Team One and The Origination of Orion

by David MacNamera

Who is Team One?

Dr. Erian Kane, a high flying young director of a major Earth department.

Tanigan Mclane, an ace mercenary for hire anywhere across settled space, for an exorbitant fee of course.

Casandra Willow, a young woman still making her way. She controls a great power, as much a burden as it is a gift.

And starbase, well, starbase is an ancient alien relic that hasn't moved in more than two thousand years.

What brings this team together is the arrival of a cryptic, ancient being, named Orion. Thousands of years old, incredibly powerful, and totally merciless.

Can Orion use our galaxy as his first step to destroying most of the known universe? Or will Team One, jumping between star systems, alien worlds, and escaping from black holes, be able to beat Orion against all the odds?

Team One won't stop fighting until they win, or all go down together!

334 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2019

About the author

David MacNamera is a writer who has lived in the Great Pacific Northwest for the last twenty-five years. David wasted no time leaving an abusive alcoholic home at eighteen years of age and worked his way across the US. Then attended university, earning a degree in Business Information Systems and a minor in Mandarin Chinese. He also traveled the world, perfecting his spoken French and Chinese, and met hundreds of people in countless places.

David has worked in a wide range of industries, including systems design, manufacturing, computer programming, and Internet-based software systems for some of the biggest companies in the world. He has also worked as an accredited English As A Second Language teacher in Asia for eight years, as an entrepreneur, and as a small business owner.

For the last fourteen years, David has spent his time running a personal support agency that provides skills training and social integration to adult clients with developmental disabilities, such as autism, Asperger's, and cerebral palsy, among many other conditions. David holds an ACRE certification (Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators), through UMass Boston, and currently works in high-tech microprocessor fabrication.

Reviews

[PamG · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won the kindle e-book version in a Goodreads Giveaway. This is the first book that I have read by this author.

David MacNamera did a great job with world-building in this novel as well as portraying major characters that have very different skills and personalities but that work well as a team. The team is assembled due to the arrival of a being that is very powerful and is quickly found to be very destructive.

This book combines multiple species, multiple planets, mercenaries, psychic powers, team leadership, politics, revenge, artificial intelligence, friendship, advanced weapons and so much more. Who lives? Who dies? Will there be a peaceful solution? I recommend you read the book to find out.

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won this book in a goodreads drawing.

Old fashioned space opera, about a trio of adventurers who travel to different planets, and end up in a cosmic conflict. I could do without the psionic stuff, but most of the book is pretty good. It starts out with a battle for survival on a distant planet, but soon becomes something else.

Kept my interest.

[Melinda M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Team One and The Origination of Orion by David MacNamera is book 1 of Team One. It is a book about different species and how a team is built. David MacNamera does a wonderful job of building a world and an adventure to create a series out of. It is an interesting science fiction story that keeps your interest.
I received a copy thru a Goodreads giveaway.