Chaos Vector

De: Megan E. O'Keefe

Narrado por: Joe Jameson

Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in the second book in this epic space opera by award-winning author Megan O'Keefe.

Sanda and Tomas are fleeing for their lives after letting the most dangerous smartship in the universe run free. Now, unsure of who to trust, Sanda knows only one thing for certain - to be able to save herself from becoming a pawn of greater powers, she needs to discover the secret of the coordinates hidden in her skull.

But getting to those coordinates is a problem she can't solve alone. They exist beyond a dead gate - a Casimir gate that opened up into a dead-end system without resources worth colonizing and was sealed off. To get through the dead gate, she needs the help of the enemy Nazca. But some Nazca are only interested in the chip in her head - and they'll crack her open to get to it.

©2020 Megan E. O'Keefe (P)2020 Hachette Audio

Really outstanding sci-fi

I love this book and its performance here. So much sci-fi strikes me as sub-par, but Chaos Vector (and Velocity Weapon before it) receives top marks for story, writing and characters. Kudos to Joe Jameson, too, for his lovely and sensitive narration. Highly recommended.

Continuing well

This sequel to Velocity Weapon wasn't as gripping as it's predecessor, but at least it tied up a few loose ends. Since I was already interested in the characters, I had no trouble going along, and certainly wasn't bored. I wish the author was better at telling a complete story in one volume, but will eventually get the next book in hopes of completing the saga.

awesome story.

Megan O'Keefe has done it again. loving the blend of technology and politics. And narration is spot-on.

Second as great as the first!

O'Keefe's second is as great as the first! I think these books are a masterwork!

Fantastic Science Fiction

I’m a sucker for self aware AIs. An engrossing world build and massive story. I’m excited for the 3rd book!

couldn't stop listening!

Fantastic book series read by a top notch narrator. I'm looking forward to the next one!

Good

Good. I just want to give stars to remember I liked it. No other notes

Great story

This is a great story presented very well. Highly recommend for sci-fi fans. Excited for the next book!

A Pleasant Surpise.

After being a bit frustrated with Velocity Weapon, my expectations were not high for this sequel. But O'Keefe greatly widens the scope and dials up the action in this intricately plotted space opera. The supporting cast steps up big and Sanda turns into a kickass Captain Kirk style space hero with idiosyncratic crew and dangerourous super villains. Still a little clumsy in some of the dialogue and character interactions but the story twists and thrill-a- minute action sequences more than compensate.

Less of the good, more of the boring

I liked the first book in this series, but this second compounds the problems of the first. The narrator is the bright part - his voices and accents made me feel that it was multiple narrators, and really helped me keep characters straight. The time jumps are less confusing than in the first book, but they were long-winded and could have been explained more succinctly.

There continue to be long portions that drag on and on. Long internal monologues, pausing for paragraphs to think during fight scenes, and long strings of dialogue where the bad guy details their devious plan for the good guy.

I had a hard time rooting for Sanda, our supposed heroine, as she behaves in odd and irrational ways, and is just off-putting. She does not come across like a seasoned military leader, making strategic decisions. One of the villains is easily slaughtering people to save a friend - yet we barely even see their relationship or why her behavior is warranted. This makes her homicidal actions one-dimensional, and misses a great opportunity to make the reader care about her motives.

My biggest gripe by far is the unnecessary love scenes and focus on non-binary characters. In a space novel, the non-binary aspect could have been explored and used as a plot tool. It might have made a cool sub-plot, and would have been a far better filler than pages of useless character thought. Instead, they are thrown in without reason as if a checklist was involved, and these characters are merely ticks in a box. The use of “they” pronouns in reference to a single character does make it difficult to listen to as well. Same goes for Sanda’s two dads. That could have been used to bring in the topics of egg-donors, surrogacy, adoption, etc. in the future. Instead, we just get two vanilla guys that serve no purpose.

There is a continuing theme of “the AI is in a ship, and the ship is his body, so get consent before touching things.” One would assume in a world 1,000 years in the future where AI is common, this would not be a discussion either way. The fact that the author brings it up repeatedly - even with the same characters - is annoying.

This book also ends on a cliffhanger, and by this point, I don’t even care enough about the characters to see how it gets tied up. If it ties up, that is. The author may have another 10,000 pages to go.