Star Nomad

Fallen Empire, Book 1

De: Lindsay Buroker

Narrado por: Kate Reading

The Alliance has toppled the tyrannical empire.

It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko. After barely surviving a crash in the final battle for freedom, she's stranded on a dustball of a planet, billions of miles from her young daughter. She has no money or resources, and there are no transports heading to Perun, her former home and the last imperial stronghold.

But she has a plan.

Steal a dilapidated and malfunctioning freighter from a junkyard full of lawless savages. Slightly suicidal, but she believes she can do it. Her plan, however, does not account for the elite cyborg soldier squatting in the freighter, intending to use it for his own purposes. As an imperial soldier, he has no love for Alliance pilots. In fact he's quite fond of killing them.

Alisa has more problems than she can count, but she can't let cyborgs, savages, or ancient malfunctioning ships stand in her way. If she does she'll never see her daughter again.

Fans of Firefly and Star Wars should enjoy this fun, fast-paced new series from USA Today best-selling author Lindsay Buroker.

©2016 Lindsay Buroker (P)2016 Podium Audio

Solid SF with Great Narration

In this book Buroker puts together a team of misfits, yeah a bit cliche-ish, that have disparate needs and missions. The main character, the captain of the Nomad, is a cheeky former space fighter jock post-war, yeah, I know still cliche-ish, who has to find her way home and meets a former enemy, or two, and some other people who need her help and can help her in a world just getting over the war.

This sounds formulaic, but it's not. Buroker develops the characters quickly and adds to their profile more and more information while keeping the story moving. You can see Buroker's strong heroic fantasy roots, but it is not all that obtrusive and the story and characters are enjoyable. Is it the best SF ever written, no, but it is entertaining and well written with no "why would any moron ever do that" moments.

In my mind the writing is a clean 4.5 so I rounded up.

The Narration by Kate Reading is outstanding. She does a great job of reading the book without "acting". She differentiates the characters with no jarring voices or hoky accents. She is consistent. You always know who is talking. You don't notice her reading after the books starts. Her narration is smooth and is consistent with what is going on in the book.

She gives a 5-star performance.

Overall I found this book enjoyable and easy to listen to. Time passed so quickly the deep voiced "Audible hopes you've enjoyed this program," came almost as a surprise.

Overall is a 5-star for me, too.

Snarky Banter. Action. MatureTheme. good 1st book

Yet One Voice cannot do justice to all the characters (Especially Males)
The Series is consitent. Not hard SciFi by any means. Similar to Robert Heinlein but mature themed a snarky banter.
At 13-15yrs old I would've devoured it and proclaimed its greatness. I am a romantic at heart so will likely continue series.

Promise if a Great Series

This is the fourth series I have started listening (audiobook) to by Lindsay Buroker, she has a style that is witty coupled with her complex plots and subplots. I am always amazed at her ability to develop a character that is fully described, providing a unique background that compels you to become either enamored or resentful of the character, depending on the description provided. Lindsay draws you into her characters and allows you into the mind of at least one of her major characters opening their thoughts and actions to the reader. I look forward to the rest of the series and other series written by her, she is an excellent author. These are the books that good movies are made from.

Loved this book!

This book kept me wondering “what’s about to happen next” so I couldn’t help but to finish it in one day. Even the mundane moments weren’t boring. It added to the character development. I could also see the slow burn romance forming (slow like at a snails pace) but it’s there! I plan to finish all the books in this series.

Great Book

So hard to find good Science Fiction anymore. So this was fun. Well worth the read!