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The Sea of Stars #1
The First Run
Gaylen’s been at it for years: Flying on the fringes of inhabited space for various crime lords, gangsters and assorted psychopaths, dodging pirates and the law alike. The only way out is getting his own ship, and the chance has finally arrived: The chance to set his own rules and choose his own jobs. There’s just one catch: First he needs to deliver a mysterious but highly-coveted cargo to a backwater planet. So he sets out with an untested crew, a tight deadline, and terrible consequences for failure looming over his head.
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
253 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2020
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Elí Freysson
24 books49 followersBorn and still living in north Iceland in 1982, Elí divides his spare time between the gym, the swimming pool, video games, walks, reading, baking and writing about himself in the third person.
His first fantasy novel was published in Iceland in 2011, followed by a self-published one each year. In 2015 he finished translating the first of a trilogy into English and published online.
And that's how history was made.
His first fantasy novel was published in Iceland in 2011, followed by a self-published one each year. In 2015 he finished translating the first of a trilogy into English and published online.
And that's how history was made.
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February 10, 2024
I am one of the judges of the special hybrid team Epic Space Stars for the SPSFC3 contest. This review is my personal opinion. Officially, it is still in the running for the contest, pending any official team announcements.
Status: Pending
Read: 100%
Oh, what a treat! I was already enjoying this space adventure book in the first page! Our honorable hero Gaylen Qiu is willing to risk a dangerous delivery job in exchange for his very own spaceship. If he delivers the mysterious package on time, he will own a used but reliable white spaceship with an unfortunately very odd name (Athrax? I swear it sounds like a brand of detergent. Maybe it is...).
The client seems reliable enough... as long as you don't doublecross him. Knowing getting a ship and the chance for true independance as an honest enough captain is worth the risk, Gaylen agrees. His first mate is a friendly engineer named Jaquan who has a mechanical leg that limits his mobility a little bit. This never deters him from doing his job or lose his big smile. I liked him a lot. After giving Gaylen the green light the ship only needs minor repairs, Gaylen has to fulfill an important mission: he needs a crew.
Given the urgency of deliverying the package and not getting whacked by his client if he fails, trusting this mission to complete strangers is a difficult and dangerous task. I loved how the book handles the job interviews. We get to meet our 4 crew members seeing how they react. Ber in particular was making me laugh. What a character! The sort of person that will blow salt in your face if you say a dead man's name degree of superstitious. Just don't get him angry, Ber has a gigantic axe and knows how to fight.
The female cast are pretty mysterious. Anya, a sort of cat alien that needs to wear sunglasses to protect her eyes. An old acquiantance of Gaylen named Kirian who seems to be described as a living gold statue that is very beautiful so she covers herself in plenty of scarves. We discover a darker aspect about her past as the story advances. And finishing the crew is a polyamorous alien with several husbands and wives performing some kind of spiritual voyage called Hestia. I liked her a lot too and for some reason, my mind keeps on thinking she has 4 arms which would look cool and come in handy in her line of work.
After finishing reading this book, I felt it is a solid 4 star read. One of the things I really loved about the book was how we get to know the 6 crew members of the ship. Even though Bers's language skills are never required, his stamina and fighting skills are unbeaten. We never quite got to know him, but he reminds me a lot of an older Inosuke (from the Demon Slayer anime).
While I adored the crew and the first 20% of the book, I did feel things sort of never become quite as good the rest of the story. The book isn't bad in any sense of the way, just that plotwise the endless planet stops seem to be more about prolonging the word count and giving us more plot holes. Why can't anyone have electric devices in the null-planet but space ships can still hover close to the surface? How come pirates haven't kidnapped the null planet people into slavery if they are unfamiliar with technology and wouldn't escape? Why didn't the bounty hunter that identified one of the crew members with so much ease let Gaylen go without even offering a warning? How come the engineer's leg never grows back while inside the miraculous medical pod? Is it possible you need to press a button that makes you grow back more tissue and they opted againt it due to being short on time? How come the book's main villain didn't use the secret medical pod if he knew about its existence?
Along with the plotholes I kept on spotting over the story, I would have liked more interesting villains. The ones we meet are rather flatly written. More like the clumsy Stormtrooper type that shoots blasts left & right and never at the target. It felt like a very strong contrast to how nicely the book develops the 6 crew members and lowered the sense of risk of delivering the McGuffin mystery package on time. But as a consolation prize, I did like every scene featuring the bounty hunter a lot. She was very cool.
