Reckoning

Frost Station Alpha #6

by Ruby Lionsdrake

With the Fleet armada surrounding Glaciem and the station, Tamryn must find a way to save Makkon and his kind before her people destroy them, this time for good.

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Frost Station Alpha is a science fiction romance published in six parts, with new episodes available each week. Kindle Unlimited subscribers may read the story in its entirety for free.

Release schedule:

Part 1: Hunted — August 7th
Part 2: Seduction — August 7th
Part 3: Pirates — August 14th
Part 4: Contagion — August 21st
Part 5: Glaciem — August 28th
Part 6: Reckoning — September 4th

Complete serial available on September 6th.

Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Aliens, Science Fiction Romance, Pirates, Space Opera

54 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 4, 2015

Reviews

[Lexie · Rating 1 out of 5]

So we're clear--I know I'm in the minority about this serial. Folk like it a lot and dont have the same issues I keep having with it. Thats perfectly reasonable if somewhat lamentable.

This last part was a real hammer to my disbelief though. For one thing why wouldn't Makkon's people be more upset that General Arkt had sold them down the river tick? They seem perfectly happy to hate on Makkon for even considering a peaceful way out of the mess, but Arkt running a deal behind their backs forcing them to consider running away and leaving 75%of their people to die when the bombs come is barely blinked at.

And seriously did it not occur to Tamryn that the military--an instituition she's grownn up in as much as business would figure her to be compromised at best and turned terrorist at worst? NEWLY MINTED JUNIOR COMMUNICATION OFFICERS do not get to be heroes. Unless its Stargate or Star Trek. But they expect a lot more (being elite postings 9 times out out of 10, not postings meant to be punishments). And honestly what is the command hierachy in GalCon? How could her family business, even as a "Finance Lord", beat out the military in a "terrorist" situation? AND do such to potentially ruin the military's ability to continue their research into FTL engines?

Just how capitialist is the future? Can you imagine Apple or Microsoft going to the US Government and being like "Hmm sorry no here's a ton of money so we can negotiate with this terrorist group that has already murdered dozens of your soldiers and taken hostages multiple times." and the gov agreeing?

The less said about Shenta's contingency rule to Tamryn's plan, Makkon silently remarking he totally wasn't thinking about forever from the first moment, Tamryn's brief angst about if he would still find her attractive (for fuck's sake woman SERIOUSLY?) and EVERYTHING involving the resolution the better. Pray excuse me I need to forget I read this and read something of Lionsdrake that I enjoy (MERCENARY INSTINCT for example, which is another captive/kidnapper situation but plays out MUCH differently).

[Heike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frost Station Alpha was published in six parts, with new episodes available each week, and should not be read as a standalone. It is available as a Complete Series (Frost Station Alpha, #1-6).
This said the following review is for the complete installment.
Genetically optimized human race was nuked when the government saw them as a threat. Some of them survived in cryogenic chambers to wake up 150 years later and find themselves starving on a destroyed moon, thus some men go on a bloody mission to blackmail the government for help. They kill all soldiers and kidnap the scientists as well as a communications officer on a nearby space station. While this story definitely does not speak for a very nice group of people, and I have morally a hard time to excuse the decision to kill so many innocent people, the action and romance where just great. Well done!

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am only adding a review for the final installment as you really need to read the entire series as one book. The finale makes it. I would rate 1 through 5 as 3/5 - I liked them; the first maybe even 2 OK from memory. But the finale really brings it together.

Yes there's some leaps & perhaps some shallow points or things that might not quite gel; perhaps not up to par for some other offerings by the Author but overall it's NON-fiction & at face value very enjoyable.

[Mari · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s more like one book in six parts than a real series, but I liked it very much.

[Literati Literature Lovers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fitting end to this serialized Sci Fi romance

Lionsdrake wraps up her series in a nice way in part 6 Reckoning. The series as a whole should not be missed for science fiction fans. This serial is set in the same universe as Lionsdrake's Mandrake Company books. But you don't need to have read any of those books to understand this series, in fact I read the Mandrake books after I read the first of the Frost Station Alpha series.

I am so happy I found this author as she writes compelling Science Fiction romance. I would have like more time to get to know the greater Glacian population of Glaciem, as this would have made this series for me a five star read. This series had a lot of action, but this last installation is more negotiations and a wrapping up of the love story. I think everyone should put Lionsdrake on there author to read list.

I read this as part of the kindle unlimited program and most all of Lionsdrake's books are part of the program.

[A.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoa boy, Tamryn has got herself kidnapped again. This time by a greedy and desperate Glacian guy.
Makkon has well and truly got her scent now so he can track her anywhere.
But she goes with her father and leaves him… sniffs.
But now the fleet know where the underground base is and with the loss of their hostage the Glacians have nothing left. They start doing an even tighter lottery; the only ship they have cannot carry many.
But Tamryn is fighting for him and for them, the only way she knows how. She talks to her grandfather. She knows her career is over; the camera feed relayed her kissing Makkon in the rec room. There could be a copy of it. Fraternising with the enemy is not acceptable.
But cleverly she comes up with a solution, and a new job for herself. And a new title for him, husband.
Squees happily and rolls around in the ridiculous space fantasy romance.
4 stars

[Zvezdana_whatwhymeagain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this series a lot, but I wish it was longer and more detailed. For example, I would like to have found out what that sludge was, and how Brax and his friends escaped from the vault, and Tamryn's talk to her grandfather. All of the installments were too short - there was potential for each of them to be an actual book. Oh well.