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Once Dead

(The Rho Agenda: Inception #1)

Richard Phillips (Goodreads Author)

4.06 · Rating details · 3,258 ratings · 170 reviews

Jack Gregory, the CIA’s top assassin, went rogue after a mission gone wrong. When a confrontation leaves him bleeding out on death’s doorstep, he is faced with an offer from a dark figure named Anchanchu. If Jack is willing to act as a human host for Anchanchu, the entity will revive him and give him another shot at life. Jack takes the deal...but he must now face the cons

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Published August 19th 2014 by 47North (first published August 5th 2014)

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Aug 07, 2017 Trish R. rated it really liked it

Ok, so this is about our hero Jack Gregory that managed to get himself killed and was offered his life back IF he would let Anchanchu, a mind worm, tag along in Jack’s brain. Now, Anchanchu is a blood thirsty killing machine so Jack has to control that part of his brain or he’d be killing anyone and everyone around him.

Although, Jack does kill a lot of people, all of them deserved it except one old man who asked to be killed because his wife just died and he didn’t want to go on without her. So ...more

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Oct 16, 2014 Martha rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: net-galley, dnf

This was a NetGalley read that I selected based on the cover. I really wanted to like this book. The blurb sounds pretty darn cool, and the opening prologue kind of reminds me of a Robert Ludlum novel. Unfortunately, I stumbled a lot over the writing and ended up setting it aside as a DNF.

I feel like an otherwise interesting plot is bogged down by a tendency to tell the reader, at great length, what is happening in a scene--rather than showing it. That, and lots of clunky paragraphs, such as th This was a NetGalley read that I selected based on the cover. I really wanted to like this book. The blurb sounds pretty darn cool, and the opening prologue kind of reminds me of a Robert Ludlum novel. Unfortunately, I stumbled a lot over the writing and ended up setting it aside as a DNF.

I feel like an otherwise interesting plot is bogged down by a tendency to tell the reader, at great length, what is happening in a scene--rather than showing it. That, and lots of clunky paragraphs, such as this one:

Removing his laptop from his case, Jack woke it from sleep mode, plugged it into his seat's power receptacle, typed in his twenty-character password, and launched the wipe utility that would perform the multi-pass digital shredding of all data on the encrypted hard drive.

It's exhausting to read that, and that's just one example of the chunky paragraphs that pepper the pages, not to mention the tech-speak (again, telling not showing). Elsewhere, the detailed physical descriptions of people keep jarring me away from the action so I can focus on how a character has "short, spiked blond hair" or a "Pilates-tightened ass". There are times when focusing on a physical detail is important to the character itself, but this just feels fluffy and distracting--kind of like reading one of those YA novels where everyone's clothing choices are described in detail.

Speaking of characters--I have to say that jumping through multiple POVs is fine and all, a good way to keep the energy moving in a story; but when you're jumping through several different ones in the space of a handful of chapters, it starts to make one wonder a little bit: is it really necessary to have the POV of these minor characters? Especially when they fill up the pages with their telling (not showing)?

I'm sure some people will like this book, and to be fair, if you can get past the clunky writing, the plot is definitely interesting. I haven't read the original Rho trilogy, to which this is a prequel, so I can't say how well the two stories mesh together. But I think that if you're a fan of Ludlum's spy novels or similar books with a slightly supernatural twist, you might enjoy this. It just didn't hold my interest enough to finish it out. ...more

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Aug 21, 2014 Cathy Ryan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-thriller, crime-suspense, supernatural

All through The Rho Agenda I was intrigued by the characters of Jack Gregory and Janet Price. What was their story? Why did Jack’s eyes sometimes seem to have a red glint? In this first of three prequels we get to learn much more about Jack and Janet and what makes them who they are.

Jack, a CIA agent on the trail of his brother’s killer, finds himself facing Carlton ‘Priest’ Williams and a gang of knife wielding thugs in a Calcutta alley. After a bloody fight Jack, well outnumbered and badly wou ...more

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Dec 26, 2014 Mike Nemeth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"Once Dead" catapults Richard Phillips into serious thriller writer status. It's fast-moving. The hero, Jack Gregory, is conflicted in an interesting fashion, and he's good at getting himself out of serious scrapes. In the opening scene, Gregory gets jumped in an alley Return of the Dragon style. But he's not Bruce Lee. He's about as good though and gives worse than he gets. But Gregory is near death. He gets sewn up by a couple of helpful people, but it's not enough. Yet, Gregory pulls through. ...more

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Aug 25, 2014 Koeur rated it really liked it

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Publisher: 47 North
Publishing Date: August 2014
ISBN: 9781477824108
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 3.6/5

Publisher Description: Gregory, once the CIA’s top assassin, went rogue after a mission gone wrong. When a confrontation leaves him bleeding out on death’s doorstep, he’s faced with an offer from a dark figure ..If Jack is willing to act as its human host, the entity will revive him and give him another shot at life.

