clunky and doesn't really reflect how people speak in real life; Lalonde is still using irritating author’s tricks like using italics and words like ‘haf’ instead of ‘have’ in his dialogue that detract from the story; and, finally, much of his technology is just too good and convenient (even for science fiction)!
My Thoughts
So, would I recommend reading Frontline(or beginning Spinward Fringe) to you? Once again, the answer is yes. Despite its flaws, Frontline is a good story that I really enjoyed reading. It continues to be well-priced, especially because it is slightly longer than the other books, and reading it is an entertaining way to pass a long commute or a bit of free time.
The Holocaust Virus is beginning to spread uncontrollably through the galaxy, infecting every A.I. it comes across. In its lee, lie a series of desolated, lifeless worlds. Human casualties have risen to incomprehensible figures and even the sinister Regent Galactic is beginning to become sickened, trying their very best to divert the blame of the virus away from themselves.
Amidst all of the chaos, confusion and death, Jason, Ayan and Ming buu set off to rendezvous with Jacob Valence and his powerful warship, the Triton. Their journey will be far more dangerous than even they realise, as they will have to pass by Pandem – a tiny island planet that is to serve as the ‘beachhead’ the West Keepers need to launch their assault on the free galaxy.
The Good
Like its predecessors, Frontline is exciting and imaginative. The pace of the story is bang-on and it really builds up to an exciting ending. Randolph Lalonde has gone all out in this story and has held nothing back, slightly dipping into horror for the first time to create a grotesque form of science fiction. Lalonde carries this off well and really forms a harrowing picture of what the Holocaust Virus is doing to the worlds it infects.
The Bad
Once again, as with its predecessors, the main issue I had with Frontline was with its poor editing and the book is riddled with grammatical and colloquial mistakes. This is a shame really as the story itself is good, but Lalonde is clearly either editing his work himself or is paying a non-professional to do it for him. These mistakes really diminish his story and gives Frontline a slightly amateurish feel that I didn't like and was (in my opinion), easy for him to have avoided.
Frontline also continues to have some of the other problems I have mentioned previously: its dialogue is slightly clunky and doesn't really reflect how people speak in real life; Lalonde is still using irritating author’s tricks like using italics and words like ‘haf’ instead of ‘have’ in his dialogue that detract from the story; and, finally, much of his technology is just too good and convenient (even for science fiction)!
My Thoughts
So, would I recommend reading Frontline(or beginning Spinward Fringe) to you? Once again, the answer is yes. Despite its flaws, Frontline is a good story that I really enjoyed reading. It continues to be well-priced, especially because it is slightly longer than the other books, and reading it is an entertaining way to pass a long commute or a bit of free time.
August 18, 2011
Spinward Fringe Frontline is the fourth book in the continuing story of Jake Valence and his First Light/Triton crew. There was a lot of action and travel in this story, but it didn't quite have the same adventure as the previous books. It is starting to feel a bit formulated where the crew will find themselves up against difficult odds, they will get shot-up near death, a major cast member will get caught up in a cliffhanger, but the crew will somehow prevail. It also appears death doesn't really mean the end of a character, it just means they will come back to life or be revived in some other way. When an author chooses to go down this route, it cheapens the death experience for me, and I just roll my eyes wondering how the character will come back.
This installation draws us to the planet Pandem where several members of the original First Light crew find themselves stranded while they await for Jake and the Triton to rescue them. There is a bit of resistance fighting taking place on Pandem between the reamining humans, a few other races, and the infected automatons bent on killing them. Captain Valence learns a lot of nifty things about his framework body, which was pretty interesting, and he even becomes a bit of terminator like character!
Overall, I enjoyed the story, and I will contine reading the series.
This installation draws us to the planet Pandem where several members of the original First Light crew find themselves stranded while they await for Jake and the Triton to rescue them. There is a bit of resistance fighting taking place on Pandem between the reamining humans, a few other races, and the infected automatons bent on killing them. Captain Valence learns a lot of nifty things about his framework body, which was pretty interesting, and he even becomes a bit of terminator like character!
Overall, I enjoyed the story, and I will contine reading the series.
October 31, 2012
The writing a few glitches in it (maybe becuase I'm reading it in ebook and the editing is a bit lacking), but over looking the glitches, story is very cool. There's a lot going on, there are a lot of characters involved, and it's just a great sci-fi/adventure read. A very creative, well written space series. Much like reading Star Trek, or Battle Star Galactica, but I belive with characters I like much more. The author is VERY creative and comes up with stuff I haven't heard of before, the story is shaping up in ways that can be very interesting. The writing is very clean (no overt sex) and vulgarities are very few and far between (kudos for writing something family friendly, yet involved enough to draw in adults). Very intersted in reading the remainder of the series.
