Destroyer of Planets

Neon Octopus Overlord Series, Book 1

De: L.A. Johnson

Narrado por: Sandra Murphy

Enter a galaxy full of snarky comebacks and inappropriate use of tentacles in this fast-paced, action-packed space romp.

The Neon Octopus Overlord has been challenged. Their galaxy will never be the same. Kirian, the mythological warrior agent known as the Destroyer of Planets, wants out of her contract. That's a problem since she's currently in the Neon Octopus Overlord's elite, secret Celestial Force against her will.

In a desperate attempt to regain her freedom, Kirian defies her tentacled boss and secretly saves Ari, the human she is sent to kill. Ari is an underappreciated civil servant targeted for her intelligence. She turns out to be one of the few beings left in the galaxy capable of thwarting the Overlord's corrupt plans. She just wants to go back to a normal life, but when the Overlord finds out that she's not dead, all bets are off and she'll have to fight to survive.

Can Ari and Kirian, aided by a few shady friends and a wannabe rock star, find a way to stay alive long enough to put a dent in the evil Neon Octopus Overlord's plans?

©2017 Lori Johnson (P)2019 Lori Johnson

All Hands!

First let me say the narrator did a good job. Her voice was clear and the characters were easy to follow. At times I did feel I needed to speed it up some.
As for story, it was sorta cutesy. Just couldn't wrap my mind around an octopus as the bad lady in charge.
This audio was given to me free and I voluntarily gave this review.

intelligent octopods running the galaxy?

Giant insects, brainwashing, and inter planetary travel. I wasn't sure at first if I'd like this book, but it grew on me. I enjoy a motely crew on my space ships, and they are that. I did request this book and have left this review voluntarily.

Say What?

I still don’t think I really know what this novel was all about, but I had an awful lot of fun not figuring it out. Put briefly, the intergalactic overlord—an alien creature that looks somewhat like a neon octopus—is quietly destroying planets throughout the galaxy. She seems (and I could be wrong here) to be destroying these planets because they have bred at least one highly intelligent person who might somehow make life more difficult for the overlord. As far as I can tell, the overlord is an incredibly lazy person who seems driven by the need to not have to do anything. Her main big bad guy opponent (a giant praying mantis) is also incredibly lazy and wants bad things to happen to his enemy without him having to actually do anything to make those bad things happen.

The laziness of the two chief bad guys appears to explain most of what happens in the novel. They act through intermediaries who hate them. The heroine (the Destroyer of Planets of the title) is trying to get free of the overlord and she has assembled a ragtag group of potential rebels to help her do this. Throw in a rock band playing illegal music and a bureaucratic genius, and you have a cast who seems to at least half-succeed by the end of the novel even though I never understood anything they were trying to accomplish or why this would help them.

So it’s a strange book with a difficult to follow plot, and yet, it’s also a lot of fun. I might just pick up the sequel to see if it helps shed light on what I’ve already read.

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Office space meets the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

It’s as crazy weird and zany as the review title implies...a purple octopus overlord (all I can see in my head is the purple octopus from toy story 3 but on a Cthulhu scale)...holographic weapon systems, giant praying mantises, galactic coverups, planetary destruction and so much more. Listen to it and pay attention or get lost as it leaps through the galaxy. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher

Humorous Science Fiction Romp

In similar fashion to Hitchhiker's Guide many years back, this introduces the listener to some memorable characters in a universe fraught with challenges including being at the whim of an impulsive alien overlord. There are a number of interesting scenes and setups over its relatively short runtime and it stays interesting throughout.

I received the review code for this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this honest review.