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Publisher: 47 North
Publishing Date: August 2014
ISBN: 9781477824108
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 3.6/5

Publisher Description: Gregory, once the CIA’s top assassin, went rogue after a mission gone wrong. When a confrontation leaves him bleeding out on death’s doorstep, he’s faced with an offer from a dark figure ..If Jack is willing to act as its human host, the entity will revive him and give him another shot at life.

Review: Wow, that is one of the worst covers ever as it doesn’t even closely relate to anything in the novel.

So……………..Jack, a CIA operative, is attempting to kill a special forces dude in an alley in Calcutta India, surrounded by 6 or so knife wielding (and I mean knives attached to pike poles) in a fight to the death. As Jack slowly dismantles SF dude (whom killed his brother) the Indian gang starts cutting him. Jack ,Jiu Jitsu fu’s his way past all the bad guys by disarming, disemboweling and just plane dissing all over the sitch. An old leathery nun finds him and Jack is eventually pronounced dead. Later, they find Jack gone, the nun cowering in a corner with a half mumbled phrase on her lips…”JACK THE RIPPER IS BACK!!”. Huh? How the fug would a nun in Calcutta India in the 21 Century know that Jack the Ripper had taken up residence in, well Jack? Besides the lame fight scenes and why a gang in Calcutta would stage a fight to the death between two sworn enemies in a dark alley (which makes even less sense now that I write it down) and a nun’s discernment of all things ethereal and other-worldly, this was a pretty good read.

Jack eventually becomes a kind of hit-man. I say “kind of” because if an assassin works for the side of good, is he really an assassin/hit-man? I guess it is a matter of perspective, as in “One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter”. The torture scenes are pretty graphic. I think this helps the reader to build up a full steam of righteous indignation where we can’t wait to see the bad guy(s) done in by an almost super human assass….er….hit-ma…er…..vigilante. Do vigilante’s get paid? There is super hottie spy chick, Janet, who is the only one to beat Jack’s 1,000 meter sniper record and the only girl to ever pass the dreaded Special Forces Training (only no one can ever know about it, or her) but she moves like a dancer and is built for speed, if you know what I mean….YAWN. Jack can hold his breath for 6 minutes and quickly get his heart rate to 60bpm while killing bad guys…YAAAAAAAWN. In one scene, Jack is in the shower and the bad guys bust in. Jack takes off into the woods and kills everyone. My question is, does the guy shower with his clothes on because all of a sudden Jack has his clothes and his killing knife, but has no shoes. Ah, well artistic license and all that.

I still don’t know how Jack got the “Ripper” nickname. Besides a nun who said it to herself and is now an addled, insane hunchback, there is no one that would ascribe that moniker to Jack. But somehow the legend of the RIPPER is fluent at all levels of spy-dom. I still don’t know how to rate this one. I loved it, but at times it was so fugging stoopid. Jack and Janet are pretty believable at times, then in others its the old suspension of disbelief. I am going to go with pure entertainment value and look past the glaring errors…..mostly.

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Aug 27, 2014 David Dalton rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, assassin-s, suspense, action, guns-gun-and-more-guns

Years ago, when the first Indiana Jones movie came out (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) I read many favorable reviews. A LOT of favorable reviews; almost to the point where I was questioning just how good the movie actually was. Well, the first time I saw that movie I KNEW the reviewers were right. I loved all the cliff-hanger action scenes and the never-say-die attitude of Indiana. Nothing could stop him, he was driven.

Now fast forward to the end of Aug 2014. I came across Once D Years ago, when the first Indiana Jones movie came out (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) I read many favorable reviews. A LOT of favorable reviews; almost to the point where I was questioning just how good the movie actually was. Well, the first time I saw that movie I KNEW the reviewers were right. I loved all the cliff-hanger action scenes and the never-say-die attitude of Indiana. Nothing could stop him, he was driven.

