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Mindstorm
It called her here, to this path, to this derelict ship in wild space.
As a former gun smuggler, Lori Kimura answers to the unsavory. But this darkness, this call, isn’t like anything she’s encountered before.
And it might be the first enemy Lori cannot fell by finding a bigger gun.
ENTER THE MINDSTORM
As a former gun smuggler, Lori Kimura answers to the unsavory. But this darkness, this call, isn’t like anything she’s encountered before.
And it might be the first enemy Lori cannot fell by finding a bigger gun.
ENTER THE MINDSTORM
111 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 15, 2021
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About the author
Becca Lee Gardner
22 books13 followersBecca Lee Gardner is an 8-time Honorable Mention Winner from the Writers of the Future contest. She writes novels, comic books, screenplays, and short stories. Her sci-fi horror novella, Mindstorm, debuted in December of 2021. If it’s science fiction or fantasy with monsters in it, she’s all in.
When she’s not writing, Becca walks for hours and hours, chasing the sunrise. She also plays intense rounds of Splendor and Star Wars: Battlefront with her three kids. Her favorite evenings are spent watching Korean zombie shows with her husband who jump-scares quite easily.
When she’s not writing, Becca walks for hours and hours, chasing the sunrise. She also plays intense rounds of Splendor and Star Wars: Battlefront with her three kids. Her favorite evenings are spent watching Korean zombie shows with her husband who jump-scares quite easily.
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November 13, 2024
Excellent Sci-fi Horror - Scary stuff in a spaceship!
Lori Kimura is a former gun smuggler, still on parole after paying for her crimes, and captain of her own small space ship. Travelling through space in her newly purchased but slightly dodgy courier ship she receives an emergency SOS from a medical vessel, and is required under the United Planetary States code and a number of other laws to offer help to a ship in distress - failure to do so could land her right back in a cell. Against her better judgement she decides to offer assistance and docks inside the ship.
There are no ships in the docking bay, no medical equipment, nothing. Certainly enough to make anyone nervous. Even worse a small number of heavily armed and clearly military grade personnel posing as medical research assistants take her into custody to take her to their leader. On the way, they pass a lot of water in various places, dripping from the ceilings, and she was warned to stay clear. Before too long, the soldiers start to be attacked and disappear into the water that appears to be just a puddle never to return... What on earth is going on? How can she get off the medical ship? Can she even survive whatever is happening here?
To find out you really need to read the book - it is certainly a worthwhile read with a lot of unusual and surprising elements which I can highly recommend.
Mindstorm was the first published book for Becca Lee Gardner, and is planned to be the first in a series. I definitely want to read the next installment...
Lori Kimura is a former gun smuggler, still on parole after paying for her crimes, and captain of her own small space ship. Travelling through space in her newly purchased but slightly dodgy courier ship she receives an emergency SOS from a medical vessel, and is required under the United Planetary States code and a number of other laws to offer help to a ship in distress - failure to do so could land her right back in a cell. Against her better judgement she decides to offer assistance and docks inside the ship.
There are no ships in the docking bay, no medical equipment, nothing. Certainly enough to make anyone nervous. Even worse a small number of heavily armed and clearly military grade personnel posing as medical research assistants take her into custody to take her to their leader. On the way, they pass a lot of water in various places, dripping from the ceilings, and she was warned to stay clear. Before too long, the soldiers start to be attacked and disappear into the water that appears to be just a puddle never to return... What on earth is going on? How can she get off the medical ship? Can she even survive whatever is happening here?
To find out you really need to read the book - it is certainly a worthwhile read with a lot of unusual and surprising elements which I can highly recommend.
Mindstorm was the first published book for Becca Lee Gardner, and is planned to be the first in a series. I definitely want to read the next installment...
February 19, 2022
Rating: A
Review copy provided through Voracious Readers.
Mindstorm is a short science fiction that centres on Lori Kimura, an ex-criminal/smuggler who now works for a transport company above board. On the way to her next destination, she finds a ship releasing a distress beacon and decides to go help them. Things soon go haywire as she witnesses the ships inhabitants (which include armed soldiers) anaesthetising a child for transport.
Despite the short length, I felt that the author did a good job of developing Lori as a character and building up her backstory and history. The scenes with her father were really touching. I also found a little humour in the use of voice-activated software - wishing things would change in 100 years and improve (lol). I went in completely blind to this story and was pleasantly surprised by the direction the plot went. The pacing was really good and the story resolved in a way I was happy with.
There wasn't too much technobabble as is common in science fiction, which I really appreciated. I'm hoping there are more books in a similar universe by the author.
Review copy provided through Voracious Readers.
Mindstorm is a short science fiction that centres on Lori Kimura, an ex-criminal/smuggler who now works for a transport company above board. On the way to her next destination, she finds a ship releasing a distress beacon and decides to go help them. Things soon go haywire as she witnesses the ships inhabitants (which include armed soldiers) anaesthetising a child for transport.
Despite the short length, I felt that the author did a good job of developing Lori as a character and building up her backstory and history. The scenes with her father were really touching. I also found a little humour in the use of voice-activated software - wishing things would change in 100 years and improve (lol). I went in completely blind to this story and was pleasantly surprised by the direction the plot went. The pacing was really good and the story resolved in a way I was happy with.
There wasn't too much technobabble as is common in science fiction, which I really appreciated. I'm hoping there are more books in a similar universe by the author.
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