... ▁faith ". ▁The ▁Horn ▁Book ▁Magazine ▁found ▁the ▁series ▁" riv eting " ▁and ▁said ▁" th ought ful ▁expl or ations ▁of ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁fear , ▁bra very ▁and ▁violence ▁add ▁depth ▁and ▁balance ▁to ▁the ▁edge - of - the - se at - action ▁and ▁inten se ▁first ▁person ▁narr ation ". ▁Georges ▁T . ▁D od ds ▁from ▁the ▁SF ▁Site ▁described ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁" an ▁elev ation ▁of ▁advent ure ▁literature ▁to ▁height s ▁that ▁are ▁only ▁achieved ▁once ▁or ▁twice ▁in ▁a ▁generation ". ▁He ▁pra ised ▁Mars den ' s ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁combat ▁stress ▁and ▁action ▁sequences , ▁which ▁he ▁found ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁John ▁Buch an ' s ▁work ▁in ▁The ▁Th irty - N ine ▁Ste ps . ▁View point , ▁Australia ' s ▁major ▁Young ▁Ad ult ▁fiction ▁review ▁journal , ▁described ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁" a ▁war ▁story ▁told ▁with ▁story t elling ▁skills ▁that ▁Al ist air ▁Mac Le an ▁used ▁to ▁display ". ▁Gregory ▁Mag u ire ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁found ▁the ▁series ▁to ▁be ▁" int ense " ▁and ▁" comp uls ively ▁readable ", ▁but ▁critic ised ▁the ▁books ▁for ▁their ▁epis od ic ▁structures . ▁ ▁Five ▁of ▁the ▁seven ▁books ▁in ▁the ▁Tom orrow ▁series ▁( ex cluding ▁Tom orrow , ▁When ▁the ▁War ▁Beg an ▁and ▁The ▁Night ▁is ▁for ▁Hun ting ) ▁were ▁listed ▁by ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Book ▁Council ▁of ▁Australia ▁as ▁a