Author: John Scalzi

The second book in Scalzi’s The Interdependency series and one I had been looking forward to since finishing the first. What is always appreciated about his work is you can pick up his series from any book and enjoy the ride and this book is no different.

However, there was something reserved about it for the first fifty pages.

It was leaning heavily towards the political sphere of the drama of his new universe, which is fine because that’s where it needs to go, but it wasn’t pulling me in as I expected.

Then page fifty hit and the character of Kiva was re-introduced.

After that, all was good again.

If you follow Scalzi’s blog enough, you know he’s been struggling with his writing in the current political climate of the U.S. It’s obvious a lot of his issues come to light with this particular work, so expect a level of commentary mixed in with the tale unfolding.

Of course, this shouldn’t be a surprise because the role of any writer is to make commentary about the society around them.

It’s just, with Scalzi, you get it with a ton of expletives, an engaging plotline, fun characters and a story that accelerates until the final page.

The payoff is worth it and I look forward to the next in the series.