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Wayfarer #0.5
Wayfarer Aegis
Adara Stone – pilot for the Interstellar Planets Union services.She’s half Wayfarer and half human and Captain James’ last choice as a pilot. Excited for her first long contract and explorer class ship, Adara knows she’ll spend seven years flying a ship in unknown space. She can’t wait to see what’s out there. By the book, Captain Alden James does not want anyone varying from his flight plan. He quickly loses patience with Adara breaking protocol. Adara craves a family but finds only recrimination and punishment. She taps into the skills dismissed by her captain and the services in order to be the best pilot she can be. When Fate intervenes, will her Wayfarer skills be enough?
76 pages, Paperback
First published March 7, 2015
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Eileen Troemel
170 books363 followersUSA Today Bestseller Author Eileen Troemel writes action packed and emotionally powerful fantasy, scifi, romance. She’ll try almost any genre if it means she can tell a good story. In addition to her writing, she loves to read, crochet, and research genealogy. Her best days are spent with her family of three adult daughters and her husband or writing.
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November 4, 2019
Eileen and I connected through Facebook and she offered me a free copy of this book. Which I accepted.
If the author intended Adara and her manner of handling the stubborn ignorance and biases of others towards her kind to be a metaphor of tenacity, courage and selflessness then she succeeded. There was also good, intense conflict throughout.
I must say, though, that I think the author may have rushed to end the story way too soon and, in doing so, character and plot development didn't quite hit the mark for me.
If the author intended Adara and her manner of handling the stubborn ignorance and biases of others towards her kind to be a metaphor of tenacity, courage and selflessness then she succeeded. There was also good, intense conflict throughout.
I must say, though, that I think the author may have rushed to end the story way too soon and, in doing so, character and plot development didn't quite hit the mark for me.
December 1, 2019
This is a prequel to the Wayfarer series. It is Sci-fi. Adara is gutsy and I loved her. She is a true hero. I cant wait to read this series.
July 6, 2020
This is a great prequel to the Wayfarer series. Adera is a strong character. This has amazing world building and character development. The story has great detail.
July 3, 2020
This book was really good yet completely heartbreaking. I felt so sorry for Adara and hope everything works out for her.
June 21, 2020
I could not put this down. From the moment that I started reading, I had to keep reading till the very last page was read. It moves along at a great pace, has interesting characters that you want to know more about and a story that will keep you reading and turning the pages. I cant wait to read what happens next. This has to be read.
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June 28, 2020I enjoyed this book thoroughly it tells you more about arars story before joining the Pritchard, I read book 1 and then read the sequel but I would recommend reading this first then book 1 as they flow nicely into each other
October 18, 2020
Science fiction in outer space
Not my normal type of reading. However, the main character is well written and the author builds a defining background for her. I would like to learn more about her Wayfarer background, so I will continue the series.
Not my normal type of reading. However, the main character is well written and the author builds a defining background for her. I would like to learn more about her Wayfarer background, so I will continue the series.
November 20, 2018
Pretty quick read at under an hour. This is a prequel to a series, providing background for the main female protagonist, Adara, and her world (loosely speaking, since this is set in space).
This story, as a prequel, introduces some ideas that I think are likely important to the series. There are the Services, which I interpreted to be sort of like a space navy, and the Wayfarers of which Adara is a halfbreed are sort of like a combination of space mage and human, perhaps a mutation born of long generations in space. Other species pop up, too, both on ship and encountered by the Aegis. It's all rather fascinating.
I didn't get a lot of romance vibe from this, but based on the descriptions of the series books, I think that may become an important element after this one. This story seems geared towards women readers, covering topics like assault and breaking past bias in the workplace. I suspect these themes continue in the greater series.
There isn't a lot of development or depth in this story, perhaps because this was meant as a quick look back, not really a standalone or series starter. I learned a lot about Adara, but I didn't really feel a connection to her, though I did feel a bit of indignation on her behalf near the end. I also get the feeling that the series will focus more on the space adventures and interpersonal relationships than the science, so this is probably more space opera than science fiction, and definitely not hard science fiction. Detailed and accurate enough not to throw up flags, but not so much that it becomes a science project.
Overall, I liked this book, and I think women who dig sci fi and women's literature might enjoy it, too.
I received this book from the author by way of a Smashwords coupon code.
