Review: Absolute Zero

 

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Alcohol, women, and space, that’s what keeps Captain Kael Jameson going. Plus the crew he’s managed to gather in place of a family.
But when he’s forced to destroy something precious in order to save the ones he loves most, his world is turned upside down in a heartbeat.
Things get bad after that, and he already had a hangover.
Alien hitmen, political intrigue leading to civil war, and a cunning pirate overlord; you’d think it couldn’t get any worse. But it does. When an unidentified enemy enters the known systems and starts picking New Earth’s allies off, one by one, life as we know it falls apart.
Either Kael and his crew beat them. Or get beaten. It’s going to be a close call.

Genre: science fiction/science fiction romance

Publication date: November 2019

Mature content: yes, but nothing overly graphical

Review: Absolute Zero is book one (of three) in the Sector Wars series by Nicola Claire. This series is actually a spin off of the Sector Fleet series. If you haven't read any of the previous series' books, you can still go through this new series without any particular issues, but old characters (and spaceships) show up here and there and it was rather nice to hear about them again (and, in a way, to know that a few centuries before they were indeed successful in reaching New Earth). 

If you want to read the Sector Fleet series first, start with Accelerating Universe. If not, then seat back and enjoy this new adventure featuring Kael Jameson (a direct descendant of John Jameson, which was exactly the main male character in Accelerating Universe). 

As space adventures go, this one is non-stop action and definitely full of twists and turns.There's also a teeny-tiny hint of romance, but nothing as overt as in the Sector Fleet series.

 

 

 

 

 

It still took me a while to get into this new world the author crafted - and very well - and into the characters (including Kael, who is not easy to get on with at first). Also, Absolute Zero ends in a complete cliffhanger, and as such you need to more on to book two.

Overall, I enjoyed it very much and I expect to love the next two books even more now that I've gotten used to this universe.

  

Happy readings,

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