I’m generally a strong proponent of recycling, like, annoyingly so - but there are a few exceptions. Like pee, cuz gross. And fiction.Lindsay Buroker is the author of another series, The Emperor's Edge, which I happen to be a huge fan of. I've re-read those books bunches of times, and I'm quite familiar with it. So it didn’t take long for me to see (it was pretty immediate actually) the similarities it had with this book. The various personalities of the characters, their dynamics, the dialogue

Another surprising novel that kept me up late turning pages till the end and hooked me on the series at least for now; fast paced space adventure in the usual mold of unstable space polities (this takes place at the end of a civil war where a despotic/law and order civilized empire, depending on whom one asks, was mostly overthrown by a 'freedom alliance' though the Empire still holds a planet and the Alliance doesn't seem capable to offer stable government outside its few core worlds, so space

☠ Decaf Space Opera is Us Buddy Read (DSOiUBR™) with the MacHalos of Despicable Book Taste (MHoDBT™) ☠Actual rating: 2.5 stars.Presenting…The Emperor's Edge Diet Edition! In a Sci Fi setting! With lackluster everything! That blinking gif is pretty annoying, huh? Good. Mission accomplished. Okay, so most of you have probably never heard of The Emperor's Edge (aka "The EE" to the people of impeccable book taste who have read and somewhat enjoyed this most awesome series), so please allow me to ver...

4.5/5-stars for me.This book has managed to rekindle my interest in reading sci-fi. I liked the way the author constructed this and the way it ended was good. It isn't a stand-alone but it does get wrapped up quite neatly ready for the next book. This has a female main character, actually it has a number of female characters that are all quite entertaining in their way. There's plenty going on here, and unlike a number of the sci-fi books that I've tried and failed this one doesn't go OTT with t...

Audio Book Review:Throw in a little Firefly and a snippet of Star Wars and you’ll get Star Nomad – a space opera adventure series. Star Nomad helped me remember all the reasons why so many loved the TV series Firefly and helped bring some of that fun and ‘misadventure’ back to life for me. One supposedly easy trip to Perun turns into an unexpected adventure when they have to make a detour stop.The Star Nomad was an incredibly entertaining and relaxing read as I listened to the fabulous Kate Read...

Alisa Marchenko has finally recovered from injuries sustained in the final battle between the Empire and the Alliance who worked for fifty years to bring the empire down. She's a long way from the place her daughter is being kept--without her husband, who died in the war.Alisa is stuck on a horrible planet with no money, and no way to get home. Having been a hotshot pilot, she goes to a junkyard where she remembers her mother's old freighter having been dumped, along with Mica, an engineer with

This was very much a first book, and I don't mean that in a bad way. It reads very much like a prequel to a series. It sets up an interesting cast (and I'm super happy to see that in this case there are multiple females! Yes!), gives hints of their backstories, has them go through a few tough situations to help solidify their bond, and at the end of the book these people who were once strangers are now, more or less, a crew. Space pirates, illicit missions, cyborgs, political upheaval, killer Mr...

Lindsay Buroker goes space opera? Hell yeah, sign me up! By now, it's an established fact in my mind that whatever this woman writes is pure entertainment gold, making her one of my go-to writers whenever I'm in need of a book I know I'll love. It's gotten to the point where I automatically click "want to read" and buy the first book of any new series before I've even read the blurb. As expected, Star Nomad was a joy to read from start to finish, following a new great ensemble of characters on a...

Science Fiction is one of my favorite genres to read. However, I am rather picky when it comes to finding books in it. I favor strong character development over technical babble and dislike when it turns into a dissertation on the politics of the world. I'm happy to say Star Nomad has none of these flaws. It is a fast paced adventure featuring Alisa, a former Alliance pilot turned freighter captain. The world the author has created is an interesting one, where the Alliance has brought down the E...

Do you ever get that genre itch? The one that starts when you partake of a genre in one type of media, and then find yourself inexplicably seeking out that same genre in other forms of media? I mean we probably all get that way as kids, but I have apparently yet to grow out of it. Case in point, I don't know that I would have read Star Nomad if I wasn't current playing Elite:Dangerous on the PS4. But all that space station landing, goods trading, pirate killing, and ship upgrading had me hankeri...

This was a fun, fast read with lovely characters and an interesting post-war universe. Or galaxy. Empire? The main character, Alisa, was a captain in what seems to have been an insurgency to overthrow an abusive empire. A successful one, so there's that. Only now that the dominant source of order (however corrupt) has been blown to bits, there's a lot of anarchy and bad things are happening. Which sucks for Alisa as she emerges from medical discharge with no way off the planet she's stranded on....

Lindsay Buroker's Emperor's Edge books is one of my top fave fiction series. I also love her Dragon's Blood series. So I always grab a new book of hers when they come out. Star Nomad is a sci-fi action tale that contains all the ingredients of Lindsay Buroker's writing formula; feisty, independent female protagonist, smart-alecky, comic relief sidekicks, and a stoic, strong masculine type anti-hero. In short, nothing original or surprising. Too bad.

So at first I was not the biggest fan of this. But around the half way point, the characters really grew up on me. The story was good, a fun adventure blowing a lot of things (if not my mind). Also, I really need to watch those sci-fi shows (Firefly, Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5). I've been wanting to for so long but I only have season 1 of BG.

Be warned that the rave reviews are all from the fans of this author--from the rating and book summary I thought this was a regular sci-fi, but it seems it's in the "chick-lit" genre.Thoughts on this book from a scifi regular:- extremely vapid and juvenile dialogue- in contrast to other reviews, this does not read like a space opera at all- laughable character motives and actions - much more enjoyable once I decided to skip over all inconsequential dialogueTo sum up:- may be good series if looki...