Month: February 2026

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Beyond the Rift (Transdimensional Hunter IV) – John Ringo & Lydia Sherrer

In the fourth and last book of the series, Lyn and her teammates can no longer even pretend that things are not real. Those gamers willing volunteer to join a government task force to eradicate the transdimensional monsters once and for all. But things are going poorly.

This last instalment brings a nice closure to the main story and the subplots, but it feels weaker than the previous books. The military interactions are somewhat forced compared to the periodically cringe but also charming teenage antics that led up to it. Nevertheless, it was nice to see our heroes get closure.

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All My Sins Remembered – Joe Haldeman

In a human interstellar confederation, Otto McGavin is an operator for a secretive government agency. He is hypnotically programmed with a personality overlay extracted from a person in the location of interest, allowing him to replace them and act covertly. The book is structurally three independent novellas with a framing story, assembled from three originally separate stories.

The concept of McGavin’s personality being scarred over the course of decades of covert operations isn’t novel per se. However, the exploration of transgressions committed while acting as another person is interesting. Unfortunately the novellas themselves are not very strong, even having interesting premises of their own.