Wanderer Echoes of the Past Wanderer Odyssey Book 2 eBook Simon Goodson
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Freedom was only the start. The crew of the Wanderer face ever greater challenges as their journey continues. Knowing the Empire will hunt them down Jess and the others must seek help from another source.
Turning to the criminal underworld seems like their only option, but it soon threatens to end in disaster. Especially when past events return to haunt the present.
Will even the incredible Wanderer be enough to keep Jess, and those he cares about, safe?
Wanderer Echoes of the Past Wanderer Odyssey Book 2 eBook Simon Goodson
When the first book finished, it looked like there was going to be a voyage to find the home world of the ship, The Wanderer.The second book starts (spoiler alert) with many reasons why a direct voyage to the Wanderer's home cannot be made. So, while there is plenty of action, this book isn't quite as stand-alone a book as the Escape ... there is less character development of the characters and the ending seems to be simply a spot to stop... to start another adventure again.
I'd have rather had a longer book... with much more accomplished and done... with the ending accomplishing something... like actually getting the slaves and prisoners off the ships ... you know... the details?
While I really enjoyed the first book... I didn't enjoy this one as much. I'm still giving it a generous 4 stars... but it's really more a 3 star book.
And, because this one was so short... I'm now thinking that this story will be drawn out into many more books... just for more money, instead of actually telling the full story in a decent trilogy. I purchased the second book and was severely disappointed.
I did receive the first book at no cost... so splitting the cost over 2 books... isn't bad ... but really... I'm so disappointed and as much as I was enjoying the world and the story, I won't be purchasing any more of the books.
Still good for YA action ... not so good for science fictions fans. While I highly recommend the first book... don't be tricked into spending for this one and expecting the same quality. You'll be disappointed. I was.
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Wanderer Echoes of the Past Wanderer Odyssey Book 2 eBook Simon Goodson Reviews
I’ve finally returned to this series after a year and a half. I had to read my own review on book 1, “Wanderer” to get caught up. This is a story about a human slave who happened to come upon a mysterious ship. He was accompanied by his owners, other humans who were definitely in the slave market. This is in the far future so humanity hasn’t learned much and the Empire is even worse than we could imagine.
Anyway, Jess, is ordered by his owners to board the space ship, but only after the first two slaves were killed by booby traps while moving towards the bridge. So, he’s not all that sure he’ll survive, but he has no choice. He and two other slaves board the ship and tentatively head toward the bridge. Surprisingly, they make it. Jess sits in the pilots set and that’s when things start happening. The ship grabs Jess’ head and starts a physical merging with his brain. His head is fixed to the seat and he can’t move. Then he finds out that he ship is not his enemy and has designated him to be the new pilot and Captain. All the doors shut and their slave collars drop off. Jess, Sal and Matt are now free for the first times in their lives. Obviously, they take off in their new ship. That’s a re-cap of book one.
Now the crew has grown a little and lost one of it’s members. Ali and Elizabeth have joined the crew with Elizabeth, an exceptional engineer, and Ali as another slave now free. They have also picked up a alien called Teeko. I’m not sure where he came from, but the Empire has always declared that there are no aliens in the known galaxy. He was a former slave who speaks somewhat like Yoda (Star Wars©). The ship is called the Wanderer of all things. They currently have a breather from their escape from captivity and now much figure out what to do. Jess is only 17, which is mighty young to be the Captain of a starship, but that he is. He is guided somewhat by the ship and has full knowledge of the ships capabilities and those capabilities far exceed any other ship in the Empire.
But, the ship has a yearning to return to its home system. That happens to be on the far, far side of known space almost beyond what man has explored. To get there, they have to travel through a very narrow corridor of slip-space which is highly guarded and protected by the Empire. They need new papers to disguise who they are. Of course, getting new papers means they might have to do some illegal trading so they head to a planet that might have the resources. Again, this is where things start getting good. Their ship is unlike anything in the Empire; it’s almost as if it’s a live! It’s going to have to be something special to get them out of the trouble they soon find themselves in. Great reading and very interesting.
