While Kevin Pierce could make reading the phone book interesting, this series is about over for me. I am a character-driven reader, and none of the newer characters were developed as well as the first few books. I think it is just what happens on some of these long serious though. However, if you are interested in some Orwellian kinds of plots, the character stuff might not be a big deal. There is way less of the plausible and way more of the fantastic. They are clever authors, and if that’s your thing…keep reading! Love the authors, and would read a new series, but would need a really good reason to revisit this series again.