Rise Siren Five Book 1 of the Disclosure Series Amazon Kindle Edition http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XTALKJI
Sci-Fi for Grown Ups - Sleek, Sexy, Sci-Fi Action Thriller
The Blackest of Ops. The Hottest of Connections. The Most Coveted Asset in the Cosmos.
Cooper Pierce is the best Off-World Black Ops Agent modern day Earth has known. He returns to us now with the beautiful Moethiican, Rise. Code Name Siren Five. But deeply laid plots, secret players, and the smoldering heat between Cooper and Rise could change everything. Rise Siren Five is a sleek, sexy Sci-Fi Action Thriller. Suspense, Action & characters that draw you in; this is intelligent, emotive, playful Sci-Fi with thrills, intrigue and heat.
BOOK JACKET Is he feeling her? Or Still Feeling Them? Cooper Pierce is the best Off-World Black Ops Agent our world has ever known. Undercover with the cruel and powerful Echelon, he has discovered the most coveted asset in the cosmos. The beautiful Moethiican, Rise. Code Name SIREN FIVE.
She is the only being in the known worlds able to open the Veil Portal shimmering above Earth. The most powerful beings in the Cosmos wait behind it. Our true Makers among them. But four equally beautiful and powerful Sirens before her have failed. Will she be any different?
And Cooper has been undercover with the Echelon longer than is safe for him. They are predators. The pet military of the Old Ones. Dark powers, dark appetites, dark magic. Ones like Rise are given to them as soon as they come of age. To do with what they will. To indulge every dark desire.
To see if one like her, is the Siren.
And if the Old Ones control the Siren, they will control everything.
From the far reaches of the Cosmos to modern day Earth, deeply laid plots, secret players, forbidden worlds and unlikely alliances all hurtle towards the anticipated Veil Opening and the final war.
And all the while, the connection between Cooper and Rise keeps getting hotter and hotter. In the end, will it be this that changes everything?
Rise Siren Five is a sleek, sexy, Sci-Fi Action Thriller. Suspense, Action & characters that draw you in; this is intelligent, emotive, playful Sci-Fi with thrills, intrigue and heat.
Sarah Songdale (aka S.S. Delaunay aka Sawyer Dale) - Author of Beautiful Misfits, Sassy Fae, Humans with Questions and Robots with Wanderlust.
If you enjoy characters with sass, plots with intrigue, and reading rides that can take you from audacious to surreal, from mystery to meaningful, you might just have found what you’re looking for.
Sarah's writing runs the gamut of fantasy, sci-fi, fiction, social commentary, adventure, intrigue and mystery.
She lives in Sydney and is partial to equality, panda videos and the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
***Pen Names - Sarah Songdale, S.S. Delaunay, Sawyer Dale
I don't DNF books a lot. I do usually try to finish a book but I really couldn't go on anymore. I figured I could better focus on other books at the moment.
I also should say I didn't think this book was totally horrible or something. I just really couldn't get into it. I do like sci-fi but this story was pretty odd. I'm not saying this is a really bad thing but this wasn't the story for me.
I liked Rise and Cooper well enough but I didn't feel a connection with them as the main characters. And like the synopsis says, this book is pretty edgy and it is. I usually like edgy in books but right now I couldn't like it.
No rating from me because I haven't finished the book, that wouldn't be fair of me.
"He came to sit cross legged on the rock face above them and rested his bemused head on his right hand. It was a Pann Lord. And he was magnificent. His horns were enormous. They were black obsidian but beneath them was a rainbow of color. The rich, jewel colors of the cosmos swirled, spiraled, spun. Pann Lords are the kings of the land. Guardians, spell singers, keepers of mysteries."
This is just a glimpse into the world Delaunay has created for us- gloriously rich, vibrant and mysterious- the perfect setting for this action packed Sci-fi fantasy. Her writing is colorful, seductive and ethereal, but this story isn't all rainbows and pixie dust. An epic battle between good and evil is poised to begin, and everything depends on Rise, a young siren unaware of her destiny, and the strapping Cooper Pierce, an elite soldier for Earth's Off World Black-Ops program.
Delauney’s socio-political commentary is hard to miss. The ‘Echelon’ as she calls them, are the powers that be who enslave entire populations by discarding truths, manipulating history, and distracting the masses with temporary frivolities. With every generation, people are pushed further and further from the knowledge of their origins, and the vast power they are capable of. Eventually, this information is forgotten entirely. Once the cycle of control is in place, people stop noticing the chains. Choice becomes the greatest illusion. Sound familiar?
If you've been searching for an edgy, provocative sci-fi series to completely submerse yourself in, I think you'll enjoy this one.
NOTE: Goodreads have this book listed separately as Rise Siren Five and Rise Siren5 (old name and cover) Same book if you're checking out reviews etc. :) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XTALKJI