Now fast forward to the end of Aug 2014. I came across Once Dead, the book description caught my attention. Oh yeah, this sounds like a book I would like to read. A prequel to the Rho Agenda books (which I had read reviews of, but had not read at this point). So I checked out the Once Dead reviews. I saw something like 27 out of 27 five star reviews! Oh crud, they can't ALL love the book this much. This must be another case of where the author's friends and fellow authors (most of whom have never rated more than a book or two) got together and handed out five star reviews. Darn.....I really wanted to read it. So, once I signed up for Kindle Unlimited, I put the book down on my TBR list. I got to it last week and darn if those reviewers didn't get it right. I would go with 4.5 stars if I could, but I will go with a solid 4+ stars. I liked this story. Plenty of Jason Bourne style action and a James Bond (the ole style Bond ~ ("You Only Live Twice") threat to the world all rolled into one story.

If you have read the book's description you'll know that Jack Gregory dies early in the book and then comes back after a mysterious dark entity offers him life, but he has to co-exist with the entity. Okay, a little off-beat aspect to the story, but I'll go with it. Despite a few interesting flashbacks in history, the story did not really deal with this too much. I was expecting a little more development in this part of the plot. As far as I am concerned it did not really add too much to the overall plot. Jack is a kick-butt action character either by himself or co-existing with this entity. Same for his action co-star Janet.

As I mentioned, I have not read the Rho Agenda books yet, but I will now, starting with The Second Ship. In the reviews I had read for the Rho Agenda trilogy it appears that the trilogy is aimed a bit at young adults. No problem, as I like some YA stories (Steelheart). But if Rho Agenda is YA (PG-13) then "Once Dead" is definitely rated "R". Lots of European style action (ala Jason Bourne). I thought it was a well written thriller and besides reading the Rho Agenda books, I am looking forward to the next book in this series: Bane's Dominion.
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Feb 03, 2015 Jacque Holst rated it it was amazing

If you haven't read any of Phillips books do yourself a favor and start now.

I don't believe I've connected with an author of this type and caliber since I picked up 'Hunt For Red October' and didn't stop until I read everything Tom Clancy had in print or has put in print since. Do yourself a favor, pick up one of Richard Phillips books and start reading. You will be opening the door to a world of breathtaking action, espionage, black ops and plausible deniability. Governments hang by a thread, A ...more

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Apr 25, 2014 Philip rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Wow! I LOVED THIS BOOK! Saying that doesn't do it justice. Everything about the book was extremely good...from the storyline to the pace. Once I started reading it I could barely bring myself to put it down. ...more

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Aug 17, 2014 Sean rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle

ARC from Netgalley

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, the story was excellent.Loved the dark passenger who resided in Jack(Ripper).Brilliantly written and very quick paced story.Hopefully there will be more from Jack.

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Apr 13, 2016 Melissa rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks

Entertaining thriller with great characters, realistic intrigue, and a touch of fantasy to keep me happy. Already downloaded the second book in the series; looking forward to seeing how these characters evolve!

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Feb 23, 2018 Maria rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction-fantasy

Although this book isn't what I expected and the violence is extreme, by the end of the book I figured that it was supposed to be that way and I will need to read the next in the series to find out if I'm right. I was expecting alien space ship stuff and got a mind worm. Everything else (except the moon-mining thing and hopefully one of the weapons used) could have happened today. The plot is edge-of-the-seat, however, and the characters intriguing, including the mind worm. There are lots of ref ...more

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Oct 05, 2018 Joe rated it really liked it

Full of plot twists and a bit of supernatural intrigue

I can't say anything about the supernatural aspect without giving spoilers, so I'll focus on the rest of the story.

This started out looking like a "Badder version of Jason Borne" with a little bit of supernatural tossed in. It grew into a combination of techno-thriller and otherworldly mystery. Fast paced, definitely not boring! ...more

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Feb 19, 2015 Liezl Ruiz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller

Once Dead is a highly detailed, eventful book, where actions are delivered blow by blow across the pages and the protagonist you'll love instantly. All the events are exciting, only that the tone of the writing is not. Or maybe it was just my Death Watch hangover. You get to read so many chapters first, for which by the way each chapter is so short, just to get the hang of the narration before you could truly appreciate it.

