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Agent G #1-3
The Agent G Omnibus, Volume 1
“Black Technology has made murder a billion dollar industry.”
The International Refugee Society has twenty-six cybernetically enhanced “Letters,” and for the right price, they’ll eliminate anyone. They’ve given up their families and their memories for ten years of service with the promise of a life of luxury awaiting them.
Agent G is one of these “Letters,” but clues to his past are starting to emerge while he’s on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the Society’s most dangerous competitor. In the midst of all the violence, subterfuge, and deceit, he’ll need to keep his wits about him and trust sparingly.
After all if an organization will kill for money, what would they do to keep the truth hidden?
The Agent G Omnibus contains the first three volumes of the Agent G series (Infiltrator, Saboteur, and Assassin). Follow G as he slowly unravels the truth of his past, the conspiracy behind the International Refugee Society, and his allies. The Agent G series follows the transformation of our present-day world into a terrifying cyberpunk future as man merges with machine.
The International Refugee Society has twenty-six cybernetically enhanced “Letters,” and for the right price, they’ll eliminate anyone. They’ve given up their families and their memories for ten years of service with the promise of a life of luxury awaiting them.
Agent G is one of these “Letters,” but clues to his past are starting to emerge while he’s on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the Society’s most dangerous competitor. In the midst of all the violence, subterfuge, and deceit, he’ll need to keep his wits about him and trust sparingly.
After all if an organization will kill for money, what would they do to keep the truth hidden?
The Agent G Omnibus contains the first three volumes of the Agent G series (Infiltrator, Saboteur, and Assassin). Follow G as he slowly unravels the truth of his past, the conspiracy behind the International Refugee Society, and his allies. The Agent G series follows the transformation of our present-day world into a terrifying cyberpunk future as man merges with machine.
- GenresScience FictionCyberpunk
589 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 14, 2020
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About the author
C.T. Phipps
93 books673 followersC.T Phipps is a lifelong student of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. An avid tabletop gamer, he discovered this passion led him to write and turned him into a lifelong geek. He is a regular reviewer on Booknest.EU and for Grimdark Magazine.
He's written the Agent G series, Cthulhu Armageddon, the Red Room Trilogy, I Was A Teenaged Weredeer, Lucifer's Star, Psycho Killers in Love, Straight Outta Fangton, The Supervillainy Saga, and Wraith Knight.
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He's written the Agent G series, Cthulhu Armageddon, the Red Room Trilogy, I Was A Teenaged Weredeer, Lucifer's Star, Psycho Killers in Love, Straight Outta Fangton, The Supervillainy Saga, and Wraith Knight.
Blog: http://unitedfederationofcharles.blog...
Website: https://ctphipps.com/
C.T. Fanclub: https://www.facebook.com/groups/14917...
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ctphipps
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December 20, 2020
I love the Agent G series! This has them all together!
First is:
Agent G: Infiltrator, a terrific and intriguing story sci-fi novel that I loved completely. It involves a secret society that trains assassins, mobsters, and technology that involves making cybernetics. Very exciting with lots of twists, turns, and secrets. The plot, characters, and premise is all super exciting and had my full attention.
Second: Agent G is back in Saboteur and solving a couple of problems while trying to stay alive, yet kill bad guys. He wants to find a way to live longer than the cyborg enhanced life span, which is about over for him. Someone is killing the Agents, and more....Lots of twists, turns, action, great science fiction, plot, wonderful characters, and fun dialogue. Liked this one better than the first book! Great book!
The third and last book: Assassin: This really shows how Phipps shines! An action packed sci-fi adventure that has plenty of great characters, terrific plot, unpredictable, and so many witty comments I have to slow my reading down to keep up with them! So much wit, snark, and funny gems sneak up out of the blue causing smiles and giggles constantly! I really love this series! Most of his books are like this!
I really enjoyed the Agent G series! I think it's my favorite of all his wonderful series'. It's really hard to pick!
This was given to me and the review is voluntary!
First is:
Agent G: Infiltrator, a terrific and intriguing story sci-fi novel that I loved completely. It involves a secret society that trains assassins, mobsters, and technology that involves making cybernetics. Very exciting with lots of twists, turns, and secrets. The plot, characters, and premise is all super exciting and had my full attention.