In a nutshell, the book offers a fun story and I would be interested in reading the sequel. I am voting for the book to advance to the quarterfinals of the contest.
Status: Pending
Read: 100%
Oh, what a treat! I was already enjoying this space adventure book in the first page! Our honorable hero Gaylen Qiu is willing to risk a dangerous delivery job in exchange for his very own spaceship. If he delivers the mysterious package on time, he will own a used but reliable white spaceship with an unfortunately very odd name (Athrax? I swear it sounds like a brand of detergent. Maybe it is...).
The client seems reliable enough... as long as you don't doublecross him. Knowing getting a ship and the chance for true independance as an honest enough captain is worth the risk, Gaylen agrees. His first mate is a friendly engineer named Jaquan who has a mechanical leg that limits his mobility a little bit. This never deters him from doing his job or lose his big smile. I liked him a lot. After giving Gaylen the green light the ship only needs minor repairs, Gaylen has to fulfill an important mission: he needs a crew.
Given the urgency of deliverying the package and not getting whacked by his client if he fails, trusting this mission to complete strangers is a difficult and dangerous task. I loved how the book handles the job interviews. We get to meet our 4 crew members seeing how they react. Ber in particular was making me laugh. What a character! The sort of person that will blow salt in your face if you say a dead man's name degree of superstitious. Just don't get him angry, Ber has a gigantic axe and knows how to fight.
The female cast are pretty mysterious. Anya, a sort of cat alien that needs to wear sunglasses to protect her eyes. An old acquiantance of Gaylen named Kirian who seems to be described as a living gold statue that is very beautiful so she covers herself in plenty of scarves. We discover a darker aspect about her past as the story advances. And finishing the crew is a polyamorous alien with several husbands and wives performing some kind of spiritual voyage called Hestia. I liked her a lot too and for some reason, my mind keeps on thinking she has 4 arms which would look cool and come in handy in her line of work.
After finishing reading this book, I felt it is a solid 4 star read. One of the things I really loved about the book was how we get to know the 6 crew members of the ship. Even though Bers's language skills are never required, his stamina and fighting skills are unbeaten. We never quite got to know him, but he reminds me a lot of an older Inosuke (from the Demon Slayer anime).
While I adored the crew and the first 20% of the book, I did feel things sort of never become quite as good the rest of the story. The book isn't bad in any sense of the way, just that plotwise the endless planet stops seem to be more about prolonging the word count and giving us more plot holes. Why can't anyone have electric devices in the null-planet but space ships can still hover close to the surface? How come pirates haven't kidnapped the null planet people into slavery if they are unfamiliar with technology and wouldn't escape? Why didn't the bounty hunter that identified one of the crew members with so much ease let Gaylen go without even offering a warning? How come the engineer's leg never grows back while inside the miraculous medical pod? Is it possible you need to press a button that makes you grow back more tissue and they opted againt it due to being short on time? How come the book's main villain didn't use the secret medical pod if he knew about its existence?
Along with the plotholes I kept on spotting over the story, I would have liked more interesting villains. The ones we meet are rather flatly written. More like the clumsy Stormtrooper type that shoots blasts left & right and never at the target. It felt like a very strong contrast to how nicely the book develops the 6 crew members and lowered the sense of risk of delivering the McGuffin mystery package on time. But as a consolation prize, I did like every scene featuring the bounty hunter a lot. She was very cool.
In a nutshell, the book offers a fun story and I would be interested in reading the sequel. I am voting for the book to advance to the quarterfinals of the contest.
December 3, 2020
A light and fun adventure read that reminded me of Cowboy Bebop and Firefly, but in a lighter vein.
The plot follows the rag tag crew of a spaceship on a mission for their captain who plans to gain financial independence. But obviously things aren't progressing smooth. A vidicating gang, rival mercenaries all want not just a slice but the whole pie. Add in a bounty hunter with his own objective, things heat up pretty fast. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
The writing style is crisp and moves the plot at a good pace. There aren't any filler pages or purple prose to bloat the page count. Plot picks up right from get go and we get an adventure till the climax. The tone of the book is light and fun even in some of the slightly darker segments.
Worldbuilding and characterization are brilliant. The planets, space stations and voyage is pretty realistic andwe get to meet some interesting races along the journey. There's just enough information to make them alive rather than just set pieces. The supporting cast has their own personality and feel like real people rather just a side character relegated to background.
