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Galaxy's Most Wanted
A smuggler in the wrong place. An ancient alien technology. Now, everyone is after him.
Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last "last" job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate.
Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home.
Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.
Planning the heist, Kai discovers that the Vakness Empire has stolen ancient alien technology that will allow them to achieve their dream of ruling over all other sentient species. He's never been a good guy, but even he has limits.
Hunted by both the Empire, and the syndicate, he manages to get on the wrong side of everyone in the galaxy who wants the discovery for themselves.
Kai just wanted to get back to Chicago, but instead, he’s become the Galaxy’s Most Wanted in this Sci-Fi thrill ride from Michael LaVoice.
Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last "last" job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate.
Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home.
Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.
Planning the heist, Kai discovers that the Vakness Empire has stolen ancient alien technology that will allow them to achieve their dream of ruling over all other sentient species. He's never been a good guy, but even he has limits.
Hunted by both the Empire, and the syndicate, he manages to get on the wrong side of everyone in the galaxy who wants the discovery for themselves.
Kai just wanted to get back to Chicago, but instead, he’s become the Galaxy’s Most Wanted in this Sci-Fi thrill ride from Michael LaVoice.
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Published December 4, 2023
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December 7, 2023
This was FUN!
This was a blast. This was a refreshing tale about a guy who just wants to get home, bless his heart.
Some pretty awesome things happen along the way and I laughed almost the whole way.
I loved the idea of a “Redneck or Redcoat” option for human translation. Great humor and an even better plot make for a fantastic read.
I recommend this to anyone who loves a good story, well-told.
I’ll be following this series in print and audio. (The narrator was good too.)
This was a blast. This was a refreshing tale about a guy who just wants to get home, bless his heart.
Some pretty awesome things happen along the way and I laughed almost the whole way.
I loved the idea of a “Redneck or Redcoat” option for human translation. Great humor and an even better plot make for a fantastic read.
I recommend this to anyone who loves a good story, well-told.
I’ll be following this series in print and audio. (The narrator was good too.)
December 12, 2023
I really enjoyed the story. But there was a lot of swearing.
December 5, 2023
Kai Fletcher and Benjamin ‘Bones’ Blackwood are two low-level crooks working for a mobster by the name of Fat Tony. Kai has gotten out of the business, but Bones has dragged him back in for a job due to his planning skills. Kai has the ability to plan a job unlike no other, but Bones is just an enforcer and needs Kai. As a result, Kai finds himself at the docks in the middle of what should be a well-planned job, when things go wrong, and Police are suddenly everywhere.
Desperate to get away, they take what they think is a door to an escape, but they are sorely mistaken.
Having stepped through a doorway that wasn’t sealed up properly by one of the crew onto the ship the Black Horizon, a starship on Earth that has come to steal precious metals. Kai and Bones are suddenly confronted with a variety of alien species, and very quickly faced with a choice, acclimate to their new surroundings, or die. Acclimation of course includes making a hole in the crew so there is space for them. Bones of course, fits right in.
Initially Kai is tasked to join the clean-up crew, where he surprisingly meets another human, Langdon, who has been on the ship a long time. Langdon shows Kai the ropes (keeping him alive through some initial alien encounters!), before Bones lets the Captain, a rather brutal, but clever Lizard like alien, that Kai is incredibly clever at planning ops.
Kai unfortunately ends up in the challenging position of having to organise a job on one of the most difficult places in the known galaxy, against one of the most warlike species in the galaxy.
But as Kai is researching this job, he uncovers something far more dangerous, something that could not just be dangerous for him and the crew of the Black Horizon, but for most of the species in the known galaxy, including Earth.
This is a really interesting story, we start off as a simple heist, that evolves into an alien abduction of sorts and from there we follow our main character Kai as he stumbles around in his new world. But from there, it moves back to another heist, but this time, on a galactic scale. It certainly evolves the Ocean 11 series to a whole new scale!!
However, just in case you weren’t satisfied with that, it right turns again, and whilst planning the heist, galactic domination is thrown into the ring. The world building (galaxy building!) is exceptional, with a slew of different races, (a humourous nod to a couple of favourites), that are both creative and entertaining. There are several little side-arcs in the world-building as the story goes that add some interesting story-telling as well.
LaVoice does a fantastic job with his characters, his main character Kai is brilliant as the clever, but at times, somewhat bewildered, human, plucked off of earth, thrown into a smorgasbord of aliens on a ship he has no idea about, and told he needs to earn his passage ‘away from earth’!
With a wonderful mixture of humour, sci-fi, and its serious moments, this is absolutely worth the read, as we follow poor Kai (and those he befriends along the way) on the journey of a life time – but will it be a short one?
Desperate to get away, they take what they think is a door to an escape, but they are sorely mistaken.
