Wildcard

This is a necessary sequel, finishing the story of the first book. I think it's slightly better than the first book, and it closes all the threads.

The ending of the first book was pretty harsh, with a technology essentially ending free will. This book has our main character navigating evil alternatives to find the best path. It is more heart than hacker or hunter that get her through. She gets a lot of help from her friends, who end up the stars of this story. Much like the game Warcross is supposed to be.

Yes, there's hardly any Warcross in this book either. If the first book has globe spanning reach, this one could be set in a single new location - the institute. Some nice plot twists, even if they invalidate a line from my previous review. It is quite an assumption that simple lenses could cause the far reaching effects described, but that's part of the story.

As before, props to the author for diversity that isn't just added on. The plot twists were interesting, completed in this book, and it was a fairly quick read. Minus points for requiring two books to tell the tale. In the end, the same good reads rating - I liked it - though the second book is slightly better than the first.