The Captain's Daughter

Despite what it says, there is no way that this was written by the same author of the Void series, Salvation Sequence or Nights Dawn series. It feels almost simplistic and the plot is completely transparent. Ok for introducing teens to science fiction, but not for ardent readers of Peter F. Hamilton......more

An interesting progress for the story. However if the heroine cried, "I can't!" one more time I would have thrown her to the Yi myself.......more

While not bad per se, baffling that Peter Hamilton could have written this. The number of times I caught myself rolling my eyes... At least the internal logic of the science sort of makes sense, which is indeed typical of the author. Briefly the reasons for the 2 stars (vs the 3 I gave the previous......more

I didn't hate this book, but it was a little too YA for my taste. The story is intriguing, but it feels oversimplified. I think this would be a great series had Peter F Hamilton written it geared towards a more mature audience. I think hard sci-fi is definitely his wheel house. My other issue was wi......more

I'd rate this book 3 1/2 stars. I think most teens would rate it a solid 4 stars. This is the second book of a three part series beginning with "A Hole in the Sky". If you liked the first book, then you will like this book equally well unless you are an action junkie. Then you will like this book mor......more