Kevin F. reviewed on 4/15/2014 + 211 more book reviews

Good, but as the last book in the series, the ending was a whimper

Fourth book in the series. This time our favorite military unit is searching for what caused the Empire to disappear. They create a 'circus' to go undercover and visit various worlds and eventually the planet that is the home of the former empire's government. As the circus goes to various planets, the author weaves in observations about different types of governments, which isn't as much insightful as it is sad.

The ending was problematic, but it was still worth reading. Would you be better off just reading the first three books? Probably not.

Science fiction based story about new recruits in a fighting force at the end of an empire (both the geographic end of the empire and the 'time' or final curtain call end of an empire).

The whole series (there are four books) compares favorably to the William Henry Giles Kingston books, the Three Midshipmen thru the Three Admirals and the Brotherhood of War series by WEB Griffin.

Excellent reading, that keeps you engaged and you will not want to put it down. The story includes violence (it is a war book), and alien swear words (so they don't count).

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