The Admiral. Sean Danker. 2016. [May] ROC. Pages 310.
[Source: Penguin First Look]First sentence:
There were voices.
“An admiral? Is this a joke?”
From Amazon:
He is the last to wake. The label on his sleeper pad
identifies him as an admiral of the Evagardian Empire—a surprise as much to him
as to the three recent recruits now under his command. He wears no uniform, and
he is ignorant of military protocol, but the ship’s records confirm he is their
superior officer.
Whether he is an Evagardian admiral or a spy will be of little consequence if the crew members all end up dead. They are marooned on a strange world, their ship’s systems are failing one by one—and they are not alone.
Whether he is an Evagardian admiral or a spy will be of little consequence if the crew members all end up dead. They are marooned on a strange world, their ship’s systems are failing one by one—and they are not alone.
My thoughts:
I am glad that I have the rule that if I start a book I
finish it, this particular book was a very slow starter for me, but once I
connected to the characters and the plot I was hooked and ended up spending an
insomnia night reading it. This story
was creative and new and well written.
So we find ourselves on a ship on an unknown planet, what can possible
go wrong you might be asking yourselves, the answer in a nut shell: anything
and everything. Once this story finally
found its footing and pace it was a very fast read.
The Good: The story,
the pace, the fact that I wanted more and did not want it to end.
The Not So Good: The
fact that it took me a few chapters to really connect to the subject and story.
The Bad: Nothing
specific comes to mind.
Rating 8/10 (Due
to the sluggish start)
Recommendation:
Space travel fans and sci-fi lovers
*I received a digital
review copy for free from the Penguin First Look in exchange for an honest
review. All opinions are my own.*
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