Earth Force: Book II Flight Of The Valkryie Book

It's very difficult to review this book without spoilers, as pivotal events and discoveries are made thick and fast. With this in mind, this review will be brief.

Suffice it to say that Flinx, having found his biological mother and discovered a half-sister he didn't know he had, is now searching for clues as to the identity of his biological father.

This search takes him to the home planet of his minidrag companion, Pip, which is really nice as we haven't visited this world before in this series. What he doesn't know (at first) is that he is being pursued by assassins... and other interested parties. Flinx also has no way of knowing that he's going to have to try to save two entire worlds from a rogue collapsar before he gets any answers. Shouldn't be too difficult, then.

The action never really lets up in this book; the pace never slows and there are at least three great plot twists along the way. Flinx makes new friends, one of whom in particular is very entertaining (although I can see how some people might find him annoying). Also, some familiar faces from previous volumes turn up, most unexpectedly, which had me grinning from ear to ear.

For those of you who are new to this series, I wouldn't recommend starting with this book. Foster is pretty good at the skilful, non-laboured recap, but I still think anyone trying to dive into the series here would be confused as to what's going on. For those of us who have read the previous volumes, though, this is a really strong entry in the series and is an extremely entertaining romp through the galaxy... with some astrophysics thrown in for good measure.