Razdorans want to claim Earth as their property, and under interstellar law, they can, if our governments fall into anarchy. They use a man named Centurian to fuel drug trades, assassinations, and human trafficking all across Earth. If they can claim us as a territory, youths will be shipped to factory planets, and mineral resources will be strip mined layer by layer.
Chor'Tan are friendly to mankind. They are close to us genetically. Their race is limited by the males of the species. A male Chor'Tan is no more intelligent than an Earth crocodile or alligator, and they want to cross breed with humanity to create a species with smart males.
An anti-crime agency is set up to fight Centurian's forces, and they recruit a young man they Codename: Bear. He works with a team of other agents, going on missions trying to put an end to Centurian's reign of terror.
His codename is Bear. He fights for the Agency, and does is job well. The development of the characters in this novel is somewhat shallow. The venues constantly change and the action in which the characters find themselves, as well as the certainly make up for the lack of complex characters. The story is very straightforward with detailed descriptions of the conflicts. There are a large number of characters which the author keeps separated through the brief interactions between them plus the external, continuous conflicts. I found this book easy to read and an enjoyable diversion.
Not what I expected, but definitely a good story. It was a little off in it's pacing, (the characters for the most part didn't even graduate, and they already had most of the missions required for retirement). Other than that, I thought the story was fairly well done. I've read the blurbs for future books in the series, and they look pretty good, so I'll likely read more in this series. (poor bear).
Great story, great plot. Very interesting sequences of missions that they were sent on. Interaction between characters in the book made that much more enjoyable.
Violence, sex, no apparent justifications or plot. Purchased for free, December 7, 2024. Read to chapter 14, DNF. Read Kindle book using Alexa audio asset.
I won a copy of this book through Goodreads giveaway. This was a well-written, well-plotted novel that I enjoyed reading. Although it seems to be aimed at a young male demographic and I am certainly do not fit that description, I found it a fast-paced engaging story that had me engaged from the beginning. Bear and the secondary characters were interesting and kept the plot moving. All in all, an enjoyable read.
Codename: Bear by Geoffrey Porter is a futuristic page turning romp of an adventure. Bear is in a special military unit and has to complete 10 missions before he can retire. The missions get more and more difficult. Bear’s play-by-play, and the first-person account of his interaction with his teammates, is alternative amusing and sometimes disturbing. I loved it.