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The lacuna book review5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() They made no attempt at diplomacy or any of that stuff either. Now admittedly we can look at the initial attacks the aliens made on earth as murderous acts. No, quite the opposite, she fishes out a surviving alien and hey, guess what? She's a sweetheart. I kept waiting for something to be revealed that shows the reader that this was the best and only course of action, a bit of info that the captain knew that we just were not privy to yet. Her first officer begs her not to, he's a douchebag though-screw him, ATTAAAACK! No hailing, no negotiations, no 'let us see what their intentions are first, we have them outgunned', nothing, just ATTAAAAAACK! What does she do? She attacks full bore, damn the torpedoes. ![]() ![]() One her shakedown cruise, our intrepid captain spots an alien scout ship which makes absolutely NO hostile move. To which we apparently say 'screw that noise' and build SPACE BATTLESHIPS! Earth makes a whopping 3 of them, none of which are any upgrade on what we already saw from the aliens. ![]() At first they come and bloody our nose and say 'stop developing THAT technology' (they don't say what it is). The main character makes decisions that commit the entire human race to a war of extinction with a powerful alliance of aliens. Here's where things fall flat for me however. Lacuna: Demons of the Void is space opera through and through. David Adams writes this story with energy and conviction. I can't give it more than that, but I tried to. ![]()
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