This third and final book in the Nova War sequence is a disappointment, mainly because, instead of improving further on the quality gains made in the second book, this one falls backward. Early on there is a major plot point that makes a horrendous continuity error and the book never really recovers...
This sequel to Stealing Light fixes many of its predecessor's problems; distractingly overt reference to other books is absent, as is clumsy foreshadowing and very predictable plotting. This makes it much better, but there are still some problems, mainly at the detailed sentence level of occasional ...