If you're not into reading a whole trilogy crammed into one book then i'd suggest staying away: this book is huge.   But if you've got this far you've just read two books of similar length so you're used to it by now -- dive right in.

My thoughts are that this book just doesn't come up to the same level as the previous two.   I think it's because everything in this universe that we've come to know is all getting torn apart into molecules by the Inhibitors and there's not much left of life as we once knew it.   It's all quite depressing really, as are some of the characters.   And while i like a writer who isn't afraid to kill off a main character or several, i was a bit put out by one of them as i really wanted to hear more from them: i won't say which one because it would spoil the whole book.

But, this is war, this is the threatened annihilation of the human race, so we can't expect it to be all upbeat and fun -- can we?

So yeah, straight into Galactic North now and then it's a bit of a wait for Inhibitor Phase to be published on 26th August 2021. ( )

Really 4.5.
Excellent continuation of the saga. Well drawn characters responding believably to epic challenges. Straight on to Inhibitor Phase! ( )

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It is an entertaining book. That's what I can say. In no moment I felt bored. However the final feels cheap and doesn't really explain anything. It doesn't feel as a hook for future books either, because the "explanation" feels rushed, and you can't really care for something that you just learnt about.

Also, there is something about Scorpio, the main character of this book that I did not understand by reading the chapter, I had to go to the internet and search for explanations. All in all, I prefer finished sagas like this, even if I don't like the end, that having to wait for years if the author has not still writing the books. ( )