I have all the novels except the rage wars trilogy. But I haven't read them all yet. The books during the original dark horse run were all pretty good (although some seemed a little repetitive in there plot elements). My favorites were rogue, and music of the spears. The second dark horse run I was very let down by. I read original sin, DNA war, and cauldron and felt they were b-monster stories. Big let down! I was discouraged from reading the rest. I still plan to read them all but I haven't been in a rush.
When Titan started releasing stories, I got those first 3, but I was still hesitant to dive right in. Especially since I knew out of the shadows includes ripley; that made me wary. But this audio drama got me excited about the books again! I just finished reading the book I started a few weeks ago (ring world by Larry Niven), and I just started reading out of the shadows. I'm only 1 chapter in, but so far I'm enjoying it.