Birthright by Rick Partlow

Birthright [Kindle Edition]

Rick Partlow (Author)

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7/10

Ripping yarn, with lots of sci-fi action: guns, fisticuffs, space combat, some huggin' 'n' kissin', intrigue and some great bad guys and better good guys! There is plenty of rumination over legitimate moral issues, but this story isn't about that. In the end all the morality amounted to was this: loyalty, family and friendship wins the day. It's escapism, but really pulled me in.

This book needs a good edit: there were plenty of spelling and grammar mistakes here that distracted me just a little bit.

What I like most about this story is all the military sci-fi, weapons and enhanced humans - some great kick-ass characters. I would like to read more of Caleb.

I have become the vessel for the mote in my eye

They did not come in an armada of outer space ships whose energy drives obliterated the horizon and global communications. Instead, they came in an onrush of colour that occluded my vision and subsumed my consciousness. I have become the vessel for the mote in my eye.