This is book 5 of an 8-part series. The first four books were coauthored by Steve White and David Weber, both well respected sci-fi novelists. All four were page turners for me.
For whatever reason, book 5 was coauthored by White and Shirley Meier. In my opinion, that was a dumb move. While there are a number of excellent female sci-fi authors out there, Shirley isn't one of them. Her characterization of a new invading species---which seemed to take up half the book--- was so far out in left field, I started scanning the pages 1/3 through the book and stopped reading near the half-way point. I just scanned the last two chapters to see what happened. It wasn't much.
Others must agree with me, as the last three books in this series are coauthored by White and Charles Gannon. And the publishers must also have agreed with me, as they put as half-naked humanoid female on the cover of this book in hopes it wold help sell copies.
For whatever reason, book 5 was coauthored by White and Shirley Meier. In my opinion, that was a dumb move. While there are a number of excellent female sci-fi authors out there, Shirley isn't one of them. Her characterization of a new invading species---which seemed to take up half the book--- was so far out in left field, I started scanning the pages 1/3 through the book and stopped reading near the half-way point. I just scanned the last two chapters to see what happened. It wasn't much.
Others must agree with me, as the last three books in this series are coauthored by White and Charles Gannon. And the publishers must also have agreed with me, as they put as half-naked humanoid female on the cover of this book in hopes it wold help sell copies.
