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Aftershocks, Ballistic, and Citadel
3/5. First three books of a militaryish scifi series about a multi-planet solar system five years after a system-wide war that a lot of people are still really mad about. We cycle through several POVs – a former prisoner of war trying to keep his head down, several military officers in different theaters, and a corporate owner in occupied territory.
These are what I call fast casual scifi. Quick and easy to read, fundamentally predictable, perfectly good as long as they stick to something easy and relatively cheap. The cracks do start showing the second the author tries anything with actual technical difficulty to it, though, like running the same scene twice in succession in different POVs. The editor really should have shut that down.
But for all that, I read these quickly and enjoyed them. There's a good story here with real personal stakes, even if you can see the author's metaphorical stack of plot structure index cards.
3/5. First three books of a militaryish scifi series about a multi-planet solar system five years after a system-wide war that a lot of people are still really mad about. We cycle through several POVs – a former prisoner of war trying to keep his head down, several military officers in different theaters, and a corporate owner in occupied territory.
These are what I call fast casual scifi. Quick and easy to read, fundamentally predictable, perfectly good as long as they stick to something easy and relatively cheap. The cracks do start showing the second the author tries anything with actual technical difficulty to it, though, like running the same scene twice in succession in different POVs. The editor really should have shut that down.
But for all that, I read these quickly and enjoyed them. There's a good story here with real personal stakes, even if you can see the author's metaphorical stack of plot structure index cards.