Alpha and Omega

Division One #1

by Stephanie Osborn

Dr. Megan McAllister was already a pretty unique human -- NASA astronaut, professional astronomer, polymath -- when she encountered the man in the black Suit that night in west Texas. What Division One Agent Echo didn't know, when he recruited her to the Agency, was that she was even more special.

But he'd find out, soon enough.

Stephanie Osborn, aka the Interstellar Woman of Mystery, former rocket scientist and author of acclaimed science fiction mysteries, goes back to the urban legend of the unique group of men and women who show up at UFO sightings, alien abductions, etc. and make things...disappear...to craft her vision of the universe we don't know about. Her new series, Division One, chronicles this universe through the eyes of recruit Megan McAllister, aka Omega, and her experienced partner, Echo, as they handle everything from lost alien children to extraterrestrial assassination attempts and more.

369 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 10, 2017

Reviews

[Carbonel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Men In Black sequel we all wished we'd gotten

It's as if the author watched the movie, said, any idiot can do better, and then went and made something you now prefer to the OC. So, TL'DR: Stay with this one, it's worth it.

Longer letter later: This one's written by a gal, so there's a powerful thread running through the story about relationships, and feelings, and more feelings. Which works until the point... MIB and this novel are a mashup of SF and action thriller. The author does the former so much better it's a joy to read. The latter... Use the Speed movie standard. If that works for you; great: It didn't for me. So the emo had me skimming a big chunk of the book.

But I stuck it out, because the characters were excellent. The world this author built is fascinating, and that "But I gotta know what happens" hook? She nailed. So not only was this a great reading vaycay from 15 back-to-back novels of teenage angst, I will buy the sequel as soon as it drops.

[Lag · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read suitable for young teens and up. The author has produced an imaginative series that shows what Men In Black could have been, but wasn't ... and that is entertaining Science Fiction. I found no noticeable typos or formatting to distract from the reading enjoyment or obvious science faux pas and it's quite clear that the author is familiar with her science and likes to pass the knowledge on to the reader at a basic level.

As someone who has spent some hours in a space lab and quite of bit of time in earth stations and even more on runways around jets I found the material a bit slow technically, but it didn't get tedious as the action moves along rapidly.

I recommend this book and have purchased the follow one.

Happy reading.

[Phil Edmondson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice easy reading

This isn't a hip deep philosophical treatise. This is an easy reading , shootem up, agents and aliens story. Easy on the science, heavy on the action covering much of the covert agency tropes in a fun way. Apparently there's going to be a sequel. Can't wait to read more about Division One. Finished reading? BUY THIS NOW!

[William Howe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blah

I could handle it being an obvious rip off of MiB. And the writing isn't terrible. But then the preaching started...

I had to stop when a character started to infodump about how bad cigarettes are and the chemicals used during commercial production and...I don't smoke and it made me want to go out and buy a pack.

[2percentright · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt like two short stories she did her best to bridge together into a single novel. But it's the first in a series so here's hoping it gets more focused in the following books

[Kimberly Vancoughnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. Funny and intriguing start to a new series