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Versatile Layer: The Red Girl
Jake Takeda is a gifted student living a quiet life on Lhasa space colony. His life is forever changed when he meets a red girl named Adeola, an alien warrior lost in Lhasa. Together they must survive threats from both of their worlds.Versatile The Red Girl is the beginning of an epic Space Opera that will span decades and worlds. But it’s not solely a story about danger and intrigue. It’s a story about people. The decisions they make, how they relate to one another, how they overcome fear and adversity. It’s an enriching experience that will make you laugh, cry, and think. Take the first step and join the adventure. 80 years ago, humanity's interstellar war with the Arez ended when both sides suffered catastrophic losses of life. The fighting has ended but the hatred between the two species remains. The fragile ceasefire is only maintained by a shared fear of extinction on the part of both races but the slightest spark could reignite the war.Jake’s simple life is thrown into chaos when he frees Adeola from a mysterious pod he finds in his father’s salvage yard. They form a bond that could save the future but only if they can survive the hatred that threatens to destroy both of their cultures. It’s a desperate race to stay ahead of Station Security as they hunt Adeola. All the while, in the shadows, a team dispatched by the Arez conducts a violent search for the red girl.
168 pages, Paperback
Published September 6, 2018
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September 23, 2019
A short book that introduces to the main characters of an ongoing series, this was an incredibly interesting beginning. The romance that buds between Jake and Adeola was at a perfect pace, matching their teenage ages and the action fit the plot, not going too far overboard, while also not being too tame. The side characters hold their own as well, with Catherine being a likeable conniver, up against men who only care about themselves and their careers... albeit she only cares about herself and her career as well. All in all, the series is getting off to a great start and we look forward to what is to come. Recommended for ages 13 and up.
June 25, 2020
This was a short and sweet indie book. The romance between the characters Jake and Adeola was enjoyable. The characters are believable, including the side characters as well. I would definitely recommend to middle age readers and teenagers.
May 22, 2019
Thoroughly entertaining.
Versatile Layer is full of feeling, action, and adapting to unfamiliar and unwelcome environments.
The characters are hugely engaging and I particularly liked how all the relationships turned and changed like the cosmos they were part of. The small and insignificant Jacob finds his tough side, and the tough, intimidating David finds his sensitive side. While Adeola faces her biggest fears. Great world building and story development, this book sits well with readers who enjoy an easy to read sci - fi adventure.
Versatile Layer is full of feeling, action, and adapting to unfamiliar and unwelcome environments.
The characters are hugely engaging and I particularly liked how all the relationships turned and changed like the cosmos they were part of. The small and insignificant Jacob finds his tough side, and the tough, intimidating David finds his sensitive side. While Adeola faces her biggest fears. Great world building and story development, this book sits well with readers who enjoy an easy to read sci - fi adventure.
March 2, 2019
This is a much cleverer book than it appears at first. It tells the story of how an interplanetary war was started.
But at first, it doesn’t seem that way. It starts out like a fairly innocent little space adventure. The trouble is, people make mistakes. A lot of people. A lot of mistakes. Most of them are just little things that don’t appear to be especially large mistakes all by themselves. Just humans (Terrans) and Arez doing what they do. But they quickly pile up into a dangerous situation.
I was going to try to trace back to the first mistake that was made, but I don’t think that is possible. It probably goes back farther than the beginning of the book.
The Terran boy, Jake, and the Arez girl, Adeola, both think of themselves as misfits in their respective cultures. Evidently, that is why Adeola stowed away in a pod on a ship that later crashed on a planet called Jophiel. Jake’s father owned a salvage company that was engaged in salvage operations on Jophiel, and he brought the pod back to the Terran colony of Lhasa, thinking that it contained power crystals.
One of the mistakes is that Jake, who likes to solve puzzles, opens the pod and lets Adeola out. This seems innocent enough, and although they are initially a little hostile to each other, both of them are basically peaceful good-natured types, and pretty soon Jake is showing Adeola around the colony, and they have the beginnings of a little romance going.
