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Each book has a problem that is faced and resolved, but it all leads into the next one. in fact, the best thing I can compare it to is a serialised TV show. This doesn’t have traditional novel structures like most series. I’m very much a plot-driven reader, but The Palladium Wars is showing a new way to handle plotting. But this doesn’t bother me as much as I expected it would. There’s no clear trajectory for the road ahead. Three books in, and I’m still not entirely sure what the main plot is.

he’s still the most directly involved in the most major events, but now the rest of the cast are muscling in on the action.Īnd that’s the weird thing about this series. Aden still feels like the main character, but with an equal number of chapters for each of the characters, it’s a feeling that’s less strong now than it was at the start of the series. If anything, the pacing is rather sedate for a military SF novel. One of the potential downsides of a short book, especially one that has four PoV characters, each with their own story-line, is that they can feel rushed. An impressive feat from a man with two ongoing series that are both high up in my estimation.

Yes, his novels may be on the shorter side, but he releases them quickly (two this year), and they’re all of a high quality. ?Ĭitadel marks my tenth Marko Kloos novel, and with these books he’s proven himself a consistently strong writer. It is all in the name of security, but are they playing directly into the hands of the Gretian radicals who call themselves Odin’s Wolves. In the wake of the nuclear attack on Rhodian soil, the Alliance clamps down on the Gretians. Hold up, this is a sequel! Find my reviews of Book 1: Aftershocks and Book 2: Ballistic, by clicking on the links.