Outer Earth

Outer Earth #1-3

by Rob Boffard

Welcome to Outer a vivid, dangerous world where every day is a desperate struggle for survival. Who said in space no one can hear you scream?

Outer Earth is a huge space station orbiting the ruins of our planet. Dirty, overcrowded and inescapable, it's humanity's last refuge . . . and possibly its final resting place.

For there are dark forces at work on the forces that seek to unleash chaos. If they succeed, there will be nowhere left to run.

Genres: Science Fiction

1024 pages, Paperback

Published February 6, 2018

About the author

Rob. Thirty-one. Author. Journalist. Sound Engineer. Snowboarder. Hip-hop artist. Tall. Basketball-player-length arms. Lots of tattoos. Glasses. Bad hair. Proud South African. Born in Johannesburg. Splits time between London and Vancouver. Digs New York. Doesn’t dig Vegas. Loves New Orleans. Not a helicopter pilot.

Debut novel. Tracer. On Orbit Books. Out now. Space stations. Parkour. Explosions. Good times. Two sequels. Huzzah!

Reviews

[Falbs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had high hopes for this one, but though the first book was decent, it went downhill from there. Ending up with a machine that magically seems to repair environmental damage to a nuclear devastated earth. The main character is seriously determined, if nothing else, but unless you are a serious parkour fan, you can do better.

[Erik Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an omnibus. 3 for 1. Long review...
1) book one established the station, a vast space station above earth where the remnants of earth live, possibly for a few hundred years? ( Not well explained) Since everyone assumed Earth is uninhabitable we stopped listening to Earth to see if there's anyone still there ( key plot of book two). The station is a mess and barely functioning and runners (main character) act as delivery people between different sections of the station. She is a run and fight and jump and indestructible force. Stab her, break some bones, shot her and she'll keep running. That's your plot. Also the guy who works to keep the station running is mad crushing on her and she keeps running from love but wants to love him. Also bad guy trying to destroy the station, and action happens. 3 stars.
2) book two, the action happened and now they are in a relationship but it's rocky. She just wants to run but now she's a cop! The opposite of what she was, and she's a cop who wants to not to be yoked by rules. Get stuffed boss. Then a demented doctor who is also the best surgeon on the station decided he hated her so he puts bombs in her legs so she had to follow his orders or she'll never run again! Good thing a super virus spreads through the station and he gets sick and passes out most of the book so she can run and not worry about him setting off the bombs. But also a different group of bad guys are listening to Earth this whole time and there's people there. So they cause problems cause they would rather be on earth then a gross old station and everyone ends up on a ship headed to Earth and the station is abandoned and she pulls the bombs out of her legs with a knife cause she's amazing and her boyfriend is conflicted because the virus was actually his fault cause he made super beans that made people barf bean colored goop and she kissed one of her coworkers cause she loves him too in a he can run and its hot short of way and now the plot is mostly focused on a really bad love triangle. 2 Stars
3) book three is them dealing with a love triangle on earth. DNF. I wanted space station action, not stuck on earth romance

[Kara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read the first in the trilogy but couldn’t continue with the rest. The story rips through plot line with one fight scene after another so it feels like reading a description of an endless brawl. There’s a little bit of effort given to establishing the motives of the characters (flashback alert) but it’s shallow and confusing. The main antagonist is such an extreme caricature that his thoughts and actions are laughable and obnoxious, rather than credibly threatening. The world building is good and gives the book a lot of potential but the follow-through just isn’t there.

[Bryan Millard · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main story arc was a lot of fun, with a creative world-build (which is what kept me reading the trilogy) but it lacked plausibility for some of the main plot points. The heroine also had an "over the top" attitude that made it difficult for me to relate to. It is a fast read and keeps the pace going strong. The first book, Tracer, was definitely the strongest.

[Beth Schluter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the trilogy, each book offering something more to the central characters' journey. A real page turner, especially towards the ends. I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good, character led story.

[John Wegener · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read. I found it a little too fast paced. Riley is always running throughout the whole trilogy and it's you never really get to catch your breathe. As such there isn't a gradual buildup to the climax as I seems you are near the climax all the time. Good if you like fast paced fiction.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Of Philip K. Dick people said that his work was exceptional in terms of ideas but somewhat mediocre in prose. Boffard's work is mediocre in both. His work lacks science, the pace is too slow.

[Wayne Schuster · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun trilogy to read. Fast paced with nonstop action, good characters and sound storyline.

[Michele · Rating 2 out of 5]

Turns out I’d read book 1 & 2 … not the greatest start to a trilogy … but on to book 3. It should have been good. But the main character didn’t grip me, and the constant debate on which man she wanted was a distraction from the main plot. Wasn’t really needed in my opinion.

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[Owen Corcoran · Rating 4 out of 5]

That ending though!!!

[Logicalshrapnel · Rating 2 out of 5]

First book is quite good, second goes down and the third ruins the whole premise and feels more like the over the top story telling and characters of Walking Dead.