Skyler and crew are back for the final installment of Jason Hough's Dire Earth Cycle. If you read his The Darwin Elevator and The Exodus Towers, you will be eager to dive into The Plague Forge. If you haven't, well what are you waiting for! This is fun, action-packed, original sci-fi!
The alien events of the first two books--the arrival of the alien ship, the elevator, the plague--set the stage for the penultimate event, the arrival of a new, much larger ship, which sets up a second elevator and sends smaller ships to several spots around the planet. In The Plague Forge, Skyler and his friends from Exodus are in a race with Grillo and the crazy Jacobites to gather the alien artifacts in preparation for the final alien event, whatever that might be.
Of course, along the way, they have to kill a bunch of subhumans, take perilous journeys around the world, and face the mysteries of alien technologies. Hough's plot never slows the pace, his characters are believable and likable (and in some cases thoroughly hatable!), and the alien speculative element is top-notch. This is a solid ending to a thoroughly enjoyable trilogy. One word of caution: The Plague Forge would be considerably less enjoyable without first having read the first two books. I know you'll join me in looking forward to what springs next from the imagination of Jason Hough!
Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!
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