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robinwalter's review
I gave up after book 2/6. The characters were just as simple minded in volume 2 as in Vol 1. The plot and the action got more weird and silly with each page. A prisoner who attempted to kill his crew-mates, wasn't smart enough to realize he'd also kill himself, was captured and then left unguarded. The three men agonize over the safety of their two female crew only after they push or lead them into one danger after another. The plucky crew including the mining colony owner take a leisurely stroll on an alien planet during their secret test flight, since no one will notice that the head engineer, the owner, the famous pilot or the genius programmer are all missing from the solar system for a day or two? The story setup requires that only the US military invests in building a lunar mining base, even though every other country is desperate to mine lunar material. Then a lunar secret is discovered which is successfully hidden from the military. An engineer on the mining colony, who isn't even smart openly argues with his employer that the secret be turned over to the U.S. government but isn't isolated or closely monitored .
brianrenaud's review
3.0
Alien technology, more or less indistinguishable from magic, yet controllable by our protagonists? Check. Poor strategic choices leading to crises situations? Check. Intermittently questionable or allegedly brilliant tactics, bolstered by truly extraordinary competence? Check. Evil, powerful, yet darned incompetent aliens? Check. Yup, looks like we've got a classic space opera here.
Although there were times when I was waiting for one of the characters to say "hey gang, let's put on an interstellar war" [apologies to mickey rooney, judy garland, et al], I though that Kevin McLaughlin did a fine job of setting up and running through action scenes in a way that kept my attention.
This particular title is an omnibus of six novella/novels which begin the Starship Satori series. I found it entertaining and will look to pick up additional works in the series when they're discounted on Amazon.
Although there were times when I was waiting for one of the characters to say "hey gang, let's put on an interstellar war" [apologies to mickey rooney, judy garland, et al], I though that Kevin McLaughlin did a fine job of setting up and running through action scenes in a way that kept my attention.
This particular title is an omnibus of six novella/novels which begin the Starship Satori series. I found it entertaining and will look to pick up additional works in the series when they're discounted on Amazon.
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