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Originally Posted by Dahak
I have made the bind-in promotional CD for Baen's newly released David Weber/Eric Flint Honorverse novel Torch of Freedom available on my site.
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Just finished reading
Torch of Freedom (hardcover version) last night. It was a middling effort by Weber and Flint. The first book was much better. I found the opening of
Torch dragging and confusing.
Unlike in other books, such as in the books of the series that began with
Off Armageddon Reef, in
Torch the authors expect you to remember a great deal of what they wrote in the preceding book. They give vague allusions to the background but not enough information to really bring back recall. Also, the story doesn't flow as well as in other collaborations. In addition, the characters this go round seem to be more wooden and have sudden changes in theri lives. For example, Berry Zilwicki seems to become instantaneously smitten with Hugh Arai, little to no development of the relationship, yet the book ends with what clearly is the begiining of a long-term relationship between the two.
If I had to rate Torch I would give it
(i.e., 3 out of 5); Crown of Slaves was a
(5 out of 5).