POW Aden Jansen is recruited to go undercover in Gretia to wipe the slate clean. If he can succeedāand survive. Dunstan Park is on piracy patrol to track down the space-born arm of the uprising. Idina Chaudhary hopes to root out the insurgency on the ground. And Adenās sister, Solveig, discovers how the bank behind the rebellion is closer to her than she knew.
Descent by Marko Kloos
Background
So this is Book 4 of the Palladium Wars Series by Marko Kloos. I was a big fan of his Frontlines series of books, and this appears to be his next major series. What is different from my previous reads of his, is that where Frontlines and others focus on a primary person/group, The Palladium Wars is split between 4-5 āmainā characters and can become a bit disconcerting.
Finished reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. This is the 7th book of the Murderbot series (the first few as novellas), and I think this is the one that will end the series for me. Might have some Spoilers, Iāll try to warn you!
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Synopsis
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if thereās an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza canāt have the planet, theyāre sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.
Horizon Forbidden West is Guerrilla Games latest action role-playing game following the protagonist, Aloy, through a post-apocalyptic North America. If you havenāt played Horizon Zero Dawn, then you should really go out and play it. As one of my all-time favorite modern games, and is a must have game for the PlayStation 4 and 5. I have just completed Horizon Forbidden West (HFW) and achieved the Platinum Trophy. Hereās my thoughts on the game.
The lack of standardized rating systems sucks. Thereās so many ways to rate something that you begin to lose all understanding what what something means. Even systems designed to simplify things muddy the waters, because they often lack the granularity that allows for meaning to be derived. Iāll offer a guideā¦
Thereās a ton of rating systems out there but, in most cases, they follow a simple numerical ranking to the need. Ten point scales, 5 star rating, two thumbs up/down, or something similar. Looking at my homepage youāll find that I like tracking and rating the things in my life. It is a little bit of data collection that I may use for later.
Just watched Netflixās latest entry into the blockbuster movie scene, Bright. I have to say, Iām conflicted. The movie is not good, but neither is it bad. As I consider it, over and over in my head, I get more and more conflicted in my reactions. Because of that, I am going to say you should watch itā¦but go into the viewing with an open mind. Iāll barely touch on the good to avoid spoilers, but itās worth watching.
The new album from Ft. Worthās own Green River Ordinance (GRO) was released a few weeks ago. Iāve been able to listen to the entire album a couple times and Iām impressed at how good a release this is. I initially found GRO by a random āgive-awayā by NoiseTrade (<- Goneā¦). My son and I constantly blurt out āShe beats right through to the heart of me, to the part of me, that I canāt explain!ā Their new album, Fifteen, dives much deeper into their country roots, which might alienate a few listeners, but the album is still very strong.
