An excellent story. I would put it on par with anything I have read from Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, William Gibson and David Brin. I was especially pleased by the ending, it was quite a fly in the ointment, but in a good way - kind of like an olive to top off a fine martini. Stone still has some tricks it seems. The action was non-stop, but never boring : which is rare. The strategic and tactical depth was Napoleonic. Overall I loved it. 6 stars out of 5. A classic, which will unfortunately not be given the credit the author deserves due to the fact that our culture has some prejudice against fan fiction (even though classics like the 'Three Musketeers' and their sequels can be considered fan fiction. ) A novel which ended a story arc almost thirty years in the making could not have had a better climax. Thank you Blaine Lee Pardoe.
