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This book really gets right into it, No slow build up necessary. Right from page one you are in action with a pirate attack, and it doesn't seem to slow down. The main character Brad is recovered on the edge of death, and wakes up with most of his memory lost. From there we learn who he is while he does the same.

I do enjoy how we aren't given any info dumps to wade through. Everything we need to know about the world is given in little bits as the story progresses. Not enough authors do this, Glynn Stewart does a great job. This book really has a western feel to it, and I really enjoy that. Some books are deep and meaningful, more often than not they sacrifice the story to accomplish that. Above anything I just like a good story, this is a good story. Some things are unlikely, but that doesn't matter to me if it is consistent like it is here.

It can get a bit repetitive with Brad "letting a little bit of his anger show", but overall it is nice to have a main character deal with an internal conflict, and use it to their advantage instead of falling victim to it at every turn. It gives him a nice bit of attitude when it is necessary.

Some of the dialog is a bit forced, but other than that this is a nice light military science fiction book. It isn't the best I've read, but I'm always a sucker for stories like this. Someone who loses it all and rebuilds from scratch into something meaningful. More than anything it is a good story without any extra crap forced on the readers. I wish more authors would let their politics and social opinions take a back seat to telling a good story.