- #1
Kudos to the TLS for the quality. That's the only compliment I can give.The story is dumb: 1st volume ended on a dumb note. The next one managed to open the gaping hole in the plot into one the size of a gas giant. The novel doesn't deserve the 4 and 5 stars reviews.Spoiler
The beginning of volume 2 suggested that MC made a lot of waves. Yet a noble household prizing itself for trade and "intelligence" isn't even aware of the news. For a space-hegemony setting, with developments taken for magic, this is just unbelievably dumb. There's no internet, no newspaper, no social media. It's the future imagined by the technologically challenged.
Volume 1's finale: space combat, an enemy fleet of 40, 000 starships, not counting the fighter-class vessels. One individual, somehow, defeated ALL of them in barely an hour - with no loose end and no stragglers. It's fluff of the highest degree.
The beginning of volume 2 suggested that MC made a lot of waves. Yet a noble household prizing itself for trade and "intelligence" isn't even aware of the news. For a space-hegemony setting, with developments taken for magic, this is just unbelievably dumb. There's no internet, no newspaper, no social media. It's the future imagined by the technologically challenged.
Yes, it might be possible that this is an ancient declining empire and lost-tech setting. I haven't read all the ten volumes, but doubtful.
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