Indra Station

Big Sigma #5

by Joseph R. Lallo

What would you risk to do what you were born to do?

Since college, Lex Alexander has had two loves. Hoversled racing, and Michella Modane. Everything from mega-corporations to robot rampages have threatened to keep them apart. Now, at long last, Lex may finally get a chance to race again. Just one thing stands in his way: Michella herself.

The people behind the league have a history in organized crime. Lex believes they’ve gone legit. Michella isn’t buying it.

He’s desperate to get back on the track. She’s determined to find what the league is hiding. This second chance may be their last.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 30, 2019

Reviews

[Jacob]

Spectacular

While somewhat more limited in scope and length than the previous entries in the series, Indra Station is no less engrossing in its characters and plot. My one complaint is that the ending is a truly agonizing cliffhanger- even worse than the end of the previous book! Write the next one fast, Mr. Lallo!

[John Tobler]

Indra Station is a phenomenal continuation of Joseph R. Lallo's "Big Sigma" series. Along with plenty of sci-fi goodness, racing, piloting, and serious problem solving, we have also been treated to some excellent character development. In Big Sigma, we have seen superb examples of selfless love. True friendship has been on full display. But Lallo also shows us the dangers of an impure kind of relationship, where one person believes they know better how the other person, whom they say they love, should or shouldn't live. Mr. Lallo cuts through the "Gordian knot" in this volume, and you won't want to miss it!

I can hardly wait untilJoseph R. Lallo finishes writing the next volume in this wonderful series! Where, oh where, will he take us next?!

Highly recommended!

[Paul Laters]

I am a fan of this series of books and it's stories.
There is a wide range of characters ranging from Lex & Mitch through Squee, Ma & Karter not to forget about Coal.
Some knowledge of the earlier books will fill in some of missing blanks where earlier adventures are mentioned.
I like how the author writes these stories. Some have stronger story lines than others but the series is enjoyable & I am looking forward to further adventures of Lex and the rest of the characters but am really looking forward to the misadventures of Karter most of all. There wasn't much involvement from Karter in this book.

Hopefully Karter will be more involved in the next installment.

[Kyle]

Love the series, did not love this entry. The plot wasn't terrible, but from the other novels, I got the sense I really did not like Michella Modane as a character. This novel cemented that feeling for me. She is just really unlikeable, and as a significant part of this book, it mostly soured me on the whole story.

[David]

A good next installment in the story. Missed some characters but they did come up in the narrative. Mitch was a pain again and maybe she and Lex are done this time. I doubt it, but we wait and see what happens next time!

[Eric Greenman]

Entertained yet again.

Great mix of action, emotion, and witty dialogue. The writing brings images of a big budget action flick with a Han Solo type hero. Write faster, I can't wait for the next one.

[Sabion]

I cheered so much for that ending! If you made it through book 5 you know what I mean. Finally! I enjoyed the characters. Especially Squee and Coal.

[Erik]

Decent read as are all of Joseph's books. This episode was a little less dramatic than the previous stories and a bit shorter, but I enjoyed it cover to cover. Two thumbs up.

[Mike Stietenroth]

Mostly loved this series but I bogged down in this one. I think it's because I'd read the entire series to this point and I was just getting a bit tired of the world.

[April Taylor]

Loved it. A lot shorter than the rest, but I loved pace of it.

The ending was (I don't want to spoil anything, but) something that I'd hoped for since mid way through book three.

[Randal Gritzner]

I don’t want this series to end, but it will soon. I’m glad Joseph R. Lallo has has other books available. He makes Science Fiction seem real!

[Steven Tryon]

Durn. I wasn't going to stay up late to finish reading this. Durn.

[David Holland]

A really good read I really enjoyed it.

[Caryn]

Big Sigma series never disappoints

The Big Sigma series reminds me of being a youngster and discovering sci-fi for the first time. The books have believable worlds, good plots, interesting characters. Most enjoyable to me is the combination of action with a dose of humor. There's plenty of excitement to keep me reading and wanting more.

Karter only plays a very indirect role in this episode, through the influence of his technology. I would have enjoyed his craziness, but the romantic subplot was satisfying. I'm looking forward to the next book, in hopes Lex is moving on, at least for awhile.

[Richard]

Good but, not as great as the previous books.

The change in narrator was highly disappointing. Nothing about his voice conveyed the characters as well as John Forbes, even with John's occasional mistakes.

Fun book with a great ending but, PLEASE, bring back the true voice of the Big Sigma Series!

[5t4n5 Dot Com]

Another long awaited book in the 'Big Sigma' series has been read and finished.   I say 'long awaited' like it's been years since i read book 4 when it's only been a few months, but a few months feels like a few years because i love this series so much.

Did it match the expectations?   Now that's the question with this book.

From the very beginning of Big Sigma the whole series has been a whole lot of fun, and i've always felt that Joseph was having a lot of fun writing it, and that's what i've come to expect.   But this book is different.   It's still a good, enjoyable and engaging read, but it's just not the fun filled 'Big Sigma' that we're used to, and i think it's for a good reason.   Sometimes in a big story like this there has to come a moment or two of important decisions for one of our favourite likeable/loveable characters where things that have been simmering away for too long are now getting overcooked and need eating.   So Lex books the best, most expensive and exclusive restaurant on Operlo for dinner with Michella and the chaos and shenanigans begin: pushing the boundaries of what's believable and what's ridiculous but never quite crossing them, while at the same time giving us really wonderful characters to enjoy that are so good you kind of widen those boundaries just because.   And that's what makes this such a great series of books: a writer that is not only willing to push your boundaries to make such exciting and enjoyable stories but is also able to give you such great characters that you're willing to widen your boundaries as well.

And that ending!   Joseph got called a few choice words last night when i finished this book.   As Nick Patel would say... 'Not many writers have the 'fortitude' to end a book like that.'

And that brings me back full circle.   It's the ending that makes sense of this book, what it's all been buiding up to and why it doesn't have that usual Big Sigma vibe to it.

And it certainly leaves one wondering just where this story is going to go from here.   I, for one, can't wait to find out and i'm certainly left looking forward eagerly to book 6?   Ooooh yeah!

And as soon as i finished this i engaged the 'Infinite Improbability Drive' in 'The Pile' and it chose 'The Crescents', which means that i now have to read the whole of 'The Book of Deacon series'.   You see, even the 'Infinite Improbability Drive' really likes Joseph's books -- can't get a better recommendation than that.