Overall a fun read. Highly recommended!
The plot follows the rag tag crew of a spaceship on a mission for their captain who plans to gain financial independence. But obviously things aren't progressing smooth. A vidicating gang, rival mercenaries all want not just a slice but the whole pie. Add in a bounty hunter with his own objective, things heat up pretty fast. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
The writing style is crisp and moves the plot at a good pace. There aren't any filler pages or purple prose to bloat the page count. Plot picks up right from get go and we get an adventure till the climax. The tone of the book is light and fun even in some of the slightly darker segments.
Worldbuilding and characterization are brilliant. The planets, space stations and voyage is pretty realistic andwe get to meet some interesting races along the journey. There's just enough information to make them alive rather than just set pieces. The supporting cast has their own personality and feel like real people rather just a side character relegated to background.
Overall a fun read. Highly recommended!
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November 14, 2022Rating: minus 4
I was surprised at this rewrite that I can see any other review, since Goodreads usually block other reviews from me. 🤔 I read Bender's review and it's worth a read. My reviews are now the basis for posts on my website, so it is not a complete waste of my time.
Goodreads have also masked all the commenter ID's on my reviews. 🤔 After the months long attack on my first review of Powers of the Earth, I closed my pages. I also dropped all lurkers but one. Goodreads will not allow me to drop Dr Susan Hamilton (A Maths professor at University of Tennessee ?). 🤔 She did not post anything over more than two years after her friend request and now after four requests still has not removed me from her list. It is odd because I am the least interesting person that I know.
It seems that when you write a scathing review of "a steaming pile of libertarian fantasy", suddenly bring a communist is become a bad thing. It was quite the surprise. 🙂
For more Goodreads weirdness, see my review of "Leviathan's War", low end science fiction or Powers of the Earth (a steaming pile of libertarian fantasy) and the comments of a Claes Rees, Jr/cgr710 (a self-identified NeoNazi and US patriot).
To Claes Rees Jr/cgr710
Don't be a numpty. Be a smarty. Come and join the Communist Party.
I sometimes wonder why these US patriots (Tucker Carlson, Claes Rees Jr or the US Republican Party, for example) loudly support Putin and Russia after his threatening the US with nuclear war. I think that it is the gold transfers but the fascism probably makes treason sexy. In any case.
GLORY TO UKRAINE !!! and GLORY TO THE HEROES !!!
The book reminds me a great deal of the "Firefly" but does not have as interesting a cast of characters. The crew is collected one by one but there is not the vibrancy of the Serenity crew. The world building seemed to be doled out at a steady pace but the circumstances or event that should bind them is lacking.
The technology is unimaginative and very Star Wars. Imagine a space freighter traveling across light years in every trip. Then realize that it seems to be smaller than a yacht with room for six passengers and ten crew that cruises from Bermuda to Gibraltar on a long trip.
The yacht does not need supplies for a six month voyage and water is purified from seawater. It carries no cargo, except toys of the wealthy. It has no medical facilities. It is never more than two hours and one phone call away from emergency aid. The crew and passengers can breathe the sea air because they are not in space. Hull integrity is not an issue with modern materials but again it still does not need a fully self contained environmental system. It has three decks and sometimes more. GPS means that its position is always known to crew and shore. The engine room is a large below decks space for a six thousand mile range.
Super yacht designation are for any more than100 meters long. At less than 100 meters they are not really considered a yacht at this point. A typical yacht at present probably moves into 120 to 150 meters long range and reach 240 meters, I think. I have read space freighters being less than 100 meters long. The writers draw their size scale from Star Wars or other films because they can not be bothered to do a little real world research and apply a little imagination. This writer is no exception. The hero ship has one deck, which is typical of these stories. There is a cargo hold capable of carrying maybe as much as two freight trucks. Based on the in universe descriptions, I am being generous and for an interstellar cargo carrier that is ridiculously low capacity. The new airships can carry more cargo than that. I suggest a Wiki quick search or science channel scroll for the capacity of the latest designs. The small size of engine spaces and workshops on these freighters is another irritating constant.
A one person crew can manage the interstellar freighter from navigation to engine maintenance to emergency hull repair. I personally can not imagine leaving my operation center empty while relieving myself. The writer as do most of the low end does not attempt to supply the super capable ship AI and android units that would be needed to pretend that flying a starship requires at least as many safety systems as a light aircraft.
