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dankeohane's review
4.0
When I was a teenager I'd randomly grabbed an Ace paperback from the Perry Rhodan sci-fi/space opera series, a book somewhere in the middle of everything and had a bit of a time understanding who was who. So recently I'd begun (thanks to Ebay) reading the original 70's series (translated from the original German 60's novels - novellas, to be exact, 2 originals combined into one Ace paperback) to finally enjoy the story of Perry Rhodan and his group. This is book #2, and picks up right where we left off with #1. Perry and his crew stay in the Gobi desert as before for the entire book, defending themselves against the powers of the world who have united together to battle this new 'threat'. New characters are introduced, especially in the second half. The interesting thing about this series is here now we've had two novels and aside from the opening chapters in book 1, we've been earth-bound. The authors are taking their time building the universe of this near-future (for them) universe. But it reads quick, and well, and I'm looking forward to the next installment, waiting on my shelf.
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