The Aleph Extraction
The Galactic Cold War, Book II
by Dan Moren
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date 3 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 14 Apr 2020
Talking about this book? Use #TheAlephExtraction #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Still reeling from a former teammate's betrayal, Commonwealth operative Simon Kovalic and his band of misfit spies have no time to catch their breath before being sent on another impossible mission: to pull off the daring heist of a quasi-mythical alien artifact, right out from under the nose of the galaxy's most ruthless crime lord.
But their cold war rivals, the Illyrican Empire, want the artifact for themselves. And Kovalic's newest recruit, Specialist Addy Sayers, is a volatile ex-con with a mean hair-trigger who might put the whole mission at risk. Can Kovalic hold it all together, or will the team tear themselves apart before they can finish the job?
File Under: Science Fiction [ Simon Saves | 2.7 Kelvin | Spy-Fi | Kovalic’s Five ]
Advance Praise
“A wisecracking caper that nevertheless doesn’t skimp on the details and human cost of interstellar war, like John Le Carré meets The Stainless Steel Rat. Moren is one to watch.”
Antony Johnston, creator of Atomic Blonde and The Coldest Winter
“Swap out the old Soviet Union for the Illyrican Empire, the Bayern Corporation for Spectre, and Simon Kovalic’s KO gun for Bond’s trusty Walther PPK and you’ve got yourself one of the most entertaining genre mashups within an astronomical unit.”Publishers Weekly
“Immersive, intergalactic spy-fi. Moren gives us a Cold War thriller with wormholes and anti-grav fields.”
John August, screenwriter of Titan AE and Big Fish
“Hypercool. It’s like the Golden Age of sci-fi got an upgrade, with all the big honking space cannons and some desert planet dry humour thrown in for the bargain.”
John Birmingham, author of the Axis of Time series
“A great spy story, with tidbits of science explaining the intergalactic travel and even a hint of romance to come.”
Booklist
“The Bayern Agenda is exactly the dose of intergalactic espionage you need. Action, humor, and pathos, wrapped up in a plot that Le Carré would be proud of … Moren is one to watch.”
Eric Scott Fischl, Author of Dr. Potter’s Medicine Show
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780857668417 |
| PRICE | US$15.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 400 |
Links
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Reid E, Reviewer
The Aleph Extraction is a fun, adventure/spy novel that keeps you hooked from the first page to the last. Moren does a great job of dropping twists and turns, so you’re never exactly sure what’s what. The characters play off each other well, giving the feeling of established colleagues who understand each other. I haven’t read the first in the series, but didn’t feel like I was missing any important details in this story. The world building is clean, with details added slowly and organically as dictated by the plot. I’ll have to go back and read book one, and I’ll be watching for book three.
Dave B, Educator
A lot of fun. Space opera espionage and a classic heist, who can really argue with that?
This both builds nicely on The Bayern Agenda (not forgetting The Caledonian Gambit, the actual first book prior to a publisher change) but is an easy jumping on point or can simply be read on it's own.
Very much looking forward to the next one, will happily drop a pre-order as soon as possible!
Readers who liked this book also liked:
