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Pop Travel #3
Disposal
In the future, many problems are the same, but cool gadgets make chasing the bad guys more fun.
Cooper and Geri are finally in a good place, but their bliss is short-lived. When Cooper's rebellious nephew Jimmy comes down to stay with them in Atlanta for a summer internship. Now he thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a fiery, exotic beauty. Pursuing her against all words of warning into a dangerous underground world, he ends up getting kidnapped by her powerful Drug Lord father. Geri tracks him down, but gets herself kidnapped as well.
Now it's up to Cooper to use all his resources to save them, including the hot homicide detective Geri secretly despises, and the latest sketchy gadgets his genius friend Hasan needs field-tested. Sure, why not? Cooper will try anything to get his family back.
DISPOSAL is the third book in the Pop Travel series - sci-fi noir, a detective thriller set in the near future.
Cooper and Geri are finally in a good place, but their bliss is short-lived. When Cooper's rebellious nephew Jimmy comes down to stay with them in Atlanta for a summer internship. Now he thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a fiery, exotic beauty. Pursuing her against all words of warning into a dangerous underground world, he ends up getting kidnapped by her powerful Drug Lord father. Geri tracks him down, but gets herself kidnapped as well.
Now it's up to Cooper to use all his resources to save them, including the hot homicide detective Geri secretly despises, and the latest sketchy gadgets his genius friend Hasan needs field-tested. Sure, why not? Cooper will try anything to get his family back.
DISPOSAL is the third book in the Pop Travel series - sci-fi noir, a detective thriller set in the near future.
285 pages, Paperback
First published November 14, 2017
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Tara Tyler
12 books46 followersTara Tyler has had a hand at everything from waitressing to rocket engineering. After living up and down the Eastern US, she now writes and teaches math in Ohio with her three active boys and Coach Husband.
Currently, she has two series, The Cooper Chronicles (techno-thriller detective capers) and Beast World (MG fantasy) She's an adventure writer who believes every good story should have action, a moral, and a few laughs!
Currently, she has two series, The Cooper Chronicles (techno-thriller detective capers) and Beast World (MG fantasy) She's an adventure writer who believes every good story should have action, a moral, and a few laughs!
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November 21, 2017
In this third book of the thrilling Pop Travel series, Cooper and Geri's home life is disrupted by a visit from Jimmy, Cooper's unruly nephew. Jimmy pursues a beautiful young woman whose father turns out to be a drug lord. He finds himself kidnapped, and when Geri goes to save him, she ends up in the drug lord's clutches too. Cooper enlists the help of his genius friend Hasan to find them, but will he end up captured like his family or worse?
This sci-fi series is so much fun. It's a fast-paced ride in the not too distant future where people can travel through teleporters and still sometimes get a little sick from it. Cooper and Geri are a wonderful team. Neither of them will back down and will do anything to save those they care for. Of course I still love the parts with Hasan. His geeky quirkiness and immense intelligence have him coming up with all sorts of strange gadgets. Most untested, of course. Cooper gets the fun of that!
I highly recommend the Pop Travel series to sci-fi and thriller fans alike.
This sci-fi series is so much fun. It's a fast-paced ride in the not too distant future where people can travel through teleporters and still sometimes get a little sick from it. Cooper and Geri are a wonderful team. Neither of them will back down and will do anything to save those they care for. Of course I still love the parts with Hasan. His geeky quirkiness and immense intelligence have him coming up with all sorts of strange gadgets. Most untested, of course. Cooper gets the fun of that!
I highly recommend the Pop Travel series to sci-fi and thriller fans alike.
December 20, 2017
Cooper and Geri are back together, and Cooper's nephew Jimmy is staying the summer while his dad is in the home stretch for the Presidency. Cooper is working with a local officer, who makes Geri feel insecure because of her looks. And there is a new drug about to hit the streets - Butter. Butter addicts the user instantly, and over time creates a dependency that allows the user to become a virtual zombie - fully controlled by the dealer.
