Borders of Infinity

I give this three stars mainly for “The Mountains of Mourning”, which I liked and have read more than once. I was less keen on the other two novellas in this collection, and I've read them only once so far.

Executive Summary: I don't normally do a lot of short stories, and I hadn't planned to read any of these until someone pointed out you could get them all in one collection and that they were pretty good. I'm glad I picked it up, but I'm not sure that I will pick up any of the other short stories unless there are other collections like this available in audio.

Audiobook: Grover Gardner does another good job. I'm never quite blown away by him, but he's a pretty good fit for the series, and thus I continue to listen to it rather than read.

Full Review
The rating of this book is an average of my ratings for each of the three stories.

I thought the first story The Mountains of Mourning was the best of the three and gave it 4 stars. I really liked the focus on Miles trying to end the practice of child murder on his home planet, especially as it is a topic so close to him.

I didn't think the second story, Labyrinth was nearly as good. I struggled with the romance element and found it a bit creepy. It still had some elements I thought interesting, but it was the weakest and I gave it 3 stars.

The final story The Borders of Infinity was also quite good, although not as good as the first story. You really get to see Miles use his brain to outsmart larger and stronger opponents, and that's one of the things I enjoy most about the character and the series so far. 4 stars.