This is my first read of this space opera series, so am coming in rather far along, but that's okay. I chose it to fulfill a reading game objective.
The Omega is a destructive, interstellar object that strongly resembles a cloud; but there isn't just one of them, and what they destroy are anything that has right angles and constructions clearly not natural. Generally, this has been a few planets with civilizations long gone, at least in observation so far. Not only is one en route to hit earth in 900 years (so hard to get anyone to take it seriously), but now one has veered off course to a planet hitherto unkown that is one of only three discovered so far with sentient life forms (most others with life haven't passed the single cell stage), it is the only one with a currently advancing civilization, at a stage somewhere around ancient Rome. Not only that, but these being rather resemble those of a popular children's cartoon on earth. Now the race is on to see if that civilization can be saved and ideally without making contact.
While I liked this enough that I plan to read the next one to see what is up with those Omegas and some of the characters that must repeat from book to book, I'd class this, like a fellow reader, in my B list of scifi. Well enough written to like, nothing brilliant or compelling, some things more or less predictable (well, some things are pretty predictable among all scifi I have ever read) it is fun. Some have said it could be 100 pages shorter, but I think not; part of the fun for me was the story of the characters, and it isn't a difficult read. Shorter would have meant a loss of part of what makes this space opera.
The Omega is a destructive, interstellar object that strongly resembles a cloud; but there isn't just one of them, and what they destroy are anything that has right angles and constructions clearly not natural. Generally, this has been a few planets with civilizations long gone, at least in observation so far. Not only is one en route to hit earth in 900 years (so hard to get anyone to take it seriously), but now one has veered off course to a planet hitherto unkown that is one of only three discovered so far with sentient life forms (most others with life haven't passed the single cell stage), it is the only one with a currently advancing civilization, at a stage somewhere around ancient Rome. Not only that, but these being rather resemble those of a popular children's cartoon on earth. Now the race is on to see if that civilization can be saved and ideally without making contact.
While I liked this enough that I plan to read the next one to see what is up with those Omegas and some of the characters that must repeat from book to book, I'd class this, like a fellow reader, in my B list of scifi. Well enough written to like, nothing brilliant or compelling, some things more or less predictable (well, some things are pretty predictable among all scifi I have ever read) it is fun. Some have said it could be 100 pages shorter, but I think not; part of the fun for me was the story of the characters, and it isn't a difficult read. Shorter would have meant a loss of part of what makes this space opera.