Ok. I have stuck it out through Fun World and now this, but haven’t we really, I mean REALLY, JUMPED THE SHARK???? This guy, Cal, is an obnoxious, arrogant, narcissistic, PRICK. Why any of these other characters have stayed with him is only because this is fiction. In real life this guy would have been left on the side of the road after a face pounding. In the series about the Expeditionary Force, you LIKE the main character. The AI is this snarky guy, but he is necessary. He does all the AI miracles. In this story, this jerk, Cal, adds pretty much nothing but a constant harassing, nagging, mouth vomit, literally, on all the other characters, NEW and OLD. And really, how many times and how many different ways do we have to hear about this guy wretching up his guts? Descriptively? C’mon, really? This doesn’t endear me to the writer’s creative prowess. And what is it about this new generation of male sci-fi writers… how many times do you have to refer to penises and your private parts? Groan… so sick of GROIN jokes and groin kicks. Enough already. And then there are the monsters in space. Apparently, they all have big, sharp, teeth, and want to eat flesh. Oh, goody. If this is what we all have to look forward to, if we ever get intelligent enough to have space travel, it will seem like all is for naught because the whole Universe has disintegrated into savagery. Better bring in the little bearded man with the big sausage sized penis to save the day and reset the time lines! Like I said, this series has really JUMPED THE SHARK. Surprised they have not yet brought up “Space Skis”. And yes, their are space sharks. ( probably in the newest book…) But, I will never know. This is where I bow out.