(spoiler alert)One small point of dislike but it seems aweful convenient that all the protaginists and antagonists are all being ressurected/cloned/found and all about the same time, it seems to put a little bit of a damper on some of the believability. This also means that the author has tended to ressurect some of the old villians rather that creating new ones.
Nevertheless, I have throughly enjoyed reading the series!
(spoiler alert)One small point of dislike but it seems aweful convenient that all the protaginists and antagonists are all being ressurected/cloned/found and all about the same time, it seems to put a little bit of a damper on some of the believability. This also means that the author has tended to ressurect some of the old villians rather that creating new ones.
Nevertheless, I have throughly enjoyed reading the series!
August 21, 2011
this continues to be a very enjoyable series, with lots of action, unexpected plot turns, characters with a large range of emotions and varied reactions to them, and a wonderful sandbox to play within. Mr Lalonde has created a vibrant future galaxy alive with adventure, happiness, sadness, love, anger, and most important, characters you care about as good and bad happen to them.
update July 2011
now having completed it a 2nd time, I might even say it's better. Being a big Star Wars fan, I tend to compare this series to the current SW series, and I must say I enjoy Mr. LaLonde's pacing, plot twists, and overall style better than probably any of the Star Wars books, other than possibly the Timothy Zahn books. If you enjoy SciFi, and like a realistic universe, you really need to give the Spinward series a try.
update July 2011
now having completed it a 2nd time, I might even say it's better. Being a big Star Wars fan, I tend to compare this series to the current SW series, and I must say I enjoy Mr. LaLonde's pacing, plot twists, and overall style better than probably any of the Star Wars books, other than possibly the Timothy Zahn books. If you enjoy SciFi, and like a realistic universe, you really need to give the Spinward series a try.
June 9, 2013
I couldn't finish this book. This reads like a dragon ball z comic. Characters keep reaching new heights of capability to the degree that it becomes impossible to suspend disbelief. The main character is becoming a real superman, it won't be long now before he can stop bullets with his eyes. This accelerated development of technology always leads to trouble. The author will no doubt come up with ever more convoluted challenges for the main character & co. Not to mention that the fictional universe the author has created begins to suffer from internal contradiction. With the technology that is now available why are characters still behaving like they live in the 20th century? It's a shame really the series started off well.
June 29, 2011
Gotta say, this one was a bit of a disappointment to me. As far as story development it ran hot and cold. There were some great revelations and then there were long stretches of ho-hum. I've never thought the author was very good at dialogue. There's a lot of pretty cheesy stuff and forced conversations taking place. Seems more suited to comic book dialogue. That said, I do love his overall plot direction and some of the sic-fi concepts he has working. I like to read a continuing series and with the best ones I just buzz through one after another. I'll read the next in this series but I need a break before I go back. Need to give the irritating aspects of his writing style time to fade away a bit.
April 15, 2014
This is indeed, like some describe it in reviews, a lot like Battlestar Galactica, but not the BSG of s1 where everything is exciting and new, but one of the later seasons, when even fans started to question the direction the story was taking.
I can't help but feel ambiguous about how Valance seems to turn into an almost indestructible superman, gaining more and more superpowers as the story unfolds.
Lalonde takes way too long to get to the point in this book, but somehow manages to keep things interesting. I personally think Lalonde is making a mistake, turning his main character into a comic-book superhero.
As good as it is, this one clearly signals a drop in quality and I fear for the next installment in the series.
71/100
I can't help but feel ambiguous about how Valance seems to turn into an almost indestructible superman, gaining more and more superpowers as the story unfolds.
Lalonde takes way too long to get to the point in this book, but somehow manages to keep things interesting. I personally think Lalonde is making a mistake, turning his main character into a comic-book superhero.
As good as it is, this one clearly signals a drop in quality and I fear for the next installment in the series.
71/100
August 4, 2012
While not as good as the last book, Triton, I still enjoyed this one a lot. The plot is too contrived in places, and the dialogue is occasionally cheesy, but I find these books fast paced and entertaining. I like that there is an ongoing story that is interesting and that makes me want to read the next one to see what our intrepid heroes will have to overcome next.
Editing errors, always present throughout this series, become more common as this book progresses. Randalph Lalonde owes it to his readers to have the entire series gone over by a professional editor and release updates for the ebooks.
Editing errors, always present throughout this series, become more common as this book progresses. Randalph Lalonde owes it to his readers to have the entire series gone over by a professional editor and release updates for the ebooks.
April 19, 2014
::::: Spoilers ::::::
I think Lalonde spent too much time doing nothing in the middle of this book. Not to the extent that Sanderson did in the WoT series (which drives me nuts), but all in all a good story line. Looking forward to the next book, hoping that Lalonde moves the story along a little quicker than he did in this book!
