Being the first novel of a trilogy, The Brittle Riders left me with a sense of unfinished business. Like ‘Tell me more, FFS!’
The story is self conclusive though. Still, it sets up a curiosity to know more.
From page one, the reader is introduced to a post apocalyptic fantasy Earth where mankind is extinct. Something called the Gen-O-Pod War happened and now all other species, originated from experiments with animals, wander the earth and rule.
It reminded me the ending of RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots) by Karel Capek, as a continuation of it. While the Gen-O-Pod War resulting in different brands, made me think about The Uplift Series by David Brin.
Bill McCormik did a good job with worldbuilding, the background, the brands, the places, everything is described with vivid details to drag the reader into this strange world of sentient genetically-modified animals.
That’s said, the flow of the story is somewhat slow throughout the book.
It’s a complicated story with a useful glossary at the beginning of the book, explaining all the brands. I’m a big fan of these kind of stories, but I’m not sure it’s enough for reading the sequels due to the slow flow.
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