But everything feels like this vaguely East-Asian flavored space magic. They fly around in moths, not ships, which I guess is fine. Sure, “science, when sufficiently advanced, seems like magic,” but this just doesn’t even feel like science fiction. The big issue is still that this just doesn’t feel like sci-fi, but like fantasy. In addition, it just wasn’t as fun as Ninefox, but it did have a more reasonable, better plot that wasn’t just a smash-up of Starship Troopers and Heart of Darkness. The plot was very political and complex, which is always something I can dig, but some of the many issues I had with Ninefox Gambit remained difficult to trudge through in this book. The first chapter, at the very least, wasn’t as mind-blowingly crazy as the first chapter in Ninefox Gambit. Non-Spoiler ReviewĪt times, I thought this book was way better than the first, but other times I was like “hecks no”. Suckers.” You can read the first review of the series, Ninefox Gambit, here. I got this one from my library because I went seeking another book, then saw these and was like, “Heh, now I don’t have to buy them. I’m 99.7% sure that he’s no longer active, but that doesn’t mean I forgot about his suggestion or post. I’ve been thinking about reading this series ever since I was suggested it by Brian from Books of Brian and read his review of the last book in the series.
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