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Galactic Vice: A Jafla Base Vice Squad Novel
Corruption. Greed. Lust.
Sins undercover Galactic Vice Detective Etch Knowles faces every day.
Politicians on the take. Underground gambling. Sex trafficking.
Another day at the office for Galactic Vice Lieutenant Angie McDade.
Shaking down hustlers. Offering "protection" to bar owners. Cheating at tile games.
Galactic Vice Detective Kalaka doesn't exactly play by the rules.
A cargo barge filled with corpses. A potential war between crime syndicates. Traitors within the Galactic Vice.
These are the nightmares the three must face. Using all of their resources and experience they will fight to keep each other alive even it means bending rules, busting heads, and breaking laws.
But tossing regulations to the side and going rogue may not save them from an investigation that has doom and downfall written all over it.
Can they solve the case before it becomes their last? Or will the operation fail and end up ripping their lives and Jafla Base apart...
Sins undercover Galactic Vice Detective Etch Knowles faces every day.
Politicians on the take. Underground gambling. Sex trafficking.
Another day at the office for Galactic Vice Lieutenant Angie McDade.
Shaking down hustlers. Offering "protection" to bar owners. Cheating at tile games.
Galactic Vice Detective Kalaka doesn't exactly play by the rules.
A cargo barge filled with corpses. A potential war between crime syndicates. Traitors within the Galactic Vice.
These are the nightmares the three must face. Using all of their resources and experience they will fight to keep each other alive even it means bending rules, busting heads, and breaking laws.
But tossing regulations to the side and going rogue may not save them from an investigation that has doom and downfall written all over it.
Can they solve the case before it becomes their last? Or will the operation fail and end up ripping their lives and Jafla Base apart...
220 pages, Paperback
Published January 21, 2018
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About the author
Jake Bible
158 books366 followersJake Bible, Bram Stoker Award nominated-novelist, short story writer, independent screenwriter, podcaster, and inventor of the Drabble Novel, has entertained thousands with his horror, sci/fi, thriller, and adventure tales. He reaches audiences of all ages with his uncanny ability to write a wide range of characters and genres.
Jake is the author of the bestselling Z-Burbia series set in Asheville, NC, the bestselling Salvage Merc One, the Apex Trilogy (DEAD MECH, The Americans, Metal and Ash) and the Mega series for Severed Press, as well as the YA zombie novel, Little Dead Man, the Bram Stoker Award nominated Teen horror novel, Intentional Haunting, the ScareScapes series, and the Reign of Four series for Permuted Press.
Find Jake at jakebible.com. Join him on Twitter @jakebible and find him on Facebook.
Jake is the author of the bestselling Z-Burbia series set in Asheville, NC, the bestselling Salvage Merc One, the Apex Trilogy (DEAD MECH, The Americans, Metal and Ash) and the Mega series for Severed Press, as well as the YA zombie novel, Little Dead Man, the Bram Stoker Award nominated Teen horror novel, Intentional Haunting, the ScareScapes series, and the Reign of Four series for Permuted Press.
Find Jake at jakebible.com. Join him on Twitter @jakebible and find him on Facebook.
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March 18, 2018
Galactic Vice
A Jafla Base Vice Squad Novel
By: Jake Bible
Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
This is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary.
This book has lots of mini plots and turns going on that kept this reader on her toes. I love all the action, the imagination, the ingenious characters, and the wonderful world building. His books always come with great sci-fi, suspense, adventure, and loads of satisfaction.
The narrator was wonderful and performed the voices so well I would have thought there was multiple actors. Well done!
A Jafla Base Vice Squad Novel
By: Jake Bible
Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
This is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary.
This book has lots of mini plots and turns going on that kept this reader on her toes. I love all the action, the imagination, the ingenious characters, and the wonderful world building. His books always come with great sci-fi, suspense, adventure, and loads of satisfaction.
The narrator was wonderful and performed the voices so well I would have thought there was multiple actors. Well done!
October 11, 2023
GALACTIC VICE by Jake Bible is a standalone police procedural IN SPACE that isn't quite cyberpunk, isn't quite science fiction noir, and isn't quite space opera but blends elements of all three. If I were to try and describe it, I'd say it's a gritty crime drama that just so happens to star a bunch of aliens straight out of the Star Wars cantina. This can sometimes distract you from just how dark and edgy the material is because there's a level of separation when a hooker being forced to work in a shady casino is a fourteen tentacled alien.
