While the characters, especially the Captain, linger in the memory, and the political scenario seemed plausible, its readability on my Kindle was spoiled by the poor rendering of the maps. I hope these lot better in yhe print version. ( )

I enjoyed reading this political-military adventure, although at first I got lost with so many planets and habitats. The shame is that it doesn't end. The changes and hidden plots promise more.

This story revolves around a strong female lead in an intricate political background. She is darn near invincible and has impeccable strategy and gadgets in hand to meet her goals. Her goals, of course, are to facilitate the greater good for the solar system. One of the planets is up to no good, mind control... resource guarding... weapon stockpiling... and she is going to figure out how to make the royalty and political parties involved do what’s right from the shadows... mostly. She's sexy, dangerous, and does what she wants.

It’s an exciting premise but the execution wasn't for me. Too much focus on politics, though that is what I signed up for when I selected the beginnings of a space opera. This judgement might be more of a taste issue.

The writing needs help. It was originally written in Italian, and I've read the English translation. There was a point where I started highlighting the grammar errors. I swear there was more at the beginning of the book than the end, which I found interesting. This work needs more attention from an editor. I would assume this falls on the translator more than the author.

Based on my reading experience, I would not recommend this title. ( )

This is an incredibly ambitious book. 17 new worlds are a lot. And unfortunately this does make things a bit difficult to keep track of. I admire the universe that the author has created and how much thought and care was put into everything, but it was confusing at times. Since this is going t be a series, I think it might have been better if the author started smaller and built things up over time.

Now, An important point. I am not sure how many of these issues arose as a result of the translation. I am not sure how much of this is because of the original text and how much is because of the translator, but the writing often reads as being from a less experienced author. There are odd phrasings and at times it can be a little repetitive. I suspect that the story could become easier to follow just through an edit to improve the writing quality as I wasn't as immersed as I could have been.

I wish the author the best of luck with the rest of the series. I suggest you look for reviews in Italian if you speak it so that you can see if the issues exist in the original or if they are due to translation.

This book appears to be intended as the first in a series of many. I found the plot to be well maintained throughout with enough left at the conclusion to continue in a space opera. The book has the feel of a comic book in the way the scenes evolve which adds a different dimension to the reading experience. There were a lot of characters introduced and hopefully they will be developed as the series grows but the initial treatment was superficial. I enjoyed the story but I was tempted to just give up on this book because of the dialogue; there is a lot of dialogue! I found the dialogue stilted and unnatural (comic book style without dialogue bubbles) and it just drove me nuts! Using dialogue to further a plot is a difficult narrative device to master and in this case it detracted rather than enhanced. I am disappointed to have to say that because I admire what A.R. Alexander has accomplished. ( )