Gibraltar Sun spends the first 3 chapters recapping the events of Gibraltar Earth. This is great for readers joining the series at book 2, but a bit ..Show More »tedious for those of us who read the first book. And the author includes just enough new information so that you can't skip these chapters.

The story takes some time to build. There are 3 "institutes" vying to sell their solutions to the Broa Problem, and the detailed political intrigue is interesting, but I was chomping at the bit to get to the action!

When we return to "Brinks Base", humanity's Forward Operating Base in Broa Space, things really pick up. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say the climax is a nailbiter. McCollum did a great job of building to a tense situation! Will humanity be discovered, and the plans fail? Will they get away with their prize, so they can fight another day? Well done!

The narrator is great, I hope to listen to other performances by him.

I'm heading into Gibraltar Stars immediately!

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This is the last book at the time of this review (4-29-13) but the way it ends there could be a few more, these 3 books feel like a prequel for someth..Show More »ing really huge latter on and I hope the author writes them.

The debate is over and the Humans are going to war with the Broa, its just not a normal war since the Broa dont really know that the Humans exist for sure but it will become something they are aware of soon - the only Broan to meet a Human is the one who was found on the ship in book 1 and hes not talking to any other Broa.

The way this book ends is sorta strange I thought there would be more to the story, its not like it ends incorrectly but it does end in such a way that you want to know more, what happens next sorta of thing. I don't want to give anything away here but really Humans and Broan never meet in battle like I was expecting but the way it plays out is really good - but like I said I hope the author writes more books that go into the aftermath of the end of this book.

This is highly recommended if you like space opera style books, this one not really long enough and not galaxy spanning as most space operas are like Peter F Hamilton or Alastair Reynolds but its up there.

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