No Going Back - Book Review




No Going Back, by Mark Van Name, is another book in the Jon and Lobo series. I have reviewed all of the previous books in the blog previously (Overthrowing Heaven , One Jump Ahead, Jump Gate Twist, Children No More, Slanted Jack), and I have enjoyed reading all of them.

To those that never read any of the book, Jon is a human that was both enhanced by his sister - a healer - as well as infused with nanobots in horrible experiments. After he escaped, he joined a merc group as a soldier. Lobo is his sentient ship - one of a kind, in which the whole ship body is a large computer network, and very heavily armed.

On this particular book, after rescuing children from an auction, Jon is contacted by someone from his distant past for a job. We learn a bit more about Jon's past, and as usual, he gets into more trouble and makes more enemies, with an ending where he shows more of his capabilities than ever before.

Overall, I really liked it. The only thing I don't like about Van Name's novels is that they are way too short, and there is nowhere near as much time to develop the story as I'd have liked. But for fans of the series, there is no question that it is worth your time and money.

Speaking of money, you can get  No Going Back on Baen for only US$6. Their system for e-mailing to Kindle didn't work when I tried it, but you can transfer manually or e-mail it for free yourself (check for details at Amazon).

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