The premise of our story is that a space freighter carrying a bunch of trafficking victims is blown up by its crime lord owner in order to prevent evidence from falling into the hands of Galactic Vice. Unfortunately, for said crime lord, police are killed in the process. This creates enough backlash to warrant a case being opened on him that involves undercover work, wire taps, and the usual sting operation business. Except the person they're putting undercover is a half-cat person. Because, yes, that's how this book rolls.
Without getting into spoilers, Jake Bible isn't afraid to zig when most other authors zag. Our heroes make quite a few mistakes throughout the books and some of these have dire consequences. While not quite, "Ned Stark at the end of A Game of Thrones" levels of shocking twists, there's some that I definitely didn't see coming. Deals are made that probably shouldn't be made and the book surprisingly shows dysfunctional and systemic oppression that prevents meaningful change or even momentary victories.
If I may make the obvious comparison, this is actually like the real Miami Vice versus the one that has stuck out in the cultural moment. If you actually watched the show, you'd note it was a lot darker than many people remember with the series pilot ending with the villain getting away with murdering Tubb's brother and Crockett's partner. Why? Because he was that rich and just bought himself a judge despite all of our heroes' efforts. Galactic Vice is like that but it has a Jabba the Hutt analog in place of a Columbian drug lord.
I really liked the setting of Jafla, which is a planet that is depicted with all of the glitter of Las Vegas but the sleaze of Seventies New York City. It's just, again, in space. Humans don't dominate this vision of the future and are just one minor part of a much larger galactic community. I liked the depiction of what happened to Earth with humans having polluted it to the point of becoming an uninhabitable wasteland.
This book was released in 2017 and there's no sign of a sequel in sight so it's a book that can safely be said to be a one and done deal. The story left room open for further adventures from the (surviving) protagonists but I felt it wasn't left hanging either. Crime and corruption in the galaxy are just too big for any individuals to have a serious effect on. You just have the accept the little victories and major defeats as is.
The premise of our story is that a space freighter carrying a bunch of trafficking victims is blown up by its crime lord owner in order to prevent evidence from falling into the hands of Galactic Vice. Unfortunately, for said crime lord, police are killed in the process. This creates enough backlash to warrant a case being opened on him that involves undercover work, wire taps, and the usual sting operation business. Except the person they're putting undercover is a half-cat person. Because, yes, that's how this book rolls.
Without getting into spoilers, Jake Bible isn't afraid to zig when most other authors zag. Our heroes make quite a few mistakes throughout the books and some of these have dire consequences. While not quite, "Ned Stark at the end of A Game of Thrones" levels of shocking twists, there's some that I definitely didn't see coming. Deals are made that probably shouldn't be made and the book surprisingly shows dysfunctional and systemic oppression that prevents meaningful change or even momentary victories.
If I may make the obvious comparison, this is actually like the real Miami Vice versus the one that has stuck out in the cultural moment. If you actually watched the show, you'd note it was a lot darker than many people remember with the series pilot ending with the villain getting away with murdering Tubb's brother and Crockett's partner. Why? Because he was that rich and just bought himself a judge despite all of our heroes' efforts. Galactic Vice is like that but it has a Jabba the Hutt analog in place of a Columbian drug lord.
I really liked the setting of Jafla, which is a planet that is depicted with all of the glitter of Las Vegas but the sleaze of Seventies New York City. It's just, again, in space. Humans don't dominate this vision of the future and are just one minor part of a much larger galactic community. I liked the depiction of what happened to Earth with humans having polluted it to the point of becoming an uninhabitable wasteland.
This book was released in 2017 and there's no sign of a sequel in sight so it's a book that can safely be said to be a one and done deal. The story left room open for further adventures from the (surviving) protagonists but I felt it wasn't left hanging either. Crime and corruption in the galaxy are just too big for any individuals to have a serious effect on. You just have the accept the little victories and major defeats as is.
February 11, 2018
Proof Of Concept Novel?
“Galactic Vice,” authored by Mr. Jake Bible, comes across as a “proof of concept,” and/or a writing exercise, more than a coherent short novel. It has the sense for this reader, of being written at a hyper speed, with minimal reflection by the author.
The story is first structured around an deep cover detective for the “Galactic Vice,” one of the multitude of law enforcement, intelligence, and military entities in the Galactic bureaucracy. His specialty is infiltrating crime syndicates via their gambling operations. Abruptly pulled along with his handler from an ongoing operation, he is thrown into an investigation on another planet, precipitated by the assassination of another Galactic Vice detective and members of a tactical team. The planet is a sordid veil of legit gambling and prostitution, kind of a hybrid of Las Vegas and the Cantina Bar from “Star Wars.” The real money is made by the criminal syndicates via illegal gambling, prostitution, and narcotics.
