A Time for Freedom by Daniel ArensonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The warships and Marines of an united humanity along with allied sentient races who have felt the wrath of the Rah continue to defend Earth at a terrible cost but there is hope as intelligence is gathered on the Arakavish solar system. The risk of striking at the heart of the empire is high but a defence lead agenda will mean the end of humanity and thus the decision is made, the only way to save humanity and her allies is fly into the spider's web but even then that may not be enough.
The final novel in the Starship Freedom series is tasked with offering a viable narrative to conclude this intergalactic war, it doesn't really succeeded although not for the want of trying. Daniel puts an awful lot of action into this novel and while the combat is as good as always it all seemed just a little too much. Without spoiling anything the story did hit some solid emotional points which is always a good thing when you are supposed to become invested in long running characters but a few things that were happening I couldn't quite accept and a few others I think needed fleshing out a little. All said though the series as a whole was entertaining and fun to read, lots of action and some great characters to follow through out, highly recommended if light military scifi is your thing.
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