The Lost Colony

I really liked this trilogy. It had suspense, humor and science. It is also thought-provoking and caused me to look at technology in a different light.

The trilogy was well written and exciting....one breathless event after another. Interesting characters although the nasty, jealous, scientist didn't seem very credible. Book 1 could stand alone. Book 2 was a good follow-on but it is really just a part of Book 3 and cannot be read as a stand-alone book in my opinion. I found the wrap-up in Book 3 to be bit of gobbledy gook with all the space time stuff, black holes etc, and I found it somewhat confusing and tedious. I thought about re-reading some of those pages but couldn't be bothered. So overall, very good trilogy but the ending was a bit disappointing.

I really enjoyed the trilogy. Book 3 was certainly not just a continuation of books 1 and 2. A great read.

I have just completed A.G. Riddle's "The Long Winter" trilogy, and I loved every moment of it. I finished all three books in just two days because I couldn't put them down.Riddle's writing is brilliant. It creates vivid, movie-like images in your mind. The story is full of suspense, twists, and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat, eagerly anticipating what comes next. The mix of science fiction and survival is masterfully done, making the story both epic and deeply personal.While I did notice some grammatical errors, they were minor and didn't bother me much because the overall quality of the writing was so good. The strong plot and complex characters make up for any small mistakes.Overall, "The Long Winter" trilogy is a must-read for science fiction fans. A.G. Riddle has created a compelling, immersive world that is hard to leave behind. I highly recommend it!

That book is a rare case when it is hard to shoot an honest review, too controversial. Readers beware! I would try to not spoil the intrigue so you will make your own opinion... or you won't. So I am going to be intentionally vague in that small review.The first two books of the trilogy were bulletproof 4 of 5 stars. I've read the 1st one in 2 days (well, nights, to be more precise), and I have to tell the fellow readers that it needs to be something to make me reading till the morning light.The only discrepancy was the romantic line between the protagonist and Emma. There were many moments when I was checking my Kindle if I am reading the same book, not the pulp fiction like ""My First Date With the High School Devil." By the way that the plot unfolds, the protagonists are the best of the best. An intellectual elite of Earth recognized even by the Grid (especially James). They just can't have so many cheap flashbacks and emotions, they are geniuses, as the author depicts them.And, after all, this is assumed to be the hard SF. When you read the Grand Masters, like Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, and anyone else from the Pantheon of Fame, you see the big picture. You don't need to have the detailed descriptions "how _exactly_ the protagonist feels," as the writer builds the character, and their reactions are stemmed from it. The writer doesn't micro-manage your imagination. Here, we have detailed descriptions of what does Emma feels at the level of the average high school essay. But we all know how the mother feels when the child is endangered. There is no need to explain: give us her character, and we'll paint the small details by ourselves automatically and with great pleasure.But that was OK in general. Getting back to the 3rd book, the sensation that "here we are reading a sort of filler" was always near. I had no problems with the "scientific" part as I still remember some things from my master's deg. But the rest... a mix from the Jurassic Park, and the Matrix, and hell knows what else I forgot to mention in that context.I can't swallow such a number of the apex predators attacking the village. Well, this is fiction, but even the tale should bear some internal/fictional logic. You cannot have a swarm of the apex predators just because you have titled them that way. There can't be many, even in the alien world.The time-travel VR part breaks the characters and their bonding with the reader apart completely. I also can't buy the idea that a pleiad of the very bright and intellectually capable community leaders (Izumi, James, Grigoriy) will voluntarily agree with the wild-west-alike way of life. However, they build the houses and the village in a blink, like they have an army of carpenter droids.The ending was... well, that was weak. The winding story has been cut in the middle, the last pages can be easily replaced with a single phrase, like "lived happily ever after."So, I don't feel sorry that I bought the full trilogy. But the 3rd book ruined the first ones, and here come my rating at 3/5 stars.

This final book in the Long Winter trilogy offers a lot of answers and completely blows your mind. I will be honest, I had to reread parts of the book (towards the end) to make sure I was following correctly. (More on that below as it contains minor spoilers). I loved the suspense in this whole series and this final book was the same. For me it was a fast paced read as I wanted answers to what was happening to Mankind, the colonists, what happened to the others, the Grid, etc..I would definitely recommend this series to anyone who loves a good Sci-fi story.There was one question that was left unanswered: in one of the previous books Art or Arthur told James “Everyone eventually becomes part of the Grid” I don’t believe that was actually answered…TRILOGY SPOILER ALERT:As we learn in this final book. The Grid is AI created by James and then multiplied by Oscar. The Grid has been operating on an seemingly endless loop involving mind-bending space-time effects. Honestly, for me, it would have been better if after Oscar and Arthur explain this to James the author would have had James explain it to Emma or Grigory in layman’s terms and in a timeline fashion…

Incredible story! This is difficult to put down! Getting to the end made me happy and sad at the same time.

Loved the Trilogy, especially the final book. Raises a lot of thought provoking ideas. The possibilities are endless. What does our future hold?