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Burning Tower by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven

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3.0

Feels like a formula fantasy book written to be one of many in a series. You know the style. But, you never loose the feel of a Niven/Pournelle novel either. There's attention to detail in lots of areas most authours ignore, and some more typical details breezed right past. If you enjoy their style, you'll enjoy the book.

I do wish they could have set up the climax better - they ended up reducing the IQ of the entire cast by about 50 points temporarily to pull it off, the ones they didn't just drug for the duration that is. Then they cap it off with a pretty pat ending.

Nonetheless, enjoyable.
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