Second: Agent G is back in Saboteur and solving a couple of problems while trying to stay alive, yet kill bad guys. He wants to find a way to live longer than the cyborg enhanced life span, which is about over for him. Someone is killing the Agents, and more....Lots of twists, turns, action, great science fiction, plot, wonderful characters, and fun dialogue. Liked this one better than the first book! Great book!
The third and last book: Assassin: This really shows how Phipps shines! An action packed sci-fi adventure that has plenty of great characters, terrific plot, unpredictable, and so many witty comments I have to slow my reading down to keep up with them! So much wit, snark, and funny gems sneak up out of the blue causing smiles and giggles constantly! I really love this series! Most of his books are like this!
I really enjoyed the Agent G series! I think it's my favorite of all his wonderful series'. It's really hard to pick!
This was given to me and the review is voluntary!
December 20, 2020
The AGENT G series is one of my favorite creations, being the result of my desire to combine Johnny Mnemonic with James Bond. It was a series that would start as pre-cyberpunk and follow what I considered to be a semi-plausible road to a full-on cyberpunk dystopia. One thing this ran into the roadblock of was that it moved a bit from martinis shaken not stirred to killing Replicants. As such, I thought that it actually might read better as a single collected volume. While three separate volumes, they all collect together to form one continuous story that I think is actually better read in one single sitting.
G is a fantastic character in my highly-biased opinion with him being a man who is perfectly willing to kill people for money but having just enough spark of humanity to not cross lines his superiors want him to. I'm also a fan of characters Marissa, Lucita (trans readers especially love her), S, Persephone, and others. Halfway between Deus Ex and Hitman, I think fans of both spy fiction as well as cyberpunk will love this volume.
G is a fantastic character in my highly-biased opinion with him being a man who is perfectly willing to kill people for money but having just enough spark of humanity to not cross lines his superiors want him to. I'm also a fan of characters Marissa, Lucita (trans readers especially love her), S, Persephone, and others. Halfway between Deus Ex and Hitman, I think fans of both spy fiction as well as cyberpunk will love this volume.
December 31, 2020
I hate to follow the pack and agree with the other 5 star reviewers, but Agent G is really really good. A spy thriller mixed with urban fantasy with remarkable twists and turns and a shocking conclusion that fits it into the rest of the Phipps Universe. (Phippsoverse?)
These are the sort of stories I like to read. The spy game is a hard life to imagine living. Where everyone has an ulterior motive and your best friend might be a double agent. femme fatales ply their wiles as snipers watch from the shadows. Add in a few rogue AIs and you have a recipe that would put James Bond off his game.
In all seriousness, I had read these books individually as they came out and recently got the chance to read all of the books in order in this omnibus and it reminded me of why these books are so much fun. They hit all of the fun points. Action, drama, straight faced comedy, and a fantastic ending. 10 out of 10. Highly recommended!
These are the sort of stories I like to read. The spy game is a hard life to imagine living. Where everyone has an ulterior motive and your best friend might be a double agent. femme fatales ply their wiles as snipers watch from the shadows. Add in a few rogue AIs and you have a recipe that would put James Bond off his game.
In all seriousness, I had read these books individually as they came out and recently got the chance to read all of the books in order in this omnibus and it reminded me of why these books are so much fun. They hit all of the fun points. Action, drama, straight faced comedy, and a fantastic ending. 10 out of 10. Highly recommended!
February 28, 2021
Agent G is a super-soldier, a cybernetically enhanced assassin working for a shadowy organisation taking care of business for super-wealthy clients who may be major corporations or governments. This omnibus follows G through high action/high risk missions, betrayals and double-crosses in a cyberpunk/near-future SF/techno-thriller series of 3 novels. The plots are very twisty; you may want to take notes to keep up with who is on whose side. As I've come to expect from Charles Phipps, the tone is pulpy with lots of action, wise-cracking and pop culture references. This is techno Bond with gadgets galore not future-Le Carre.
