Bound by Blood is now available in ebook and paperback format. This near future science fiction is the final book in the Bound by Stars trilogy set in the Vigilante universe, written by Glynn Stewart and Terry Mixon.
About Bound by Blood:
The President is dead.
The outer colonies are in revolt.
One man will make himself Emperor.
The Commonwealth must stop him…or fall.In the chaos after the death of President Barnes and the revelation of his betrayals, Brad Madrid has been imprisoned because of his relationship to the pirate known as the Phoenix. His relationship takes on a new edge when the Phoenix declares himself Lord Protector of the Outer Worlds—the unquestioned dictator of a nation born to wage war against the Commonwealth.
Released from his prison and drafted into the Commonwealth Navy, Brad is sent out to wage war against his last living relative. As his own home, Jupiter, tries to step aside from the conflict, he finds himself with a sparse list of allies—and facing a far more powerful enemy than he’d ever feared.
The Phoenix promised that he would be Emperor. As years of hidden work comes to fruition, Brad isn’t sure he can stop him. He only knows one thing: brothers or not, he will defy the Phoenix to his last dying breath!
The entire series has been very entertaining and enjoyable to read. The last book in this part of the Bound by Stars trilogy was actually very well planned out. As a big reader of all sci-fi books I enjoyed this series greatly and look forward to more in this universe arc. I assume you will be making another duology or trilogy related to the ongoing life of Brad Madrid. I hope so, otherwise I would have to go back and review this last book at a lower rating. The ending might seem to complete the story, but it left too many loose ends. The ending also seemed very rushed and left way to many questions unanswered. There were more open issues and unanswered questions at the end of the book then there were at the beginning.
That was an interesting ending, that goes against a lot of genre conventions. Was it just the correct choice for that character or were you making a larger point? Was it an agreement between co-authors or did one of you come up with it?