I am left wondering if Larson likes to venture off into smaller projects from time to time to give himself a break from the harder hitting books. Conversely, Larson's more visceral and gritty works such as the Star Force and Undying Mercenaries series run into around 12 and 6 books respectively. The initially promising "Lost Colonies" series from Larson demonstrated this having fizzled out at book 3 after running it's course. I've found that with this slightly lighter fare from Larson that books seem to peter out around the third or fourth instalment. That is not to say that Orion Fleet isn't a decent enough story in itself but I did feel that the premise had rather run out of steam somewhat. Having said this, I do realize that once the key characters have been defined and the stage set that it is often difficult to maintain the mystery and pace of the first in the series and this story appears to have fallen into this category it pains me to say. The first book immediately captured my interest with the mystery unfolding as the gripping plot developed. Firstly, I found that the story took quite a while to really get interesting. Unfortunately, I didn't quite find this in this second book.
I had very much enjoyed book 1 and so was ready for another enthralling story.
Well, sort ofīeing a big fan of B V Larson, it was pretty much a "no brainer" to go ahead and purchase book 2 in his new Rebel Fleet series.
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