There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

Alright, one overused “Matrix” quote and now it’s on with the show. I just finished reading Martyr, fifth in the New Frontier series written by Peter David. I currently have about twice as many fiction books as non-fiction in my stack of to be read, so I’m reading two fiction to every nonfiction. It’s working out to be a nice little break between the nonfiction works. And now back to our irregularly scheduled Ramble.


This is the 5^th in the series of books and therefore carries a lot over form the previous reviews below. Captain Calhoun and the Excalibur are trying to prioritize what needs to be done first in the collapsed Thallonian Empire to help seed stability and freedom. They are contacted by a rather isolationist planet that see’s Calhoun as the coming of the once prophesied Savior that would bring peace to a centuries old civil war. Another group of religious zealots see him as a false messiah and therefore seek to destroy him. And wackiness ensues.

Peter David does his usual bang up job with making a compelling story, adding small human touches and humor, and getting you interested in the next story in the series. It’s a nice read to take a break form other things. Now on to another Peter David book in a completely different century.