Page Count - 330
The second book in the A Time To Sow/ A Time To Harvest duology was a very satisfying payoff.
The troubles that were plaguing the Dokaalan people, it was discovered, were more than just unfortunate accidents. The Dokaalan's were involved in a very difficult project of trying to terraforming a nearby planet. But acts of sabotage and disagreements within the population threatened to destroy what was left of this race.
The troubles that had to be addressed were many and interrelated. The authors did a wonderful job of tying things up and creating a bad guy that was so good that I stopped reading to enjoy the "Oh, cool!" moment. I love intelligent, pragmatic bad guys and the baddies in this book are great. They are highly resourceful and able to turn unexpected events to their own advantage. Plus, and this is something I always loved in Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, when they were caught they merely smiled with a "Well, you've got me." attitude then were willing to discuss things in a civilized way.
This whole series is building up to the movie Nemesis so it will be fun to see how the crew gets to where they are at the start of that story. Until then, we get to enjoy some very well though out adventures that simply feel like this was season eight or nine of the television series.
I like these two books very much, maybe even a bit more than the first two because the baddies were just so well done. I still don't own the next two books; A Time to Love / A Time to Hate, I may have to buy them as eBooks to continue this series. But I will certainly continue with it.
Dayton Ward has a website HERE
Sorry to say that I could not find a personal website for Kevin Dilmore. (He may have a FaceBook page or Twitter account but I didn't search for those.)
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| Dayton Ward (left) and Kevin Dilmore (right) |
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