02-12-2026, 02:57 AM
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(02-09-2026, 11:44 AM)Greg Wrote: Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladsone
I hope this book would finish the trilogy. I hoped in vain. But it was still a good read. This book mostly focused on Tana Abernathy and her attempts to find and stop Dawn before Dawn brings about the end of the world. I liked the introduction of the Knight and his infatuation with Debbie. I still think I might have to start over and read all the Craft books from the beginning because I'm lost a lot with who is who. I need Jax's backstory especially.
That being said, this another really good book in the series especially for the last half of the book when it is all mayhem. Everybody double deals. No one can be trusted. Some of the descriptions and depictions are very baroque.
And now I'm waiting for book 4.
Book 4 should finish this series.
(01-15-2026, 02:14 PM)Greg Wrote: The Shattering Peace by Joe Scalzi
Scalzi returns to the "Old Man's War" universe with the latest book. A decade since the last book, a tenuous peace holds between the three rival factions until a joint project colony abruptly vanishes. It's up to Gretchen Trujillo to go to the spot where the colony on an asteroid disappeared and find out what happened.
It's usual fare of Heinlein light from Scalzi. All the characters speak in the Scalzi snarky way. The book did start off fine and I was enjoying back in this universe but there was nothing really new here. The characters stumble along and then with a little Deus ex Machina the problems are resolved, sort of. Still threads dangling if Scalzi wants to continue.
100% correct. I was almost bored with the sameness of the characters and the endless “snappy” (immature) dialogue.
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