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MY ⭐️ RATING: 4/5
Format: Kindle Whispersync
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Surviving in space was the easy part…
I’m not alone anymore.
I’ve made it down from the solitude of the station, all the way to an incredible underground bunker complex.
Thousands of humanity’s best minds are by my side.
I’m surrounded by secret cutting-edge technologies that almost defy belief.
Too bad none of that is a match for what I’m up against now.
Because in just three days, the final stage of Ignacio Zola’s demented plan to reach a new world will eliminate all life on Earth — unless I can pull off a miracle.
The stakes couldn’t be any higher. The odds couldn’t be any longer.
I’m the man who uncovered Zola’s plan. And now, I’m the only man who can stop him.
This fight started in space and brought me deep below Earth’s surface.
But that’s nothing compared to what comes next…
MY REVIEW
This series is so much fun and so hard to want to put down. I could’ve knocked Into the Fire out in a day if I wanted to, but I had to force myself to let some of it marinate and read more the following two days. Into the Fire starts off immediately after the events of Last Man Standing, and gives a lot more grounded story (pun intended), than its predecessor. Now on Earth, Ray is with the survivors with a new mission to make sure earth doesn’t get destroyed by the evil ZolaCore.
Book 1 was a lot more on the suspenseful survival in space, sci-fi side of things, this one takes a slight detour to put a bigger emphasis on survival of a possible apocalyptic future on earth, the survivors and the political structure, while also a little less on the suspense. There is some suspense that starts right away with who to trust, but the real suspense is saved for the end, with a death defying mission to try to save the world. There were one or two parts that just felt a little more like drama for drama’s sake, when a better option would’ve easily been done. With that said, Falconer left me with a lot of intriguing questions of “are they good, are they bad” and “I wonder what that is supposed to mean”, that I can’t wait to be answered, because there is A LOT more going on that what is being told.
“Sometimes you just have to take what comes, roll with the punches, and keep tackling what’s in front of you.”
Ray is a great main character and throughout just becomes even more likable, and though I understand the reasoning, I wished there was a bit more Laika throughout, but I enjoyed the times when he was in the scene. With the new location, there are a lot of new faces, one of those is Driver, and she is, well… a driver, I loved her story and her character works really well bouncing off of Ray, it gives off that whole Mel Gibson & Danny Glover, Lethal Weapon type of “buddy cop” vibe that just works really well when done right. The banter between them made me giggle many times, and in part took the place of Ray and Laika from book 1. I will say that part of what I like about Ray is that he’s not a “Gary Stu” type of character and has his limitations, but Driver does kinda give off that “Mary Sue” vibe of being ultra talented and able to drive or fly anything.
Scott Aiello put on another great performance narrating this story, the way he gets into the characters and into the emotions makes the experience that much more entertaining, if you’re going to read this series, I would highly recommend doing whispersync or listening to the audio for an even better experience like I am getting. I know I am a bit more critical on things than I was on the previous book, but this was still a very enjoyable read and is still shaping up to be a series that I’m excited to completely binge on.
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