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Outer Diverse

(Splintered Universe Trilogy #1)

Nina Munteanu (Goodreads Author)

3.50 · Rating details · 16 ratings · 6 reviews

Galactic Guardian Rhea Hawke must solve the mystery of the massacre of a religious sect. Her quest for justice catapults Rhea into the heart of a universal struggle across alien landscapes of cruel beauty and toward and unbearable truth she's hidden from herself since she murdered an innocent man.

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Published October 25th 2011 by Starfire World Syndicate (first published October 15th 2011)

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Jan 21, 2013 Tricia Burns Rodney rated it it was amazing

"'Outer Diverse' is a magic carpet ride of adventure that not only reaches deep into the folds of the Universe, but also into the depths of the soul. In this superb tale, Munteanu has woven a tapestry of events that had me spellbound to the end! I am now most anxious to read 'Inner Diverse', the second book in the trilogy and then third book, once she has written it!!! I am enthralled with Nina Munteanu's style of story telling and I have just become her newest fan!!!" - Tricia Burns-Rodney, Chi ...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4review, audiobook, female-lead, intense, interesting, sf, space-opera, cool-tech

2013 Review: Rhea Hawke is a Galactic Guardian, and I love to say her name. Her name alone let’s you know that there is a bad ass super hero of a woman on site. I can picture her boots, her great coat, and her side arms. I want to be her when I grow up. Obviously, you can tell I developed some hero worship for her by the end of this book. I really got wrapped up in this novel. Yes, the characters only grew a little bit, and that growth was mainly on Rhea and her relationship to her mother, but I 2013 Review: Rhea Hawke is a Galactic Guardian, and I love to say her name. Her name alone let’s you know that there is a bad ass super hero of a woman on site. I can picture her boots, her great coat, and her side arms. I want to be her when I grow up. Obviously, you can tell I developed some hero worship for her by the end of this book. I really got wrapped up in this novel. Yes, the characters only grew a little bit, and that growth was mainly on Rhea and her relationship to her mother, but I really connected with her. I loved all the fancy tech and the variety of alien races, with humans barely hanging on as a species. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for Book 2.

UPDATE: Here's my 2019 review.
I had the pleasure to listen to this book 5 or 6 years ago, and I really enjoyed it then. I’m very pleased to say that this book has stood up well over the years. Rhea Hawke is still the bad ass I want to be when I grow up. I love her dress sense (boots, weapons, sentient great coat), her sorta pet tappin (kinda a cat with 3 tails), and her best friend Beni, who is the AI on her little work-issued spaceship. Alas, she messed up big time at work (the Galactic Guardians, which is way more bureaucratic than it sounds), and she lost all but her boot and her sorta cat.

While wallowing in her self-pity, wondering what to do with her life now, she joins a gym where she meets Serge. He’s way more sexy than his name hints at. Pretty soon, she’s spending nearly all her time at his place. She’s held back from snooping into his past, as she would have done in a heart beat when she worked for the Guardians. That’s going to come back to bite her in the butt.

I especially enjoyed the tangled relationship she has with her mom. She loves her (maybe) but hates her too (and definitely hates that she sleeps around so much!). But her mom has kept some really big secrets from her and that had to sting, so I see her point most of the time.

So many aliens! I love this aspect to the story because humans aren’t the focus. In fact, they are basically an endangered species. Barely tolerated in most civilized places, Rhea has had to work twice as hard to prove herself worthy. She’d rather do that than take the path her mom did (free love).

Then there’s the evil Vos. Cue evil laughter. So many rumors about what they can do, what atrocities they have done. I know it’s quite silly, but I love this because that’s my last name, minus and S, pronounced the same way. Hahaha! If I lived in Rhea’s universe, I’d have to change my last name or risk being shot on sight.

My one little quibble with this tale is the little bit of mystic stuff tossed in, like about all the over diverses and how they can be connected with a dream portal and how soul mates will find each other across the divereses no matter what, etc. Yawn. Honestly, this story rocks without all that and a little technical-sounding stuff tossed in to explain bridging multiple universes would have worked better.

I’m very glad I revisited this exciting space opera. So looking forward to completing the trilogy. 4.75/5 stars.

The Narration: Dawn Harvey does a great job with all the different alien voices. She really went the extra mile, making them sound as described in the text of the story. I don’t know how she made some of those voices, but they really worked! I did notice a few mispronounced words this time around – like ‘Bedouin’ and ‘Hopi’ but that’s easily forgiven considering how much effort she put into the alien voices. The pacing is perfect. Her voice for Rhea is spot on – a hero that is sometimes vulnerable. There were no issues with this technical recording. 5/5 stars.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Nina Munteanu. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it. ...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Nina rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Nina Munteanu's space thriller is now a scintillating audiobook narrated exquisitely by Dawn Harvey. Harvey breathes incredible life into this fast paced metaphysical thriller about a female detective who must solve the mystery of a spiritual sect massacre. Rhea comes alive alongside a gaggle of sordid and macabre characters in Harvey’s rich narrative. A rollercoaster ride guaranteed to entertain.

WHO NEEDS COFFEE WHEN YOU HAVE DAWN HARVEY!

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Apr 11, 2012 Nina rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

"...a master of metaphor, Nina Munteanu turns an adventure story into a wonderland of alien rabbit holes. When the action starts it goes into hyper-drive ... a fascinating and enthralling read."--Craig Bowlsby, author of Commander's Log

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Sep 12, 2012 Gil T. rated it did not like it · review of another edition

What started out as a very promising sci-fi with some cool tech and aliens...soon turned into a cheap version of "Lady Chatterly's Lover."

keep the porn out of sci-fi!

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Feb 24, 2015 Costi Gurgu rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

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Jan 11, 2019 Cheryl Whitty rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: a-great-start-to-an-exciting-series, adventure, audio-edition, best, conspiracies, emotional, evil-mastermind, lots-of-fighting-and-blowing-things, lots-of-fighting-and-killing, sci-fi

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This is the first book in a new series and the first from this author for me. We follow the misadventures of Reah Hawke an Galactic Guardian, who is investigating mass murder of a Religious Sect. This is a long listen and you have concentrated at first to get the picture on Reah, the universe she inhabits. We follow Reah’s investigation with a tough and gruff EXTERIOR HIDES of things that have happened in her past that have haunted her ever since. The more you ...more

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About Nina Munteanu

Nina Munteanu

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Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist and SF, fantasy and eco-fiction writer. She has published eight novels and a dozen award-winning short stories translated into several languages. Her novels are mostly eco-fiction and thrillers that explore humanity's tense co-evolution with technology and Nature.

Nina is also editor of several publishing houses and ezines. She teaches writing at the Universit ...more