Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate #1)
Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in Velocity Weapon, the first book in this epic space opera by award-winning author Megan O'Keefe. Free Download [ Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate #1) ] by [ Megan E. O'Keefe ] – kino-fada.fr ARC provided by the publisher Orbit in exchange for an honest reviewAn incredibly entertaining start to a new space opera series Velocity Weapon is the first book in The Protectorate series by Megan E O Keefe This was my first experience reading O Keefe s work and I had a fantastic time with it isn t an easy book for me to review It s not because I found the book to be disappointing or not up to my preference, but I honestly think that many components of the storyline or what makes this book ARC provided by the publisher Orbit in exchange for an honest reviewAn incredibly entertaining start to a new space opera series Velocity Weapon is the first book in The Protectorate series by Megan E O Keefe This was my first experience reading O Keefe s work and I had a fantastic time with it isn t an easy book for me to review It s not because I found the book to be disappointing or not up to my preference, but I honestly think that many components of the storyline or what makes this book truly great can be considered a spoiler that the task of reviewing this book ended up beingdifficult than usualBeing offended by facts is a long human tradition The story in V...4.5 starsI can t remember the last time I read a book that got me with so many Excuse, me, WHAT moments This is one tricksy author And she s put togetherthan just a well crafted story, it s a genuinely fun reading experience that has you smiling at your own shock as much as what s happening on the page And therein lies the problem for any kind of review, because you really don t want to be spoiled by any of the specifics before you start Evenso than usual I mean This is the k 4.5 starsI can t remember the last time I read a book that got me with so many Excuse, me, WHAT moments This is one tricksy author And she s put togetherthan just a well crafted story, it s a genuinely fun reading experience that has you smiling at your own shock as much as what s happening on the page And therein lies the problem for any kind of review, because you really don t want to be spoiled by any of the specifics before you start Evenso than usual I mean This is the kind of novel that extends a welcoming hand, one loaded with the promise of honesty and friendship, when all the while the other grips a knife just out of sight You think you can imagine what comes next in this scenario Not if this author s writing it Nope, no way, not a chance Maybe the whole damn world explodes Maybe they whip out the blade and carve a wooden statue of your favourite sea creature WHO KNOWS.So I m going to avoid anything that could give the game away and talk about s...I inhaled Velocity Weapon in a few hours, it was so much fun, also brilliantly written, dark and beautiful and a rollicking good adventure.Sanda is a purely wonderful character, having woken up on an intelligent ship years into the future, everyone lost to her Said ship Bero is a melancholy companion, a kind of virtual Eeyore, their growing relationship is compellingly clever.Meanwhile back before Bero, Sanda s brother searches for her I loved all the many layers to Velocity Weapon, it is a pro I inhaled Velocity Weapon in a few hours, it was so much fun, also brilliantly written, dark and beautiful and a rollicking good adventure.Sanda is a purely wonderful character, having woken up on an intelligent ship years into the future, everyone lost to her Said ship Bero is a melancholy companion, a kind of virtual Eeyore, their growing relationship is compellingly cleve...Very cinematographic read, full of twists and turns The narration is divided mostly between the siblings, gunnery sergeant Sanda stranded alone on an enemy ship controlled by an AI with attitude some 230 years in the future, and her brother Biran, in the present, who tries everything he can, now that he has just joined the powerful Keepers, to find out what happened to his sister and save her O Keefe serves up a real space opera, full of action, yes, but also charismatic characters Sanda and Very cinematographic read, full of twists and turns The narration is divided mostly between the siblings, gunnery sergeant Sanda stranded alone on an enemy ship controlled by an AI with attitude some 230 years in the future, and her brother Biran, in the present, who tries everything he can, now that he has just joined the powerful Keepers, to fi...3.5 StarsVideo Review As someone obsessed with space opera, I was eager to read Velocity Weapon, the first book in a brand new space opera series My excitement only grew when I learned that it was written by a