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Strong to the last word
This is episode 8 and while you might expect a fade this far into a story line, Ryk Brown has provided a strong narrative through the this book. The personal line but through the devastation meshes well with story lines about older adversaries and allies, yet takes the time to introduce new characters and situations. These promise more for future episodes
Terrific direction for th is series
Glynn Stewart continues to impress through this series. People die, lots of people die, but Stewart manages to convey for the most part the reasons for their deaths. While his ears are the grist of all space opera you get clear view of its consequences, both intended and unintended
I was sent a review copy of the third book in the Universe Eternal series, which reminded me I hadn't read the second book. Since I'd enjoyed Chimera, the first book so much I decided to binge, buying Helios, and then diving into Ceres.
One of the fascinating parts of this series I'm finding is that we are talking youthful characters stepping up to take on big roles in their worlds. This continues as the Chimera travels to find an older colony ship, Ceres. The first book laid out the generational reasons for the ships crews to be so young, and in a way this latest episode develops the characters as the young people would be developing in their own right.
Add in another world, a lost society, another psychopath, and a couple of new young characters and Ceres is a gift to sci-fi. I can't wait until the next in the series.
While I enjoyed the book overall, I was fascinated by the lack of female characters in the entire plot. There was really only the main protagonists wife mentioned in any detail, and her character development was particularly shallow, so much so that I wondered if it was on purpose.
Overall the feel was more 50s scifi than a modern work