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Beginning a new series from a military science fiction master with over three million books in print.

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Could barely get through this book

This book is the world's best cure for insomnia. The characters are completely un-engaging and the the technology is ridiculous. I had to force myself to listen to the end. The attempt by another reviewer to relate Allen Allenson to Daniel Leary is stretching credulity to the breaking point. If you haven't read the RCN series, please do yourself a favor and do it in lieu of this hideous excuse for a novel.

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