Aftershocks

Executive Summary: I've enjoyed Mr. Kloos Frontline books, but they were starting to drag a bit. So I was excited to check out a new series from him. It did not disappoint. In fact I think I like it better so far. My only real gripe is I've left with so many questions.Audiobook: Luke Daniels remains one of my favorite narrators, and he brings his usual excellence to this book. You get a variety of voices that adds that little extra that I like in my audio books.Full ReviewMarko Kloos first showed up on my radar a few years ago when he bowed out of his nomination for the Hugo due to the nature in which it was nominated. His replacement was [b:The Three-Body Problem 20518872 The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1) Liu Cixin https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1415428227l/20518872.SY75.jpg 25696480], which went on to win.I really respected his principles and was more inclined to check out his work. I enjoyed his Frontline books even though I tend to prefer space opera to military sci-fi. After several books however I was kind of hoping for the series to wrap up. That still hasn't happen, but it seems that he took a break to write something new.I think this is the best book he's written so far. It has a lot of the same elements that I liked about Frontlines, but seems to have a lot more depth to both the plot and the characters.There is a lot more politics in this book, although the military element still plays a prevalent role. The book is set 5 years after a major war reminiscent of the world wars, but between planets instead of countries.The first character we meet is a soldier on the wrong side of the war. It would be easy to hate him for what his planet did, but it's not that simple. Then there is the sergeant whose anger is understandable, but her prejudice is grating. However that's not all the defines her. I think I liked the young executive the best, but her life comes with a lot of baggage. It was refreshing to have a non-military POV.The characters are all pretty interesting, but it's the larger mystery that really got me hooked. Unfortunately, we get very few details about what is going on. I was hoping for a bit more from this first entry than we got.It's a bit on the short side, so I guess it's too be expected that we didn't get a ton of detail. What it did do was leave me eager to pick up the next book just as soon at it's out.