![]() ![]() My least favourite character was Frazer McLennan and his Intellect, whose constant bickering became a tad tiresome. Birmingham’s riveting depiction of her kidnap by the Sturm was the highlight of the book for me, as it was written with power and emotion without sliding into sentimentality. During The Cruel Stars, it was poor little Alessia’s plight that snagged my attention. Inevitably in a cast of five protagonists, I had favourites. who looks after McLennan’s needs, while the two of them spend their time exchanging insults. But it was a pleasure to get reacquainted with Commander Lucinda Hardy, who finds herself captaining the only surviving warship that can hold its own against the Sturm Booker3, a super-soldier slated for total deletion before the hammer falls Princess Alessia, the 12-year-old sole survivor of the most powerful ruling house throughout the system Sephina L’trel, outlaw and smuggler with a small crew of misfits who have slipped through the cracks and finally an elderly living legend – former war hero Admiral Frazer McLennan, who has been studying the crash site of the Sturm’s dreadnought to glean whatever information he can about their society. ![]() However in The Shattered Skies that impetus takes a while to get going. REVIEW: The first book is full of action right from the start, as the Sturm’s horrific weapon incapacitates all the crucial personnel holding power throughout the galaxy by dint of a terrifying attack that scrambles their brains. ![]()
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