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Was Once a Hero (The Fenaday and Shasti Chronicles)
by
Edward McKeown (Goodreads Author)
Reluctant privateer Robert Fenaday searches the stars for his lost love, Lisa, a naval intelligence officer whose ship disappeared near the end of the Conchirri War . He’s joined by the genetically engineered assassin, Shasti Rainhell, whose cold perfection masks her dark past. Both are blackmailed by government spymaster, Mandela, into a suicidal mission to the doomed pla...more
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Published
2011
by Hellfire
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Sometimes it is difficult for me to get into a science fiction story. Some of the terminology used can be quite confusing. Not this time around, though. It was an easy read for someone like me who isn't a hard core sci-fi fan.
Robert Fenaday's loss of his wife is heartbreaking and his search for her seems fruitless. Now, with the Conchirri War over, funding his search becomes a bit of a problem. Enter the little Enshari who is about to change all of that. Granted, the government wants to see Fena...more
Robert Fenaday's loss of his wife is heartbreaking and his search for her seems fruitless. Now, with the Conchirri War over, funding his search becomes a bit of a problem. Enter the little Enshari who is about to change all of that. Granted, the government wants to see Fena...more
Story Line: A dead wife, no job, a government that knows all your illegal actions and can take you down, a vanishing race, and a mission that very well could be your death. In a pleasantly entertaining and decently quick read you get to follow the way Robert Fenaday went from being on top to being almost blackmailed into giving away possibly his life for a mission.
Characters: Lisa, Robert, Telisan, Shasti, and a whole ships worth of crew.
My Favorite Part: When Robert and Mandela have a conversat...more
Characters: Lisa, Robert, Telisan, Shasti, and a whole ships worth of crew.
My Favorite Part: When Robert and Mandela have a conversat...more
Mar 20, 2012
Sarah Baethge
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Was Once a Hero by Edward McKeown is a fun science fiction story set in the distant future. After years of inter-planetary war, where Humans and six other alien species have had to team up and brought down the terrible Conchirri that were spreading havoc wherever they could; no one is ready to place themselves in harm’s way by attempting to study the frightening unexplained force that apparently came out of nowhere and was able to destroy the entire Enshari civilization within hours. Few will e...more
What an amazing Scifi read :D Talk about hard times and cool adventures this one is filled with both :D Believe it or not the sexy assassin is one of my fav characters 0.o Hahaha sorry but true, although I do love the captian as well :O I'm horrible. Robert pulls together a crew to help him search for his lost wife, awwww isn't that sweet :) Still love the sexy assassin the most lol nothing not to like about her :) Ok, this story is most defiantly a wonderful read, this amazing author has made o...more
Dec 14, 2012
Sadie Forsythe
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This is space-opera at it's best. Fenaday, Shasti, and the rest of their regular, rag-tag crew of "cutthroats, screw-ups and a few pros" have an easy going rapport that was a lot of fun to be part of. Fenaday is your basic nice guy. Someone referred to him as a "gentle pirate" and it's an appropriate nomen descriptivum. He's not nearly tough enough for what he does, but he's smart enough to surround himself with those who can make up for it. I think it would be almost impossible not to like h...more
This is space-opera at it's best. Fenaday, Shasti, and the rest of their regular, rag-tag crew of "cutthroats, screw-ups and a few pros" have an easy going rapport that was a lot of fun to be part of. Fenaday is your basic nice guy. Someone referred to him as a "gentle pirate" and it's an appropriate nomen descriptivum. He's not nearly tough enough for what he does, but he's smart enough to surround himself with those who can make up for it. I think it would be almost impossible not to like h...more
I liked parts of it. Liked the characters, some of the strangers ones were the best.
There were a lot of omni POV switches towards the end. A long section near the end that would be labeled "telling" rather than action-based.
This reminded me a lot of TOS eppies where the machine went "bad" i.e. "Sterilize, imperfect. sterilize!" etc. and if Fenaday could have argued the machines to death, I have a feeling he would have.
Lots of character development and once you're half way through you pretty muc...more
There were a lot of omni POV switches towards the end. A long section near the end that would be labeled "telling" rather than action-based.
This reminded me a lot of TOS eppies where the machine went "bad" i.e. "Sterilize, imperfect. sterilize!" etc. and if Fenaday could have argued the machines to death, I have a feeling he would have.
Lots of character development and once you're half way through you pretty muc...more
What the world needs is more SF like 'Was Once a Hero'. This is classic space opera, with interesting characters, fast action and a great mystery-laden plot. Better yet, sequels are coming. I highly recommend this well-written book.
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Good sci-fi adventure tale and good start to a series. I'll definitely read the others.
Apr 05, 2013
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Edward McKeown is a writer and editor specializing in science fiction and fantasy with occasional forays into literary and nonfiction. Ed escaped from NY, but his old hometown supplies much of the background to his humorous “Lair of the Lesbian Love Goddess” shorts, as his new hometown in Charlotte, North Carolina does for his “Knight Templar” fantasy series. He enjoys a wide variety of interests...more
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