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A review by tome15
Alliance by S.K. Dunstall
3.0
Dunstall, S. K. Alliance. Linesman No. 2. Ace, 2016.
In the second installment of the Linesman series, Dunstall complicates his world in several ways. He adds an eleventh “line” that may allow a super user (like our hero Ean Lambert) to control a whole fleet of ships. He also delves into some Game-of-Thrones-style competition between groups of star systems. He also introduces a major new character, a captain whose has had her ship blown out from under her by a secret new weapon and is suffering from post-traumatic stress. Will a newly refurbished alien ship accept her? Or she it? What is missing—still no real explanation of lines or all the singing; nor is there anything new on the missing aliens. Sigh.
In the second installment of the Linesman series, Dunstall complicates his world in several ways. He adds an eleventh “line” that may allow a super user (like our hero Ean Lambert) to control a whole fleet of ships. He also delves into some Game-of-Thrones-style competition between groups of star systems. He also introduces a major new character, a captain whose has had her ship blown out from under her by a secret new weapon and is suffering from post-traumatic stress. Will a newly refurbished alien ship accept her? Or she it? What is missing—still no real explanation of lines or all the singing; nor is there anything new on the missing aliens. Sigh.