i like most of Hooper’s work but it’s sad the stretch required for this book. a tertiary (at best) character only mentioned in passing during the epilogue of book 1 is supposedly the next BBEG because he wants to present a ‘reason’ for people to fight? no reasoning really provided in the epilogue of book one, this book fails to provide a legitimate reason. the “magnate gone mad” schtick is overused, this book underdelivers, and the idealism falls short. ugh. Unimaginative and boring as a turtle race on a glueboard. Don’t waste money or tokens on this. Submitting a DNF because the story is less than 1☆, I’d give it a zero if I could.