We have come to the end of my personal challenge, the Advance Review Copies, and the series. I greatly enjoyed the chance to read through these books. Having spoken with the author there will be two boxed sets for this series.
- Books 1-6
- Books 7-11
Book Review
Title: The Eleventh
Hour (The
Prime Insurgency #11)
Author: J. D.
Stonebridge
Author’s page:
https://www.amazon.com/J.D.-Stonebridge/e/B00OPZ1YQU
First off the end of
this made me tear up. Even in winning there was defeat, as should be
expected in a storyline such as this, as inevitably someone is going
to lose. I don’t think any of the characters in this were truly
evil. In this I am reminded a bit of Miyazaki’s works. It is very
fast, but at the end, in that last chapter, it gets very somber very
quickly.
Even though we have
deity-like Primes, the truth of the gods of the various religions,
there is no deus ex machina in this. Everything is explainable. Even
down to the battle between two “father figures” and a colossal
screw up that possibly could have been avoided if not for one thing.
Pride. This is what I take from the story anyway.
The story is not
ended, not with what the epilogue sets up. Once more Tony goes
missing, leaving behind a note begging not to be sought or stopped.
Of course Lauren and Lance are going to go looking. I hope to see
another series following this storyline.
Once more the
writing is good. The characters come alive in this and it is the
interplay of character with plot that keeps the pages turning so
fast. You get attached to them. You grimace when they get hit, feel
bad when they die.
There were a few
places that jarred me out of the flow but I was pulled along by the
story so fast that by the time I realized I was already too far
forward to go back and make note of it properly. This was a very
enjoyable book and series, which I would recommend for anyone that
likes contemporary sci fi, whether teen or older.
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