Wow, talk about an expansive plot by the villains. Here we see them infiltrating multiple companies and defensive bases, but the reason for all of the plotting is never made clear. Instead, we have pirates in vast numbers gathered together to conduct their nefarious business, but the forces of good are completely impotent except for a single hero and his mercenary company (although he spends most of the story not working with his people and going off with one single spy.)
The sad thing is that the characters are better fleshed out than most, and the action scenes tend to be extremely well written and paced. If the villains didn't drive me out of my immersion in the tale, this could be a solid 4 star. But as I've admitted in other reviews, I tend to ask myself "do I think this situation could ever happen." and looking at the world the author has built. And that's where I run into problems.
To put it simply, there is absolutely no explanation for the pirates being as common, as organized or as successful as is described here. Even the German U-boats in world war 2, were not as uncatchable as the pirates somehow manage to be. The plot armor they have on them is obvious and excessive. Worse, while the idea of massive fleets of pirate ships can seem dramatic, I have enough knowledge of the reality of pirate endeavors to realize that no fleet of pirate ships lasted more than a year or two before breaking up. Pirates tend to be motivated by money and forming a bit fleet means the loot has to be divided among that many more people. Even Sean Benjamin in his "Pirates of the Badlands" series notes that the majority of the time the pirate ships operate independently, only coming together for a particularly rich target. And that is in a world where he has established the pirate foundation and funding to explain why the ships of Pirate Flotilla One work together. In the Vigilante series there appears to be no reason for the pirate alliance other than the machinations of a couple of prominent pirate leaders. Nor do we know how they could be funded to the degree that they are. Nor where they fence their loot. They do turn out to have a base hidden near one planet, but once again how it was developed and supplied is kept obscure.
But I'm the type who likes to question the how and what in a tale, especially one like this that has weak characters and relies too much on the mystery and action to drive the plot. Its not a bad tale, but I'm going to stop on the series. This is not what I'm looking for.
3 stars, its solid, but the lack of a character driven tale in a world where the villains just don't work for me keeps me from rating it higher.
Oath of Vengeance: Vigilante, Book 2
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