So, the third of three, Prophet completes the story arc of the central characters.
This is the strongest of the three. The wicked end badly, the good end unhappily. You'll probably only find this interesting if you read the first two or at least the second one. It hits a couple flat notes but finishes strong so points for that.
What I liked
- Carlos Mendoza, again
- Gravedancer
- the Prophet's Plan
What I didn't
- The Anointed One
- The Silicon Kid
- the infallibility of cranky old men
Essentially, there was a set of throwaway characters and a perfectly good opportunity to add some chaos into the mix which wasn't used, here. So not a great trilogy in retrospect but better than many stories and definitely tackling an interesting problem.
Who might like this book
- players of any varient of Traveller
- people who read any of the Santiago stories or earlier books in this series
- GMs with precogs in their campaigns looking for some effective ways to foil them
