A Forest of Stars

Kevin J. Anderson continues his Saga of Seven Suns series with A Forest of Stars.  The book picks up where the last left off (see review of Hidden Empire) and remains an exciting story to read.  We have jumped ahead in time about 5 years and the war between the humans and the hydrogues is picking up steam and taking some surprising turns as humans begin to realize that it really isn’t all about them.  The author isn’t afraid to kill his characters (a good thing if you’re writing a war story) so we lose some of our narrative voices and we end, once again, with a cliff hanger.

The book suffers from some serious plausibility issues (just as the last one did) but the overall sweep of the story is exciting enough to allow you to overlook that.  Recommended for those who like SF & who have read the first book (this is not a series you can step into the middle of).