Karen A. Wyle's Reviews > Talbot

This near-future series is a departure for Weyand, whose SF has previously been set further ahead. I'm glad to be on board (metaphorically speaking).

The first fifth of the book (well, 19%) consists of setting the stage with time, problems to be solved, and characters involved in solving them. Then it takes off, and the increasingly suspenseful plot kept me excited and engaged -- until what I regard as the climax, about 75% of the way through. For me, this Book 1 could have ended there, and the rest could have been the beginning of Book 2. (Weyand didn't initially contemplate a Book 2, but by the time he finished this book, it had become practically essential that he write one.) I do realize that the first 75% would have made for a short novel, and don't get me wrong -- I enjoyed reading the rest, and look forward to the next installment.