Yeah, I have the same complaint, April is hardly in it, and when she is its to dress up for dinner, or see the latest painting she bought. Or take Jeff on a date, or... eat breakfast. I miss the April that had to run, fight, and sneak around to save the day, like in the first book. I had that problem on the last few books, wondering why I should care about some guy being stuck on the mud ball, or... really any of what was going on.
The space ships aren't a new discovery, he just modified the designs of what was already there with the help of those builders, not by himself. The only real breakthrough on their ships was the gravity thing, and he didn't invent that, his stepmother did.
The business thing I count toward politics. The author is obviously very right wing, free enterprise, entrepreneurial spirt and all that. So yeah, I ignored those parts as best I could. April and Jeff both have way too many businesses run by other people. Really though, most of them they just invest in and hold ownership in, they don't actually do all of that stuff, they hire people to do it.
The space ships aren't a new discovery, he just modified the designs of what was already there with the help of those builders, not by himself. The only real breakthrough on their ships was the gravity thing, and he didn't invent that, his stepmother did.
The business thing I count toward politics. The author is obviously very right wing, free enterprise, entrepreneurial spirt and all that. So yeah, I ignored those parts as best I could. April and Jeff both have way too many businesses run by other people. Really though, most of them they just invest in and hold ownership in, they don't actually do all of that stuff, they hire people to do it.
Funnily enough Kirstein's Steerswoman (1989) and Weber's Honor (1993) all get new releases soon-ish, too, so I guess occasionally patience actually pays off ^^