The first book in this series, Control Point was recommended by a variety of people that I respect the views of but I was a little disappointed. It was good enough but it didn't blow me away as they seemed to suggest it would. So I wasn't planning on picking up this until I ran into it on sale at a local bookshop. For less than £1.70 for a brand new book I figured I couldn't go wrong. I'm glad I did. This is everything the first book promised to be. It's pacey and I found it near impossible to put down. Highly recommended. Man, 75% of this book was great. The arc of Alan Bookbinder was one I identified with and felt connected to the whole way through. His growth as a character, and particularly the glances at his inner monologue were great. But man, it was VERY jarring in a bad way when the story flipped to Oscar Britton and his cohorts. It threw me completely out of that connected feeling I had with Bookbinder. I understand why, as a plot point, we had to know some of Britton's story line, but I feel it was shoehorned into this book, and the novel as a whole suffered for it. This sin't to say Oscar's story line was uninteresting, just that the way it worked with the overall book was disappointing. Also, Oscar's thinly veiled desire for Therese was handled a bit....awkwardly. Not a convincing portrayal of that emotion in my opinion. This was a 4 star book, easily, for the Bookbinder arc. But the shoehorning of Britton's story brought it down to a 3 for me.
What do You think about Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier (2013)?
Bookbinder was a promising character. But the whole thing got a bit boring towards the end.
—lilb2012
The problems of book 1 are fixed, and all that remains is the awesome.
—gwcope
One hell of a book. Everything about it is exceptional.
—chris
