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Odysseus Ascendant by Evan Currie

fudgepopz's review against another edition

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5.0

Fast Paced Fun

Like all the odyssey one novels. Fast paced and fun. If you enjoyed the other books, you will enjoy this one. Evan Currie is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

claire_loves_books's review against another edition

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5.0

I really really enjoyed this, it's pretty much all space combat, but it manages to stay interesting and dynamic, each encounter brings something new and I was totally caught up.

shonari's review against another edition

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4.0

Thoroughly enjoyed this series. The author however, had the habit of repeating quotes from previous book verbatim too often. "Quantity has a quality all its own..." If I heard that phrase one more time...

graff_fuller's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I thought that this was the last book of the series, but I was wrong. I'm glad about it (storywise), but I don't have the next book...so I'm not happy about that. Humph.

Earth has got its back against the wall. The Empire is searching to find its location. The Priminae didn't keep it in their ship's drives, but there may be other clues...for the Empire to find it.

The Earth/Terrans are sending ships out...looking for the Empire's next incursion into Priminae space or ANYWHERE near Earth.

They do a lot of cool things with tech in this story, and the ship to ship fighting/strategy is really cool.

Also, they've got something in their back pocket...which is REALLY cool.

Had a LOT of fun breezing through this story. It went by SO fast.

Now, I have to wait. Sadness.

sidetracked's review against another edition

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3.0

After taking a bit of a break from the series I found this back in my kindle books and decided to dive back into the Odyssey One universe. As always, I was not disappointed by Evan Currie. Actually looking forward to the next book and seeing what comes next now that Project Prometheus is out in the open.

oswallt's review

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3.0

The ending was disappointing, it didn't make sense. Why didn't they just
Spoileruse Prometheus on the Imperial fleet attacking Earth?

tuftymctavish's review against another edition

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3.0

Big space battles against frightening odds, the kind of military SF that I enjoy.

trish204's review against another edition

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5.0

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
After being somewhat disappointed by the previous book, this one showed the author back to his old self.

In this 7th installment, Terran and Priminae forces scramble to come up with some sort of plan because it's only a matter of time before the Empire comes back with a vengeance - and it's especially dangerous for Earth after the information they managed to download in the previous book.
The Empire is more vexed than ever because nothing they know about Humans makes any sense. So one of the vector lords decides to smash the enemy (us), even if he will be called out for using excessive force.
But is it excessive or will Commodore Weston, once again, come up with something to stick it to the Empire? Can project Prometheus be of any help perhaps?

This book had it all: space battles, new and creative technological developments (
SpoilerI especially love that at least some altered form of my beloved Archangels is now back
), hilarious scenes, glorious banter, and some more info about the Empire as well as the entities - the sentient spaceship being just one new aspect (albeit the best one). And some serious foreshadowing.

The author actually manages to insert significant moments about gender identity side-by-side with military action, codes of honour, and a mad race to save our home planet (our only planet). Again.

I'm so happy that we're back to the usual high standard of this series and can't wait for the next installment and where the author will take the story.

mpeterke's review against another edition

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4.0

I continued with this one tight after the previous book. That may have been a mistake because the books in this series tend to be quite "similar". This is not a bad thing, I really like military sci-fi, but can be a little bit tedious after a while. I will look for something else to read next but will be back right after it. I still really like the characters, the new ones as well. Also, the storyline took a little turn at starts to scratch the supernatural a bit, which is a nice touch, too. A lot can be said about Evan Currie's books, but it's a fact that I always share the most quotes from his works.

Don't worry, I'll be back.

midwinter's review against another edition

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3.0

After taking a bit of a break from the series I found this back in my kindle books and decided to dive back into the Odyssey One universe. As always, I was not disappointed by Evan Currie. Actually looking forward to the next book and seeing what comes next now that Project Prometheus is out in the open.