Salvation

The plot style borrows heavily from Hyperium, which isn't a bad thing, but I found some of the tangential stories less engaging than they needed to be. Saying that, most of them were good enough to hold my interest and the central thread ended on a massive high so that I'm looking forward to starting number 2 at some point.

Like other Peter F. Hamilton books, this is incredibly long with deep back stories and histories, without really getting me to love any characters. Most often is truggle to realize who the protagonists are, and this isn't much different. In the last 5% it becomes clear that this is the introduction book to the conflict, and who the antagonists are. There's great, detailed story, I just couldn't get into it.

Very cool concept and universe. Despite that, I could not get into any of the individual character arcs. Conversations tended to be awkward and political commentary is done in a very ham-fisted way (reminded me of a less eloquent Ayn Rand).

I actually started the second book because the universe was decent but realized it would be more of the same and abandoned it.