Gridlinked

[biodroid]

I finished Gridlinked last night and thought it was a good book for a debut novel. A few things bothered me about the book and I would like to ask someone who is more clued up on the series as I have only read this book by Asher:

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At the end of the book when we get to read about the final confrontation between Pelter and Mr. Crane I was very dissappointed by how quickly they died. They seemed to be the main antagonists of the book (at least to me it did) and I thought that Cormac would have to put up with a major fight between these 2. Instead they were killed literally in one sentence each not over the space of a few pages maybe. I was still thinking to myself how is Mr. Crane going to be destroyed because he is such a formidably strong android but he actually didn't do much. And Pelter just died too quickly without putting up much of a fight. What happened did I miss something along the story or what. Dragon to me was introduced as a secondary antagonist and really did not feature much in the book. I did not feel the threat of Dragon as I felt of Pelter and Mr. Crane, thats why I thought it would end in a massive conflict but to me it looked like Cormac did not even know Pelter was on his tail.


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Nevertheless I enjoyed the book and thought it was a great read for a debut novel. Does the series improve as is expected of a series (but doesn't always happen)? I have Line of Polity waiting but want to read something else so I don't get stuck in a rut.

What say you?

[ktabic]

I ended up reading this series out of order (started at book 3 then went backwards), and you're right, the big end fight does seem a little short. But then I already knew what was coming.
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Who said Mr Crane was destroyed?
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[biodroid]

Oh yeah, so does that mean I am in for more action?

[ktabic]

Originally Posted by biodroid

Oh yeah, so does that mean I am in for more action?

Action? In an Asher book? Just a few bits, here and there.

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Starships the size of planets
Ancient tech designed to destroy civilisation
Hand to hand combat on lava planets
Battles between AI starships
Huge battles between AI fleets
Mr Crane returns, more dangerous than ever
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And that doesn't even cover the stuff due in the next book.

[biodroid]

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I tried to figure out what kind of being Dragon (am I correct in saying his name is Dragon) was but seemed to have missplaced the image in my mind. Can someone remind me with a nifty description of what Dragon is supposed to look like and how big he is?