Heh. I just finished it myself and I have to say, even tho it was spoiled for me earlier, I thought reading it would maybe improve my opinion of it, it didn't. It's another disappointing entry in this loosely connected trilogy. And that's another thing, for a loosely connected trilogy, I expected more connective tissue to connect these threads as well as having more of a conclusion.
The characters were, in a word, dumb, but I would expect nothing less from
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Alex Brand.
Doesn't mean the other characters had to follow in his stead. Aside from all of that, it was a very generic Alien book, and I wanted something that was a bit more fleshed out and maybe smarter.
If I had to rate it, it would be a 4 out of 10 for me.
On another note, I am expecting
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David to show up somewhere and maybe be involved with the Shadow Government stuff.
perhaps in a later novel, but I personally don't think these books belong.