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A review by azuaron
Ring of Fire by Eric Flint
4.0
I am not a short story person, so I don't know what I was thinking reading this book. I even seem to be planning to read the Grantville Gazette, which after this reminder I find utterly baffling. The problem is, there's not enough room to get anywhere in a short story. Half these shorts feel like the prelude chapter to a novel: lots of setup, then they end. The other half I didn't read.
That being said, I was going to give this three stars (technically competent, but unimpressive), but the novella at the end (The Wallenstein Gambit) is just long enough to actually get somewhere, and it's a good ride the whole way through.
That being said, I was going to give this three stars (technically competent, but unimpressive), but the novella at the end (The Wallenstein Gambit) is just long enough to actually get somewhere, and it's a good ride the whole way through.