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katikatEvery advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans, an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago. After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148, humanity is spreading to the stars; the newest interstellar species, struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic community.
On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Alliance war hero David Anderson investigates the remains of a top secret military research station; smoking ruins littered with bodies and unanswered questions. Who attacked this post and for what purpose? And where is Kahlee Sanders, the young scientist who mysteriously vanished from the base–hours before her colleagues were slaughtered?
Sanders is now the prime suspect, but finding her creates more problems for Anderson than it solves. Partnered with a rogue alien agent he can’t trust and pursued by an assassin he can’t escape, Anderson battles impossible odds on uncharted worlds to uncover a sinister conspiracy ... one he won’t live to tell about. Or so the enemy thinks.
Review: If I had to give my review a title, it would be "WHAT HAPPENED?!" Yes, in capslock.
I really loved the first part of the book, the introduction of the various races, of the universe in general, of the characters, especially of Grissom and Anderson, the attack on Sidon and the attempted rescue mission - all that was amazing. But then, something happened. And suddenly, I disliked everybody in the book.
The humans conducted illegal research with such a sense of appropriateness, as if they had the right to do it and everybody else was in the wrong. Anderson turned into a love sick puppy, bumbling around with his heart on his sleeve, doing rookie mistakes. Kahlee turned out to be just another woman who screamed in very inappropriate moments, who whined and moaned despite the fact that she had gone through a rigorous training as we were told at the very end. And Saren? The diabolical maestro to top everybody else playing the game? Everything he did - one inexcusable mass murder after another - he got away with it despite glaring evidence of his inappropriate behavior. Bad, just bad.
So I have to ask again: "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Alliance war hero David Anderson investigates the remains of a top secret military research station; smoking ruins littered with bodies and unanswered questions. Who attacked this post and for what purpose? And where is Kahlee Sanders, the young scientist who mysteriously vanished from the base–hours before her colleagues were slaughtered?
Sanders is now the prime suspect, but finding her creates more problems for Anderson than it solves. Partnered with a rogue alien agent he can’t trust and pursued by an assassin he can’t escape, Anderson battles impossible odds on uncharted worlds to uncover a sinister conspiracy ... one he won’t live to tell about. Or so the enemy thinks.
Review: If I had to give my review a title, it would be "WHAT HAPPENED?!" Yes, in capslock.
I really loved the first part of the book, the introduction of the various races, of the universe in general, of the characters, especially of Grissom and Anderson, the attack on Sidon and the attempted rescue mission - all that was amazing. But then, something happened. And suddenly, I disliked everybody in the book.
The humans conducted illegal research with such a sense of appropriateness, as if they had the right to do it and everybody else was in the wrong. Anderson turned into a love sick puppy, bumbling around with his heart on his sleeve, doing rookie mistakes. Kahlee turned out to be just another woman who screamed in very inappropriate moments, who whined and moaned despite the fact that she had gone through a rigorous training as we were told at the very end. And Saren? The diabolical maestro to top everybody else playing the game? Everything he did - one inexcusable mass murder after another - he got away with it despite glaring evidence of his inappropriate behavior. Bad, just bad.
So I have to ask again: "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
