Exiles of ColSec is a fast-paced work that is exciting and fun to read. The characters, while not drawn in great depth, are engaging and believable.

With its emphasis on survival in the wilderness, Exiles of ColSec clearly follows the tradition of the "Robinsonades," stories inspired by the adventures of Daniel DeFoe's shipwrecked hero, Robinson Crusoe. But unlike Robinson Crusoe, Exiles of ColSec is not about one person triumphing over the forces of nature. It is about several people learning to cooperate with each other and with their environment. In this way Exiles of ColSec takes a more mordern attitude toward nature and survival than does Robinson Crusoe. The struggle against evil and tyranny, personified by the ColSec organization and the destructive Lamprey, is also an important theme here, as it is in many works of Western literature. Hill writes in a style that reads quickly...