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Search & Recovery

Anniversary Day Saga, Book 4 (Retrieval Artist Universe)

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Search & Recovery

By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Narrated by: Jay Snyder
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Amid the ruin, heroes emerge from the unlikeliest places....

The Anniversary Day bombings devastated the Moon, killing thousands. While survivors search for missing loved ones and the rich and powerful set plans in motion to capitalize on the Moon's misfortune, one ruthless man vows to uncover those responsible for the attacks on the Moon. Luc Deshin, the most feared man in Armstrong, knows all too well the bombings could have killed the wife and son he loves more than life itself. To protect his family, Deshin immerses himself in a criminal network he fought long and hard to leave behind. Deshin doesn't scare easily, but what he finds in the black market underbelly of the Moon will chill him to the bone.

©2015 Kristine Kathryn Rusch (P)2014 Audible Inc. Science Fiction Fiction
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It looks like the publishers and Ms Rusch are trying to milk this story for all its worth financially at the expense of the reader. This "book," I hesitate to call it that, is just a few chapters of character development. It's reasonably well-written, in the author's rather unique style, has good character development, but no action, no real story. I feel like I've been taken advantage of, wanting to continue the series, which, overall, has been quite good. With the number of books in the pipeline, it may take years, if ever, for the reader to actually reach a conclusion of the tale. This wouldn't be so bad, if the individual parts had something to say. I recommend this book for readers of the series, only because there is enough background information that might make it harder to understand what is going on in the future. Otherwise, it's pretty trivial.

Just a segment of the story

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I'm feeling cheated by a series of partial stories at full price. This seems to have become a pattern for some authors.

Serialization disappoints.

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Any additional comments?

This should be considered an alternate POV and additional information for Anniversary Day and before Blowback.

Anniversary Day, Book 1.2

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I've enjoyed all of the Retrieval Artist Universe installments, though these installments that are missing our favorite Retrieval Artist and his former partner I find less satisfying. This installment I found much less satisfying than the previous Murder of Clones, which had some interesting events and filled us in on the universe outside the Earth Alliance. This one follows the lives of a few individuals who were touched by the Anniversary Day event. I was surprised when it ended, but Audible hoped I enjoyed it anyway. :-) Without yet having read subsequent installments, I can't tell if anything covered in this book advances the Anniversary Day Saga or if it's just additional context. Maybe I'll revise my review in the future, but at this point I wonder if this installment is just as well skipped.

Ultimately skippable? We'll see.

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The whole Disappearing series was getting a bit stale. There's only so many stories of that theme you can do. This one was a nice change.

Only thing I didn't like was that there were too many main characters. The author would do one chapter on one character then go to the next one's story, of course. By the time you got back to a previous character, I had a tough time remembering what that person was going through. They were all good characters, well drawn and sympathetic even for bad guys.

The narrator did well, no annoyiing mannerisms, you didn't really notice the voice, just the story.

Refreshing difference in the series

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