A review by nigelbaker
First Light by Linda Nagata

5.0

This is the third of the sword and laser book picks for June I have read. The first two I didn't finish. But it's third time lucky. This is military science fiction and about tech-enhanced soldiers in the future. The closest to this I have read is Timothy Zahn's first Cobra series. Fortunately this is hard-SciFi, the story is heavily dependant on the tech and it drives the story forward. That's not to say that the characters are badly written, they may be a bit stereotypical, but come across a fully rounded characters. The only disappointment was the 'villain' of book. There is little explanation of the villain's motivations and not much to understand. The story is told in first person and keeps going at a good pace. There isn't too much internal monologue that can slow the story.