Brent Maxwell

The plot heads a whole new direction, and it's dark, and awesome. This story follows a cataclysmic terrorist attack on earth, and is the best character development in the series so far. Literally all the characters have a whole bunch of their back story filled in. So good.

Wow. Humans populate their first me world in another galaxy. Chaos ensues. As in, more chaos than I've ever read in a single book.

So intense. Great plot, interesting science. A little light on themes and character development, but it's more than made up for with action.

This is such amazing sci-fi. A bit more combat in this one but still an amazing story about a portal across the universe, communication from alien tech to humans via simulation and the value of forgiveness and redemption. Fantastic.

A fantastic sci-fi story for the ages. Alien-human hybrids, nukes, romance, science, politics, villain lair moon bases, crowd funding campaigns, social media information warfare and a daddy going to other worlds to find his abducted daughter.

Insanely great plot and action.

A completely addictive space adventure. Wild in the breadth of it. 3 parties: Earth, Mars and The Belt, and the dynamics and the whole worldbuilding is just unbelievable. It's a very special world that's been created here. Believable, harsh, gritty and full of adventure. The characters are fantastic too. So well crafted, and they evolve over time too. And the science is excellent.

It leaves you craving more.

Why not 5 stars? It's a little light on the emotional side. No larger moral arcs or deeply moving aspects. It's more like a spectacle than something to tug the heart strings, and that is awesome, but I'm not sure it's something I'd take lessons from that would change my view of the world, and 5 stars is reserved for that class of novel.

This book is great! An interesting story that gives you a rich feel for the world the characters live in. Multiple characters have excellent development arcs, and the plot is fantastic. What starts as a seemingly accidental group of misfits forced into crime have a much richer, more nuanced and complex backstory that intersects with the the events during this story, and leads into a fascinating future.

Lots of great sci-fi, and even philosophy. Surprisingly awesome book.

It's a very depressing book, and a dark take on humanity and the future. I think it's good that it explores the dangers of authoritarianism, as we do need to beware, but it leaves very little plot development.

The story is set "in the future" but reads like a historical fiction, as it shows a time when society takes a step backwards. It's very dismissive of HOW we got into that mess, just that it happened, and that it's horrible. The protagonist is a slave that lives in constant fear, with every action needing to be weighed and with no agency whatsoever. It kind of means there's little room for character development, as she can't actually take any action.

The writing is beautiful though. Very American, in that the language is simple and the sentences short, but it's very poetic, and the book is worth a read for that alone.

A rescue mission! Pretty good. Nothing too interesting though.

A pretty good adventure whilst trying not to confront the trauma of being a murderbot.

Ok so this turned out to be a detective novel. Not a bad one, but a little uninspired.

This book was AMAZING! I can't believe how good it was. The other books in the series were good but this is where Martha really fell into rhythm. There's mystery, relationships, sci-fi, hacking, and, and and aliens and mind control and human/digital viruses and missiles and space battles and holy fucking shit this book was incredibly fun, and the way the story played out and the characters evolved was just superb.

So excited to have experienced this :D