Note: I received a complimentary copy through Netgalley

Martin Allgeier is Third Assistant Librarian. Just some guy. He says that in the intro chapter. He swears thats the one thing he's not going to lie about.

Martin has to hire a bounty hunter to help track down the niece of the Director, the head of the government of the planet Offyonder. Can Martin, the Bounty Hunter Sol, and a street dancer find the endangered girl in the middle of a civil war before something terrible happens?

I enjoyed the infiltrating a civil war to rescue the target plot. There were a lot of exciting moments. The only issue I really had is that either early on the vocab was clunky and then the author got into a groove and it stopped or it was very in character clunky academic speech narration and onboarding to the character's POV took a chapter or two while the narration felt clunky. I'm honestly not 100% sure which, but all wording issues I noticed seemed to go away by about Chapter 3.

There are a couple twists toward the end I won't spoil here. One is basically right there practically in the text from the first chapter, but one is really well done and well set up through a good chunk of the book.

If you like spy thrillers and sci fi, and can be patient with the narration for a chapter or two, this was a fun read.

I enjoyed the book. It was an interesting tale taking place on the outskirts of the known worlds. The book had many twists and turns until the last page to keep the reader engaged.

I enjoy Colin Alexander's writing. This is no exception. I enjoyed the new perspective to the Interstellar Reach. The ending was not what I expected, and I won't spoil it for anyone, but you'll have to leave a comment on your own review if you saw it coming. I appreciated how everything was drawn up to a close. I'm trying not to spoil anything, but would love to have more stories in this vein.