Chris Kennedy (1)

Into the Light is the long-delayed, if not long-awaited, sequel to Out of the Dark by David Weber and Chris Kennedy. The invading aliens have been destroyed, and the country is beginning to recover from the apocalypse. The story has second-act problems. The plot focuses on the efforts of the former governor of North Carolina to form a world government that can use the technological head start given us by the aliens to rebuild civilization and make us players in interstellar politics. But it show more is all a build-up to the military action in To Challenge Heaven, book three of the trilogy. Each episode in the second book is compelling, but a reader is apt to tap the foot and mutter, “Get on with it, please.” show less

Sparks of life but too much process time on world building!

As an avid Weber fan, this has all the earmarks of a great series. Yet I found myself skipping page after page of process minutia. I was drowning in a sea of detail gasping for any sign of action!
Like good homemade bread it takes ingredients, structure and time mixed with heat to make good bread. This is not baked with enough fire to be palatable. I read it and like the premise! And if I hear "gang aft agley" one more time...! I get show more it this is a filler between two time periods, but sometimes we don't need all the detail!
Please do better gentlemen! show less

I enjoyed this story, and couldn't help comparing it to Tom Clancy's stories. They glorified the military, sort of put down the liberals, though not nearly as much as Clancy, who gets a bit tiring with his repeated jabs at liberals and paints them to be the worst type of people imaginable. I guess you could call this Tom Clancy light, with a sense of humor. In fact, I thought the story was a bit too much over the top to take very seriously, so the humor was appreciated.

I think it compares a show more lot to Star Wars, where the good guys win, the bad guys are really bad, and the humor is always close at hand. I'm surprised at how seriously many of the reviews seem to be. I mean, I'm sure the scenario is possible, but certainly not likely. Maybe the Chinese would attack Taiwan, but I seriously doubt they would ever attack the US. show less

Excellent Weber! Now I have to find the first one. The Shongari made a mistake when they took on Earth and did not kill every last soul on the planet -- we have long memories when someone tries to annihilate us. The Hegemony that sent them will pay also. But to do this we need allies, so into the galaxy we go, learning, recruiting, and planning. Our first contact is with the planet Sarth.....