A review by even_steven
Chain of Attack by Gene DeWeese

3.0

The strengths of the book include DeWeese’s description of how universal translators work, which was always something taken for granted in the TV show(s). Beyond this, he develops a fairly interesting premise, but really under-delivers by the end of the book. Without going into any detail, the narrative lacked satisfactory explanations in places and pacing was occasionally off. Lastly, DeWeese needed to work out a synonym for ‘jury-rigged’, because he uses the term repeatedly in the final third of the book. Maybe that’s just a pet peeve, though. Overall, it was an entertaining read, but the story sort of disintegrated in the final 40 pages.