An amazing sequel to Deathstalker.

As always, Green has a way of giving characters god like powers, while still leaving them flawed, and making an interesting world. Seeing how the Madness Maze continues to influence the actions of Owen, Hazel, Jack, & Ruby while they face overcoming odds is something else.

I'm glad I decided to finally give this series a try. My only complaint is that he focuses too much on the characters and not enough on his world building. To me, Greens best work is when he's building a world, and using the character stories to flesh it out. See the Nightside series as a great example. ( )

This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.leafmarks.com & Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road Facebook Group by Bookstooge's Exalted Permission. Title: Deathstalker Rebellion Series: Deathstalker Author: Simon Green Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars Genre: SFF Pages: 510 Synopsis: The first crack in the Empire has appeared. Now it is up to Owen Deathstalker and Company to turn that crack into a full blown crumbling. And the aliens are wicked bad ass. Can, and Should, Owen and Co. start a rebellion now? But how can they not? My Thoughts: Owen Deathstalker was a very small part of this book. He was the pinky in the handful of characters. Everyone else seemed to play a bigger part than him. I enjoyed this, but the never ending succession of seat of your pants adventures actually got tiring, as I followed Character 1 through a harrowing adventure and then before I could catch my breath, I was swept up into Character 2's adventure, times 5. It just felt too long. Whatever. " ( )

I don't know what is was exactly, but for me this book fell short of the first one. I would still encourage anyone to give this series a try because Green is a skillful writer. ( )

This was an engaging military space opera which gave insights into many characters points of view. Though the series is about Owen Deathstalker, he is more in the background in this book. More prominent characters include Captain Jack Silence who will defend the Empire even if it's not perfect and the rebel Jack Random who is one of the few who was altered by an alien maze. ( )

Didn't finish it. ( )