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A review by colossal
Croma Venture by Joel Shepherd
4.0
After the climactic battle that secured the Drysine moon-base of Defiance for the Phoenix and the Parren, there's a whole lot of consolidation that needs to be done. Not to mention repairs/reconstruction for the badly damaged UFS Phoenix itself. With Parren politics swirling around him Erik Debogande must decide whether to return to human space or continue to even more unknown space to pursue the battle with the mysterious Deepynines and their allies. After the return of old friends and a tentative rapprochement with the human fleet, a new threat is made clear that leaves Erik no choice but to continue into Croma space and an encounter with the malevolent Reeh.
The various spacer races from previous books get mostly left behind here, or at least after the first half of this book which is all about the Parren (again) and Defiance. The expedition into Croma space immediately puts two new players on the board, the Croma'Rai and the Croma'Dokran as well as some refugees from a Reeh-occupied world called Corbi. But the Reeh are more dangerous than anyone was aware of and their mastery of a devastating technology leaves the UFS Phoenix in dire trouble.
New faces, new cultures, mostly the same old crew but with some new faces their as well. At the end of this series it wouldn't surprise me to see the UFS Phoenix as the head of a new multi-species fleet.
This series continues to be great with what appears to be many books to come.
The various spacer races from previous books get mostly left behind here, or at least after the first half of this book which is all about the Parren (again) and Defiance. The expedition into Croma space immediately puts two new players on the board, the Croma'Rai and the Croma'Dokran as well as some refugees from a Reeh-occupied world called Corbi. But the Reeh are more dangerous than anyone was aware of and their mastery of a devastating technology leaves the UFS Phoenix in dire trouble.
New faces, new cultures, mostly the same old crew but with some new faces their as well. At the end of this series it wouldn't surprise me to see the UFS Phoenix as the head of a new multi-species fleet.
This series continues to be great with what appears to be many books to come.