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rheren's review against another edition
4.0
Read fast and was interesting. Parts of the plot seemed a bit thin and hard to take, but overall it was fun to read, and was a different take on the classic "alien invasion" story.
skybalon's review
4.0
Maybe really 3.5. In some ways, the author took a risky route by focusing the first half of the book on what the political ramifications of the events in the first book might look like. And by and large, that risk pays off. When the pivot to the more space opera occurs, it feels fairly clumsy and forced. Then it is fine. Still worth the read and I will be continuing the series.
pjonsson's review against another edition
2.0
The first book was very promising. I would really have liked to give this one three stars as well but the first half of this book was just no good.
Humanity have just, barely, defeated an alien invasion and then they go off and drop military spending, starts to mothball the defence installations, no further defence developments and generally behave like all danger is gone?
I know politicians are short sighted and dumb and nowadays they get dumber by the minute it seems but I do not want to read about that in a sci-fi book. Since half of the book is all about politics and this kind of BS it only get's a two star from me...and that's just barely.
If the first half of the book would have been on the same level as the last half then it would have been in for a three star...or more.
Humanity have just, barely, defeated an alien invasion and then they go off and drop military spending, starts to mothball the defence installations, no further defence developments and generally behave like all danger is gone?
I know politicians are short sighted and dumb and nowadays they get dumber by the minute it seems but I do not want to read about that in a sci-fi book. Since half of the book is all about politics and this kind of BS it only get's a two star from me...and that's just barely.
If the first half of the book would have been on the same level as the last half then it would have been in for a three star...or more.
jbcleveland's review against another edition
4.0
A solid follow up to Orphanage if a little slow to get anywhere. This book deals more with the fallout after the battle on Ganymede at the end of the first book, and then near the end it raises the stakes for the war with the slugs. (The return of the slugs felt fairly rushed to me, and how he handled the battle was a little too clean cut too.) Still a fun read and coming in at just 300 pages not a real time investment.
rogue_runner's review against another edition
3.0
Quite slow to start with, although that actually wasn't a bad thing. For a sci-fi (which I normally struggle with) these are surprisingly easy reading, even though there's a lot of military jargon and warcraft (which again, I'm not that interested in).
milos_dumbraci's review against another edition
1.0
Everybody is just talking and politicking. Read 51%, got amazingly bored, gave up on the entire series. This was NOT military scifi.
conalo's review
3.0
The continuation of the story started in Orphanage. This was an OK read but didn't seem to really create anything new in the storyline. Lots of action as Earth is again under attack from the slugs and need Jason Wander to pull off some more magic in defeating them (which of course he does). I will be continuing with this series but hopefully the author gives us some new stuff to read about in these.
3 stars for a entertaining (even if a little disappointing) 2nd book in a series.
3 stars for a entertaining (even if a little disappointing) 2nd book in a series.
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