I remember reading a report of Jack the Ripper's real identity. He was a Once Dead is a highly detailed, eventful book, where actions are delivered blow by blow across the pages and the protagonist you'll love instantly. All the events are exciting, only that the tone of the writing is not. Or maybe it was just my Death Watch hangover. You get to read so many chapters first, for which by the way each chapter is so short, just to get the hang of the narration before you could truly appreciate it.

I remember reading a report of Jack the Ripper's real identity. He was a Polish immigrant and his profile does not indicate as someone being deadly. The only reason for his overwhelming and undeserved infamy, not that he shouldn't be seen with extreme dishonor, rather he did not deserve such global attention, was because he was only identified and indicted 2 centuries after his death. Maybe he had his fits but the kind of Ripper described in this book is way more sinister than the real Ripper I read about. Fine, the classic Ripper was so evil, he'd keep an organ as a souvenir from the female victims he'd violated.

Starting straight to action, instead of getting hooked, I almost balked. That was the prologue. But then surprisingly, when the hero was implied to have died just on the first part of it, I grieved. I felt the same sorrow I felt when Westley of The Princess Bride died not once but twice or when James Schweitzer died albeit necessarily in Gemini Cell. It was in this moment that I realized I love the book already even before I get to Chapter One.

Seriously, what woman won't get attached when Jack Gregory was described in this manner,

If the man's will is as strong as his jawline and lean musculature seemed to indicate, perhaps there was yet hope.

This is what I like about books like this. As a girl, there's nothing better than falling in love with the male protagonist of the story. And I'd love to fall over and over again. It's not just about his physique alone but the character by which he was mold into. Jack "The Ripper" Gregory is nothing like Jack the Ripper most people know in English history. Where the latter is a depraved psychopath serial killer, the former is an intrinsically good ex-CIA agent. But due to the ill-luck fate that has befallen him, Jack Gregory has now become a host of a sinister worm just to be alive again.

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Sep 05, 2014 Odette Cortés rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

As I read about Jack “The Ripper” Gregory’s adventures I couldn’t help but hearing the Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum/Legacy soundtrack in my head. Minutes after dying Jack is approached by a creature (in what he later thinks is a dream). This strange being offers Jack a second chance to return to the world of the living, and so the ex-CIA agent rises from the dead. The book goes on a rapid pace following different characters that have major or minor roles to play in an upcoming internation ...more

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Aug 27, 2014 Lisa Otoupal-Robel rated it really liked it

A believed-dead CIA assassin turns back up after a near-death experience, accompanied by a spirit that feeds on extreme emotions. Accompanied as in ... replacing his own life spark.

I enjoyed this book. I think we all wonder if killing kills the assassins' souls! Now, we have an ancient soul inhabiting a human, who strives to maintain his humanity while avenging wrongs.

I especially like the way the spirit could be surprised. I could almost, in my head, hear it saying, "Huh. I didn't see that co ...more

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Aug 31, 2014 John rated it it was amazing

Jack (Ripper) Gregory is a former CIA operative who is living on borrowed time. ONCE DEAD is how he deals with this situation and how it affects him. Add Janet Price, herself an accomplished former CIA operative, and you have the makings of a cover to cover action story. From the back streets of Calcutta to the cosmodrome at Baikonur they leave a rapidly increasing body count as they work frantically to avert a major disaster on the east coast of the United States. There are several loose ends, ...more

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Jan 17, 2017 Jason B. rated it it was ok

Eh. The concept - a contract field agent, on the verge of death, is offered a bargain by the same alien entity that occupied the body of famous killers over the years: a return to life, in exchange for being host to the entity. Aaaand that's more or less all we hear of that.

The rest of it is a ho-hum political CIA/NSA/Russian Mob shoot-'em-up, complete with your usual 10/10 superhot female agent who is just INEXORABLY drawn to our protagonist.

Tired tropes and an obvious fantasy churn. ...more

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Jan 22, 2015 KeithGentles rated it really liked it

Rho Agenda Inception

Having already read Phillips Rho Agenda trilogy,I was somewhat pessimistic about how he was going to top it, but top it he does ,flawlessly! All hail Jack Gregory! The Ripper's origin story manages to be both unique and unusual enough to make it believable. Can't wait to see where the next book takes me!! ...more

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Aug 27, 2014 James McAllister rated it it was amazing

Wow, didn't think a retro story could be so good

Wondering what the hell was going on with Gregory in the other Reo Agenda episodes, I could hardly believe that a retro story could be so exspliscative + exciting + scientific!!! all at the same time!!!

