[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ajw34307 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ajw34307 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CoRaMo It seems to me that Karen Traviss wants us to root for the Covenant, or at least the Storm, instead of Humanity.[/quote] I don't think it's so much rooting for the Covenant, but rather rooting for the Elites. They've unwillingly subscribed to receive a monthly delivery package containing Maggie's shyte, and while it's established that there are 2 sides to humanity's mindset the only side that's actually developed is the one that's screaming "FECK THE ELITES!" so we end up being alienated (heh heh heh) from humanity and rooting for the Elites who were right all along.[/quote] You'd think a true post-war novel would tackle multiple sides of the factions, you know like the human sympathizers among the Elite youth AND the anti-human characters. Or ONI and it's fiendish plans AND pro-peace forces within the UNSC. Nope, everybody is a dick.[/quote] And what of this supposed growing number of Sangheili youth who are all for peace with humanity? They're name-dropped like [i]once[/i] and then never mentioned again...[/quote] They were mentioned?