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Summary: This book is A+
Review: I loved this book from start to finish! The mystery and suspense kept my eyes glued to the pages. A real page turner!!!!
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Summary: good sf book, awesome characters
Review: possibly Sheffield's best. this book has thourough story description and very well thought out and entertaining characters(Bat). Great moral that makes itself clear mid-way through the story. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: OK but not great
Review: This book is not bad, but it is far from being among the greats in Science Fiction. The beginning is very disjointed -- many characters are introduced in many different setting and the reader has no idea what's going on or how the characters relate. Its hard to keep them straight. Around the middle of the book, things start to come together and some plot begins to develop. Finally the book comes to a conclusion and the reader thinks "so what". There are aspects of a mystery story, but the mystery, when revealed, is not a big deal -- one wonders why anyone ever tried to keep it secret. The strengths of the book are in the details -- good characterizations and realistic depiction of the "surroundings". However, a weak plot and the rambling, disjointed style make it less than outstanding.
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Summary: A well-written book, with a thin plot line.
Review: This book is set in the near future after a major war between sects of humans that occupy the asteroid belt region and those on Earth and Mars. The plot revolves around a new weapon that one side hopes will tilt the war in their favor. Unfortunately for them, events turn sour, they attempt to cover their tracks, and we are left with a mystery. The book is well-written and easy to read. The plot does not create a great deal of suspense, and the resolution involves violations of biological principles that lack a real SF cover. As such, the stage is SF with interplanetary travel, frozen worlds that have been terraformed and the like. The plot, however, is fantasy involving biological responses beyond any norm. The mix is more than mildly annoying.
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Summary: Very Interesting piece of SF with a little mystery.
Review: This was a very good book, with a great plot, no matter what that dude above me says. It twists and turns and involves several very interesting and unique characters, with a good satisfying end.
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