Inception

Forsaken Mercenary #0.5

by Jonathan Yanez

My history is unknown…
My present is violent…

My future may be more dangerous still.
I use my unique skillset in one of the Moon’s many watering holes.

Here, miners can spend their hard-earned money to forget that they’re not among the wealthy elite in the paradise colony on Mars.

When a known crime boss walks in, events will begin to unfold hinting at a dark past and an even murkier future.

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook, Short Stories

Unknown Binding

About the author

International bestselling author, check.

USA Today bestselling author, check.

Writing wild tales since 2012, check, check.

I'm Jonathan, a husband, father, and writer. I write because that's what I was born to do and I love doing it. Because of the support from awesome people like you, I get to do it full-time.

Connecting with fellow lovers of the written word is important to me so please join the Pack via my website at www.jonathan-yanez.com where you can grab an exclusive story or hang out with us at www.facebook.com/groups/jonathansread...

Hope you decide to stay in touch,

Jonathan

Reviews

[Meenaz Lodhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

“This brave new world was built for animals, not men. That’s okay with me; I am an animal. I’ve accepted that.”
This is a short but intense prequel and and has piqued my curiosity enough to start the series with Dropship #1. The protagonist, Daniel Hunt, is a brooding, without a past mercenary, a no nonsense tough guy. I’m totally snagged!

[Rosemary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inception - a review by Rosemary Kenny

Set in the city of Dome, Inception introduces MC Daniel (Danny) Hunt; hired as security 'centurion' at local bar Zero Gravity, he keeps customers happy and at peace to enjoy their refreshments of choice - that is until a rival bar owner head-hunts him and won't take no for an answer!
Amnesiac Danny has PTSD and no recollection of his previous life before arriving in Dome and working for Ma, the owner of Zero Gravity, so his curiosity is piqued when a blind girl at the local market says she can reveal his past. Hoping to dispel the 'flashback' nightmares that have dogged him, Danny follows and is amazed at what she tells him to do to find his destiny. As things start to make sense, Danny begins to work at Tombs' bar The Half Moon, against his better judgement.

This prequel to Jonathan Yanez' Forsaken Mercenary series continues with Dropship, Book 1 in this military urban fantasy - get it now for it's a winner you'll love!

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining enough - what little there was of it. Even for a brief introductory short piece, this was very insubstantial. Let me put it this way: If I didn't already have the first book in the series, this wouldn't have been sufficient motivation for me to want to go get it.

[David Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting short story introduction to a new series and hopefully the main character - Daniel Hunt. Jonathan provide a good character study of who Daniel is in the present, but reveals that he is a man without a past - at least a memory of his past. I'm looking forward to reading Dropship, the first book of the series.

[SciFiOne]

2020 abandoned

Sorry, I could not figure out if it was in the past, present or future. The tense was jumping all around. Sometimes I will put up with it if the content looks interesting, but this one did not interest me so I only finished a few pages.

[Manfred · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting short prequel to the Forsaken Mercenary series introducing Daniel Hunt

[Books With Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I have recently found out, I already listened to the actual part 1 of this Forsaken Mercenary series, which I rated only 2 stars and which apparently had made me decide not to continue the series. That was about 2 years ago so I had forgotten all about that book and started listening to this short story today thinking it was the start of a completely new series in my collection.

And what a great little story it was! Entertaining, a likeable main character, some nice action scenes and a mystery to be solved. Narration: awesome.

It made me want to buy part 1 of this series immediately - only to discover I already owned it and had deemed it subpar.
What a wasted opportunity, if only the series had been written more like this prequel…

[Wayne McKinstry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inception: Forsaken Mercenary is an introductory story about a man who has no idea who he is. His memories only go back 5 years and after that nothing. He lives in a future world where humankind has abandoned Earth because they messed it up so bad. (I see the basis for a sequel here!). Our hero works as a bouncer in a futuristic Lunar colony, and he is very good at it. There are human settlements on Luna and Mars but they are only for the well-to-do.

This story seems realistic, in view of human nature. People will always be selfish, shortsighted and such. It is just enough to whet my appetite for more.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically an introduction to a space-crime-gangster series (I guess) based on a lunar colony. Reasonable writing and character development in a long short story, but not really compelling to me -- a super space bar bouncer with a mysterious past might be interesting as a backstory, but it's cliche and simplistic enough that since you don't learn anything else about the main character in the story, I don't feel any compulsion to read the main story/series involving this character.

[Chiyaa Pasal · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most disappointing part of this book was its length. That said, the author did a great job in introducing a character in a short story with an ending that left things open for continuance but also allowed the story to end.

I enjoyed the story and liked the mystery elements (main character with an unknown past) that were introduced. I’d continue with the series.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yanez, Jonathan. Inception. Forsaken Mercenary No. 0.5.Kindle, 2019.Inception is a separately published short story to introduce Yanez's Mercenary series. Basically, it is the movie Road House movie to the Moon. You can picture Patrick Swayze with tats in the starring role. Note there is also an audiobook edition available.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yanez, Jonathan. Inception. Forsaken Mercenary No. 0.5. Kindle, 2019.
Inception is a separately published short story to introduce Yanez's Mercenary series. Basically, it is the movie Road House moved to the Moon. You can picture Patrick Swayze with tats in the starring role. Note there is also an audiobook edition available.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this story is starting to a natural conclusion

[Happy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listened to on Audible. Fantastic fast-paced story. Fantastic narrator.

[Martin Bakner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda tails off in the last third.

[Cameron Bingham · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 it is well written and flows well. The main character is written well and it makes you want to continue into the rest of the books to follow his character development.

[Aaron Polish · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good book, got it on my free download, full of action

[Frank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short introduction to forsaken mercenary series. Interesting locale. Characters and story line. And keep reading...

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK enough that I'll, hesitatingly, try the first in the series.

[Scott Wozniak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun short story to get you into the bigger story.

[Hugo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting start, hoping to check Dropship to track Daniel's evolution.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but good!

[Ilona Fenton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Given this was only 49 minutes long it wasn't bad. Luckily it's only the set up for the series and I have book one ready to listen to.

[Woody James · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short story prequel to the Forsaken Mercenary series.