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This story had a great premise - many years of war, a society hanging on by the fingernails, a (cold sleep) resurrected 'hero' and the decay of skill due to the constant heavy losses of a decades long conflict.

The execution left something to be desired. Although the story is told from the main character's point of view, very rarely do we leave the inside of his head, except for some exposition. As a result, the other characters were barely developed, and were little more than cardboard cut outs.

I've read quite a bit of military sci-fi, and I generally like it, which was what drew me to this story, but although the space battles were well done (although I'm not sure about 'grapeshot' in space), I was left wanting to know much more about the other characters.

I'm not sure whether I'll read on in the series as a result. My rating's really more 2.5 stars than the three I've provided it. Maybe I'll give book 2 a go and see if the other characters flesh out a bit more.