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Wheels Within Wheels

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This was a nice read.

But... I don't see it as a strong continuation of a series.

It is more of a sideline that takes place in the future regarding the first book.

If you're a fan you will probably enjoy it.

Just don't make the assumption it going to further the first book in a deeply meaningful way.

Another early Wilson book, and this one is in many ways the exact inverse of Healer (The LaNague Federation, Book 3) - it has an intriguing story and an interesting world, but characters so thin they're barely present. Wheels Within Wheels is the middle book of Wilson's very loose LaNague trilogy, so it has the advantage of a world already constructed to play around in. And its labyrinthine plotting - which involves an effort to bring down the federation, a long-dead father who may have been murdered, a strange alien world, and lots and lots of libertarian thinking - makes for an intriguing story, but it's hard to care all that much when the characters have almost no personality whatsoever. Still, it's worth remembering that this is an early work for Wilson, and you can see him trying out different ideas here and experimenting. In the end, though, it's only really interesting for fans; new readers should definitely start elsewhere.

Sequel to Enemy of the State. I am a huge fan of F. Paul Wilson, and I enjoyed Enemy of the State, but I started to lose interest a little bit with this more complicated followup.

I picked up a copy of this book at the library. It has an excellent plot. Well written and fast moving. I highly recommend this novel and all of Wilson's Lanague Confederation books.