This story, as a prequel, introduces some ideas that I think are likely important to the series. There are the Services, which I interpreted to be sort of like a space navy, and the Wayfarers of which Adara is a halfbreed are sort of like a combination of space mage and human, perhaps a mutation born of long generations in space. Other species pop up, too, both on ship and encountered by the Aegis. It's all rather fascinating.
I didn't get a lot of romance vibe from this, but based on the descriptions of the series books, I think that may become an important element after this one. This story seems geared towards women readers, covering topics like assault and breaking past bias in the workplace. I suspect these themes continue in the greater series.
There isn't a lot of development or depth in this story, perhaps because this was meant as a quick look back, not really a standalone or series starter. I learned a lot about Adara, but I didn't really feel a connection to her, though I did feel a bit of indignation on her behalf near the end. I also get the feeling that the series will focus more on the space adventures and interpersonal relationships than the science, so this is probably more space opera than science fiction, and definitely not hard science fiction. Detailed and accurate enough not to throw up flags, but not so much that it becomes a science project.
Overall, I liked this book, and I think women who dig sci fi and women's literature might enjoy it, too.
I received this book from the author by way of a Smashwords coupon code.
September 22, 2020
I love this
I've always wanted to know more about the Aegis and what happened. Everything just gels a little better now that I know even more. This prequel is the cherry on top of a gray series.
I've always wanted to know more about the Aegis and what happened. Everything just gels a little better now that I know even more. This prequel is the cherry on top of a gray series.
August 18, 2020
*Contains Spoilers* My poor heart!
Oh my poor little heart. Adara has such a rough life. Losing her parents at just 10, then being left by her other family, goodness me. My heart aches for this FMC. She is treated so poorly because of her ancestry. No one seems to care about this poor girl and I want to smack so many of the people in this book. They treat her as nothing more than trash and it is so hard to watch, read, whatever. She makes very few friends, saves many people, almost forfeiting her own life doing so to then be treated as a criminal, simply because she is a Wayfarer and made it out alive. I have not read the other books in this series, as I enjoy reading the backstory first if I can, only now I fear my heart is going to break over and over again.
Eileen is a wonderful author and builds fantastic worlds and characters. I have greatly enjoyed reading through her books. Her writing style is unique and matches the story. Each genre is different in forms of writing and each time period/culture is also different. Eileen draws you in with the way she writes and weaves a story. I fear my heart will break as I read through this series, but I simply must read on in hopes that Adara's story will end happily.
Oh my poor little heart. Adara has such a rough life. Losing her parents at just 10, then being left by her other family, goodness me. My heart aches for this FMC. She is treated so poorly because of her ancestry. No one seems to care about this poor girl and I want to smack so many of the people in this book. They treat her as nothing more than trash and it is so hard to watch, read, whatever. She makes very few friends, saves many people, almost forfeiting her own life doing so to then be treated as a criminal, simply because she is a Wayfarer and made it out alive. I have not read the other books in this series, as I enjoy reading the backstory first if I can, only now I fear my heart is going to break over and over again.
Eileen is a wonderful author and builds fantastic worlds and characters. I have greatly enjoyed reading through her books. Her writing style is unique and matches the story. Each genre is different in forms of writing and each time period/culture is also different. Eileen draws you in with the way she writes and weaves a story. I fear my heart will break as I read through this series, but I simply must read on in hopes that Adara's story will end happily.
June 9, 2022
Wayfarer is a prequel to what happens to Adara before she gets the job on the Pritchard. Adara character is strong and no matter what happens she holds her head up high and carry’s on with that ever she has to do. Even through all the pain and the hate towards her she holds her head up. You get to find out what happen to Adara and why when in certain situations she goes behind the walls she has built up to stop getting hurt. I am so looking forward to reading more about Adara.
July 23, 2016
This was a great short read. I enjoyed the story and am looking forward to reading more of the Wayfarer series. The resilience of Adara (the female character) to deal with adversity is uplifting. If the full length books are as good as this one I would recommend to any female.
I won this book through Goodreads.
I won this book through Goodreads.
January 11, 2022
Adara can’t win on this ship no matter what she does she is wrong, she is a great pilot but captains want people to follow the rules and Adara can’t help but try to do the right thing. Adara does something so brave but she still doesn’t get the respect she should. This story is just the beginning of hers.
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