I was attracted to the Omega books because I really enjoyed this authors “Expansion Wars” series. However, the first 2 books in this series are no where near as good.. I am guessing the author has matured over time and the newer stories have more depth and better characters. I expect this series will eventually get better but i don’t have the patience to stumble through these books until that happens. Also, these books are very short and they are not worth a full credit. I think the author should group the stories together into fewer books. Personally I don’t recommend this series but i do like the authors later works and I do recommend his later books.