Ghosts from the Past The Wandering engineer Book 7 eBook Chris Hechtl
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Fleet admiral John Henry Irons has been busy.
After waking in the Senka system he has crisscrossed the system, having a series of adventures and ups and downs along the way. He's made some new friends and met old ones. He has also made some powerful enemies.
But the call to war is inevitable. Those who thrive on destruction wish him and the civilization he is trying to rebuild ill will. The boot of oppression is already on a part of the sector thanks to the Nazi like Horathian pirates.
Admiral Irons must lead a rag tag group of former pirate slaves and military personnel back to one of the few places he hopes will help stem the pirate tide. Once there he'll have to face the politicians, then dig up his one ace, a secret from his past.
But some ghosts should remain buried...
Ghosts from the Past The Wandering engineer Book 7 eBook Chris Hechtl
Ok - if you're considering reading Ghosts from the past and haven't read the first 6 books in the series -- stop and go read those first or you'll be lost with this one. While there is a little back story included, it isn't enough to make up for the quantity of backstory that exists at this point.As to the story here - it's a good story that wraps up a number of loose ends while introducing some decent advancement in the overall storyline of the rebuilding of the Federation. It lacks the action from prior books - focusing more on the political and procedural aspects of recreating the Navy. As with all Wandering Engineer books, you do feel like you're trapped with Admiral Irons as he fixes every individual component one at a time - which would be annoying to read except that it's completely in character for him.
The book really has three parts - the first covers getting to their new base of operations with a short handed and undertrained fleet. The second focuses on building up industry and the politics involved after they arrive. There's a bit of drag through here as a reader - but that's the stage of the game in reforging the universe. There are some bright spots, but some editing here to remove redundant segments would have helped speed things up.
Then there is the last third of the book. Which really felt like a short story tacked onto the rest of the story (and if I read correctly in the epilogue, that's exactly what it is). It added a new dimension and set up a new direction for the next books in the series. This was probably the most interesting section of the story as it moved beyond the organizational focus and centered on recovering some lost technology and personnel. I won't add spoilers here, but the outcomes are quite different than might have been expected.
The weak points here, and the reason it loses a star are in the editing and organization. Not so much the spelling or mixing up words (though as with all of Mr. Hechtl's books - that isn't a strong point -- especially the last third of this one) , rather the organization and presentation of the information. As an example - in one section Irons is chatting with another star system via the ansible, and then five pages later a staffer bursts in with the news that the ansible is finally up and running to that system. The other weakness was the over abundance of detail about some meaningless items. Having to read through pages of detail on failed ship designs might have been how the Admiral spent his time, but it didn't add much value to the story. I found myself wanting to skip some of those parts that move things along a bit faster.
That said - I'm still a fan of the Admiral and look forward to the continuation of his quest to rebuild what was lost. (And to some more stories about the other characters in the universe). This one is worth the read if you've already read the other books in the series -- otherwise go read them first and work your way up to this one.
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Ghosts from the Past The Wandering engineer Book 7 eBook Chris Hechtl Reviews
Like the concept, and the execution is mostly good. AI characters are interesting. Rather more expostulation than is necessary, and I found myself fast forwarding from time to time. The most frustrating thing is the grammatical errors you're is not the same as your, it's is not the same as its, nouns and verbs are supposed to agree with one another, plurals do not have an apostrophe before the 's', homonyms do not mean the same thing - all stuff an editor (or a friend or two with basic English skills) could fix. Knowing every last thing about every last thing is not necessary for a good story. I've read several other volumes in the series and they have similar problems. Fix them (even retroactively, since it's just data) and you'd end up with better products.
This book has the poorest editing of any Chris Hechtl book I have read (and I've read a lot of his books). Use of "you're" when "your" was appropriate. "he lean against the bulkhead" and use of "quiet" when "quite" was the appropriate word. These are just examples because there are errors every four to five pages. This is not normal for Mr. Hechtl.
All that aside, this is a good, solid story and helps fill in the overall, grand storyline. What a great imagination Mr Hechtl has. I eagerly look forward to the next in the series.
