A spine-tingling adventure across space in visceral, emotional, and adrenaline-pumping style.6 s Robert DefrankAuthor 6 books16

Pure fun with that old-school pulp vibe!

The author has a definite treat in this space adventure featuring a scoundrel with a heart of gold who’d be right at home beside another scruffy-looking nerf herder. Trev Corvus also has a touch of the tarnished nobility from Mal of Firefly, but this is a vibrant character all his own, and he has a K-9 companion readers will fall in love with.

The setting easily matches the character. The world building and history is intriguing, and readers are given just enough - the tip of the iceberg - and left wanting more. Every glimpse of alien grandeur or stroll through a wretched hive of scum and villainy is a ride you don’t want to get off.

Finally, I can’t compliment the pacing enough. It’s breakneck when it needs to be, but gives you those necessary breathers. It’s a short, densely packed book and not a word is wasted.

Highly recommended, don’t hesitate to give it a try!2 s M Lowe118 2

Fans of Matthew Reilly and Becky Chambers will love Ghost Jumper! All the rousing, high energy Reilly-esque chapters, with Chambers' unique style of broad scope alien and human narrative.

Ghost Jumper's superb opening pulls readers straight into a thrillingly high tension situation, grabbing our attention and keeping it riveted to each of the 271 pages. The worldbuilding is top shelf, with a handful of races solidly crafted to absolute believability. The author uses strong, vivid, cohesive prose to generate perfect pacing. I wanted to tear through the book to keep up with Trev, Xiri and Baxter but did not want the story to end!

Everyone loves companion animals but A.A. Warren has taken that concept and kicked a goal with it, giving us a synthetic dog capable of communication with Trev. If only we could hear what Baxter was saying! Xiri's presence is a very cool nod to our UFO history and urban legends. She is skillfully wrought to be a sympathetic character though.

This is an amazing story - gritty, captivating, relatable characters in crazy situations - and I hope there are many more coming. Absolutely recommended.

2 s Manfred471

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