Title: Stackpole's Best Effort (It goes downhill from here)
Product review: The first 3 books in this series are really just 1 very long book, since nothing gets resolved until the end of the 3rd book. None of the first 3 books in the series could stand alone, and the 4th book would be very difficult to understand without reading the other 3. This first book is Stackpole's best effort. At least there is some action, but the author describes it in such a cumbersome manner that it slows things down. Stackpole's characters are like cardboard cut outs compared to Allston who writes books 5 and 6 of the series.
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