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Title: Return of the Archon
Title: Return of the Archon
Series:
Omega Force #5
Author:
Joshua Dalzelle
Rating:
3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SFF
Pages:
325
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: |
Crusher, the biggest, (almost) baddest member of Omega Force has a secret. And it catches up to him in this book.
He is
the Archon. The military leader of his system, who was exiled to keep
the peace between the warriors and the politicians. As usual,
politicians have botched things up even more and a small select group
has been tasked with bringing Crusher back so he can restore the
balance. Crusher must rescue his mentor, figure out a way to stop
this mess from getting any bigger and make the choice of whether he
will be staying with Omega Force or not.
And
there is a someone working behind the scenes with their own agenda.
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My Thoughts:
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My initial thought was that the Archon was some super villain from one of the characters' past. Return of the Archon just SOUNDS ominous. So imagine my surprise when it turns out Crusher is the Archon and the Archon is supposed to be one of the good guys keeping peace between various warrior factions and the politicians in his star system.
This
was a cracking good adventure story filled with prison breaks, ship
to ship battles and a whole warrior culture just about ready to boil
over. We also get to see the aftermath of Lucky [the battle synth
robot] sparring, friendly like, with some of the warriors. I hope
that in future volumes Dalzelle has the skill to actually write a
good one on one battle scene between 2 high powered beings. It would
definitely increase my enjoyment of the series as a whole.
I was
thinking of bumping this up to 3.5stars because I enjoyed it more
than the Brother Cadfael book
I had just finished, but when comparing it to the other Omega
Force books, it was right in
line with them, so my rating stayed at 3. Which isn't a bad thing.
Bookstooge's
Ratings Explained
The writing was the best so far. The
verbal fighting between members of the OF, which I found off putting
in a previous book, was still here but conveyed in such a way that it
didn't come across as two people hating each other and being forced
to get along. It came across as 2 team member with widely varying
personalities being in the same small space. That in itself is reason
enough for me to keep on reading this series. I feel like this book
was better crafted than the previous ones but it is hard to tell
objectively. I do know that with this book I would recommend the OF
series to someone, whereas before I would have danced around the
issue.
★★★☆☆
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