The Trouble Dog's crew is once again racing against time, hoping to come up with a solution to beat both the Fleet of Knives and the invasion of monsters in space. Dealing with loss throughout their trek across the galaxy.


I didn't really enjoy this book as much as I did the other two. It just had so much build up throughout the trilogy and so the end just felt lackluster.
I felt that Trouble Dog, Ona Sudak and Penitence all had character development in this book but not Sal.

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Most of her development happened in the second book and she kinda remained static in this book. I also didn't get why Powell gave her a romantic interest. Especially considering they weren't endgame.

The characterization in this series is why I enjoyed it so much so I was a little disappointed when it became flat.

I also didn't enjoy Cordelia's and her brother's POV at all.

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Cordelia's the same age as me and yet she kept reading as either younger or older than she actually was. The second part, I could excuse because of the whole mind merging thing with her dad but the first?
I also couldn't figure out her motivations either.
Like, she kept bouncing between motivations until she finally decided that she wanted to be with her family.
I could understand why she was so attached to her brother, they grew up together, but her dad?
I didn't get because her dad doesn't even consider her his daughter? Honestly, I wasn't even rooting for her and was kinda meh when she left the narrative at the end. Maybe because I just wasn't feeling Cordelia, I couldn't really enjoy Michael's because his were directly tied to Cordelia's.

I honestly enjoyed Ona Sudak more than her. And I can't stand her.

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It was really interesting watching Sudak's deteriorated throughout the trilogy.

My worry for the Druff and their working conditions was vindicated in this book.

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When it was revealed that they don't even get paid for their work and that the other species just come and pick them up. They just view them as pets and not sentient creatures.

My opinion of Johnny also dropped immensely because

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of how he just completely forgot about the baby Druffs he brought on board. He remembered to put the former AI on a shuttle but not the literal babies.

Overall, it's a good book. Everything from throughout the series tied up neatly but I just didn't enjoy this one as much as the other two.

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Light Of Impossible Stars es un buen cierre para una trilogía que recomiendo sin dudas. Como buen cierre que se precie hay personajes que caerán, otros que seguirán adelante, naves que desaparecerán en el fragor de la batalla y otras que se erigirán como líderes. Conoceremos mundos donde la realidad no es tal y como la conocemos y donde se dirimirá una gran batalla.

The final chapter of the Embers of War sci-fi trilogy.
This is right up there with The Expanse novels in my humble opinion.

I was recently disappointed by the third book of a trilogy [b:Noumenon Ultra|48929862|Noumenon Ultra (Noumenon #3)|Marina J. Lostetter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1580195856l/48929862._SY75_.jpg|74331695]. Reading the first half of this book I was afraid that I was going to be let down again. The arc of some of the peripheral characters from the second book awkwardly continued the plot. A new major character comes out of nowhere. Human civilization is being destroyed, seemingly inevitably, by the White Fleet. But Powell really pulled it out in the end. He links the story back to its beginning with the House of Reclamation, with a masterful twist. The sentient ship Trouble Dog and their captain Sal Konstanz continue their personal development, and relationship in a logical and very satisfying way. The problem of the White Fleet is resolved as well with an unexpected twist. As I mentioned in previous review of this series Nod, of the alien engineer in Trouble Dog, is one of the best characters every. Their POV chapters are succinct meaningful observations of life. As Nod says "Philosophy is just engineering by another name". And we get to learn more about Nod's Druff species' history and civilization, which is fascinating and turns out to play a major role in the resolution of the plot. Overall a wonderful ending to this tale. And the suggestion of what happens next doesn't at all feel like Powell's working on a sequel. It's just a recognitions that the surviving characters' live will go on after the book ends.
Highly recommended.

A fitting end to the Embers of War trilogy. Meandering in parts but this last chapter brings all the pack together, along with a new pivotal young woman, Cordelia Pa, to fight the metal dragons coming out of the Intrusion. Winner for the most creative alien characters have to be the Druff, and particularly, the philosophical Nod.

I liked the first two books a lot and was certain that the conclusion would be as great. It turned out to be different.
This book made me feel the author lost the sense of proportions. Too many times he repeats the things we know already about the characters and thier motivations. Some of the heroes of the book turned out to be fine and believable, but then some others, both new and old went over the limit of what you could assume. Thier actions/thinking getting into maximalist/extremes or bit of stereotypes.
Also a lot of interesting and intriguing details and openings of the previous books are developed and not all the developments/explanations worked with me. At some point I had a thought: "too much, just too much crazy stuff too assume. I am done here