There are numerous issues with the novel. The writing is uneven, Mr. Bible at his best, but also at his worse. The whole inter-species breeding thing, just doesn’t work for this reader. The jump that hundreds, thousands of sentient beings have sex organs and compatible DNA, is way too long a leap. The fact that a MC is suddenly removed from the storyline, to be replaced by a previously secondary character, is in artful. Less time should have been spent on the MC red herring, and more on his replacement.
The underlying story does have merit and entertains. Unfortunately, the somewhat goofy and graphic novel embellishments get in the way.
“Galactic Vice,” is recommended and was fully read via Kindle Unlimited.
“Galactic Vice,” authored by Mr. Jake Bible, comes across as a “proof of concept,” and/or a writing exercise, more than a coherent short novel. It has the sense for this reader, of being written at a hyper speed, with minimal reflection by the author.
The story is first structured around an deep cover detective for the “Galactic Vice,” one of the multitude of law enforcement, intelligence, and military entities in the Galactic bureaucracy. His specialty is infiltrating crime syndicates via their gambling operations. Abruptly pulled along with his handler from an ongoing operation, he is thrown into an investigation on another planet, precipitated by the assassination of another Galactic Vice detective and members of a tactical team. The planet is a sordid veil of legit gambling and prostitution, kind of a hybrid of Las Vegas and the Cantina Bar from “Star Wars.” The real money is made by the criminal syndicates via illegal gambling, prostitution, and narcotics.
There are numerous issues with the novel. The writing is uneven, Mr. Bible at his best, but also at his worse. The whole inter-species breeding thing, just doesn’t work for this reader. The jump that hundreds, thousands of sentient beings have sex organs and compatible DNA, is way too long a leap. The fact that a MC is suddenly removed from the storyline, to be replaced by a previously secondary character, is in artful. Less time should have been spent on the MC red herring, and more on his replacement.
The underlying story does have merit and entertains. Unfortunately, the somewhat goofy and graphic novel embellishments get in the way.
“Galactic Vice,” is recommended and was fully read via Kindle Unlimited.
April 10, 2018
( Format : Audiobook )
"Plans change and life is chaos."
A non responsive barge brought into dock. Inside the bodies of men, women, children, all but one dead for several weeks. Then everything explodes...
Sex trafficking. A case for undercover agents of the Galactic Vice Squad, Sent to Jappla Base. A typically fast paced Make Bible story where plot and action moves so quickly that a moment's distraction and the ?listener is !let in the twists, turns, shocks and betrayals of the book. Almost non stop action of various assorted types, numerous alien types yet still well developed characters.
Great dialogue, too: there's humour in the blood and conspiracies.
Narrator Andrew Werhlen matches the pace with his reading, voices the protagonists well and his wry, almost throw away, delivery catches the highly atmospheric feel of the text.
This really is a book hard to stop reading. Absolutely packed with mental pictures and characters to both love and dislike (simultaneously), this is a must hear audio presentation. It quite blew this listener away. A big thank you to the rights holder for freely victim g me with a copy gaLactic Vice, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. Great story. Hope there will be another soon.
"Plans change and life is chaos."
A non responsive barge brought into dock. Inside the bodies of men, women, children, all but one dead for several weeks. Then everything explodes...
Sex trafficking. A case for undercover agents of the Galactic Vice Squad, Sent to Jappla Base. A typically fast paced Make Bible story where plot and action moves so quickly that a moment's distraction and the ?listener is !let in the twists, turns, shocks and betrayals of the book. Almost non stop action of various assorted types, numerous alien types yet still well developed characters.
Great dialogue, too: there's humour in the blood and conspiracies.
Narrator Andrew Werhlen matches the pace with his reading, voices the protagonists well and his wry, almost throw away, delivery catches the highly atmospheric feel of the text.
This really is a book hard to stop reading. Absolutely packed with mental pictures and characters to both love and dislike (simultaneously), this is a must hear audio presentation. It quite blew this listener away. A big thank you to the rights holder for freely victim g me with a copy gaLactic Vice, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. Great story. Hope there will be another soon.
April 25, 2018
I had requested and received audiobook version of this book for free from the narrator, in exchange for an unbiased review.
I absolutely loved this book. When it's a combination of Jake Bible and Andrew B. Wehrlen, I guess that was to be expected. I have read several books authored by Jake and several books narrated by Andrew, and I hardly get disappointed by them. So, a book where both of them come together - was bound to be blockbuster.