This book was the absolute end of the Wandering Engineer series for me. I had to force myself to keep reading in the hopes that ANYTHING would happen that would make me care about the story. Over 2/3 through the book and all I got was background noise and drivel, not even a horse opera quality storyline. This book could have easily been reduced to four or five pages and be used as an interlude in a real book.
How this thing got so many good reviews is beyond me. Dull, deadly dull, and boring! I hate to stop reading a book no matter how bad but I can't get through more than three pages without falling asleep or wanting to claw my eyeballs out! Two stars only as a nod to the rest of the books which at least had some story to them.
I find myself agreeing with the rest of the reviewers. Mr. Hechtl definitely had some dragging in the storyline, combined with random proofreading errors. Errors happen to everyone and, as with all ship travel, tedious downtime... takes time.
With that said. It's 226 AM and I just finished this after buying it 3 days ago. I have to get up in a few hours. I don't regret a single minute of it. There are some instances of confusion. Maybe I've totally forgotten some events due to the long wait between books. Doesn't matter. I'm just mad that Sprite made that decision. Considering the situation, I will learn to accept it.
Keep up the good work, Mr. Hechtl. You've created a fantastic world with real characters that pulled me in to the story.
Wow...so if you're as invested in this series as i am you're going to read this book and find that while it's very much worth following the storyline of the series and it carries important events you'll want to read about, there's just something about this book that seems copy and pasted together from a couple different books to make one very long volume.
There's a lot of stuff going on that could have been condensed and still moved the plot in the right direction...so while i'm glad to have read this book in the series for the revelations and new plot it just wasn't up to the high standards of the other books in the series...so why give it four stars? simple, the new plot twists are good and the plot is moved forward in this book and that was still worth the rating i gave it even if parts could have been improved with some judicious editing and cutting.
Will i look forward to another in this series? Absolutely Yes! It can't come fast enough.
Ok - if you're considering reading Ghosts from the past and haven't read the first 6 books in the series -- stop and go read those first or you'll be lost with this one. While there is a little back story included, it isn't enough to make up for the quantity of backstory that exists at this point.
As to the story here - it's a good story that wraps up a number of loose ends while introducing some decent advancement in the overall storyline of the rebuilding of the Federation. It lacks the action from prior books - focusing more on the political and procedural aspects of recreating the Navy. As with all Wandering Engineer books, you do feel like you're trapped with Admiral Irons as he fixes every individual component one at a time - which would be annoying to read except that it's completely in character for him.
The book really has three parts - the first covers getting to their new base of operations with a short handed and undertrained fleet. The second focuses on building up industry and the politics involved after they arrive. There's a bit of drag through here as a reader - but that's the stage of the game in reforging the universe. There are some bright spots, but some editing here to remove redundant segments would have helped speed things up.
Then there is the last third of the book. Which really felt like a short story tacked onto the rest of the story (and if I read correctly in the epilogue, that's exactly what it is). It added a new dimension and set up a new direction for the next books in the series. This was probably the most interesting section of the story as it moved beyond the organizational focus and centered on recovering some lost technology and personnel. I won't add spoilers here, but the outcomes are quite different than might have been expected.
The weak points here, and the reason it loses a star are in the editing and organization. Not so much the spelling or mixing up words (though as with all of Mr. Hechtl's books - that isn't a strong point -- especially the last third of this one) , rather the organization and presentation of the information. As an example - in one section Irons is chatting with another star system via the ansible, and then five pages later a staffer bursts in with the news that the ansible is finally up and running to that system. The other weakness was the over abundance of detail about some meaningless items. Having to read through pages of detail on failed ship designs might have been how the Admiral spent his time, but it didn't add much value to the story. I found myself wanting to skip some of those parts that move things along a bit faster.
That said - I'm still a fan of the Admiral and look forward to the continuation of his quest to rebuild what was lost. (And to some more stories about the other characters in the universe). This one is worth the read if you've already read the other books in the series -- otherwise go read them first and work your way up to this one.
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