Star Trek and Star Wars films are limited by set design budget. The writer does not apply enough thought to ship design to allow for a complete environmental suite and redundancies. Who needs solid environmental systems in a vacuum? The logic if there were any might be that they use too much of the limited internal space. The stores include water, which is another volume eater. Repairs require storage for every replacement component or the processed ores for an advanced in ship manufactory, such as part printing devices. I assume that there are no convenient repair shops when you are four light years from a star system.
The above is to highlight the lack of imagination or thought applied to the world building and the sources for what little background is created. I am not singling out this writer but describing the substandard standards of the entire low end of current science fiction.
I will not apply more effort to discuss what should have been my main concerns. Character depth in a book with huge holes in its background universe is hardly likely to be remarkable. Likewise with plot, dialogue, interstellar societies and the rest.
The book is an opportunity to produce a universe of more plausibility than a program whose writers do not bother even with continuity. A science fiction writer probably should aim to create a world that the screen writers must struggle to recreate, as opposed to copying the nearest game or most recent movie. There are only two categories of current US science fiction, the top tier of great writers (7 or 8% of books) and the low end (the remainder). This is anecdotal evidence but. it did involve more than 1200 Amazon titles. The low end seems further divided into Low Effort, Minimal Effort and No Effort.
Compared to most of the US science fiction that I have tried over the last several years, this is not the worst book. The disappointment was greater because the writer displayed some good scene description talent and plot element work. I just did not see a path forward to correcting tech holes, scale inadequacies and the rest. It might have been a good series.
The low bar for current US science fiction has cost me most of my interest in the genre When I feel the mood for science fiction, I watch the streaming service offerings. I like Netflix which has the added bonus of many non-english language productions. All the streaming services put forward better written or more interesting stories than the print.
After admitting that Goodreads are toxic, I started visiting YouTube for science fiction commentary. I found a truly vast number of special interest channels from essayists to woodwork. Philosophy and history were my main interest but there are science, political and crafting channels. I only discovered these about two years ago, so please forgive my gushing.
Curiosity Stream/Nebula are a bargain at only about $15 USD for a yearly subscription, if interested in documentaries. I think that any of these sites is worth a look.
The best find for me on YouTube was the book channels. Every aspect of the bookish experience is covered by at least several channels. These channels host communities of readers who are thoughtful, curious and most of all are excited by all things bookish. This is a far different experience to that of Goodreads. I recommend a visit to several book channels for any reader and have listed some below.
My YouTube picks of the moment.
Truth to Power, Larry and Paul, Denys Davydov, The Histocrat, No Justice MTG, That Chemist, Ancient Geographics, Looking Glass Universe, The Real News, Mandy, So Uncivilized, Democracy at Work, 2Cellos, Book Furnace.
Some of my favorite YouTube channels are.
No Justice MGT, Boat Time, Tara Mooknee, Second Thought, Munecat, Some More News, Mala Armia Janosika, Tom Nicholas, Books and Lala, Novara Media, Cari can Read, Mythic Concepts, The Templin Institute, Sabine Hossenfelder, History Hit, Tulia, Euronews, Alize, Alice Cappelle, Jessica Gagnon, France 24, Tulia, Tiny Wee Boat, Kent, The Narrowboat Pirate, Lorna Jane Adventures, Karolina Zebrowska, Sufficiently Advanced Lena, Invicta, Lily Alexander, What Vivi did next, Nikolay Kutuzov, The Shades of Orange, Nerdstalgia, Vlad Vexler, Double Down News, All Shorts, Maggie May Fish, Noah Samsen, Lady of the Library, Malinda, Hello Future Me, Mythology and Fiction Explained, Rowan J Coleman, Dead Good Books, Half as Interesting, Mark Felton Productions, Neringa Rekaslute, Celtica, DUST, With Olivia, Trek Culture, We're in Hell, Cone of Arc, Sarah Z, A Cup of Nicole, Alexa Donne, The Armchair Historian, The Radical Reviewer, IzzzYzzz, Patrick is a Navajo, Then & Now, Three Arrows, Savage Daughter, Abbie Emmons, Books with Chloe, Emmie, A Life of Lit, AstronautX, The People Profiles, Autumn's Boutique, Prime of Midlife, Make Better Media, Elena Taber, Bovington Tank Museum, Zoe Baker, Books with Brittany, Pro Robotics, The Welsh Viking, Natasha's Adventures, Steam Punk, Cruising the Cut, Camper Vibe, DW News, Paddy Hats, Maiorianus, Practical Engineering, The Amber Ruffin Show, A Clockwork Reader, Crecganford, Emmie, Adult Wednesday Addams, Lilly's expat life, Overly Sarcastic Productions, I'm Rosa, Serena Skybourne, Lady knight the Brave, Book Odyssey, Christy Anne Jones, Mrs Betty Bowers, Hailey in Bookland, Avalishvili, Spacedock, The Gravel Institute, Big Joel, Cold Fusion, Swell Entertainment, May Moon Narrowboat, The Mindful Narrowboat, Ancient Americas, Kathy's Flog in France, UA Courage, Philosophy Tube, Violet Orlandi, The Juice Media, Diane Callahan Quotidian Writer, Armour Cast, Book Furnace.
