Commodore Jack continues his last stand against the might of the locusts, by launching a ground attack right at New Copenhagen, the human system which has fallen to them. He really needs the nuclear warheads there, which will give his ship some bite in the next battle.
Against all odds, they break into the vault under the volcano and get the warheads. But the locusts are regrouping, and its an uphill battle.
I am a glutton for punishment. This book is as tedious as the last two. There is an exciting plot, no doubt. But if all the fluff is excised, the meat of the book can be laid out in less than a dozen pages. The rest is just ill-written dialogue spoken by bland monochromatic characters with little or no development, and rehashing, rehashing, rehashing the few plot points.
The authors are building up to some reveal. Once I get to that reveal, I will gladly give up on this series and move on to something more enriching. But until I get to that reveal, I feel like the sunk costs are too high to give up, just yet.