The next part in the series, where humanity faces an invasion by giant, almost unstoppable aliens. The last book ended on a cliffhanger where the human ship was caught in the undertow of an alien ship and found itself so far from human space that the return seemed unlikely. The system where they were was a strange one without any sun, and it might even be the home system of the invaders. There might be very valuable intel to be found, but to be able to use it, they should find a way to get back home. Could there be a way to escape this strange system?
The book was a pretty good installment, which felt like the conclusion of the series. The series emphasizes more on the action and personal story of the main character, and the secrets about the invaders are left mostly open. It is surprising how little anyone has learned about them, or at least how little the reader is told about them. The have been many bodies that have been dissected by the scientists, yet the reader hasn't learned of any discoveries they have made, nor has there been any real advance in poisons or biological agents which could have been used against the invaders. That is the worst disappointment in this series, otherwise, it was entertaining and fun, light reading. I wonder if there will be more books in the same universe, as we learned little of the most interesting mysteries during the series and the invaders remained just as mysterious for the whole time. Apparently, the Earth scientists were mostly doing nothing. The lack of research is the one thing that irritated me. For example, once they were doing a study mission to an alien-occupied planet, and the soldiers apparently forgot the reason for the mission and started a meaningless side mission and didn’t really support the scientist doing her work. If there are other parts in the series, I hope that they will be from the viewpoint of people doing research about the invaders.
332 pp.
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