A trained killer is captured by Crater Trueblood, the hero
of Crater, who now does a lot less
mining and lot more fighting. The
adventure starts when Crater sees past what she has been trained to do and
realizes she is a person like anyone else.
Characters from the last book make appearances and join with Crater to
battle mercenaries across the moon and have to rely on each other and Crater’s
ingenuity to survive. It mixes in a
little history of the moon, and even some aliens to make a good sci-fi story.
It was an enjoyable book that had some good action scenes,
but when the book was finished, it seemed unclear really what all the fighting
was about. There were hired mercenaries
trained to kill that wanted to kidnap Maria, but for what purpose? Ransom?
If money is the endgame, why pay an army to go after her. It didn’t make sense. There were good action scenes, but it really
wasn’t clear why all that action was taking place. Some of it was the result of Crater leaving
Moontown with Crescent, but the rest of the fighting seemed to take place for
no good reason. It was good, but could
have been better if there were some greater purpose. Maybe the third book will bring it all
together.
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