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Date read: October 15, 2018
Fractured Stars
0.5. Junkyard
Bearadise Lodge
1. Fractured Stars - Paperback | Kindle
Lindsay Buroker
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
McCall Richter finds criminals, con men, and deadbeats better than anyone else in the empire.Thoughts on Fractured Stars: Okay. Where to start with this. Set in the Fallen Empire universe, but I'm pretty sure it works as a standalone although you'll probably understand the politics behind what's happening a little better if you've read that series. I don't think it's necessary, but it will give you a little insight into the Cyborg Corps and the Alliance and why there are people willing to fight against the Empire despite the overwhelming odds against them.
She’s proud of her success and that she owns her own spaceship, especially since she struggles to understand human motivations, can’t tell when people are lying to her, and is horrible at recognizing faces. Being autistic in the empire is frowned upon—and there’s a handy normalization surgery to correct it—but she’s managed to prove her worth and avoid irking the tyrannical regime.
Except for one thing.
Two years ago, she liberated the android, Scipio, from an imperial research facility where he was treated worse than a slave. He’s become her business partner and best friend, but if the empire finds out she has him, a “normalization” surgery will be the least of her worries.
When her ship is confiscated by a cyborg law enforcer needing to transport prisoners, McCall knows she and Scipio are in trouble. Worse, the enforcer’s pilot is a former bounty hunter and business competitor she beat to the prize many times in the past.
Soon, he’s snooping all over her ship and questioning her about her past.
And there's something strange about him. He knows far more about what she’s thinking than any human should.
It’ll only be a matter of time before he discovers her secret. And then what?
But this is ultimately McCall's story. Well, McCall's and Dash's. She's a law-abiding (for the most part) citizen trying to keep her nose clean and fly under the radar. He's...something else. And in trying to keep *his* nose clean (or at least look like he's keeping his nose clean), Dash pus McCall into the cross-hairs of a rather volatile cyborg.
It turns out not all cyborgs are as calm, cool, and collected as those we've met in the FE series.
But I digress. The cyborg isn't the focus here. A former bounty hunter and the captain who has a few problems relating to most everyone else are. Dash and McCall DO NOT hit it off when they first meet. It isn't until they're thrown into a highly charged, dangerous situation and have to rely on one another that things begin to change.
They're a good team, btw. I like them together.
A touch of danger. A few questionable choices that turn out for the best. A grudging respect that urns into something more. I LIKE.
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