I wish you an awesome morning, a brilliant afternoon, a wonderful evening, a superb night and may we all keep learning.
Hope sustains both siblings, Courage and Will.
Lore, Dark Sisters
I was surprised at this rewrite that I can see any other review, since Goodreads usually block other reviews from me. 🤔 I read Bender's review and it's worth a read. My reviews are now the basis for posts on my website, so it is not a complete waste of my time.
Goodreads have also masked all the commenter ID's on my reviews. 🤔 After the months long attack on my first review of Powers of the Earth, I closed my pages. I also dropped all lurkers but one. Goodreads will not allow me to drop Dr Susan Hamilton (A Maths professor at University of Tennessee ?). 🤔 She did not post anything over more than two years after her friend request and now after four requests still has not removed me from her list. It is odd because I am the least interesting person that I know.
It seems that when you write a scathing review of "a steaming pile of libertarian fantasy", suddenly bring a communist is become a bad thing. It was quite the surprise. 🙂
For more Goodreads weirdness, see my review of "Leviathan's War", low end science fiction or Powers of the Earth (a steaming pile of libertarian fantasy) and the comments of a Claes Rees, Jr/cgr710 (a self-identified NeoNazi and US patriot).
To Claes Rees Jr/cgr710
Don't be a numpty. Be a smarty. Come and join the Communist Party.
I sometimes wonder why these US patriots (Tucker Carlson, Claes Rees Jr or the US Republican Party, for example) loudly support Putin and Russia after his threatening the US with nuclear war. I think that it is the gold transfers but the fascism probably makes treason sexy. In any case.
GLORY TO UKRAINE !!! and GLORY TO THE HEROES !!!
The book reminds me a great deal of the "Firefly" but does not have as interesting a cast of characters. The crew is collected one by one but there is not the vibrancy of the Serenity crew. The world building seemed to be doled out at a steady pace but the circumstances or event that should bind them is lacking.
The technology is unimaginative and very Star Wars. Imagine a space freighter traveling across light years in every trip. Then realize that it seems to be smaller than a yacht with room for six passengers and ten crew that cruises from Bermuda to Gibraltar on a long trip.
The yacht does not need supplies for a six month voyage and water is purified from seawater. It carries no cargo, except toys of the wealthy. It has no medical facilities. It is never more than two hours and one phone call away from emergency aid. The crew and passengers can breathe the sea air because they are not in space. Hull integrity is not an issue with modern materials but again it still does not need a fully self contained environmental system. It has three decks and sometimes more. GPS means that its position is always known to crew and shore. The engine room is a large below decks space for a six thousand mile range.
Super yacht designation are for any more than100 meters long. At less than 100 meters they are not really considered a yacht at this point. A typical yacht at present probably moves into 120 to 150 meters long range and reach 240 meters, I think. I have read space freighters being less than 100 meters long. The writers draw their size scale from Star Wars or other films because they can not be bothered to do a little real world research and apply a little imagination. This writer is no exception. The hero ship has one deck, which is typical of these stories. There is a cargo hold capable of carrying maybe as much as two freight trucks. Based on the in universe descriptions, I am being generous and for an interstellar cargo carrier that is ridiculously low capacity. The new airships can carry more cargo than that. I suggest a Wiki quick search or science channel scroll for the capacity of the latest designs. The small size of engine spaces and workshops on these freighters is another irritating constant.
