About half way through this book, I was already thinking about my review and how I was going to slam this book. Funny thing happened between the middle and the end, it improved (albeit slightly) and I had a few second thoughts.

Look, this is a stereotypical Bova book. All the women are pretty, all the men are handsome and everybody enjoys sex - even if it's described in a sentence or two at most. There's a love triangle, family members that don't get along, and a protagonist's life long goal to try and make the whole thing hang together.

Personally, I'm bored with it. I feel like I've read the book over and over again, long before I get half-way.

On the other hand, I recently rated a Cherryh book a four star effort because it was exactly what I was hoping for - in other words, an awful lot the same as other books she's written.

So, even though I didn't like it, if you do like Bova, you might like this one. Otherwise, skip it. ( )

A really good SF thriller ( )

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