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The Clockwork Chimera #1–3
The Clockwork Chimera Books 1-3
Space adventure, cyborgs, and sarcasm. Action with artificial intelligence, ass-kickery, and aliens? (and alliteration) What more could you want?
The first three books of the Clockwork Chimera series bundled together for over 1,000 pages of snarky, ass-kicking sci-fi adventure, beginning with Daisy's Run.
Life in deep space could be a drag sometimes, but Daisy supposed things could have been worse. They were still alive, after all, which was always a plus in her book. Now if only she could figure out who, or what, was endangering her return home, things would be just peachy.
It had been one hell of a way to start the day––being rudely snapped from a deep cryo-sleep, and in the middle of a ship-wide crisis to boot––but Daisy was pleased to note that the ship had not decompressed, the crew hadn’t been blasted into space, and, most importantly, they hadn’t simply blown up. At least not yet. So, they had that going for them, but being stuck on a damaged ship in the inky depths of space as it limped toward Earth was not exactly the relaxing trip home she’d imagined.
With the powerful AI supercomputer guiding the craft beginning to show some disconcerting quirks of its own, and its unsettling cyborg assistant nosing into her affairs, Daisy’s unease was rapidly growing. Add to the mix a crew of mechanically-enhanced humans, any one of whom she suspected might not be what they seemed, and Daisy found herself with a sense of pending dread tickling the periphery of her mind.
Something was very much not right––she could feel it in her bones. The tricky part now was going to be figuring out what the threat was, before it could manifest from a mere sinking feeling in her gut into a potentially deadly reality.
Contains:
1. Daisy's Run
2. Pushing Daisy
3. Daisy's Gambit
The first three books of the Clockwork Chimera series bundled together for over 1,000 pages of snarky, ass-kicking sci-fi adventure, beginning with Daisy's Run.
Life in deep space could be a drag sometimes, but Daisy supposed things could have been worse. They were still alive, after all, which was always a plus in her book. Now if only she could figure out who, or what, was endangering her return home, things would be just peachy.
It had been one hell of a way to start the day––being rudely snapped from a deep cryo-sleep, and in the middle of a ship-wide crisis to boot––but Daisy was pleased to note that the ship had not decompressed, the crew hadn’t been blasted into space, and, most importantly, they hadn’t simply blown up. At least not yet. So, they had that going for them, but being stuck on a damaged ship in the inky depths of space as it limped toward Earth was not exactly the relaxing trip home she’d imagined.
With the powerful AI supercomputer guiding the craft beginning to show some disconcerting quirks of its own, and its unsettling cyborg assistant nosing into her affairs, Daisy’s unease was rapidly growing. Add to the mix a crew of mechanically-enhanced humans, any one of whom she suspected might not be what they seemed, and Daisy found herself with a sense of pending dread tickling the periphery of her mind.
Something was very much not right––she could feel it in her bones. The tricky part now was going to be figuring out what the threat was, before it could manifest from a mere sinking feeling in her gut into a potentially deadly reality.
Contains:
1. Daisy's Run
2. Pushing Daisy
3. Daisy's Gambit
1040 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 5, 2019
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About the author
Scott Baron
55 books291 followersScott Baron is an American author with a penchant for oddball stories with O. Henry-esque twists.
Born in Hollywood, Baron credits growing up in Los Angeles with skewing his humor towards the offbeat and absurd. He studied abroad in Italy during his college years, returning to Los Angeles to work in the film industry as an on-set medic. In addition to writing shorts and novels, Baron is also a screenwriter of both feature and television scripts.
Born in Hollywood, Baron credits growing up in Los Angeles with skewing his humor towards the offbeat and absurd. He studied abroad in Italy during his college years, returning to Los Angeles to work in the film industry as an on-set medic. In addition to writing shorts and novels, Baron is also a screenwriter of both feature and television scripts.
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July 4, 2019
I volunteered for an ARC of the series in exchange for an honest review.
Daisy is a typical snarky tech guru who wakes up to find the ship she's serving on in need of emergency repairs those seem to be the least of her worries I mean just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you
This series for me has reminded of a lot of my favorite things rolled into one. Daisy reminds a bit of Buffy the vampire Slayer. She's confident, she's named her favorite sword and she's full if snark.
It has the feel of hitchhikers guide and the TV show red dwarf rolled into one ( and talking toasters!! Of which I am a big fan!). It also has a Edgar Rice Burroughs (like John Carter of Mars) feel to it that I find comforting and familiar. This series will definitely be among the books I reread.
Daisy is a typical snarky tech guru who wakes up to find the ship she's serving on in need of emergency repairs those seem to be the least of her worries I mean just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you
This series for me has reminded of a lot of my favorite things rolled into one. Daisy reminds a bit of Buffy the vampire Slayer. She's confident, she's named her favorite sword and she's full if snark.
It has the feel of hitchhikers guide and the TV show red dwarf rolled into one ( and talking toasters!! Of which I am a big fan!). It also has a Edgar Rice Burroughs (like John Carter of Mars) feel to it that I find comforting and familiar. This series will definitely be among the books I reread.
June 15, 2024
I really enjoyed the first two volumes of this story (although I am still baffled by the title). However, Volume 3 lost me when the author began cutting back and forth between multiple characters so quickly that I lost my investment in them. Daisy is the main character and I wanted to see the events from her point of view. I ended up not finishing Volume 3. But the first two volumes were a lot of fun so I would recommend them.
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