Lindsay Buroker

The Alliance has toppled the tyrannical empire. It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko. After barely surviving a crash in the final battle for freedom, she's stranded on a dustball of a planet, billions of miles from her young daughter. She has no money or resources, and there are no transports heading to Perun, her former home and the last imperial stronghold. But she has a plan. Steal a dilapidated and malfunctioning freighter from a junkyard full of lawless savages. Slightly suicidal, but she believes she can do it. Her plan, however, does not account for the elite cyborg soldier squatting in the freighter, intending to use it for his own purposes. As an imperial soldier, he has no love for Alliance pilots. In fact, he's quite fond of killing them. Alisa has more problems than she can count, but she can't let cyborgs, savages, or ancient malfunctioning ships stand in her way. If she does, she'll never see her daughter again. Fans of Firefly and Star Wars should enjoy this fun, fast-paced new series from USA Today best-selling author, Lindsay Buroker.

Star Nomad

The Alliance has toppled the tyrannical empire. It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko. After barely surviving a crash in the final battle for freedom, she's stranded on a dustball of a planet, billions of miles from her young daughter. She has no money or resources, and there are no transports heading to Perun, her former home and the last imperial stronghold. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 20.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 20.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 24.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} But she has a plan. Steal a dilapidated and malfunctioning freighter from a junkyard full of lawless savages. Slightly suicidal, but she believes she can do it. Her plan, however, does not account for the elite cyborg soldier squatting in the freighter, intending to use it for his own purposes. As an imperial soldier, he has no love for Alliance pilots. In fact, he's quite fond of killing them. Alisa has more problems than she can count, but she can't let cyborgs, savages, or ancient malfunctioning ships stand in her way. If she does, she’ll never see her daughter again. Fans of Firefly and Star Wars should enjoy this fun, fast-paced new series from USA Today best-selling author, Lindsay Buroker.

Fallen Empire, Book 1

Sarah Escorsa

☠ Decaf Space Opera is Us Buddy Read (DSOiUBR™) with the MacHalos of Despicable Book Taste (MHoDBT™) ☠

Actual rating: 2.5 stars.

Presenting…The Emperor's Edge Diet Edition! In a Sci Fi setting! With lackluster everything! 



That blinking gif is pretty annoying, huh? Good. Mission accomplished. 

Okay, so most of you have probably never heard of The Emperor's Edge (aka "The EE" to the people of impeccable book taste who have read and somewhat enjoyed this most awesome series), so please allow me to very kindly enlighten you on the subject: The EE is Lindsay Buroker's earliest work. It is set in a slightly scrumptious world. And features a slightly scrumptious heroine. And and a slightly scrumptious ruthless assassin of a male lead. And and and a slightly scrumptious cast of secondary characters. Ergo, it is a slightly scrumptious series. QED and stuff. You are most welcome for this complimentary piece of Complimentary Enlightening Enlightenment (CEE™).

So. Star Nomad here is naught but a pale, watered down copy of The EE. Complete with space opera wannabe setting, poor characterization, weak writing, pathetically lame dialogues and failed attempts at banter. What a delightful little book. I really wonder what I'm doing rereading White Hot, when I could be immersing myself in this most wondrous story once again. I must be some special kind of clueless branchiopoda. But I digress. Where was I? Oh yes, I was telling you how delightful this book was. I mean, being an EE fan, I could not NOT luuuuurve this. Or fail to appreciate the very negligible similarities between the books/series/whatever. Because let me tell you, my Little Barnacles, the Copy/Paste is a little strong in this one. 

① Alisa, aka the Pitiful Amaranthe Wannabe (PAW™):
Amaranthe Lockdown is one of my favorite female leads of all crustacean times. Alisa wants to be her so badly it hurts. Especially since she does such a miserable job of it. She is not likeable. She is not funny (her supposedly witty comebacks are some of the most pathetic I've ever read). What is she, you ask? Selfish. And prejudiced. And arrogant. But hey, it's not ALL bad. Nope nope nope. She's self-righteous, too. And an exasperating know-it-all. Sigh. Such an enchanting girl she is. It's beautiful.



See? Alisa here is so yummy even Jabba the Hottie Hutt wants a piece of her.

② Leonidas, aka the Ridiculous Sicarius Wannabe of the Ridiculous Name (RSWofRN™):
Sicarius is my first ever harem slave book boyfriend. I kid you not, my Comely Arthropods. This Sicarius You've Never Heard Of (SYNHO™) was indeed the very first High Security Harem (HSH™) inhabitant. What can I say, I'm a sucker for standoffish, somewhat homicidal, deliciously cold-blooded assassins (view spoiler)[
  
 (hide spoiler)]. My point being, Lusciously Luscious Sicarius (LLS™) Leonidas (view spoiler)[img src=http://i.imgur.com/XvHzv5Q.png> (hide spoiler)] is not. Nope nope nope. What is he, then, you ask? Flat flat flat. With the personality of a Lifeless, Blah Barnacle (LBB™). But hey, it's not ALL bad. He might be slightly lackluster, with no bloody shrimping chance of ever setting foot pinky toe in my harem, but at least he's got a "torso so chiseled with muscles that any bodybuilder would have envied him." His arm muscles are "ropy," too. And "bulging." Obviously. Plus, his "muscled torso" is, you know, "big" and stuff. Sigh. Such a marvelously beguiling, PNR-worthy character. It's beautiful.



See? Leonidas here is so yummy both this super sexy hot hunk of a guy and his doggy hair get all tingly inside at the mere mention of his name. 

③ Everything Else, aka the Lamentable I Want to be The EE when I Grow Up Wannabe (LIWtbTEEwIGUW™). 
Everything in this book feels like a doomed attempt to recreate The EE Awesomeness of Yore (TEEAoY™). Epic fail doesn't even begin to cover it. Alisa and her weirdly assorted crew are nothing but a pale, diluted, bland, uninteresting version of Amaranthe and her Most Glorious Ragtag Team of Delicious Misfits (MGRToM™). The setting is bleh. The story is blah. The character dynamics are meh at best. Their interactions are mostly yawn-worthy. But hey, it's not ALL bad. Nope nope nope. Because this book features some of the lamest jokes in the history of lamest jokes. And the space chickens are pretty cool, too. Damn right they are.



» And the moral of this If this is Space Opera then I am Mother Theresa Crappy Non Review (ItiSOtIaMTCNR™) is: you do not want to read this book. You want to read The Emperor's Edge. DUH.

The Alliance has toppled the tyrannical empire. It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko. After barely surviving a crash in the final battle for freedom, she's stranded on a dustball of a planet, billions of miles from her young daughter. She has no money or resources, and there are no transports heading to Perun, her former home and the last imperial stronghold.But she has a plan.Steal a dilapidated and malfunctioning freighter from a junkyard full of lawless savages. Slightly suicidal, but she believes she can do it. Her plan, however, does not account for the elite cyborg soldier squatting in the freighter, intending to use it for his own purposes. As an imperial soldier, he has no love for Alliance pilots. In fact, he's quite fond of killing them.Alisa has more problems than she can count, but she can't let cyborgs, savages, or ancient malfunctioning ships stand in her way. If she does, she'll never see her daughter again.

EBOOK : (CANC - DO NOT PLACE HOLDS).

STAR NOMAD

Ilse

A surprise find in the free-section of the ebook store that I enjoyed more than I’d expected. It was a well-written sci-fi story with excellent banter and a main character that keeps making decisions not in her self-interest. That small detail aside, though, I liked reading how this crew came together and enjoyed seeing their adventures out in space. Certainly a recommendation to sci-fi enthusiasts!

Star Nomad

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