Having stepped through a doorway that wasn’t sealed up properly by one of the crew onto the ship the Black Horizon, a starship on Earth that has come to steal precious metals. Kai and Bones are suddenly confronted with a variety of alien species, and very quickly faced with a choice, acclimate to their new surroundings, or die. Acclimation of course includes making a hole in the crew so there is space for them. Bones of course, fits right in.
Initially Kai is tasked to join the clean-up crew, where he surprisingly meets another human, Langdon, who has been on the ship a long time. Langdon shows Kai the ropes (keeping him alive through some initial alien encounters!), before Bones lets the Captain, a rather brutal, but clever Lizard like alien, that Kai is incredibly clever at planning ops.
Kai unfortunately ends up in the challenging position of having to organise a job on one of the most difficult places in the known galaxy, against one of the most warlike species in the galaxy.
But as Kai is researching this job, he uncovers something far more dangerous, something that could not just be dangerous for him and the crew of the Black Horizon, but for most of the species in the known galaxy, including Earth.
This is a really interesting story, we start off as a simple heist, that evolves into an alien abduction of sorts and from there we follow our main character Kai as he stumbles around in his new world. But from there, it moves back to another heist, but this time, on a galactic scale. It certainly evolves the Ocean 11 series to a whole new scale!!
However, just in case you weren’t satisfied with that, it right turns again, and whilst planning the heist, galactic domination is thrown into the ring. The world building (galaxy building!) is exceptional, with a slew of different races, (a humourous nod to a couple of favourites), that are both creative and entertaining. There are several little side-arcs in the world-building as the story goes that add some interesting story-telling as well.
LaVoice does a fantastic job with his characters, his main character Kai is brilliant as the clever, but at times, somewhat bewildered, human, plucked off of earth, thrown into a smorgasbord of aliens on a ship he has no idea about, and told he needs to earn his passage ‘away from earth’!
With a wonderful mixture of humour, sci-fi, and its serious moments, this is absolutely worth the read, as we follow poor Kai (and those he befriends along the way) on the journey of a life time – but will it be a short one?
December 14, 2023
I say Galaxy's Most Fun! Kai is just a regular old guy who wants to retire from working for a crime syndicate, but he has'ta do one last job before he can throw in the towel. And boy does the job turn into a doozy. As no job can be pulled off without complications. But Kai always has contingency plans. However these plans don't involve the police or the aliens, of that clean getaway! So yeah you heard me Aliens! And there is even an AI ship that kinda reminds me of M-Bot. From Brandon Sanderson's fantastic series Skyward!
So grab the audiobook you really don't wanna miss out on Christian J Gilliland fine narration and find out how it all turns out.
So grab the audiobook you really don't wanna miss out on Christian J Gilliland fine narration and find out how it all turns out.
December 20, 2023
Galaxy's Most Wanted is a typical space scifi story about hijinx and extorsion, (though it's not always the same parties doing the extorting), that leads from Chicago to the depths of interstellar space. If you're a scifi fan, this one isn't anything new, but it is a fun read, so don't hesitate to add it to your to read shelf, it's certainly worth the read.
January 19, 2025
I enjoyed GALAXY’S MOST WANTED. It’s very imaginative with lots of interesting aliens and a few humans trying to succeed in space. There’s plenty of action and I love the humor, but the characters are rather superficial and there’s not much plot. Kai just wants to survive and get back home to Earth. HOWEVER, if I could, I’d give this tale a 3.5 rating instead of a 3. I’m definitely going to read the next book because I believe (and hope) there will be some deeper character development. It’s worth your time and coin; give it a shot!
December 31, 2023
Kai Fletcher plans heists and looks into all angles for a smooth job. When his latest job goes wrong, he never planned on finding his way onto an alien ship. Struggling to survive, he is soon planning his first space heist to pay his way. With a touch of daja vu, he again finds himself trapped on another spaceship, this time with fate of the universe on the line.
February 21, 2024
Star Trek meets Oceans 11 in this fun story about a guy who gets tangled up with a space syndicate and has to successfully plan a heist to get passage back home. Very entertaining, I can't wait to read the second book!
July 11, 2024
Hero is a little slow
On the pickup of international/interdemenstional life. Now we will see how he progresses with his second chance at saving the galaxy. Loking forward to reading about his future. Recommended
On the pickup of international/interdemenstional life. Now we will see how he progresses with his second chance at saving the galaxy. Loking forward to reading about his future. Recommended
January 27, 2024
That was fun! A mix of Ocean's 11, Six of Crows, and Cry Pilot.
April 19, 2024
I really enjoyed it. Fast paced, old school adventure sci-fi. If you're a fan of John Scalzi, Larry Niven, or shows like Dark Matter, I recommend it.
June 7, 2025
It was an enjoyable listen
September 17, 2025
Good science fiction. I liked it, and bought the second book.
December 4, 2024
Great book, loved this take on Sci-fi.
Fun, entertaining while being a very good read. Wish the other 2 in series were already out.
Fun, entertaining while being a very good read. Wish the other 2 in series were already out.
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