More than anything else, I love the world building in this book. I wasn't expecting such detailed and extra-ordinary world building in a sci-fi book about corrupt detectives. All the different characters are so interesting; granted, some more than others. There are several sub-plots and they are interesting too and don't feel like waste of time. The main story itself is very intriguing and keeps moving at perfect pace. It kept me entertained through-n-through.
Can't go wrong with Jake & Andrew.
I absolutely loved this book. When it's a combination of Jake Bible and Andrew B. Wehrlen, I guess that was to be expected. I have read several books authored by Jake and several books narrated by Andrew, and I hardly get disappointed by them. So, a book where both of them come together - was bound to be blockbuster.
More than anything else, I love the world building in this book. I wasn't expecting such detailed and extra-ordinary world building in a sci-fi book about corrupt detectives. All the different characters are so interesting; granted, some more than others. There are several sub-plots and they are interesting too and don't feel like waste of time. The main story itself is very intriguing and keeps moving at perfect pace. It kept me entertained through-n-through.
Can't go wrong with Jake & Andrew.
March 21, 2018
I felt that the beginning this book has a rough, unpolished feel to it, with several seemingly unrelated story threads... I had trouble with all the characters introduced in those story threads, though it might be just me vs. the nature of an audio book... I can be a little slow remembering names, (not having a visual reference, and all). So it took some time to straighten everyone and everything out as the narrative was woven together, but it did come together, and with some interesting twists. Besides Angie McDade and Kalaka, one of my favorite characters was a side character, an AI secretary who wanted to be on the Vice Squad...
Andrew B Wehrlen's narration was OK, I guess, but fell far short of what I'd hoped for!
Andrew B Wehrlen's narration was OK, I guess, but fell far short of what I'd hoped for!
December 11, 2018
Me and Jack Bible the author are having a kind of love and hate relationship.
I love how his books grab me from page one till the last page.
The hate is the ending is left to your imagination always hoping that he will write a continuation with another book or creat a trilogy or a series.
But at the same time I can’t put his books down so there must be something special about his creativity.
His choice of Andrew B. Wehrlen for narration is in no doubt an excellent one.
I do recommend this book and the rest of Bibles books.
Got this audiobook for free in exchange for an honest review.
I love how his books grab me from page one till the last page.
The hate is the ending is left to your imagination always hoping that he will write a continuation with another book or creat a trilogy or a series.
But at the same time I can’t put his books down so there must be something special about his creativity.
His choice of Andrew B. Wehrlen for narration is in no doubt an excellent one.
I do recommend this book and the rest of Bibles books.
Got this audiobook for free in exchange for an honest review.
April 24, 2018
Great read although not as good as some of his other works such as Roarke , same universe but quite a few good bits of character involvement and world building.
Do wish JB would get out of the "said" usuage as this comes across more prominently so in the audio as opposed to the ebook.
This does work better as an audio however so excellent narration from ABW as per normal.
This is the first of the new series so i will keep my eyes and ears peeled before giving my final judgement but there is potential here.
Do wish JB would get out of the "said" usuage as this comes across more prominently so in the audio as opposed to the ebook.
This does work better as an audio however so excellent narration from ABW as per normal.
This is the first of the new series so i will keep my eyes and ears peeled before giving my final judgement but there is potential here.
December 5, 2018
Great read although not as good as some of his other works such as Roarke , same universe but quite a few good bits of character involvement and world building.
Do wish JB would get out of the "said" usuage as this comes across more prominently so in the audio as opposed to the ebook.
This does work better as an audio however so excellent narration from ABW as per normal.
This is the first of the new series so i will keep my eyes and ears peeled before giving my final judgement but there is potential here.
Do wish JB would get out of the "said" usuage as this comes across more prominently so in the audio as opposed to the ebook.
This does work better as an audio however so excellent narration from ABW as per normal.
This is the first of the new series so i will keep my eyes and ears peeled before giving my final judgement but there is potential here.
January 20, 2018
So many vices...
What a rip-roaring story! The whole base is a tangled web of lies and corruption. You never know who can really be trusted, which makes for a book that I couldn't put down. Twists and turns, death and destruction, all the ingredients that Mr Bible mixes together so well.
What a rip-roaring story! The whole base is a tangled web of lies and corruption. You never know who can really be trusted, which makes for a book that I couldn't put down. Twists and turns, death and destruction, all the ingredients that Mr Bible mixes together so well.
March 31, 2018
Thoroughly enjoyable
A new story strand in the Universe that houses Roak. Really enjoyable to read and superb direction changes - completely unexpected direction changes. I look forward to the sequel!
A new story strand in the Universe that houses Roak. Really enjoyable to read and superb direction changes - completely unexpected direction changes. I look forward to the sequel!
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