Drone Commander: Drone Rising, Book 4

Drone Rising #4

by Kyle Johnson

When strength is not enough for survival in the Collective, cunning, skill, and ruthlessness must serve...

Benning Kidd, the Stellar Marauder, criminal in every civilized system of the Collective, has faced the mighty Fleet...and won. Now, she faces an even more terrible a member of the Nobility. Shielded by the System itself and armed with resources Benning can't even begin to imagine, Lauren Doheny is an impossible enemy to fight, even for the most ruthless woman in the Collective, especially when she unleashes her newest weapon, one that drains Benning's strength with each passing day.

Weakened, cut off from her most potent ability, and facing a foe with all the advantages, Benning must use every trick she knows and skill she's mastered to even stand a chance of survival. If she loses this battle, she'll forever lose her place in the Collective, reduced to an impotent shadow and nothing more, a fading memory of the Drone Commander...

Genres: Science Fiction

Audible Audio

Published May 8, 2024

About the author

Kyle Johnson is a kids gymnastics and martial arts instructor who teaches outside of Chicago. He's worked on cruise ships, traveled the world, climbed glaciers, ziplined between mountains, and even danced in the end of a rainbow.

Currently, his main hobbies include helping his wife raise their two kids, because after that, who's got time for hobbies?

Reviews

[William Howe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quality SF LitRPG

Several space battles, some hand-to-hand fights, and a bit of technomancer fun. The hidden darkness of the System is nicely done.

Now we wait for the next book. Kyle Johnson is an auto-purchase for me.

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book starts with a load of pseudo-science that became irritating quite quickly. In fact the comic book science reaches new heights of absurdity in this book and I found it quite difficult to concentrate on the actual story. It doesn’t help that the author can use the excuse of ’The Collective’ to take any number of illogical liberties.

There is something compelling about a sociopath underdog as the main character, but I’m not sure if it is enough to keep me reading this series.

[Vicky Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic main character

I would recommend this book to anyone that is a Sci-fi fan. It has everything you'd want in science fiction. Ships in battle, new tech and an amazing main character that is ruthless but you really want her to win so the story is new wish. People want to live forever, in this book they can. It should be a 5 star rating but I have this thing where I think there is always room for improvement.

[Mike Goodman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Series

This story of a drone who was fated to have a citizen take over her body, being risen to a citizen herself was an awesome read.

[Jon Silvester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book loved the story and the book narration can’t wait for the next one I highly recommend this book and the book series 👍😀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️