Free Download | Anvil of Stars | Greg Bear Novel

While nominally a sequel to Forge of God, Anvil of Stars is very different and can probably be read without having to know too much about events in the previous book as most that apply are addressed. I was really looking forward to this sequel. I thoroughly enjoyed Forge of God. It had a great ending - the bad guys won - and it probably could have been left at that. Anvil of Stars takes place several years after the previous book.

We're now following the children of the survivors who have volunteered to serve on a "Ship of Law" provided by their Benefactors in order to track down and destroy the source of the attack on Earth. It felt to me as though I were reading more of a half-finished outline than a full-blown book. I couldn't relate to the characters in any way. We're told that they're children and yet they act, both mentally and emotionally far advanced in their years.