Science Fiction/Space Opera
From Goodreads:
Earth’s
survivors face devastating new challenges in the wake of recovering from an
alien conflict. Battered and mourning tremendous losses, the once fractious peoples
of enemy nations must work together to rebuild their shattered world—and
prevent the possibility of their attackers’ return. What they don’t know is
that a new, deadlier enemy unlike anything they’ve ever faced will usher in the
dawn of another war.
Captain Morgan Passer commands the
Rogue Class destroyer Autolycus, charged with an interstellar recon
mission to detect traces of the repelled enemy while gathering information for
the fortification of Earth’s defenses. What the expedition finds instead is a
deeply disturbing mystery: a discovery that redefines everything they thought
they knew about Earth’s place in the galaxy…and reveals deadly new horrors. In
this original story set in the Odyssey One world, former enemies unite for
their own survival, and Passer and his intrepid crew seek answers to help them
save their people. Instead, they find that the invasion may be over, but the
danger is just beginning.
King of Thieves is set in the world
created by the Odyssey One but works well as a stand-alone. Back-story is there but in very small
doses and that is all you really need.
The world building for King of Thieves is simple. A new and unusual structure is the
focus and setting of the story.
That is where the danger and the
thrust of the story reside. Captain
Morgan Passer and his crew face new and unusual threats both in and around the
structure. There is a large cast
of characters who are caught up in the danger that is at the heart of King of
Thieves. The action drives the
characters and there is a lot of action to do that.
For fans of military science
fiction this is a good choice.
This appears to be the first book in a new series so it will be
interesting to see where else Passer and his crew go.
47 North published King of Thieves
by Evan C. Currie in 2015.
I received an ARC of King of Thieves
from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
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