Eyes of the Void, Adrian Tchaikovsky

Eyes of the Void

The Final Architecture #2

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

space opera

copyright 2022

read in December 2023

rated 6/10: read to pass the time

for me, Doc Smith is the champion of space opera: 

1... hero has a simple technology.

2... villain develops bigger, badder technology which almost but not quite destroys hero.

3... hero develops bigger, better technology which almost but not quite defeats villain

4... repeat from 2...

This book offers a variant.

For 2, hero meets worse villains who have badder tech. there's a distinct feeling that the author has no clear idea of direction. he's placing the hero in danger, then inventing new threats to throw at him.

And for 3, hero is searching for a magic sword from the past, with an awful lot of, gosh that's amazing, gosh I'm almost there, gosh i see the light... but I'm not going to explain it... The author is demanding a complete suspension of disbelief.

That's just the magical science, there is some actual development of the plot.

the whole book is non stop action and adventure.

lots of excitement, not much sense. in fact... good fun all the way through

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