These are followed by chapters discussing how the plan worked out, rather than actually showing the action as it occurs. There are huge sections that consist of nothing but talking heads describing and discussing issues, then formulating a plan.
Once it begins, it has many enticing bits, but suffers from Weber’s tendency to tell instead of show. Indeed, I don’t even really know how far into the book it is before the actual plot begins to unfold, but it is a long way indeed.
There is a very very long set up which, to be honest, could probably have been bypassed all together. Off Armageddon Reef has both some of Weber’s best writing, and some of his most infuriating writing tied together in a single tale. Safehaven is a world where all memory of technology has been wiped out in order to ensure the aliens do not find it. Weber has given it an overly long backstory and the text suffers from many of the complaints of MilFic in general, but also has very interesting twists and shows that as ever, Weber is anything but a simplistic author.įar future where humanity is threatened by an alien society with superior technology and numbers, with the bulk of the action taking place on humanity’s last holdout: the planet of Safehaven. Taking its basic premise from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, it is the tale of an android loaded with a young woman’s memories who is tasked with introducing technology into a secret space colony governed by a technophobic theocracy. Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber is a good enough read if you enjoy Military Science Fiction, but is likely to prove un-engaging if you do not already care for the genre. Grade: Δ - A good enough read, but only buy it if you like the genre.
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