Time and again Resnick tries to evoke the size and variety of the Inner Frontier, and time and again he falls short. Santiago had a hundred times the scope and heart of this book. If you're looking for a simple science-fiction cowboy story to while away an afternoon, The Return of Santiago might be worth your while. Just don't go expecting Resnick to match the living, breathing Frontier he created eleven years ago.
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