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Jan 31, 2015 Dave rated it it was amazing

lots of action, scenery and well packaged

Travel the world (well, Europe anyway) with a driven character who attracts action wherever he goes. Add a very strong female secondary and you'll want more books like this! ^.^ ...more

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Feb 28, 2015 Emily G. Seanez rated it it was amazing

This series answers questions I had from the other series. Great!

This action packed book definitely is aimed at adults. While Jack and Janet fit the story line in the next series this book appeals to older readers, not young adults.

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Sep 08, 2014 Robin Gustafson rated it really liked it

Great action book

From start to finish a great action story Once dead is a great prequela to the Rho Agenda. It kept my interest all the way through

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Jan 11, 2018 Fred Wagner rated it liked it · review of another edition

How this thing could be considered science fiction is beyond me. I suppose I should say that in general it was a decent book and a decent read. But it is not what it is purported to be. I am only hoping that this actually will in some way, shape, or form matter in the whole Rho Agenda series of books and help make better sense of the RA Assimilation books which I am now thinking I should have gone right to. And now there's 2 more books in this RA Inception series. Are they going to be mediocre a ...more

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Dec 14, 2017 Fred rated it liked it

I liked the characters Ripper and Janet in the Rho Agenda trilogy, so I finally bit on this book (Once Dead). And I liked those two characters in this book too -- BUT introducing a non-human entity to (presumably) explain the Ripper’s extra-ordinary instincts, awareness and reactions seemed just short of crazy to me. (And that’s not a spoiler as the entity is introduced in the Prologue – and talked about in Amazon’s book description as well.)

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Sep 11, 2017 Mitch rated it it was ok

Holy cow.....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

Warning this book will come to an end. Some baddie will try to stop it. Some politcians will try to CYA. The awesome protagonist will see it to the end... Warning this story will finish. Baddie will try though hero will fight against with help of those keeping their heinies covered. Oh no, baddie started things again, hero says no, it must end. Politicians came out smelling like a rose. The end.

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Oct 05, 2018 Soo rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, reviewed

5 Stars for Narration by MacLeod Andrews
3 Stars for Story

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The intro is a bit haphazard but it has enough going on to make me curious. The story became less and less plausible as it continued. I only made it to the end because Andrews did a fantastic job narrating this story. I made a comment about the story coming off like it's confused. Yup. That opinion remained to the end of the book.

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May 15, 2017 Jonathan Pettit rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Great CIA action with a bit of science fiction! Jack Gregory is a CIA assassin that finds himself in a "to live" or "not to live" situation. He opts to live with a "rider" alien in his head. The book was a well-written military action thriller, taking place in Germany and Russia. Lots of action with a couple great characters, though the science fiction aspect could have been left out. I would have the enjoyed the book just as well. The story's been done before, upper level CIA brass wants a rogu ...more

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Apr 25, 2018 David Cochrane rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Great narration

Okay story.

The story was fun for a while. But then it began to seem like a comic book instead of an action thriller. I dearly wanted to like this better. But it was serviceable as long as I could forget the "heard this all before" thoughts. The story had a decent ending. Not surprising but a bit suspenseful.

Macleod Andrews is superb. The various characters came alive with his command of accents. Even when he was reading the contemplation parts of a characters involvement the accen ...more

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Dec 06, 2016 Ronny rated it liked it

Shelves: easy-entertainment

Started off a bit confused until I realized it was a prequel and not a sequel. Due to being a prequel, (view spoiler) in the original books. In the end, the villain seemed to be one of the least 2 dimensional characters, and the plot itself mostly followed the standard path. Still, quick paced and ok read which ...more

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Dec 01, 2017 Mary Stricklin rated it it was amazing

The best spy and SiFi story

I normally do not like spy storys . But this story grabs you from the go and do not want to let you put it down. I personally believe anyone who likes spy stories with a touch of the supernatural would love it. I can say there was nothing that I didn't love about it. I hope the next one is just as good, because I believe I will be reading it. I don't want to give any of the story away. Let's just say that I hope certain characters are in the next story also. ...more

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Richard Phillips is the million copy bestselling author of the Rho Agenda scifi series, the Jack 'The Ripper' Gregory series, and the epic fantasy series, The Endarian Prophecy. He is a retired Army Officer, West Point graduate, and has a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School. H ...more

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