But the quality of the plot has me not interested in the remaining books.Īnother Masterful Installment to this Series I enjoyed book 1 and was glad to see many books in this series available. His voice is clear and easy to understand.

But to me this makes the character impersonations easier to follow.

His tone in the narration portions are a little flat. So why do they go into the situation with their eyes closed? Why isn't their star ship captain on alert? Why does the hand go towards the lions den and have a near fatal assassination attempt? Why does the hand then go into the lions den and get killed? Why are their supposedly protective troops unalert to the point they all get killed? Why is their starship captain and crew unalert to the same degree? If you can tolerate these poor facts in the beginning of the book, then you can tolerate the book. They are aware that he has been alternating facts in his favor. At the beginning of the story, the main character and the Hand go to the planet in question with a warrant for the arrest of the villain. She has had internal organs replaced from said attacks. The Hand is older and has survived many attempts on her life. Envoys and especially the Hands are viewed by the general population with fear, mistrust and often hate. The main character starts story as an envoy. The mentor is a Hand, the roaming judge, jury and executioner of the king. The main character and his mentor are working for the King of Mars.

The writer then seems to belittle the readers intelligence.

Hand of Mars by Glynn Stewart