The characters are believable, haven't run across any ham fisted scenarios in the entire series yet, although the return of Wheeler was kind of that way but I feel like Lalonde did it by a technological means rather than just being like "surprise he really isn't dead!"
I think Lalonde spent too much time doing nothing in the middle of this book. Not to the extent that Sanderson did in the WoT series (which drives me nuts), but all in all a good story line. Looking forward to the next book, hoping that Lalonde moves the story along a little quicker than he did in this book!
The characters are believable, haven't run across any ham fisted scenarios in the entire series yet, although the return of Wheeler was kind of that way but I feel like Lalonde did it by a technological means rather than just being like "surprise he really isn't dead!"
July 20, 2014
They only get better
They only get better
Each book in this series just gets better and better. This author is immensely talented, and his work has progressed a great deal in complexity. Story line and character development have evolved into a very compelling read. I look forward to the next book with great interest. To the author I would only have one suggestion, and that would be having someone check a little more closely on grammatical errors. It's minor I know, but it's one of my pet peeves considering the ease with which a computer can make corrections. This in no way alters the fact that this is a great book!!!
They only get better
Each book in this series just gets better and better. This author is immensely talented, and his work has progressed a great deal in complexity. Story line and character development have evolved into a very compelling read. I look forward to the next book with great interest. To the author I would only have one suggestion, and that would be having someone check a little more closely on grammatical errors. It's minor I know, but it's one of my pet peeves considering the ease with which a computer can make corrections. This in no way alters the fact that this is a great book!!!
September 16, 2012
Well,
That's it for me. I've read all books in the spinward fringe serie so far, but with each next part the story became more and more of a dread. Large plots being spun over books without the attention they deserved, countles deus ex machinas and resurrections of killed characters. Combined with the poor editing of each and every novel which distracts whilst reading i'm saying goodbey to this series.
March 24, 2013
Spinward Fringe is a fantastic Space Opera series and rapidly becoming one of my favourites.
This book was so fast paced and had so much going on that I was barely able to breathe. I couldn’t wait for old friends to meet new friends but was so caught up in the action that I found myself yelling at my ipad at certain parts. ...(Click here to read the complete review).
This book was so fast paced and had so much going on that I was barely able to breathe. I couldn’t wait for old friends to meet new friends but was so caught up in the action that I found myself yelling at my ipad at certain parts. ...(Click here to read the complete review).
April 19, 2013
A fantastic continuation of the series with well developed characters, unique sci-fi elements and an ever expanding story that seems to have no limits to its scope.
I don't wish to spoil anything with this book, if you enjoyed the first few then I think you'll agree that there isn't any good reason not to read this one. Now I need to read the next couple to catch up with everybody who's current on the series.
A definite for any sci-fi lover.
I don't wish to spoil anything with this book, if you enjoyed the first few then I think you'll agree that there isn't any good reason not to read this one. Now I need to read the next couple to catch up with everybody who's current on the series.
A definite for any sci-fi lover.
May 28, 2014
Great book, lots of action, some personal development and a few bits that made me laugh out loud while reading. Am looking forward to more books in this series, especially as things seem to be set for a new phase in the story. I wonder how many books there will be in this series though as the threats humanity faces seem to be getting greater and nothing is really being resolved in any of these books. Still as it's a good series I don't mind if there's plenty left to be read
June 13, 2016
When a series grows in scope and complexity with each installment but remains exciting and readable, it is a wonderful thing. Spinward Fringe Broadcast has done that.
Each book continues the saga and builds to a new crescendo. In the back of my mind is a little voice praying the series won't implode or just peter out. From what I've seen so far, I mean happy to tell that little voice to shut up and enjoy the ride.
Each book continues the saga and builds to a new crescendo. In the back of my mind is a little voice praying the series won't implode or just peter out. From what I've seen so far, I mean happy to tell that little voice to shut up and enjoy the ride.
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June 3, 2016It keeps getting bigger and better.
When a series grows in scope and complexity with each installment but remains exciting and readable, it is a wonderful thing. Spinward Fringe Broadcast has done that.
Each book continues the saga and builds to a new crescendo. In the back of my mind is a little voice praying the series won't implode or just peter out. From what I've seen so far, I mean happy to tell that little voice to shut up and enjoy the ride.
When a series grows in scope and complexity with each installment but remains exciting and readable, it is a wonderful thing. Spinward Fringe Broadcast has done that.
Each book continues the saga and builds to a new crescendo. In the back of my mind is a little voice praying the series won't implode or just peter out. From what I've seen so far, I mean happy to tell that little voice to shut up and enjoy the ride.
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