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Antimatter Blues: A Mickey7 Novel

A Mickey7 Novel, Book 2

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Antimatter Blues: A Mickey7 Novel

By: Edward Ashton
Narrated by: John Pirhalla, Katherine Chin
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The thrilling follow-up to Mickey7, soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho.

Surviving isn't living, even for an Expendable.

Mickey7's antimatter gambit paid off. He's out of the Expendable game and doing whatever else he can to help support the threatened colony on the ice world Niflheim. But the colony now desperately needs the one thing he doesn't want to give them: the antimatter in the bomb he claimed the alien creepers have.

Without it, the colony won't survive the coming years. With it, the colony leader can finally get rid of Mickey7 for good.

But the planet's indigenous races have their own plans for Mickey7 and the human colony. They want the colony resources, all of them, and they won't stop until they've devoured every last scrap.

©2023 Edward Ashton (P)2024 Macmillan Audio Adventure Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Space Exploration Fiction Survival Interstellar
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I really enjoyed the concept of this tale. However it is very ‘big battle, we won, that’s it. Happily ever after’
The story just ends. ‘And then they woke up’ style.

The author got bored.

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loved this one from start to finish, a major improvement from the first title with lots more being discovered and talked about here. can't wait for the film!

another brilliant title in the mickey7 series

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Great character development and much more nuanced storyline than last title in series. Hope to see more

Characters and storyline

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Good solid plot but some characters in the form of aliens were very undeveloped. I’m pretty sure mankind would be wanting to develop proper relationships with new found intelligence. Instead of this the story was filled out with stereotyped romance (I ended up fast forwarding most of this in the end) that made the central female character seem stupid. Shame as the potential for a can’t put down read is there.

Solid plot but drawn out with unnecessary romance as a filler. Voice artist did a great job.

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This had the potential to be awesome. The premise is interesting, the aliens unique, the science fascinating. However, after about 10 chapters of macho "shoot first ask questions later" rhetoric from literally every character in every circumstance, I started just getting annoyed. There isn't a single character except mickey willing to think their way through any situation without "i dont like it. shoot it" being the conclusion. It was to the point of stupidity and lost realism. People simply aren't that stupid and single faceted. Not to mention if you had access to a hulking great big talking alien with information and a total willingness to cooperate, you might actually bloody talk to it! But none of them do. none. Instead they ignore every bit of Intel available to them and collectively actively shut down further discussion on any point. This isn't logical for people in general, let alone supposed elites selected for their superior skill and intellect.

On top of that, micky is dumb as bricks. It is not fun to listen to a story about a main character with more information than all other characters combined, and then have them be an absolute bumbling idiot without a drop of insight or intuition. Hes a wet cloth that doesn't share valuable info with others, doesn't stand up for anything, and doesn't have a drop of curiosity about the circumstances he finds himself in. Hes the embodiment of an apathetic shrug. Whilst I agree that it makes sense for his character in the larger premise, it doesn't make it fun to read. He needs some redeeming qualities to keep us invested. Combined with every other character being stupid and unlikeable, this is an impossible read.

I found myself getting more and more frustrated as I waited for the story to get to the point where anyone actually acted logically or paid attention to the information they were getting. Ultimately I stopped reading about half way. I couldn't take it any more. I want to like these books but make it make sense. This reads like it's some kind of "Mr bean goes to space".

The aliens are the most likeable characters in the whole book, and most of the time everyone ignores everything they have to say. I wish I could like it, but I simply couldn't.

Let down by tedious and stupid characters

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