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Disintegration
Winner of the 2022 Silver Medal Independent Publisher Award (IPPY) in Erotica
Dutiful soldier and devoted family man Callum Renwick fights to defend his country from the two opposing nations sharing its border. Following a brutal attack on his unit, he wakes up in the underground laboratory of a well-known mercenary organization. The leader of the Midnight Scorpions, Dr. Dane Zedek, informs him he was the sole survivor of the attack, and his hometown and loved ones were obliterated by enemy forces. As he processes the news of his loss, he learns he has been badly injured, and Zedek and his assistant have supplanted half his body with artificial skin and cybernetic parts.
Zedek intends to train Callum to become a lethal assassin for him, designating the woman who coordinated the attack as his first target. While he prepares to exact his revenge, he is assigned to the care of another agent in the Scorpions’ base. Ro is brash and outspoken, yet aspects of her character remain enigmatic. Despite declaring personal relationships useless in the cold, cruel world in which they live, she invites herself into Callum’s bedroom more nights than not. In her coaching, she pushes him physically, emotionally, and sexually to mold him into the killer the organization desires.
During his quest to hunt down his nemesis, more and more of Callum’s biological body parts fail and must be replaced. In addition to dealing with his grief, he struggles to come to terms with his new appearance, functions, and responsibilities. Will he be able to transform himself into what Ro and the Midnight Scorpions need, yet still retain his humanity?
Dutiful soldier and devoted family man Callum Renwick fights to defend his country from the two opposing nations sharing its border. Following a brutal attack on his unit, he wakes up in the underground laboratory of a well-known mercenary organization. The leader of the Midnight Scorpions, Dr. Dane Zedek, informs him he was the sole survivor of the attack, and his hometown and loved ones were obliterated by enemy forces. As he processes the news of his loss, he learns he has been badly injured, and Zedek and his assistant have supplanted half his body with artificial skin and cybernetic parts.
Zedek intends to train Callum to become a lethal assassin for him, designating the woman who coordinated the attack as his first target. While he prepares to exact his revenge, he is assigned to the care of another agent in the Scorpions’ base. Ro is brash and outspoken, yet aspects of her character remain enigmatic. Despite declaring personal relationships useless in the cold, cruel world in which they live, she invites herself into Callum’s bedroom more nights than not. In her coaching, she pushes him physically, emotionally, and sexually to mold him into the killer the organization desires.
During his quest to hunt down his nemesis, more and more of Callum’s biological body parts fail and must be replaced. In addition to dealing with his grief, he struggles to come to terms with his new appearance, functions, and responsibilities. Will he be able to transform himself into what Ro and the Midnight Scorpions need, yet still retain his humanity?
- GenresScience Fiction
207 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 2013
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About the author
Thea Landen
45 books172 followersThea Landen lives in New York with her husband and children. Though she’s dabbled in all romantic subgenres, she has a special love for sci-fi, fantasy, and adventure…anything that pushes the imagination beyond its usual limits. When she’s not writing, she’s either knitting or crocheting, playing video games, or pretending to enjoy cardio and squats.
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March 17, 2022
Soooooo…yeah. I struggled with Disintegration.
It had a good premise and the blurb definitely had a lot of appeal for me. Dutiful soldier and devoted family man, brutal attack on his unit, sole survivor and badly injured, etc. Really it had a lot going for and I was excited to get started. I was hooked at the beginning when I first started reading, I was really into it. And then I wasn’t.
Each chapter began to feel like it had a plug and play formula, almost repetitious in what was going to happen. Lab. Fight. Sex. Repeat in next chapter. It started getting to the point where I sometimes skimmed over the sex. Worse, I began to dislike the characters, couldn’t care less what happened to them and was happy when the book finally ended. Was it the book or was it me? Honestly, I can’t say but I know I won’t be continuing with the series.
Stars: 2
I received this book from BookSirens. I was not compensated for the book other than the entertainment it provided. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
It had a good premise and the blurb definitely had a lot of appeal for me. Dutiful soldier and devoted family man, brutal attack on his unit, sole survivor and badly injured, etc. Really it had a lot going for and I was excited to get started. I was hooked at the beginning when I first started reading, I was really into it. And then I wasn’t.
Each chapter began to feel like it had a plug and play formula, almost repetitious in what was going to happen. Lab. Fight. Sex. Repeat in next chapter. It started getting to the point where I sometimes skimmed over the sex. Worse, I began to dislike the characters, couldn’t care less what happened to them and was happy when the book finally ended. Was it the book or was it me? Honestly, I can’t say but I know I won’t be continuing with the series.