But then the mistakes start to get bigger. The colonial government becomes involved. The security systems pick up Adeola and mark her as a threat. The head of security is incompetent and basically a waste of good air (one of those mistakes from ‘way back), so the colonial governor, whose chief concern is with whether he will be reelected, invites the security chief’s junior to take over the case. She plans to use some half-written, untested program she worked on in another job to find the invader. This is a REALLY BIG mistake. Things go rapidly downhill from there.
But at first, it doesn’t seem that way. It starts out like a fairly innocent little space adventure. The trouble is, people make mistakes. A lot of people. A lot of mistakes. Most of them are just little things that don’t appear to be especially large mistakes all by themselves. Just humans (Terrans) and Arez doing what they do. But they quickly pile up into a dangerous situation.
I was going to try to trace back to the first mistake that was made, but I don’t think that is possible. It probably goes back farther than the beginning of the book.
The Terran boy, Jake, and the Arez girl, Adeola, both think of themselves as misfits in their respective cultures. Evidently, that is why Adeola stowed away in a pod on a ship that later crashed on a planet called Jophiel. Jake’s father owned a salvage company that was engaged in salvage operations on Jophiel, and he brought the pod back to the Terran colony of Lhasa, thinking that it contained power crystals.
One of the mistakes is that Jake, who likes to solve puzzles, opens the pod and lets Adeola out. This seems innocent enough, and although they are initially a little hostile to each other, both of them are basically peaceful good-natured types, and pretty soon Jake is showing Adeola around the colony, and they have the beginnings of a little romance going.
But then the mistakes start to get bigger. The colonial government becomes involved. The security systems pick up Adeola and mark her as a threat. The head of security is incompetent and basically a waste of good air (one of those mistakes from ‘way back), so the colonial governor, whose chief concern is with whether he will be reelected, invites the security chief’s junior to take over the case. She plans to use some half-written, untested program she worked on in another job to find the invader. This is a REALLY BIG mistake. Things go rapidly downhill from there.
September 14, 2021
Futuristic escape with all the little issues & quirks that add to the joy found in getting to know these characters. Wicked world building - interplanetary war & curiosity that will have you on the edge of your seat!
June 29, 2019
I came across Versatile layer: The Red Girl, as I was looking for some science fiction books online. The very first line had me wondering.
'War. How does it start? How does a seed of misunderstanding burrow deep into man’s fractured soul then grow into a flaming tree of violence? How did the warm flow of blood become normal? What gain is there to war?'
What an interesting way to begin a book that not only deals with interplanetary wars but also with this deep rooted question in almost every man's psyche..the cause of war..
This question looms large throughout the narrative as a seemingly harmless adventure on Jake's part sows the seeds of a beautiful relationship with the red girl, Adeola. The book has its share of conflict and turmoil but perhaps what I liked most about the book were the intensely thought provoking sentences that occur at many places, like the scene where Adeola describes the soul.
This book proved to be a very interesting read and I'm looking forward to read part two in the series.
'War. How does it start? How does a seed of misunderstanding burrow deep into man’s fractured soul then grow into a flaming tree of violence? How did the warm flow of blood become normal? What gain is there to war?'
What an interesting way to begin a book that not only deals with interplanetary wars but also with this deep rooted question in almost every man's psyche..the cause of war..
This question looms large throughout the narrative as a seemingly harmless adventure on Jake's part sows the seeds of a beautiful relationship with the red girl, Adeola. The book has its share of conflict and turmoil but perhaps what I liked most about the book were the intensely thought provoking sentences that occur at many places, like the scene where Adeola describes the soul.
This book proved to be a very interesting read and I'm looking forward to read part two in the series.
January 22, 2019
Interesting Book
This was an interesting book, a little silly in some sections, but okay.
I think it is highly unlikely that someone would come up with a pun shortly after losing a part of their body.
The Main Character was actually the lest interesting person in the story, and the Red Girl was not the main character.
This was an interesting book, a little silly in some sections, but okay.
I think it is highly unlikely that someone would come up with a pun shortly after losing a part of their body.
The Main Character was actually the lest interesting person in the story, and the Red Girl was not the main character.
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