Mayday: A Military Sci-fi Action Adventure

Zero-point Awakening #4

by ZZ Adams

A multinational corporation with alien technology and an evil plan. Won’t somebody think of the children? When a super-smart ape tells Arthur and Elliot they messed up investigating Hellinix the first time, the four heroes realize that they must return to Level-8, the vault at the center of Hellinix’s rotting heart, to uncover the corporation’s ultimate goal. Elliot has lost his sword. Arthur has fallen head over heels for Elliot’s best friend. Millicent is trying to decide if she’ll ever fit in with the team. And Stanley wants to know where the hell the mangoes are and why he’s stuck babysitting a bunch of squabbling lesser apes. Will any of them be able to keep their minds on the job for more than five minutes? Can you get a decent kebab in Switzerland? If a Karen falls in the woods and nobody cares, does anyone care? Why didn’t they call this novel Soldier, Assassin, Orangutan, Spy? I want to speak to the manager! This science-fiction thriller is a dark and humorous tale of wayward superheroes, the evil megacorporation stalking them, and the teamwork it will take to save the world. If you are a fan of The Avengers, X-Men, The Boys, Watchmen, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Stranger Things, you will love the fourth action-packed episode of this humorous serialized science fiction superhero thriller.

Genres: Adventure

188 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 5, 2021

About the author

Meet Damian Jay Clay and Andrew J Savage, two formerly respectable and marginally talented writers who joined forces in 2020 with the ill-fated mission of bringing you exciting speculative fiction. Based in the UK and Japan, these two work from the comfort of their virtual office on Discord--but be warned, they are now at my mercy, a vengeful being determined to punish them for their crimes against literature. Will they escape my matrix and save themselves, or will they ultimately be fully assimilated and destroyed?
Find out on zzadams website and join my newsletter to stay updated on their fate. Muhahahaha...Haha!

Reviews

[Sahara Foley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, this book just zipped along and before I knew it, it was over.  Lots of non-stop action and adventure.  Well, maybe mayhem would be a better word.  

We finally get some answers about Elliot and his dad, but more still needs to be revealed. Also, Gunther ends up being what we sorta suspected.  

As for Arthur/Nel?  There were some inconsistencies, I felt, in the plot regarding those two.  When Arthur's suit starts transforming him again on Level-8, it made no sense.  It just didn't seem plausible and how could he survive the major changes to his body.  Also, Nel was there and then not, but then she was back again, but not.  To me, that whole situation felt like it was washed over without a proper explanation.  Especially when we find out what really happened to Nel, and I was like, yeah, but everyone saw and spoke to her as a tangible entity before.  Made no sense. 

Stanley finds out the truth about his 'friend' and now has doubts about himself and where he really fits in with the group.  Though he looks down on the hairless aps, he's suffering an identity crisis.  Welcome to the human race.  LOL. 

As I thought with the last book, Ascension, the characters are starting to sound alike  They're even using the same word usage, which isn't normal.  So, they aren't quite as three dimensional as they were before.  It doesn't take away from the story, at all, but removes a connection from before. 

I do recommend this book, and if you've gotten this far in the series, you're sucked into it and have no choice but to buy the next one. 

[Don · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was not aware there were previous volumes in 'series'.

Discovered this wasn't a stand-alone, and does not conclude at its ending.

Liked the ape.