Stars: 2
I received this book from BookSirens. I was not compensated for the book other than the entertainment it provided. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
August 1, 2021
Crimes Against Humanity🐺💪🔪🔫💥
ADULT Sci-fi Military and Assassins with Romance💕
Humans living on a distant planet are always at war it seems over territory. Oneupmanship is taking its toll, though, with one side having more and more sophisticated and deadly weapons. An underground subversive society is formed called the Midnight Scorpions and their members are highly trained assassins.
When tank soldier Callum🐺💪🔪🔫 is severely injured and burned, he is brought to the Scorpion lab, and cyberneticly pieced back together by scientists. Now he is better than new, but his family was wiped out in the war. Physically, Callum🐺💪🔪🔫 is restored and improved upon, but mentally, he terribly misses his a dead wife and child. The Scorpions try to motivate him to kill with the motivation of revenge!
Another assassin, a woman named Ro💃💋🔫, seduces him with somewhat deviant s@x, but she seems to be completely heartless. It's just rough, meaningless s@x, to pass the time between assignments. How long can both of them live this way?
ARC Provided by Book📚 Sirens💃and
Opinions expressed here are entirely my own fault!
As time goes by and the mercenaries kill for any side that will hire then, Callum🐺💪🔪🔫💥 also has more problems with his cyborg and human form. He begins to lose his human form as more and more modifications must be made to his body. As a killing machine, has he lost the humanity that still resides in his brain?
For me, this was a very sad and very emotional tale, of the poisonous effects of revenge and power. This is a very disturbing novel.
ADULT Sci-fi Military and Assassins with Romance💕
Humans living on a distant planet are always at war it seems over territory. Oneupmanship is taking its toll, though, with one side having more and more sophisticated and deadly weapons. An underground subversive society is formed called the Midnight Scorpions and their members are highly trained assassins.
When tank soldier Callum🐺💪🔪🔫 is severely injured and burned, he is brought to the Scorpion lab, and cyberneticly pieced back together by scientists. Now he is better than new, but his family was wiped out in the war. Physically, Callum🐺💪🔪🔫 is restored and improved upon, but mentally, he terribly misses his a dead wife and child. The Scorpions try to motivate him to kill with the motivation of revenge!
Another assassin, a woman named Ro💃💋🔫, seduces him with somewhat deviant s@x, but she seems to be completely heartless. It's just rough, meaningless s@x, to pass the time between assignments. How long can both of them live this way?
ARC Provided by Book📚 Sirens💃and
Opinions expressed here are entirely my own fault!
As time goes by and the mercenaries kill for any side that will hire then, Callum🐺💪🔪🔫💥 also has more problems with his cyborg and human form. He begins to lose his human form as more and more modifications must be made to his body. As a killing machine, has he lost the humanity that still resides in his brain?
For me, this was a very sad and very emotional tale, of the poisonous effects of revenge and power. This is a very disturbing novel.
January 14, 2022
Idk
The writing is good, but the story didn’t capture my heart. It’s just lust and action. I wanted to feel more. I’m pretty sure it’s a me preference
The writing is good, but the story didn’t capture my heart. It’s just lust and action. I wanted to feel more. I’m pretty sure it’s a me preference
August 22, 2021
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
Well, that was some read, the main characters are Callum Renwick (a loving husband and doting father, who is also a loyal, honourable & dutiful soldier) whose unit comes under heavy attack when fighting for his country, he gets severely injured and wakes up (as the only survivor of the battle) in an underground complex of an organisation called the Midnight Scorpions, his body has been half transformed into a cybernetic robot with artificial skin, he’s informed his former life no longer exists and his wife and child have also perished, and that he will become an assassin for the aforementioned Midnight Scorpions he is assigned to Ro (an agent who will train him for his first mission) you need to read this book it’s just a hotbed of passion with a good sci-fi story mixed in I can’t wait for the follow up book
Well, that was some read, the main characters are Callum Renwick (a loving husband and doting father, who is also a loyal, honourable & dutiful soldier) whose unit comes under heavy attack when fighting for his country, he gets severely injured and wakes up (as the only survivor of the battle) in an underground complex of an organisation called the Midnight Scorpions, his body has been half transformed into a cybernetic robot with artificial skin, he’s informed his former life no longer exists and his wife and child have also perished, and that he will become an assassin for the aforementioned Midnight Scorpions he is assigned to Ro (an agent who will train him for his first mission) you need to read this book it’s just a hotbed of passion with a good sci-fi story mixed in I can’t wait for the follow up book
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August 22, 2021I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