A one person crew can manage the interstellar freighter from navigation to engine maintenance to emergency hull repair. I personally can not imagine leaving my operation center empty while relieving myself. The writer as do most of the low end does not attempt to supply the super capable ship AI and android units that would be needed to pretend that flying a starship requires at least as many safety systems as a light aircraft.
Star Trek and Star Wars films are limited by set design budget. The writer does not apply enough thought to ship design to allow for a complete environmental suite and redundancies. Who needs solid environmental systems in a vacuum? The logic if there were any might be that they use too much of the limited internal space. The stores include water, which is another volume eater. Repairs require storage for every replacement component or the processed ores for an advanced in ship manufactory, such as part printing devices. I assume that there are no convenient repair shops when you are four light years from a star system.
The above is to highlight the lack of imagination or thought applied to the world building and the sources for what little background is created. I am not singling out this writer but describing the substandard standards of the entire low end of current science fiction.
I will not apply more effort to discuss what should have been my main concerns. Character depth in a book with huge holes in its background universe is hardly likely to be remarkable. Likewise with plot, dialogue, interstellar societies and the rest.
The book is an opportunity to produce a universe of more plausibility than a program whose writers do not bother even with continuity. A science fiction writer probably should aim to create a world that the screen writers must struggle to recreate, as opposed to copying the nearest game or most recent movie. There are only two categories of current US science fiction, the top tier of great writers (7 or 8% of books) and the low end (the remainder). This is anecdotal evidence but. it did involve more than 1200 Amazon titles. The low end seems further divided into Low Effort, Minimal Effort and No Effort.
Compared to most of the US science fiction that I have tried over the last several years, this is not the worst book. The disappointment was greater because the writer displayed some good scene description talent and plot element work. I just did not see a path forward to correcting tech holes, scale inadequacies and the rest. It might have been a good series.
The low bar for current US science fiction has cost me most of my interest in the genre When I feel the mood for science fiction, I watch the streaming service offerings. I like Netflix which has the added bonus of many non-english language productions. All the streaming services put forward better written or more interesting stories than the print.
After admitting that Goodreads are toxic, I started visiting YouTube for science fiction commentary. I found a truly vast number of special interest channels from essayists to woodwork. Philosophy and history were my main interest but there are science, political and crafting channels. I only discovered these about two years ago, so please forgive my gushing.
Curiosity Stream/Nebula are a bargain at only about $15 USD for a yearly subscription, if interested in documentaries. I think that any of these sites is worth a look.
The best find for me on YouTube was the book channels. Every aspect of the bookish experience is covered by at least several channels. These channels host communities of readers who are thoughtful, curious and most of all are excited by all things bookish. This is a far different experience to that of Goodreads. I recommend a visit to several book channels for any reader and have listed some below.
My YouTube picks of the moment.
Truth to Power, Larry and Paul, Denys Davydov, The Histocrat, No Justice MTG, That Chemist, Ancient Geographics, Looking Glass Universe, The Real News, Mandy, So Uncivilized, Democracy at Work, 2Cellos, Book Furnace.
Some of my favorite YouTube channels are.
No Justice MGT, Boat Time, Tara Mooknee, Second Thought, Munecat, Some More News, Mala Armia Janosika, Tom Nicholas, Books and Lala, Novara Media, Cari can Read, Mythic Concepts, The Templin Institute, Sabine Hossenfelder, History Hit, Tulia, Euronews, Alize, Alice Cappelle, Jessica Gagnon, France 24, Tulia, Tiny Wee Boat, Kent, The Narrowboat Pirate, Lorna Jane Adventures, Karolina Zebrowska, Sufficiently Advanced Lena, Invicta, Lily Alexander, What Vivi did next, Nikolay Kutuzov, The Shades of Orange, Nerdstalgia, Vlad Vexler, Double Down News, All Shorts, Maggie May Fish, Noah Samsen, Lady of the Library, Malinda, Hello Future Me, Mythology and Fiction Explained, Rowan J Coleman, Dead Good Books, Half as Interesting, Mark Felton Productions, Neringa Rekaslute, Celtica, DUST, With Olivia, Trek Culture, We're in Hell, Cone of Arc, Sarah Z, A Cup of Nicole, Alexa Donne, The Armchair Historian, The Radical Reviewer, IzzzYzzz, Patrick is a Navajo, Then & Now, Three Arrows, Savage Daughter, Abbie Emmons, Books with Chloe, Emmie, A Life of Lit, AstronautX, The People Profiles, Autumn's Boutique, Prime of Midlife, Make Better Media, Elena Taber, Bovington Tank Museum, Zoe Baker, Books with Brittany, Pro Robotics, The Welsh Viking, Natasha's Adventures, Steam Punk, Cruising the Cut, Camper Vibe, DW News, Paddy Hats, Maiorianus, Practical Engineering, The Amber Ruffin Show, A Clockwork Reader, Crecganford, Emmie, Adult Wednesday Addams, Lilly's expat life, Overly Sarcastic Productions, I'm Rosa, Serena Skybourne, Lady knight the Brave, Book Odyssey, Christy Anne Jones, Mrs Betty Bowers, Hailey in Bookland, Avalishvili, Spacedock, The Gravel Institute, Big Joel, Cold Fusion, Swell Entertainment, May Moon Narrowboat, The Mindful Narrowboat, Ancient Americas, Kathy's Flog in France, UA Courage, Philosophy Tube, Violet Orlandi, The Juice Media, Diane Callahan Quotidian Writer, Armour Cast, Book Furnace.
