A B Potts

Although it started a little rocky for me, Imperfect Weapon was one of those books that grew on me the further I got into it. The characters weren't very likeable to me in the beginning (partly due to my own bias against some behavioral traits exhibited by certain characters). But once the story got moving, I found myself warming to the players in this story and swept up in the intricate web of events taking place within its milieu.

Speaking of the milieu, I am impressed by the amount of thought that went into creating the world behind this book. The story is quite original and puts a unique twist on the tropes of the genre. The science is rock-solid and the storytelling first rate. Like any good science fiction tale, this book makes you think.

Imperfect Weapon centers around a young adolescent boy named Kylem who is a cyborg created to destroy the enemies of the Sallow Empire. Kylem, called by his creators the Destroyer Series Mark-I (Espion), is a lethal killing machine and lives up to his name. But during the course of the story, Kylem discovers that he is more than the sum of his parts and begins to question his programming and whether he is becoming something greater than what his creators intended. His curiosity of who and what he is sets off a chain reaction of events that lead to a climactic showdown.

I found myself wishing the story wouldn't end and yearning to pick up the next book in the series. I recommend Imperfect Weapon to all die-hard fans of science fiction. This looks as if its going to be a marvelous series. Don't pass this one up!

4 stars.… (meer)