Book Review: Exodus (2017) Alex Lamb

Exodus (2017)  Alex Lamb 

Will Kono-Monet  versus Superior Nada (Sounds like a nightmare Catholic Nun).  Or is it Mark Ruiz and Ann Ludec versus the Photurians (The Borg).   Wait maybe all of the above versus the Transcended.  Be prepared for all of the above.  At the end of Nemesis Will becomes a captive of Snake Pit by the Transcended.   In Exodus it turns out Snake Pit has become “Will World”  with many variants of Will and a meta expression named “Balance” that polices the rest.  Meanwhile, Mark, Ann, and Ira set off with a few expendables to reach Snake Pit and Will through the back door and at the same time lead the Photorian Fleet into dead space.  Oh and they just happen to “find” Rachel cryo-preserved after 40 years.  They did not count on Superior Nada -  a semi-independent Phot who eventually blends the Photorian psyche with that of Will World to form her own collective of Nada clones. 

What kind of deal can Will and / or Mark work out with the Transcended to stop Nada from taking over everyone?   Spoiler Alert -  How can all of the main characters survive in this incredibly hostile galaxy?  Maybe you like fairytale endings but come on…

A nice wrap-up of a very good Sci Fi trilogy.  Alex Lamb does a great job of bringing the characters to life while describing the battle scenes and the virtual worlds with vivid detail.  I’ll take another please.

Book Review: Nemesis (2016) Alex Lamb

Nemesis (2016)  Alex Lamb

The most be a thousand books with this title.  Sci Fi, fantasy, fiction, and non-fiction.  Come on!  Can’t we do a little better?  Anyway.  Part 2 of the Roboteer (I do like that title even though it is stolen from a Disney movie) Trilogy.  Will Kuno-Monet  finished the Roboteer as the most powerful man alive infected with smart cells given him by the Transcended.  Well he is finding living as the super being in a world of not super beings is not so easy. He makes his wife Rachel so frustrated that she gets lost exploring the edge of the galaxy.  Mark Ruiz is a new character - a pseudo-son to Will who is a “super” Roboteer.  A strong willed pilot who gets assigned to help lead a mission to explore a possible new alien contact.  Will is also on the mission.  Unfortunately, all is not as it seems and the whole thing is a ploy to destroy Earth and allow Galatea to rule.  Of course, the whole thing backfires and a real alien menace is released.  Think the “Borg” only they are called the Photurions.   Their home-world is a world of tubular structures called “Snake Pit”.   The key to salvation (maybe) is control of this world.  Watch out for Anne Ludec.

Alex Lamb writes long detailed books.  I love it.  It makes the scenes very real to me.  Others might find it a burden and too slow. I think this is similar to Covey’s Expanse series and is ripe for development.   

Roboteer (2015) Alex Lamb

Roboteer (2015) Alex Lamb

Humans have a little problem.   An advanced race is testing us to see if we are worthy to join the cosmic community.   A novel concept in science fiction.  The twist here is that the aliens (The Transcended) want humans who are willing to “improve” through genetic modification.  Our hero, Will, is one such individual who was modified to communicate with various robots (hence Roboteer).   Will must first convince his crewmates that the Transcended are about to blow up the nearest star and then lead them to defeat the unmodified humans from Earth.  There is, of course, sequels  - even a trilogy.