So, of course, Jimmy gets caught up in the Butter plot as a means to control his father, who is expected to win the White House in a Reagan-like landslide. Cooper pulls all the strings he can to save Jimmy, recruiting Hasan to help break the grip Butter has on users.
So, this is the end of this series, for now at least. As I read them back-to-back, it is hard to fully separate one from the other. But overall, the stories were good, with a lot of interesting looks at a possible future, without any needless message insertions. Message is there, but it is done right - it is part of the plot, not something wedged in to check a box. My main impression is one of a good detective story, solid enough science (teleportation has its own suite of problems, from that whole 'it kills you' thing to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle), and good characterizations. The story is solid, it tells one story, isn't trying to be too clever for the author's ability to keep secrets, and tells one story. That last matters to me. Too much these days is trying to tell 2 or more stories, and seldom do we see an author who can pull that off. Not an issue here - each book is one story, contained, with subplots to be sure, but not subplots masquerading as plots. You get a good book, and one that is enjoyable to read.
I did have one real issue with the series, and it is worst in the first book. The near worship of Hasan, who invented pop travel, as The Creator (it's caps in the book too). I get that something so revolutionary would make him a celebrity, and likely a Steve Jobs on HGH, 'roids, and literally every other performance enhancing substance ever level of celebrity. But still...it gets to be a lot too much. Hasan is more-or-less charming with his mangling of idiom and metaphor, but the whole Creator thing was a bit much.
And that was really the main complaint of the whole series. Cooper and Geri were well done, the various side characters were exactly as detailed as they needed to be, and there weren't any holes in the plot I could see. This was a perfectly enjoyable read, and a good journey from point to point.
So, of course, Jimmy gets caught up in the Butter plot as a means to control his father, who is expected to win the White House in a Reagan-like landslide. Cooper pulls all the strings he can to save Jimmy, recruiting Hasan to help break the grip Butter has on users.
So, this is the end of this series, for now at least. As I read them back-to-back, it is hard to fully separate one from the other. But overall, the stories were good, with a lot of interesting looks at a possible future, without any needless message insertions. Message is there, but it is done right - it is part of the plot, not something wedged in to check a box. My main impression is one of a good detective story, solid enough science (teleportation has its own suite of problems, from that whole 'it kills you' thing to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle), and good characterizations. The story is solid, it tells one story, isn't trying to be too clever for the author's ability to keep secrets, and tells one story. That last matters to me. Too much these days is trying to tell 2 or more stories, and seldom do we see an author who can pull that off. Not an issue here - each book is one story, contained, with subplots to be sure, but not subplots masquerading as plots. You get a good book, and one that is enjoyable to read.
I did have one real issue with the series, and it is worst in the first book. The near worship of Hasan, who invented pop travel, as The Creator (it's caps in the book too). I get that something so revolutionary would make him a celebrity, and likely a Steve Jobs on HGH, 'roids, and literally every other performance enhancing substance ever level of celebrity. But still...it gets to be a lot too much. Hasan is more-or-less charming with his mangling of idiom and metaphor, but the whole Creator thing was a bit much.
And that was really the main complaint of the whole series. Cooper and Geri were well done, the various side characters were exactly as detailed as they needed to be, and there weren't any holes in the plot I could see. This was a perfectly enjoyable read, and a good journey from point to point.
May 23, 2019
Whew! It has taken me a long time to get to this review because, well, life. But, this was a great read. I have been with the bumbling Cooper since book one in this series, and he is a fun character to spend time with.
In this story, the wonder of teleportation as a world method of travel has worn off. I liked that it was still a key component but by no means the focus. That felt real to me. The family dynamics of characters from past books were very human and flawed, and I loved that there was some mystery behind Geri's reluctance to commit that didn't get explained until later in the book. Can I say enough about the genius inventor Hasan and his lovely Aimee? There would have been no day-saving without these two. Didn't have as much of Dawson in this one, but we definitely had the opportunity to examine the joys (ahem, pitfalls) of impulsive decision making through his son, Jimmy. Great moral lesson there.
