Review of Rogue Starship: The Benevolency Universe (David Alastair Hayden) / Outworld Ranger 1

Review of Rogue Starship: The Benevolency Universe (David Alastair Hayden) :
8Stars

Thief, father murder, archeologist, alien starship, stasis, alien race, neural interfacing, AI, criminal guild, robots, space messiah, rescue, technology, mobster, drug addition..

Opinion: Very good book of a thief with an almost human AI trying to survive in a corrupt world, a book with enough action. A great book to buy, give and lend.


When renowned archeologist Gav Gendin finds an Ancient starship, and a stasis chamber with a living member of the extinct alien race inside, he knows something strange is going on. Visions and dreams aren't the normal way archeologists uncover artifacts, but that's what guided him to the Ancient ship. The discovery should be the greatest triumph of his career. Instead, it ends in disaster and leads to his son, Siv, being placed in cryogenic sleep. A century later, Siv wakes to a world in decline, a world where you do what you must to survive. With the help of Silky, his father's old neural interfacing AI companion, Siv becomes the best procurement specialist on the planet. But his services belong to the criminal Shadowslip Guild who owns him. After a job goes sideways in the worst way possible, the last thing Siv expects is to be offered his freedom. But there's a catch. His target is so hot that rival criminal guilds, foreign governments, and religious extremists will risk war to get it. The Outworld Ranger series packs all the action and sci-fi fun of the stories that inspired it: Star Wars, The Fifth Element, and Guardians of the Galaxy. It has sentient AI's, alien mysteries, starship battles, quirky robots, and a space messiah.

The Benevolency Universe
For over three thousand years a superintelligence called the Benevolence guided humanity through an age of unprecedented peace, prosperity, and technological advancement. Now, a century after its collapse, our enemies multiply as we struggle to maintain our starfaring civilization and recover technology we once took for granted. But the Benevolence kept many secrets to itself, secrets that could shape the future of humanity.






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Review of Earthrise (M.C.A. Hogarth) / Her Instruments Series 1

Review of Earthrise (M.C.A. Hogarth):
8Stars

Space merchant vessel, money problems, psychic powers, space pirates, space slavers, rescue mission..

Opinion: Good book of space adventures in a space ship with a crew of different species. A great book to buy, give and lend.


Reese Eddings has enough to do just keeping her rattletrap merchant vessel, the TMS

Earthrise, profitable enough to pay food for herself and her micro-crew. So when a mysterious benefactor from her past shows up demanding she rescue a man from slavers, her first reaction is to say "NO!" And then to remember that she sort of promised to repay the loan. But she doesn't remember signing up to tangle with pirates and slavers over a space elf prince... Book 1 of the Her Instruments trilogy is a rollicking space operatic adventure set in the Pelted Paradox universe.

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Midnight's Daughter (Karen Chance) / Dorina Basarab Series 1

Review of Midnight's Daughter (Karen Chance):
8Stars

Dhampir, vampires, rage problems, family problems, mages, trolls, fay, room mate missing, fey court, vampire politics.. A very aggressive woman..

Opinion: Very good book, better than those of Cassandra Palmer. A great book to buy, give and lend.


Dorina Basarab is a dhampir half human, half vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. So far Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who

deserve killing.

Now Dory's vampire father has come back into her life. Her Uncle Dracula (yes, the Dracula), infamous even among vampires for his cruelty and murderous ways, has escaped his prison. And her father wants Dory to work with gorgeous master vampire Louis-Cesare to put him back there.

Vampires and dhampirs are mortal enemies, and Dory prefers to work alone. But Dracula is the only thing on Earth that truly scares her, so when Dory has to go up against him, she'll take all the help she can get… ... 




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Review of Age of Swords (Michael J. Sullivan) / The Legends of the First Empire 2

Review of Age of Swords (Michael J. Sullivan):
6Stars

Elves, dwarves, swords, runes, magic creature, dragon, magic, sacrifice, romance, politics, smiths, metallurgy, false gods, outcasts, rebellion..

Opinion: Lower the level a bit compared to the first book. It is worth buying it, giving it away and lending it to whoever likes fantastic literature.

Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies from without and bitter rivalries within.

Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long standing enmities dividing the Rhune make it all but impossible to unite against a common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess makes the Fhrey indistinguishable from gods?

The answer lies across the sea in a faraway land populated by a reclusive and dour race who feels nothing but disdain for both Fhrey and mankind. With time running out, Persephone leads the gifted young seer Suri, the Fhrey sorceress Arion, and a small band of misfits in a desperate search for aid a quest that will take them into the darkest depths of Elan. There, an ancient adversary waits an enemy as surprising as it is deadly.

The Legends of the First Empire

1. Age of Myth

2. Age of Swords

 
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Review of Sweep in Peace (Ilona Andrews) / Innkeeper Chronicles 2

Review of Sweep in Peace (Ilona Andrews):
8Stars

Magical inn, werewolves, vampires, deaths, neighbors, nexus between worlds, disappearance parents, cannibal guest, horde, peace summit, war, space merchants, diplomatic meeting, manipulations, cultural differences, poisoning..

Opinion: Very good, the problems of hosting a peace meeting of three war races. Advisable to buy, to give and to leave. Another great book of the series.

Dina DeMille isn't your typical Bed and Breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head. The inn needs guests to thrive and guests have been scarce, so when an Arbitrator shows up at Dina's door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring species, she jumps on the chance. Unfortunately, for Dina, bridging the gap between space vampires, the Hope Crushing Horde, and the merchants of Bahachar is much easier said than done. To make the summit a success, she must find a chef, remodel the inn, keep her guests from murdering each other, and risk everything, even her life, to save the man she might fall in love with. But then it's all in the day's work for an Innkeeper.

Serie:

1. Clean Sweep

2. Sweep in Peace

 
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Review of Winter's Fury (A.E. Rayne) / Furyck Saga 1

Review of Winter's Fury (A.E. Rayne):
8Stars

Vikings, warriors, alliance, wife murder, broken, seers, court intrigues, sword training, marriage convenience, drunk husband, illegitimate child, future king..

Opinion: Very good book, the beginning of a good saga. Palatial intrigues of the daughter of a former king in a marriage of convenience. A good book to buy, give and lend.

In a world ruled by men, one woman will rise

She was their greatest warrior; the daughter of the king. But her uncle stole the throne and sent her away to marry Eadmund, the drunken son of their worst enemy. Now she must pick up her sword again to restore her family’s honour and return to the home she loves. 

Despite her skill with a sword, her prowess in battle, and her reputation as the greatest warrior in Brekka, without her father to protect her, Jael was merely a pawn, a woman to be married off so her uncle could forge an alliance to fulfil his own desperate ambitions.

Eadmund is broken hearted, tortured by the murder of his first wife, but his father had lost patience with him. He wanted heirs for his kingdom. He wanted his son back, restored to the fierce warrior he had once been. And when his daughter has a dream about Jael, the woman who would save him, he eagerly jumps at the opportunity to make an alliance with his worst enemy.

Jael and Eadmund will fight against their union, but the dreamers know that this marriage is meant to be; it must happen for the sake of all Osterland. For without them... without Jael and her sword, without Eadmund by her side, the five kingdoms will not survive the darkness that is coming to claim them all. 

 
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Review of The Terrans (Jean Johnson) / First Salik War 1

Review of The Terrans (Jean Johnson) :
5Stars

Aliens, first contact, psychic powers, space rescue, war, canibals aliens, diplomatic mission, space empire, different cultures, religious empire, romance..

Opinion: He lets be read, sometimes he is a bit slow in the plot but he would continue reading the next books in the series.

Born into a political family and gifted with psychic abilities, Jacaranda MacKenzie has served as a border watcher and even spent time as a representative on the United Planets Council. Now she just wants to spend her days in peace and quiet as a translator but the universe has other plans…

Humans have long known that they would encounter more alien species, and while those with precognitive abilities agree a terrible war is coming, they do not agree on who will save humanity a psychic soldier or a politician.

But Jackie is both.

After she is pressured into rejoining the Space Force to forestall the impending calamity, Jackie makes an unsettling discovery. Their new enemy, the Salik, seem to be rather familiar with fighting Humans as if their war against humanity had already begun… 


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