Helix Strike

Sever Squad #2

by A.R. Knight

They fought their way in. Now they're trapped, split up, and facing a fate worse than death as a gene-splicing scientist experiments on her newest test subjects.

Sever squad went to rescue a missing VIP. Now they're broken up and hunted on a planet filled with enemies, and worse, who want them dead.

Not that Sever would have it any other way.

Bashing their way into a fog-shrouded city, Aurora and her squad need to find the VIP and a way off-world before too many lasers burn through their armor. Getting the squad back together for the grand getaway proves tougher than expected, though, when Sever finds the secret behind the city.

Continuing the knock-down, drag-out sci fi action from Drop Zone, Helix Strike's relentless pace is packed with firefights, deadly twists, and characters that'll have you grinning as you turn the pages.

Genres: Science Fiction

274 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

I spin stories in a frosty house in Madison, WI, primarily owned by a pair of cats. After getting sucked into the working grind in the economic crash of the 2008, I found myself spending boring meetings soaring through space and going on grand adventures.

Eventually, spending time with podcasting, screenplays, short stories and other novels, I found a story I could fall into and a cast of characters both entertaining and full of heart. That story became Wild Nines, and eventually became a trilogy.

I've got a basket, maybe even a barrel of ideas for more stories coming after these, so if you'd like to see what I'm scribing, feel free to visit me at adamrknight.com or sign up for my newsletter at http://bit.ly/bkbnewswn.

Thanks for reading!

Reviews

[Alex Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually great.

Some really interesting characters that made it easy to care about them.
Good action and inventive scenes & monsters.

Occasionally a little far-fetched but that’s sci-fi isn’t it, you have to stretch credibility and plausibility while keeping the reader entertained and engaged.

A good follow up to the first book which actually leaves a fitting ending, inviting rather than compelling you to get the next book. There is closure at this point if you want to jump off the journey here.

[Pete Ffrench · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good follow up to Drop Zone and a conclusion to the mission with a few surprises along the way like leaving the swamp that is Dynas without claiming their payoff and splitting from Defense Corps for the way they were dropped in at the deep end and left for dead.

[Mark P. Downey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book better than the first. Why? Probably because I already knew the main characters, the plot, and the setting. Some was pretty predictable, yet there were a few surprises. Editing was poor. A character changed sex twice on one page, and word usage was sloppy.