Well, that wasn't what I was expecting. I'm surprised how little information about Pax is in this third installment. Instead, it takes place on boring old Earth. To be honest, I was done with Earth the minute those original colonists left it at the beginning of Semiosis. Having a crew from Earth visit Pax in book two was interesting. But why did we have to spend the entirety of book three back on Earth? It's not even that intriguing of a speculative future. It's politically dull, and the eventual crisis was ultimately anticlimactic in my opinion. 

Worst yet, the rainbow bamboo isn't as compelling because it's mostly a spectator to events. And even though there are multiple strains and personalities of bamboo, and even though they are interacting with earth plants like they do on Pax. It feels all so inconsequential. 

I want to know what's happening on Pax, and I want to see the generational consequences of events. Is that too much to ask for? There better be another installment. It can't end here.