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Eric Wagoner πŸ“š

eric@books.kestrelsnest.social

Joined 3Β years, 1Β month 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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Jason Pargin: I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom (2024, St. Martin's Press)
Dan Moren: The Armageddon Protocol (Paperback, 2024, Angry Robot)
Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (EBook, Tim Duggan Books)

Currently Reading

Annalee Newitz: Automatic Noodle (Paperback, Tordotcom)
Adrian Tchaikovsky: Service Model (Hardcover, 2024, Tor Books)
Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice (2013)

Stopped Reading

Garth Nix: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Paperback)
Jenny Lawson: Furiously Happy (Paperback, 2015, Flatiron Books)
Tricia Cohen, Lisa Graves: Thyme and Place (EBook, 2016, Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated)

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reviewed Nova Incident by Dan Moren

Dan Moren: Nova Incident (2022, Watkins Media Limited)

The best of the bunch

If there’s better Space Cloak and Dagger, I haven’t found it.

@dmoren@mastodon.social has assembled his cast of compelling characters (and some new ones) and brought them back to the home world for what could have been a been a grande finale were it not for a cliffhanging ending that tied everything up and still kicks off what is hopefully more story to come.

This book is the best of an already stellar bunch, weaving together old fashioned dead drop spy craft with outer space adventure. I’m excited to see what the future brings, even as I’m sad to have run out of story to read now.

finished reading Homecoming by Dan Moren (Galactic Cold War, #2.5)

Dan Moren: Homecoming (EBook, 2022, Dan Moren)

Visiting your family can be stressful. For Commander Natalie Taylor of the Commonwealth Navy, it’s …

I love these interstitial short stories, taking place between the much larger novels in the Galactic Cold War novels. They give a quieter chance to spend time with a character, learning more about them and seeing how they think and act outside their team. They also serve to give us fuller glimpses of places only mentioned in the novels. And, purchasing them felt like I was tipping Dan directly, beyond what he made from his publisher for the novels. He deserves that for a job well done.

reviewed Aleph Extraction by Dan Moren (The Galactic Cold War, #2)

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

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

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!

finished reading Aleph Extraction by Dan Moren (The Galactic Cold War, #2)

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

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 by @dmoren@mastodon.social!