So how about that plot? This story didn't let up until the very end. Great tension, constant conflict--from strained relationships to a truly evil villain. A few words on this bad guy, he was BEYOND the caption of "evil," and I had a hard time while reading some of his antics. The story resolution was satisfactory, but left me to conclude we haven't seen the last of this story thread.
Overall, I enjoyed the previous book in the series a little more, but this one wasn't far behind. A solid read, recommended to anyone who loves detective story, family drama, high suspense, evil masterminds, and good guys fighting against impossible odds.
Content warning: Some gore. Drug use. (When you're dealing with a drug lord, that's kind of unavoidable.) Violence. Mild cussing.
In this story, the wonder of teleportation as a world method of travel has worn off. I liked that it was still a key component but by no means the focus. That felt real to me. The family dynamics of characters from past books were very human and flawed, and I loved that there was some mystery behind Geri's reluctance to commit that didn't get explained until later in the book. Can I say enough about the genius inventor Hasan and his lovely Aimee? There would have been no day-saving without these two. Didn't have as much of Dawson in this one, but we definitely had the opportunity to examine the joys (ahem, pitfalls) of impulsive decision making through his son, Jimmy. Great moral lesson there.
So how about that plot? This story didn't let up until the very end. Great tension, constant conflict--from strained relationships to a truly evil villain. A few words on this bad guy, he was BEYOND the caption of "evil," and I had a hard time while reading some of his antics. The story resolution was satisfactory, but left me to conclude we haven't seen the last of this story thread.
Overall, I enjoyed the previous book in the series a little more, but this one wasn't far behind. A solid read, recommended to anyone who loves detective story, family drama, high suspense, evil masterminds, and good guys fighting against impossible odds.
Content warning: Some gore. Drug use. (When you're dealing with a drug lord, that's kind of unavoidable.) Violence. Mild cussing.
December 4, 2017
Disposal is the third book in the Pop Travel series by Tara Tyler. The year is 2084. Technology has advanced so far that it is possible to "pop' via teleporters from one place to another. Readers who are familiar with the previous Pop series books, will be happy to once again encounter Cooper and Geri. Things go along smoothly for the couple until Jimmy, Cooper's nephew, comes for a visit. Jimmy gets involved with a drug lord's daughter. This spells big trouble for everyone involved.
Disposal is a fast-paced sci-fi read. The characters are interesting and likable. The dialog between them is well-done and natural. Ms. Tyler uses a lot of imagination in creating the world of the not-too-distant future. Recommended for those who enjoy sci-fi thrillers.
Disposal is a fast-paced sci-fi read. The characters are interesting and likable. The dialog between them is well-done and natural. Ms. Tyler uses a lot of imagination in creating the world of the not-too-distant future. Recommended for those who enjoy sci-fi thrillers.
November 11, 2019
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Disposal has still follows Geri and Cooper but the Pop travel which gave the series its title is of less concern in this one. The science fiction here is not very prominent, so you can sit back and enjoy more of a thriller than hard sci-fi.
I was never the biggest fan of the main characters and they still haven't really grown on me after this third book. It was a quick read, which was nice.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Disposal has still follows Geri and Cooper but the Pop travel which gave the series its title is of less concern in this one. The science fiction here is not very prominent, so you can sit back and enjoy more of a thriller than hard sci-fi.
I was never the biggest fan of the main characters and they still haven't really grown on me after this third book. It was a quick read, which was nice.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
January 17, 2019
It took me a little longer to get into this book than the previous two installments, but the action quickly ratchets up and does not let up until the end. I always enjoy visiting with these characters, and the end of the book made me happy. I don't know what the future holds for them, but I hope there will be another book someday so I can find out. Also, the idea of popping still terrifies me, and if it ever becomes a real thing, I will never travel anywhere ever again.
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