Grand Master's Game

Grand Master's Galaxy #2

by Aurora Springer

Psychically linked lovers fight to save the galaxy. The rebellious Grand Master, Athanor Griffin, devises a risky plan to uncover the culprits responsible for life-threatening failures in the portal web. His loyal pawn and lover, Violet Hunter, is the key to success as they contend with hostile aliens and Grand Masters. But, she wrestles with her erratic psychic talents and doubts about their unequal partnership. She must surmount her insecurities and recruit allies to survive the inevitable battle with their enemies. Their worst nightmares lie ahead. If you favor action adventures in space with aliens, dragons, and a sprinkle of humor, read Book 2 in the Grand Master’s Trilogy.

279 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2015

About the author

Aurora Springer is a scientist morphing into a novelist. She has a PhD in molecular biophysics and discovers science facts in her day job. She has invented adventures in weird worlds for as long as she can remember. In 2014, Aurora achieved her life-long ambition to publish her stories. Her works are character-driven romances set in weird worlds described with a sprinkle of humor. Some of the stories were composed thirty years ago. She was born in the UK and lives in Atlanta with her husband, a dog and two cats to sit on the keyboard. Her hobbies, besides reading and writing, include outdoor activities like gardening, watching wildlife, hiking and canoeing.

Reviews

[Peter Vialls · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the sequel to Grand Master's Pawn, and won't make much sense if you haven't read the first book. It's the middle volume ot a trilogy, but despite that actually has a relatively complete plot. NB: if you haven't read the first book, the rest of this review will contain spoilers so stop reading now!

Still here? Okay, so Violet and her grand master lover investigate the collapse of the portal system. They face dangerous enemies on the Moon, and end up in a pitched battle elsewhere. The action sequences are good and the plot development straightforward but effective. We get to know a couple of other good guys, but don't learn much about the villains apart from confirming the identities of two of them. What is brought home is the real danger to civilisation from the loss of the portals, and the impact this has.

I enjoyed the novel – it's fast-paced, well-written, and is mercifully free of the typos and spelling errors that plague all too many indie novels. There are no extraordinary surprises, but the plot is strong enough to have kept me reading. It's also got dragons in it! It doesn't, to my relief, end on a cliff-hanger, but it is clear that there is still an ongoing story for resolution in book three, Grand Master's Mate.

[Marti E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating

Love the whole concept of this as book. Again I couldn't wait to finish the last page. NJ ow into the next book

[Jenny Koch]

DNF: Within the first quarter of the book

This book made no sense. Mind you, I never read the first book which is probably the major reason for my problem - this does not seem like a series in which you can just jump in the middle and make sense of. Plus, the writing style wasn't really doing anything for me.

[Mary Kreisberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

I have loved all the books in this series so far. As soon as I can save up the money for the last book, I will buy it!