Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 10/10/2018 + 1032 more book reviews

This is kind of a mess, actually. The story doesn't go anywhere for a long time; it starts with Louis and Chmeee heading in separate directions and the Hindmost still locked in his ship. There is a long subplot where Varavirgillin leads an assortment of Ringworld hominids against vampires. We drop in on Louis a few times before the Hindmost convinces him to join forces again. But the whole thing is just scattered without a sense of forward motion or solid threat. The vampire war means litte except as an excuse to get some people to the Rim wall. The Protectors are a threat except for the ones that help, there's an invasion that is handily defeated except they are still sitting off in space where they can't be touched. Louis gets rejuvenated again, so I guess that's something. It's too bad since the first two were so good.

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