female author with a predominant female protagonist Further to that, this novel shares the same publisher as my all time favourite science fiction series, The Expanse Needless to say, my expectations when picking up this new release were incredibly high No 3.5 StarsVideo Review As someone obsessed with space opera, I was eager to read Velocity Weapon, the first book in a brand new space opera series My excitement only grew when I learned that it was written by a female author with a predominant female protagonist Further to that, this novel shares the same publisher as my all time favourite science fiction series, The Expanse Needless to say, my expectations when picking up this new release were incredibly high Now that I ve read it, I can say that Velocity Weapon does not quite live up to the perfection of the Expanse series, but it was still a fun start of new space opera adventure.The biggest strength of this n...New favorite ACQUIRED This book was a whirlwind of plot twists, adventure, interesting characters, politicking, and AWESOME I loved the diversity disabled MC, siblings raised by two dads, etc , the sibling relationship, the sentient ship, the epic story scope, and all of the TWISTS Yes, I ve mentioned the twists twice, because they really made the book for me.I love pretty much everything about Sanda Her grief at finding herself aboard a sentient enemy ship, the sole survivor of a war, wa New favorite ACQUIRED This book was a whirlwind of plot twists, adventure, interesting characters, politicking, and AWESOME I loved the diversity disabled MC, siblings raised by two dads, etc , the sibling relationship, the sentient ship, the epic story scope, and all of the TWISTS Yes, I ve mentioned the twists twice, because they really made the book for me.I love pretty much everything about Sanda Her grief at finding herself aboard a sentient enemy ship, the sole survivor of a war, was palpable I found myself considering how I d feel in her position and being so glad I didn t have to ex...Gunnery Sergeant Sanda Greeve wakes up on an enemy ship, alone, naked and missing a leg The shocks don t stop there, as the ship she s on is controlled by an AI who tells her that she s slept for two hundred and thirty years and both her civilization of Ada Prime and the enemy civilization of Icarion that the ship is from have both been destroyed in the war between them.In an alternate story thread in the distant past, Sanda s brother Biren has just found out that Sanda has been lost in a space Gunnery Sergeant Sanda Greeve wakes up on an enemy ship, alone, naked and missing a leg The shocks don t stop there, as the ship she s on is controlled by an AI who tells her that she s slept for two hundred and thirty years and both her civilization of Ada Prime and the enemy civilization of Icarion that the ship is from have both been destroyed in the war between them.In an alternate story thread in the distant past, Sanda s brother Biren has just found out that Sanda has been lost in a space battle with the enemy Ic...Hugely enjoyable space opera, with fantastic worldbuilding, some great characters and an intriguing starship AI I really enjoyed the way in which the novel develops it s twisty and exciting and while there is a dark foreboding ove...I m putting this aside for now at 18% I m not ready to completely DNF it, but I m just not feeling it at the moment I m pretty sure that this is on me though, and not the book, so I ll probably give it another go sometime later.I ve yet to read this author s first series but I m too damn excited for this one a life story, TBH because TRAGEDY SIBLINGS AND TIME TRAVELThank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free ebook All thoughts opinions are my own.It s best to consider this book based on the three perspective characters we follow Sanda arguably the main character , Biran Sanda s brother and a secondary force in her storyline , and Jules off on her own and completely separate from the rest of the story Sanda, despite being a military officer, is rather undisciplined and not particularly believable in that capacity As a person and the hero o Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free ebook All thoughts opinions are my own.It s best to consider this book based on the three perspective characters we follow Sanda arguably the main character , Biran Sanda s brother and a secondary force in her storyline , and Jules off on her own and completely separate from the rest of the story Sanda, despite being a military officer, is rather undisciplined and not particularly believable in that capacity As a person and the hero of this story, she does very well between her need for distraction, the pain physical and emotion...
- 06 February 2017 Megan E. O'Keefe
- Kindle Edition
- 544 pages
- Megan E. O'Keefe
- Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate #1)