A WOMAN WHO DREAMS OF THE FUTURE . . .
Once upon a time, I was Vesper Quill, a lowly lab rat using my seer magic and engineering skills to repair broken appliances at a Regal-owned corporation. These days, I’m one of the most infamous and wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy, along with Kyrion Caldaren, my partner.
Kyrion and I are hiding out on a distant planet when we are offered a chance to train at a prestigious facility in hopes of better understanding our truebond, the psionic connection that lets us share thoughts, feelings, skills, and more.
Mastering our magic is the only way we can hope to defeat our many enemies and make my dreams of a safe future a reality, so Kyrion and I accept the invitation. But evil forces are at work, and our training exercise is not what it seems, plunging us both into another deadly situation with only bad options.
A MAN WHO CAN’T ESCAPE HIS PAST . . .
I’ve always been Kyrion Caldaren, a Regal lord with telekinesis, telepathy, telempathy, and other powerful psionic abilities. I might have gone rogue from the Arrows, the Imperium’s elite warriors, but my fighting skills are as sharp and deadly as ever.
Vesper Quill and I need help with our truebond, so we agree to participate in a rigorous training exercise designed to test the depths of our connection. But a new enemy has other plans, and we’re soon separated and confronted with one dangerous obstacle after another.
But my love for Vesper is stronger than any forces set against us, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my way back to her—and kill anyone who gets in my way.
The entirety of the book has a maze as background, supposedly a training facility but where Kyrion and Vesper are faced with a devious enemy and his minions. The reasons for that betrayal aren't really very well explained, and the cliffhanger ending means we need to wait for at least one more book for the saga to end.
Only Rogue Actions feels like a novella or just chapter of a larger book. And the writing is rushed and repetitive. Seriously, you don't need to transcribe the title of the book into the story on every other page. Same for Kyrion talking about his "inner monster" about a zillion times.
Also, Vesper seems to be the brain behind saving then both. As she did all the work, I kept wondering where Kyrion the great warrior was hiding. Was he too busy with his "inner monster" to actually do something useful?
Despite the limited background, the story might have worked if it weren't so full of clichés and if the writing had been a bit more polished. As it is, I can't bring myself to recommend it in any way. The first two books in the series were very good. After that, everything stalled. Let's see if I'm up to ready any more of them in the future.
Happy readings otherwise!
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