After reading The Heretic (Beyond the Wall Book 1)I immediately started on the sequel Defiance (Beyond the Wall Book 2) which demonstrates how much I liked the first book. I was expecting the same continuance of the Firefly inspired universe. Instead I found I was reading something far more interesting and promising of a much wider and fully realised universe. There are still some very Firefly influenced events but Bale has taken the opportunity in this second in the series to (I hope) set us up for a third book which I’m very much looking forward to.
4/5
