Reading the Paranormal: Gate Quest by Lindsay Buroker [Review]

Gate Quest (Star Kingdom #5) by Lindsay Buroker
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited

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Date read: September 17, 2020

Star Kingdom
1. Shockwave
2. Ship of Ruin
3. Hero Code
4. Crossfire
5. Gate Quest - Paperback | Kindle
5.5. Knight Protector
6. Planet Killer
7. Home Front

8. Layers of Force

Roboticist extraordinaire Casmir Dabrowski has a new nemesis: astroshaman leader Kyla Moonrazor.

She’s stolen the ancient wormhole gate the king ordered Casmir to retrieve, and she’s entrenched in an underwater base on a forsaken moon. Moonrazor is more educated and more experienced than Casmir, and she has legions of killer robots and cyborg defenders on her side. Casmir has his friends and... a submarine named the Waddler.

As if his task wasn’t daunting enough, his old competitor, mercenary Captain Tenebris Rache, is on the same quest, and he’ll do anything to keep the Kingdom from getting that gate.

If Casmir can’t find a way to defeat them, the king will never let him return to his home, his family, and the career he loves.

Thoughts on Gate Quest: Man, I like Casmir and his....err, non-violent way of trying to get out of situations. Not that the non-violence route always works and sometimes a guy is struck down by illness and has to wait things out on the sidelines (and sometimes they're forced to untangle complex things even though they're kinda on death's door) and whatnot, but he tries. He tries.

You know, things are complicated in poor Casmir's world. People he thought were enemies are actually not (although some of them do make questionable choices at times) and the people he should be able to trust *cough*his government*cough* are...well, they do things for the good of themselves and that does NOT leave Casmir in a good place most of the time. Although he does manage to turn bad situations into not-so-bad ones, so there's that.

Anywho. The gate is still a problem. Rache is still laser-focused on his plan of action. A few new faces (with some interesting tattoos) meet up with a few old faces and THINGS HAPPEN.

Also, secret underwater base. Yesssssss. (I like secrets bases, underwater or not.)

Casmir and crew are doing their thing as they make their way through the galaxy and I'm kinda digging it. Good stuff!