MacAllister is the main character here, and while he's kind of interesting, I like Hutch a lot more. I wish McDevitt would put her back in the pilot's seat. I liked how McDevitt had the humans plot to get an advantage from the moonrider sightings - that's so typical, and all the political maneuvering seemed completely natural. But this book takes a loooooong time to get where it's going due to all of that plus the lengthy news snippets that McDevitt throws in at each chapter. There's a bit of edge-of-your-seat danger but not as intense as in some of the previous. Liked Amy, liked what Hutch did to her boss, Valya's story was appropriately taken care of. The religious subplot was, IMO, completely extraneous; I didn't understand what it's relationship was to the rest of the story. As a subplot, seems like a really stupid thing for MacAllister to follow so closely as the conclusion was foregone. And WTH happened with the Hefferman? Giant mystery how it ended up where it did, but that whole bit was just dropped. Hmmm, oh well, I still read it through and I'll be going on to the next.
Absolutly loved 'Chindi'. I read 'Chindi' first which I did not know was part of the Academy series.
Be advised that this book is about politics and people. The author develops political intrigues and struggles fairly well, in fact,
too well, as this takes up almost all of the action. By page volume, there is little adventure and much commentary.
'Odyssey' takes over 300 pages before it finally picks up any pace, only to ramble on to its conclusion 120 pages later. If you
decide to go for this read, just skip the first 3/4 of the book and pick up from there.
Engins of God #1, Deepsix #2, Chindi #3, Omega #4, Odyssey #5, Cauldron #6
Be advised that this book is about politics and people. The author develops political intrigues and struggles fairly well, in fact,
too well, as this takes up almost all of the action. By page volume, there is little adventure and much commentary.
'Odyssey' takes over 300 pages before it finally picks up any pace, only to ramble on to its conclusion 120 pages later. If you
decide to go for this read, just skip the first 3/4 of the book and pick up from there.
Engins of God #1, Deepsix #2, Chindi #3, Omega #4, Odyssey #5, Cauldron #6
