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Eric Wagoner πŸ“š

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Joined 1Β year, 10Β months ago

Eclectic and (sometimes aspirationally) avid reader. Currently on a sci-fi kick. Tolkien is my first literary love.

I'm a software developer and whimsical costume maker in Athens, GA. he/him

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Dan Moren: Aleph Extraction (2020, Watkins Media Limited) 5 stars

The fastest I've read a book this size in years!

5 stars

Competing teams of spies on a luxury interstellar cruise ship owned by a mob boss, all trying to possess what might be the first discovered alien artifact. Action, intrigue, believable science fiction elements, and characters I care about. I'm already sad I have only one more book to read in this series!

Dan Moren: The Caledonian Gambit (Paperback, 2017, Talos Press/Skyhorse Publishing) 4 stars

The galaxy is mired in a cold war between two superpowers, the Illyrican Empire and …

Review of 'The Caledonian Gambit' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

For a first book by Dan, I can’t find any faults. Maybe, if anything, some of the conversation and setting descriptions are a bit cheesy but not distractingly so. The characters are literal world building are compelling and I’m diving right into the next one. I’m only giving this one four stars to give me room for five stars for the rest of the series.