More of a character study than anything else. The ending is a bit too short and the fact that the artifact anture was kept secret until the end is unnecesary really. ( )

This book adds more insight into the Darhel and a minor bit into the future of the series. It is based long after the posleen attacks on earth. ( )

This is a case of lots of words for very little return. A novel length short story that reveals very little about the universe the story is set in. After the first 4 books in this series, this is kind of a let down. Taking place far in the future of the prior Aldenata Legacy books, this is a slow, monotonous book. This matches what I would imagine the actual scenario used in the book would feel like in reality, but it just doesn't seem to make a good book, in my opinion.

The majority of the "main" characters are merely one-shot wonders, if that. Fluff, filler, shallow, target dummies all are applicable terms, as well. There is no real point of attachment to any of them before they exit the story. The first approximately half of the book could probably have been condensed down into no more than a chapter, and possibly a short one at that. The latter half of the book wasn't much better.

Overall, you probably could skip this one and not be any worse off than if you did read it. ( )

ZB5 ( )

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