Pete writes for Mongoose and was one of the authors of MRQ2. He was not involved in any way with HQ2 or Sartar. Given that Mongoose competes for the same market as Sartar, I figure he is far more objective (and demanding) than the repeat reviewers on RPG.net. High praise from Pete Nash means far more to me about a book than high praise from many other RPG.net reviewers.
Jeff