Well, that was some read, the main characters are Callum Renwick (a loving husband and doting father, who is also a loyal, honourable & dutiful soldier) whose unit comes under heavy attack when fighting for his country, he gets severely injured and wakes up (as the only survivor of the battle) in an underground complex of an organisation called the Midnight Scorpions, his body has been half transformed into a cybernetic robot with artificial skin, he’s informed his former life no longer exists and his wife and child have also perished, and that he will become an assassin for the aforementioned Midnight Scorpions he is assigned to Ro (an agent who will train him for his first mission) you need to read this book it’s just a hotbed of passion with a good sci-fi story mixed in I can’t wait for the follow up book
Well, that was some read, the main characters are Callum Renwick (a loving husband and doting father, who is also a loyal, honourable & dutiful soldier) whose unit comes under heavy attack when fighting for his country, he gets severely injured and wakes up (as the only survivor of the battle) in an underground complex of an organisation called the Midnight Scorpions, his body has been half transformed into a cybernetic robot with artificial skin, he’s informed his former life no longer exists and his wife and child have also perished, and that he will become an assassin for the aforementioned Midnight Scorpions he is assigned to Ro (an agent who will train him for his first mission) you need to read this book it’s just a hotbed of passion with a good sci-fi story mixed in I can’t wait for the follow up book
May 5, 2023
This was my first foray into full-fledged erotica—and I loved it! Landen is a talented writer, who blends emotional narratives seamlessly with sci-fi technical accuracy (much like Callum’s cybernetic parts—no, that simile doesn’t work, never mind, read the book). The story combines action and intimacy, with the sexual exploits motivated by a range of realistic reactions to loss, conflict, and suffering. After the first chapter, the story is a fresh, fun, sexy palate cleanser—due to Landen’s word weaving and touches of humour—before dissolving into deeper themes of grief and manipulation by controlling authorities. The twisty ending is a satisfying conclusion to this rollercoaster novel—and, to paraphrase a passage from the book, “every chapter is a new erotic adventure”. This is a great read.
August 27, 2021
Callum returns to the front and is hit by a blast and wakes up different.
Callum Renwick leaves his pregnant wife and young daughter to return to the front where his vehicle is hit by a blast and everything goes black. He comes to in a white room strapped to a table and Dr. Dane Zedek tells him his unit is gone and the settlement where his family live is gone causing him to go wild and be sedated. When he wakes up again his sees what has been done to him and that his limbs and eye on one side of his body have been replaced by mechanical ones covered in a black material. As he recovers he is helped to learn the abilities of his new part by Agent Ro Bernard.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Callum Renwick leaves his pregnant wife and young daughter to return to the front where his vehicle is hit by a blast and everything goes black. He comes to in a white room strapped to a table and Dr. Dane Zedek tells him his unit is gone and the settlement where his family live is gone causing him to go wild and be sedated. When he wakes up again his sees what has been done to him and that his limbs and eye on one side of his body have been replaced by mechanical ones covered in a black material. As he recovers he is helped to learn the abilities of his new part by Agent Ro Bernard.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
August 30, 2021
Losing His Humanity ? . . .
This is a surprising story line with a soldier waking up to find he has been turned into a cyborg. Mind games abound in this one. Midnight Scorpions is the evil organization whose members are highly trained assassins and that is what they wanted to use Callum Renwick as. But they don’t consider the human part left behind, a loyal soldier, a good man, missing his wife and child whom he has been told were killed. As more and more goes wrong with him, has he lost his humanity? Are the lies and deceptions slowly killing him?
The characters were well-developed and interesting in this fast-action adventure that pulls the reader in trying to figure out what is going on. There is a bigger overall picture to take in, so let your imagination run wild.
This is a surprising story line with a soldier waking up to find he has been turned into a cyborg. Mind games abound in this one. Midnight Scorpions is the evil organization whose members are highly trained assassins and that is what they wanted to use Callum Renwick as. But they don’t consider the human part left behind, a loyal soldier, a good man, missing his wife and child whom he has been told were killed. As more and more goes wrong with him, has he lost his humanity? Are the lies and deceptions slowly killing him?
The characters were well-developed and interesting in this fast-action adventure that pulls the reader in trying to figure out what is going on. There is a bigger overall picture to take in, so let your imagination run wild.
August 24, 2021
His life destroyed, his body damaged, his emotions put on the backburner. Callum's future as a soldier has taken a drastic turn with the disintegration of his unit and his present. Now, recreated as a cyborg, his allegiance is placed in those who can pay the most. But is his new organization really what it appears to be? Is the humanity that remains inside him to be trusted? Can he survive another deception?
