Oracle

I must say, the description didn't quite hold me, and I went into this with a slight sense of trepidation. Then, to see scientific things Richards has already explained in previous novels rehashed in an almost word-for-word fashion was another blow.

But that's where the disappointment stopped. I got swept up in the story, pulled along by his prose and style, and finished it with as much satisfaction as I could have hoped for. A worthy work, and if it lays the groundwork for a more variegated series, all to the better.