Velocity Weapon
The Protectorate, Book 1
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Velocity Weapon
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Narrated by:
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Joe Jameson
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By:
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Megan E. O'Keefe
About this listen
Shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Arard.
The last thing Sanda remembers is her gunship exploding. She expected to be recovered by salvage medics and to awaken in friendly hands, patched up and ready to rejoin the fight. Instead she wakes up 230 years later, on a deserted enemy starship called The Light of Berossus - or, as he prefers to call himself, 'Bero'.
Bero tells Sanda the war is lost. That the entire star system is dead. But is that the full story? After all, in the vastness of space, anything is possible....
Dazzling space battles, deadly galactic politics and rogue AI collide in Velocity Weapon, an epic space opera from award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe.
©2019 Megan E. O'Keefe (P)2019 Hachette Audio UKCritic Reviews
"Furious action sequences, funny dialogue, and a plot that will keep you guessing every step of the way." (K. B. Wagers)
"A spectacular epic of survival, full of triumph and gut-wrenching loss." (Alex White)
"Velocity Weapon is fast-paced, twisty, edge-of-your-seat fun. Space opera fans are in for a massive treat!" (Marina J. Lostetter)
The good points:
The author does an excellent job of unpredictable plot twists at points which really engaged me and made me want to see where things went next. This was a real strength although maybe overdone to a point where you just expect everything to turn on its head every chapter and there isn't really anticipation and build up towards the end.
Some of the characters are intriguing and I liked that there were separate storylines running in parallel to break up the story.
The bad points:
The world building is borderline non-existent and the description of the future is just lazy. Cat memes, emojis, they/them characters eating udon and drinking saki, with distinct cultural groups directly descendent from earth cultures (still managing to retain their accents and visual ethnicity from the present day) in supposedly thousands of years time? Sounds an awful lot like the 21st century with space ships. This will really irritate anyone looking for world building SF.
The main character is quite unrelatable and hypocritical at many points. She derides other military forces for challenging leaders and not following protocol and then proceeds to throw tantrums and break just about every rule possible to the point of complete insubordination. She also seems to empathise with an AI that is directly murderous and conducted experiments on her to the point she will go to anything to save it for... why again? Because she had some conversations with it and doesn't want people to be mean to it?
The voice acting is excellent at points, but very cringey a lot as well, particularly with very artificial American accents.
Overall, if you want an interesting story and don't care about the setting, you may well enjoy aspects of this. Personally I came close to giving up at points and don't have a desire to finish the series.
Some great bits, but not a slam dunk
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Loved the twists and turns!
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