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Vincent Chen #3
Failed Frequencies
There’s no place like homeworld…
Vincent Chen would rather stay far away from his birthplace. But when he’s called back to Tiaozhan, it’s his job that’s on the line.
His superiors at MarkTel don’t like the publicity his adventures have brought the company, which holds the monopoly on galactic communications. Vincent dutifully promises to keep quiet for the duration of his stay.
Except his younger brother has other ideas.
Martin Chen is mixed up with dangerous smugglers, who’re furious he’s encroaching on their business, and they won’t let him simply walk away. It’ll take all Vincent’s savvy and a partnership with a legendary law enforcement officer to keep his brother—and himself—alive.
And his family intact.
Vincent Chen would rather stay far away from his birthplace. But when he’s called back to Tiaozhan, it’s his job that’s on the line.
His superiors at MarkTel don’t like the publicity his adventures have brought the company, which holds the monopoly on galactic communications. Vincent dutifully promises to keep quiet for the duration of his stay.
Except his younger brother has other ideas.
Martin Chen is mixed up with dangerous smugglers, who’re furious he’s encroaching on their business, and they won’t let him simply walk away. It’ll take all Vincent’s savvy and a partnership with a legendary law enforcement officer to keep his brother—and himself—alive.
And his family intact.
136 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2018
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About the author
Steve Rzasa
98 books104 followersSteve Rzasa was born and raised in South Jersey, and fell in love with books—especially science fiction novels and historical volumes—at an early age. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University’s College of Communications in 2000, and then spent seven years as a reporter and assistant editor at weekly newspapers in Maine. Steve moved to Wyoming in 2007 to become the editor of a weekly newspaper there, and now works at the local library. He and his wife Carrie have two boys and live in Buffalo, Wyoming.
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January 27, 2020
Captain Vincent Chen isn't exactly excited about making a trip home to Tiaozhan to reunite with his family. This won't be a vacation, as he's in for somewhat of a disciplinary meeting about what MarkTel thinks of his latest escapades as a comms employee. And Vincent's younger brother is caught up in a smuggling scheme that will soon have both the brothers' lives on the line in Failed Frequencies by author Steve Rzasa.
There wasn't any need for me to read the blurb before I dove into this novella, as I've been enjoying this ChristFic sci-fi series enough not to require an intro.
Vincent is still his dryly humorous self, and it was interesting to finally meet some of his family in person, if you will. (I especially liked meeting his mother and sister. Gotta love women with brains.) Some of the family moments tugged on me, as did seeing the lasting, terrible effects that fear of Kesek, a former secret police agency, has had on the people of Tiaozhan.
Now, I found some parts of the read more engaging than others, and typos here and there pulled me out of the story a few times as I had to read some sentences more than once. Also, the same as in the previous books in the series, the present tense narration in this one slips into past tense at times when it shouldn't. I enjoy stories in first person present, but verb tense confusion weakens the effect.
Even so, I'll admit I was moving around and adding a little of my own sound effects during the action, and the ending left me plenty intrigued to move on to Book Four.
There wasn't any need for me to read the blurb before I dove into this novella, as I've been enjoying this ChristFic sci-fi series enough not to require an intro.
Vincent is still his dryly humorous self, and it was interesting to finally meet some of his family in person, if you will. (I especially liked meeting his mother and sister. Gotta love women with brains.) Some of the family moments tugged on me, as did seeing the lasting, terrible effects that fear of Kesek, a former secret police agency, has had on the people of Tiaozhan.
Now, I found some parts of the read more engaging than others, and typos here and there pulled me out of the story a few times as I had to read some sentences more than once. Also, the same as in the previous books in the series, the present tense narration in this one slips into past tense at times when it shouldn't. I enjoy stories in first person present, but verb tense confusion weakens the effect.
Even so, I'll admit I was moving around and adding a little of my own sound effects during the action, and the ending left me plenty intrigued to move on to Book Four.
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