The Vinyl Frontier

Shakedowers, Book 2

By: Justin Woolley

Narrated by: Grant Cartwright

Captain Iridius B. Franklin accidentally destroyed the planet Earth, but then he totally on purpose saved the galaxy, so you know, you win some, you lose some.

Fresh in command of the advanced stealth ship the FSC Deus Ex, Iridius and his crew of misfits are sent on a reconnaissance mission to observe a suspected weapons development program being undertaken by the Federation's longtime enemy, the Planetary Alliance.

When they discover the Alliance has created an incredible weapon - a bomb capable of manipulating time - Captain Franklin must stop them from releasing it and changing the outcome of a war that happened a hundred years ago.

But to infiltrate the station where the weapon is hidden, Iridius is forced to go undercover as one of the galaxy's biggest stars, the secretive DJ Chromium.

Completely out of his depth, as usual, Captain Iridius Franklin must stop a literal ticking timebomb, hide from the real DJ Chromium, avoid a deadly team of assassins, and maybe learn to spin some tunes. Plus, in the deepest darkness of space, an existential threat unlike any other grows ever closer.

©2021 Justin Woolley (P)2022 Tantor

light-hearted escalating horror

humor mixed with Galaxy ending threats. superhero whose superpowers cut out until the last possible moment is not a new idea but it works. colorful cast of characters go to the usual espionage setup but explodes into new unexpected turns of plot. disaster temporarily averted so we can get to the next book.

it's so hard to find a book that's readable. so this one got an extra star for being a nice distraction.

Extra Space fun

This was even better than the first and hoping more to come. Well done to both!