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A review by lyndajdickson
Dominion Rising by Rebecca Rode, P.K. Tyler, Cheri Lasota, Dean F. Wilson, Tom Shutt, D.K. Holmberg, Alex H. Singh, Lisa Blackwood, Erin St. Pierre, K.J. Colt, Logan Thomas Snyder, Gwynn White, Anthea Sharp, Samuel Peralta, Felix R. Savage, Tony Bertauski, S.M. Schmitz, Timothy C. Ward, Ann Christy, Melanie Karsak, Ella Summers, Marilyn Peake, Erin Hayes, Daniel Arthur Smith, Becca Andre, Margo Bond Collins, S.M. Blooding
5.0
Dominion Rising is a collection of 23 Fantasy and Science Fiction novels by 25 different authors. This review is for Mind Raider, the first book in the new Kalamatra Rebellion series by S. M. Blooding and P. K. Tyler.
The book is set in the Black System, comprised of four separate systems, at the center of which is the Kalamatra Station. This world is inhabited by different classes: the Elite, the Families, the military, the spacers, and the terrans, each with their own physical and mental attributes.
Keva is an engineered soldier who is left to die for disobeying a direct order but is rescued and recruited by the Codex Syndicate. Her current mission is to find out everything she can about a bioweapon called Batch D-65. She enlists the help of her AI ILO who is developing a personality of her own, Captain Hale Reeve and his spaceship the Allorian, an Elite woman who constantly surprises her (in a good way), and a bunch of rag-tag hangers-on. Will they be able to locate the weapon before it's too late?
This is a rollicking space adventure, not my usual kind of read but entertaining nevertheless. It's full of likable characters and strong female leads. Coming from a science background, I really enjoyed the scientific aspects of the story. But I would like to have seen a bit more romance! While this book concludes this part of the story and we do get some answers, there is so much more I still want to know. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
Warnings: coarse language, sexual references, graphic violence.
I received this book in return for an honest review.
Full blog post (8 August): https://booksdirectonline.blogspot.com/2017/08/dominion-rising-by-p-k-tyler.html
The book is set in the Black System, comprised of four separate systems, at the center of which is the Kalamatra Station. This world is inhabited by different classes: the Elite, the Families, the military, the spacers, and the terrans, each with their own physical and mental attributes.
Keva is an engineered soldier who is left to die for disobeying a direct order but is rescued and recruited by the Codex Syndicate. Her current mission is to find out everything she can about a bioweapon called Batch D-65. She enlists the help of her AI ILO who is developing a personality of her own, Captain Hale Reeve and his spaceship the Allorian, an Elite woman who constantly surprises her (in a good way), and a bunch of rag-tag hangers-on. Will they be able to locate the weapon before it's too late?
This is a rollicking space adventure, not my usual kind of read but entertaining nevertheless. It's full of likable characters and strong female leads. Coming from a science background, I really enjoyed the scientific aspects of the story. But I would like to have seen a bit more romance! While this book concludes this part of the story and we do get some answers, there is so much more I still want to know. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
Warnings: coarse language, sexual references, graphic violence.
I received this book in return for an honest review.
Full blog post (8 August): https://booksdirectonline.blogspot.com/2017/08/dominion-rising-by-p-k-tyler.html