Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity

This book was like reading about the destruction of the colonies, but different. I get that we couldn't defend Earth forever, but the lack off a secondary colony to get Earth started again with 2 years to prepare is just shocking. That would have been the first thing any united Earth would have done. I will read the next book, but lack of long-term strategic planning is disappointing.

I must admit that I'm very much enjoying the Lacuna series -- the story is complex enough to hold interest and unique enough that I don't feel like I've been here before many times. However, I just can't get over the feeling if "rip-off" that I'm having. I'm now far enough invested in this series that I would like to know how it ends. Like many, I started with the "free" book and decided to keep reading. Now I know that was a mistake. At $5+ per novel and each novel is a paltry 140-150 pages, this is going to be the most expensive book that I have ever purchased in 45+ years of reading books. I'm used to reading book series where each book is 500+ pages. The Lacuna novels are not good value. A good story, a worthy author -- but I hate being gouged and this is a gouge. I would *not* recommend this series unless you have money to burn.

Would love to read it, but google would support it and I couldn't get a refund because the refund page wouldn't accept the format of the order number (which I copied and pasted from the email receipt) but wouldn't specify what format it requires. Very, very unhappy with google's service