I was anxious to read the sequel to Stargate...and was disappointed by it. McCay spends WAY too much time dealing with the technical aspects of the story, and not enough time building the characters. Unfortunately, this contiues through the rest of the series, and becomes worse in the last three books. I wouldn't recommend these books to someone who is hoping to read about the characters that we know and love from Stargate...but I'd recommend it to someone who wants to know how to build a blast cannon.