Posts labeled Science Fiction
Review - Destructive Forces by Harry F. Rey
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Ales may be lost in another galaxy after his STAR drive is accidentally triggered, but the spark of revolution his words inspired are winding their way around the worlds of this galaxy. Meanwhile, his mother Sallah, now aware that Ales survived the destruction of Teva, joins with her former lover Sanya to find a way to get Ales back. Time may be against them, with the competing forces seeking control of the Kyleri empire converging on the last operational megacollider.
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Review - Earth Fathers are Weird by Lyn Gala
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Max is a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, sent to engage alien ships that seems to be invading Earth. His plane takes a hit and the next thing Max knows, he’s waking up aboard a space ship full of strange creatures from other worlds. The aliens have no interest in Max and drop him off at a planet used as a trading center far from home. He will need to find a way to pay for the long trip back to Earth, and it seems the highest paying job available is to be the nanny for a tentacled alien’s kids.
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Review - Horizon Points by Harry F. Rey
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This third installment of The Galactic Captaisns series returns the focus to Ales, the lone survivor of Teva, smuggler on the Outer Verge, and now a commander in the Union forces seeking to take control of the verge from the Trades Council. Ales is trying to secure the materials the Union needs to build their new STAR drives, as well as quell rebellions against the new regime on Jensen, all while also trying to please Turo, the man who orchestrated the Union takeover and dominates Ales when they’re alone.
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Review - Ithani by J. Scott Coatsworth
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The Ithani are waking up. The ancient race that split their world between two universes, creating Oberon and Titania, have slept for more than a hundred thousand years. Their power-mad ruler is none too happy about the “aliens” that now occupy his world. If they are to save the planet they call home, humans and skythane must work together to solve the riddle of how it all came to be. Xander, Jameson, Quince, Robyn and their friends scramble to solve the mystery before their world can end.
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Review - Forbidden Pursuits by Harry F. Rey
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Spoiler alert: If you haven’t read the first book in this series, this reivew might give too much away about how it ends. Daeron was raised on a ship crewed entirely by women, with his mother as captain. Now that he’s a grown man his presence is becoming problematic, even though he prefers men. When his mother accepts an assignment that she knows will put Daeron in real danger, she decides to leave the young man with the father he has never known, who is an ambassador on the Kyleri home world, Jiwani.
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Review - To See the Sun by Kelly Jensen
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Gael has never seen the sun. He has lived all his live deep in the bowels of a huge city, so deep that even sunlight doesn’t penetrate. It’s an underworld ruled by crime families where life is cheap. Gael desperately wants to escape, especially after he has botched the latest assignment for the crime family that keeps him perpetually in their debt. Then a friend suggests that Gael is still young and good looking enough to qualify as a “mail order bride”.
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Review - Ledgers and Rent Boys by Meraki P. Lyhne
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Ethan and Ryder start trying to figure out how to make a relationship work, given Ryder’s public persona as ‘Black Ryder’ and Ethan’s desire to stay out of the spotlight. But they can’t spend all their time alone in a romantic bubble. Ryder’s business is under threat from some unknown players, but he doesn’t know the hows or whys. Perhaps a rent boy the two meet in another club can provide some clues.
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Review - Siege Weapons by Harry F. Rey
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Ales is the lone survivor of a planet that was destroyed by another empire because they wouldn’t submit to being enslaved by it. He now makes his living on the outer verge of the galaxy, shipping questionable cargo to unsavory places. It’s a solitary and risky life, full of long stretches of loneliness punctuated by brief hookups whenever he manages to find another human male who shares his tastes. When his boss gives Ales a job delivering “medical supplies” to the besieged planet Jansen, he knows it isn’t going to be a milk run, but he has no idea how dangerous it will really get.
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Review - Junk Mage by Elliot Cooper
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Techno-mage Quillian has a big problem. Well, actually, he has a lot of problems, but the one occupying him at the moment is his ship, appropriately named the Lemon. He’s crashed on a strange planet and is badly in need of materials to repair his craft. He finally finds a junkyard that seems to offer everything he needs, only it’s guarded by a cyborg, Hunter, who doesn’t seem willing to part with any of his mistress’ property.
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Review - Roughnecks and Butterflies by Meraki P. Lyhne
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Ethan is having the worst run of bad luck. On graduating in the top of his class in accounting, he takes a contract with the mining colony of Ore 5, but on his arrival after the two year journey in cryo-sleep he finds he’s been downsized out of the promised positon. To add insult to injury, the severance isn’t enough to cover the cost of a return journey to earth. Then they put him up in worker accommodation where one of the miners attempts to rape him in the showers.
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