POW Aden Jansen is recruited to go undercover in Gretia to wipe the slate clean. If he can succeedâand survive. Dunstan Park is on piracy patrol to track down the space-born arm of the uprising. Idina Chaudhary hopes to root out the insurgency on the ground. And Adenâs sister, Solveig, discovers how the bank behind the rebellion is closer to her than she knew.
Descent by Marko Kloos
Background
So this is Book 4 of the Palladium Wars Series by Marko Kloos. I was a big fan of his Frontlines series of books, and this appears to be his next major series. What is different from my previous reads of his, is that where Frontlines and others focus on a primary person/group, The Palladium Wars is split between 4-5 âmainâ characters and can become a bit disconcerting.
Finished reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. This is the 7th book of the Murderbot series (the first few as novellas), and I think this is the one that will end the series for me. Might have some Spoilers, Iâll try to warn you!
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Synopsis
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if thereâs an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza canât have the planet, theyâre sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.
By the very last few days of 2018, I was able to meet my reading challenge of 52 books for the year. That is crazy! I read more non-fiction this year than any other year, and I hope to read a more steady dose in the future. But it also meant that if it wasnât for my early lead I had at the beginning of the year, I probably wouldnât have made my goal. For 2019, I cut my goal in half. Because of this, Iâm keeping my goal attainable. Per the usual, Goodreads does a much better job presenting my reading for the year, so check it out there.
Wow! Sixty (60) books! 2017 was another good year with regards to reading for me. I was able to once again power through a ton a of books. It was a year of series; only roughly 18 books out of the 60 were stand alone books. Many of what I read were serial in nature and, towards the end of the year, I was beginning to get a little burned out on these stories. Hopefully 2018 brings a refreshed view, or better feelings at least. As always, Goodreads does a better job of presenting all the books, so check it out there.
It was another great year in book reading. I didnât travel as much I did the previous year, but my commutes to work and various other reasons allowed me to keep the words flowing. I bumped up my goal from 40 to 42 last year, assuming that since I wasnât traveling as much it wasnât worth moving up to 50+ books. But even with the modest change, I still read 54 book by yearâs end, and a number of good ones in fact. Again, GoodReads does such a better job at presenting my books list than I could do, so hop over there are review my year. Then quickly come back and checkout my hitsâand missedâof 2016.
I read a ton of books last year. I spent so much time on planes and in travel last year that I was able to read quite a few stories. I set a goalâŚthen blew it out of the water! My goal last year was to read 40 books. Somehow I was able to read 48 books the year before and thought that 40 would still be a good goal without being too easy. Only I read 55 books last year demolishing that goal. Goodreads presents my book reads better than I ever could, so checkout that page first and see what I did. Then come back as I highlight of few things here.