I’m going to get the next book in the series, “Wanderer - Tainted Universe (Wanderer’s Odyssey Book 3)” which is already available on .
I had a tough time deciding between 3 & 4 stars on this one. I went with 4 because I enjoyed the first one enough to get the 2nd one, & the second has some elements that improve upon the first. I don't recap plots, so will just delineate the good 'n' bad. Overall, I'd call this brain candy --you just park your brain & ride along. It's a fluffy read; pretty much cotton candy for the brain, diverting but not so icky that you get mind cavities. Definitely not Great Literature or any challenge to the works of the Golden Age of SF. But sorta fun.
The good stuff
The characters are generally engaging; they have their good & bad traits, & some of the less fortunate characteristics are products of being ill-treated, so are more forgivable. They grow & change over the course of the books. A new being is introduced in this book, a likeable alien. Also, other characters are introduced & the book is less claustrophobic than the first as the POV changes to some of these other characters, in situations on planets or other ships --it's not all just Jess & Co on the Wanderer, all the time.
The ship is interesting & just chock-full of nifty-spifty stuff. I thought it was interesting the way the ship 'melds' with Jess. (tho awfully darned handy at times...see below).
The depiction of slavery is realistically grim (tho whether it'd be economically feasible in an interstellar civilization, I have no idea). Makes the ex-slave characters more sympathetic....most of 'em.
The bad stuff
The characters (& writing in general) seemed a bit too simplistic at times, as if the book was written for a YA audience. I assume it's not, given the amount of enthusiastic leaping into beds (& elsewhere) for sexual exploration that goes on between the two young'uns. It's not graphic sex, but i have a hard time seeing parents being overly keen on their teenagers reading about other teenagers dashing off to roil the sheets every time they get a free minute. So if it is a YA, the sexual elements are off; if it's not, other elements are off.
The ship is TOO nifty-spifty; whatever problem arises, the ship can fix. If it doesn't have a way to deal with a problem, it can grow/change/make all new weapons or abilities to deal with it. Many times it felt like a cheap plot cheat a deus ex shipina instead of deus ex machina. It reminds me of one reason I hate magic/sorcery-type fantasy; if a big threat looms, just wave the magic wand. Here, Jess just waves the magic ship.
After having my blood pressure red-line regularly by horribly edited books full of grammatical & punctuation errors, it's nice to see this one doesn't have too many howlers. However, the author appears to've taken an interesting approach to those thorny questions of when to use that pesky possessive apostrophe and the its/it's dilemma, and whether to use a colon or semi-colon he just avoids them altogether. There's almost a complete lack of any of the aforementioned punctuation marks. So there are still errors, but at least he's consistent, & commits a consistent sin of omission.
When the first book finished, it looked like there was going to be a voyage to find the home world of the ship, The Wanderer.
The second book starts (spoiler alert) with many reasons why a direct voyage to the Wanderer's home cannot be made. So, while there is plenty of action, this book isn't quite as stand-alone a book as the Escape ... there is less character development of the characters and the ending seems to be simply a spot to stop... to start another adventure again.
I'd have rather had a longer book... with much more accomplished and done... with the ending accomplishing something... like actually getting the slaves and prisoners off the ships ... you know... the details?
While I really enjoyed the first book... I didn't enjoy this one as much. I'm still giving it a generous 4 stars... but it's really more a 3 star book.
And, because this one was so short... I'm now thinking that this story will be drawn out into many more books... just for more money, instead of actually telling the full story in a decent trilogy. I purchased the second book and was severely disappointed.
I did receive the first book at no cost... so splitting the cost over 2 books... isn't bad ... but really... I'm so disappointed and as much as I was enjoying the world and the story, I won't be purchasing any more of the books.
Still good for YA action ... not so good for science fictions fans. While I highly recommend the first book... don't be tricked into spending for this one and expecting the same quality. You'll be disappointed. I was.
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