Thomcat
11/25/2024
Third book completes the series, at least for now. Liked it and the series - but will repeat the caution to read all three books together. I honestly believe the author wrote one book and then published as three.
Yes, I know the series has two more books, one published this year. The author waited three years between books 3 and 4, so I think I might also :)
This book did close most of the open threads, which was nice. The space battles were well described, and the analysis of the defenses was cool. Big topics (the immortality of Bob, considerations of genocide, and colonization) and their impact are a focus here. Mostly hard science - but what's with antigravity?
No problem with FTL communication (a sci-fi staple) but the idea of field-effect plates lifting a city takes us beyond the hard science, which takes away a star for me. For that matter, now that I think back to the earlier roamers and probes, I don't know when the author introduced their "flying" aspect, which is subsequently taken for granted.
Will I read book 4, 5, and beyond? Very likely - this is good escapist fiction.
PS For book 3, I gave up on the audiobook (~8 hours) in favor of just reading the ebook (<3 hours). Will likely do the same for future installments.