Captain Specificity

This books starts about a month after the Battle of Chicago, and Harry isn't doing very well, mentally or physically. Old friends and acquaintances are met once again through the story, helping Harry, and being helped by Harry.

Old enemies and new also visit, sometimes blurring the lines between ally and enemy, moving in ways that Harry doesn't understand. One major visitor is Lara Raith, at the request of Winter, they interact regularly, and familiarly.

Without including any spoilers, or major spoilers at least, Butcher does a masterful job of squaring up some loose ends, and introducing new variables to the epic shitshow that is Harry Dresden's life. The last few chapters are an explosive example of the potential true power of Harry Dresden and Winter itself.

This book melds a fascinating set of circumstances in a science fiction story that has emotion, action, and drama aplenty. The flawed main protagonist shows growth, deterioration, and more growth in a different direction for his character.

Space battles, losses, gains, and adventure, this is a worthy beginning to a series that, if it maintains quality, will prove a fine read.

This book has a fascinating take on the supernatural mythology of the world, so far. The characters are interesting, and the story moves at an adequate pace. It also doesn't try to force a lot of over the top sexuality or humor into the story, which is nice for a Kindle Unlimited series. I look forward to continuing my read of this series.

To call this a collection of short stories would be a grave disservice to short stories. In my mind these are a collection of story ideas which have not been fleshed out with any character, flow, or meaning. While this collection might have a story in it which could be fleshed out into something worth reading, nothing actually on the page is.

When I saw this book was available for free, I grabbed it thinking it would be a quick goofy story to read between better books as a pallet cleanser. I was wrong.

The story concept sounded corny, and the book's description was underwhelming, but this book ended up being far better and far more interesting than I expected. The characters are good, and there is an undertone of optimism which was quite welcome to this subject matter.

All said, I'd recommend this as a quick read for any Science Fiction fans.