At the authors request, I read the beta of War, the fourth installment of the Galactic Exploration series this past weekend and it is now available for download to your favorite e-reader (just a small plug for a struggling indie author here on the blog lol). As it is difficult to separate the pieces of the story now that Ive read them all, this will be kind of an all encompassing review for the project as a whole and as I feel the series was intriguing, enjoyable and well written, Im giving it 5 stars.
War had more punch and tension than some the previous installments which were more world (so to speak) and character building and I really enjoyed seeing it all come together with the action and more tension than weve seen in the previous novellas. War was very descriptive and even some of the portions that werent actually action seemed that way, but Id have to spoil the story to tell you how that was achieved.
All in all, Mr. Cawdron really did an excellent job of bringing the characters together from the other installments and integrating them in this latest novella for a chance to mess with your head a little. For the first time the characters from the previous installments are together (in a manner of speaking) and it was good to see them all struggling and working together for the same goals survival and freedom. For those who have read the three prior novellas, Anderson, Trixie, Berry and Diana are all present as they encounter what so many yearn to search for and may be afraid to find. War was a good read and I think some of the complaints Ive seen in reviews from others (and that includes myself) that there wasnt enough and they were left hanging will easily be resolved by reading the four novellas together.
War had more punch and tension than some the previous installments which were more world (so to speak) and character building and I really enjoyed seeing it all come together with the action and more tension than weve seen in the previous novellas. War was very descriptive and even some of the portions that werent actually action seemed that way, but Id have to spoil the story to tell you how that was achieved.
All in all, Mr. Cawdron really did an excellent job of bringing the characters together from the other installments and integrating them in this latest novella for a chance to mess with your head a little. For the first time the characters from the previous installments are together (in a manner of speaking) and it was good to see them all struggling and working together for the same goals survival and freedom. For those who have read the three prior novellas, Anderson, Trixie, Berry and Diana are all present as they encounter what so many yearn to search for and may be afraid to find. War was a good read and I think some of the complaints Ive seen in reviews from others (and that includes myself) that there wasnt enough and they were left hanging will easily be resolved by reading the four novellas together.
