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Review title: Sad to say this was my first book by this author.
Product review: I'm returning to sci-fi after many years and have discovered many new and interesting authors. I didn't realize that this book was one of a series when I bought it. In truth the story does stand well on it's own with only occasional references back to events in previous stories.Sadly, this was a very disappointing effort. Preachy and whiney with science fiction as a backdrop to support what must be the authors very strong personal and political views. One of the resons I've returned to sci-fi is to get away from this type of dour preaching.That said, I will give his other works a chance as there seems to be some consesus that this book was a departure from what is regarded to be an excellent body of work.