I wish you an awesome morning, a brilliant afternoon, a wonderful evening, a superb night and may we all keep learning.
Hope sustains both siblings, Courage and Will.
Lore, Dark Sisters
July 23, 2023
Traditional adventure syfy.
A very fun read. This is the coming together of a small crew under difficult circumstances. Hired on for a hazardous delivery, the Captain, his partner and the crew go through a number of harrowing circumstances to make the delivery. If they’re successful the prize is a freight ship free and clear with all tracking devices removed. They will either succeed or be forced to flee to the rim at the edge of the galaxy.
Maybe they’ll have to flee whether they succeed or not. After all, trusting a dangerous criminal is always a bad idea. You’ll need to read the story to see how it all turns out.
Highly recommended for those that enjoy traditional adventure syfy.
A very fun read. This is the coming together of a small crew under difficult circumstances. Hired on for a hazardous delivery, the Captain, his partner and the crew go through a number of harrowing circumstances to make the delivery. If they’re successful the prize is a freight ship free and clear with all tracking devices removed. They will either succeed or be forced to flee to the rim at the edge of the galaxy.
Maybe they’ll have to flee whether they succeed or not. After all, trusting a dangerous criminal is always a bad idea. You’ll need to read the story to see how it all turns out.
Highly recommended for those that enjoy traditional adventure syfy.
April 11, 2022
Really Enjoyable!
This was actually my first “space adventure “ read and I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. I loved the team dynamics and the characteristics of each team member. The villains were realistic and interesting. The mission was understandable and sufficiently difficult to make the story memorable. Highly recommend.
This was actually my first “space adventure “ read and I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. I loved the team dynamics and the characteristics of each team member. The villains were realistic and interesting. The mission was understandable and sufficiently difficult to make the story memorable. Highly recommend.
November 11, 2022
Great sci fi adventure
The worldbuilding is fascinating although a little grim, the crew is interesting, and the body count isn't too high. The Warden concept is great, and I look forward to more Warden interactions. The story is thrilling, and I'm glad book 2 is already available.
The worldbuilding is fascinating although a little grim, the crew is interesting, and the body count isn't too high. The Warden concept is great, and I look forward to more Warden interactions. The story is thrilling, and I'm glad book 2 is already available.
January 10, 2024
3.5 stars - 100% read for SPSFC3 (Hybrid team)
Fun read, full of action, good crew with great character interaction - however I'm saying no to move forward to next phase of competition as there were much stronger books in our slush pile with similar storylines.
Fun read, full of action, good crew with great character interaction - however I'm saying no to move forward to next phase of competition as there were much stronger books in our slush pile with similar storylines.
September 6, 2021
That was fun
The kind of lighthearted science fiction that's entertaining enough so that you barely notice how well the author crafted the story
The kind of lighthearted science fiction that's entertaining enough so that you barely notice how well the author crafted the story
September 26, 2021
Awesome fun
Very interesting characters. Lots of action and fun places to visit if you are weird, which I am. Love it.
Very interesting characters. Lots of action and fun places to visit if you are weird, which I am. Love it.
December 18, 2021
Good action, great characters. An excellent scifi book that is a fantastic start to a series.
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