My only disappointment was that this ends on a cliffhanger. Book 2 is expected to be published in November.
My only disappointment was that this ends on a cliffhanger. Book 2 is expected to be published in November.
January 6, 2024
3.5 rounded up to 4. The writing style is rather simple, but Ms. Landen has created empathetic characters within a well-realized world. The descriptions of various environments are great, and the sex scenes are creative and fun. The Frankenstein-esque story is also basic, but the futuristic military twist injects a unique energy. I look forward to reading more books from this author!
September 29, 2021
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. this book had me hooked from start till finish
August 30, 2022
Great sci-fi romance, incredible world building. Loved it.
November 5, 2022
Came (teehee) for the spicy and intense and varied physical encounters...stayed for the emotional anguish of identity and fidelity and mental health issues, all in a blood-soaked geopolitical drama!
March 5, 2024
This was an erotic sci-fi novel that interested me for a couple of reasons. It reminds me of the old Six Million Dollar Man TV series starring Lee Majors, which I loved, only set in a fictional location with advanced technology beyond just human robotics. It is also a book with plenty of steamy sex scenes written by a female author (unless the publisher and author are being deceitful), so I found that perspective intriguing. It's a rather tragic story, and there are plenty of cliche lines and stock plots, but it was fine for a vacation read.
March 29, 2022
I have a soft spot for nineties SF action movies. Particularly the lesser known ones.
I suspect I am not alone in this.
This is — in a very good way — a lot like one. (Think Nemesis, Nemesis 2, Screamers..)
What takes it above this (should you *not* think this is a good thing) is that whilst it does have the action, story, characters that make that flavour of cyberpunk/SF so appealing, is that it *also* has the things that happen between the battles and the exposition, between the plot-driven character moments.
What it has is the scenes where the hero and heroine develop their budding romance, and frankly the sex. No closed doors and surprising post battle tonsil-hockey here.
Here you see it all, and it steps into interesting areas of presentation as we see our male-cyborg hero and our tough-but-cute heroine going at it hammer and tong. (Or as it were, cybernetic glossy enhanced c*** and a***)
It’s a very well thought out world, and it does already have a prequel and sequel, so the ending is more “and now the series” than definitive, handing off the story from the hero we followed from the start in this book, to the heroine. (Which, as I very much liked her, I am very ok with.)
If you are coming at it from the ‘romance/erotica’ world, this is new and refreshing because of its story and setting. If you are coming from the ‘Military/Cyber SF’ world, this is new and refreshing because of the romance and intense sex scenes.
It is a yin-yang book, balanced for what might be seen by some as traditionally male and female genre and styles, and I am looking forward to reading the others in the series… I have them already downloaded.
I suspect I am not alone in this.
This is — in a very good way — a lot like one. (Think Nemesis, Nemesis 2, Screamers..)
What takes it above this (should you *not* think this is a good thing) is that whilst it does have the action, story, characters that make that flavour of cyberpunk/SF so appealing, is that it *also* has the things that happen between the battles and the exposition, between the plot-driven character moments.
What it has is the scenes where the hero and heroine develop their budding romance, and frankly the sex. No closed doors and surprising post battle tonsil-hockey here.
Here you see it all, and it steps into interesting areas of presentation as we see our male-cyborg hero and our tough-but-cute heroine going at it hammer and tong. (Or as it were, cybernetic glossy enhanced c*** and a***)
It’s a very well thought out world, and it does already have a prequel and sequel, so the ending is more “and now the series” than definitive, handing off the story from the hero we followed from the start in this book, to the heroine. (Which, as I very much liked her, I am very ok with.)
If you are coming at it from the ‘romance/erotica’ world, this is new and refreshing because of its story and setting. If you are coming from the ‘Military/Cyber SF’ world, this is new and refreshing because of the romance and intense sex scenes.
It is a yin-yang book, balanced for what might be seen by some as traditionally male and female genre and styles, and I am looking forward to reading the others in the series… I have them already downloaded.
April 10, 2013
Thea pens "Disintegration" in an unique, original plot fill with some rough hot sexual scenes with a cyborg, and plenty mind games. The characters were well developed in this action pact adventure and they kept me turning the pages. A totally different take in a story line and a must read for all erotic sci-fi fans.
This review is based on a complimentary copy from the author which was provided for an honest review.
This review is based on a complimentary copy from the author which was provided for an honest review.
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