Kamikaze

I'm kinda new to this series so I can't really address any heir-to-Pendleton issues, but I agree with nearly all the pros and cons other reviewers have already put forth. This was a well-balanced story in terms of keeping up the action without sacrificing characterizaton, something most writers of these kinds of books are guilty of. Sometimes the philosophizing went a step or two too far, but it was nice to at least see something going on between the ears of the characters besides 'Kill Kill Kill!!!'. My biggest quarrel was with the pacing and some of the choreography in terms of moving characters around. I was hard to follow at times. I know some people are saying it's the editor's faults but I dunno, that seems like some pretty easy scapegoating. Seems to me for these books to have been around so long someboddy upstairs must know what they're doing. Anyway, this is a solid 8 and I will definately check out Doug W.'s next entry. Meantime, I'll check out some of the other new stuff and see how it compares.