Something else I've come to expect from Charles Phipps is interesting insights in the psychology of his protoagonists and settings and, more than any other Phipps novels, this delivers as we follow G's progress in 1st person through various enhancements and transformations. What can you trust when you cannot tell the difference between your own memories and those that arrived with the latest enhancement? Can you remain human as more and more of you is upgraded? I like this aspect of Phipps' writing; for me it raises him to another level. On first inspection it would be easy to dismiss Charles Phipps as a purveyor of flashy shallow pulp action. Easy but wrong, there is far more going on in his novels than is initially apparent.
March 1, 2021
Blown Away!
I listened to the first book and really enjoyed its mixture of modern techno thriller with cyberpunk elements all wrapped up in a high octane, quip-a-second package. That's great but what made me want to pick up the sequels was the deep dive into the main character's motivations and complex past started in that first book. I need something more than thrills, spills and the odd chills to bring me back to a story. So was I disappointed? Far from it. Book one is great, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it helped me during a period following a bereavement. I revisited 'G' expecting something of my experience with the first book to be 'rose-tinted' because of those circumstances.
Reading it absent the narration (which was excellent), I think I appreciated the novel even more. Sharp prose, tight plot with some brilliant twists, and memorable characters. Books 2 and 3 then deepen the plot (with an appropriately high twist per kill count) as well as expanding on the characterisation. G is troubled and complicated. For a "super-soldier" who is a virtual killing-machine, he's refreshingly human and as the series progresses, with technology leaping forward, this becomes even more relevant. The author hasn't shied away from the difficult questions about identity and human nature that merging with technology may bring. I was left thinking of G a little like the classic Ship of Theseus. He becomes more and more augmented and his memories are... less than reliable. Is 'G' in the third book really the same person as in the first? You'll have to find out for yourself.
Despite the complexity of some of the themes, and the darkness of much of the plot, the author has a sense of humour and a love for pop-culture that comes in at just the right moments to keep a lighter tone. To some extent, this reminds me of 'Snow Crash', though I think that was more satirical. Here, the lighter elements serve the story by keeping the pace up.
Overall, this is a series that you could just appreciate as a joyride through a darkening future or delve into the deeper themes. I thoroughly enjoyed it at both levels.
I listened to the first book and really enjoyed its mixture of modern techno thriller with cyberpunk elements all wrapped up in a high octane, quip-a-second package. That's great but what made me want to pick up the sequels was the deep dive into the main character's motivations and complex past started in that first book. I need something more than thrills, spills and the odd chills to bring me back to a story. So was I disappointed? Far from it. Book one is great, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it helped me during a period following a bereavement. I revisited 'G' expecting something of my experience with the first book to be 'rose-tinted' because of those circumstances.
Reading it absent the narration (which was excellent), I think I appreciated the novel even more. Sharp prose, tight plot with some brilliant twists, and memorable characters. Books 2 and 3 then deepen the plot (with an appropriately high twist per kill count) as well as expanding on the characterisation. G is troubled and complicated. For a "super-soldier" who is a virtual killing-machine, he's refreshingly human and as the series progresses, with technology leaping forward, this becomes even more relevant. The author hasn't shied away from the difficult questions about identity and human nature that merging with technology may bring. I was left thinking of G a little like the classic Ship of Theseus. He becomes more and more augmented and his memories are... less than reliable. Is 'G' in the third book really the same person as in the first? You'll have to find out for yourself.
Despite the complexity of some of the themes, and the darkness of much of the plot, the author has a sense of humour and a love for pop-culture that comes in at just the right moments to keep a lighter tone. To some extent, this reminds me of 'Snow Crash', though I think that was more satirical. Here, the lighter elements serve the story by keeping the pace up.
Overall, this is a series that you could just appreciate as a joyride through a darkening future or delve into the deeper themes. I thoroughly enjoyed it at both levels.
December 16, 2020
Phenomenal Cyberpunk
I absolutely loved these books! It follows an assassin called G who works for The International Refugee Society. He has no memories, but has been told that he will get them back when he finishes his stint for The Society. I won't say more, for fear of spoilers(and boy, you will not see the twists coming!).
These books were so fantastic. The characters were so well fleshed out, I honestly felt like I knew them. The action was fast paced, but detailed which is something not all books can pull off. The increasingly dystopian feel to the books really kept me enthralled (boy this is hard to talk about without spoilers).
This trilogy was genuinely great. I hope we can get more in the future.
If you enjoy intrigue, high tech assassins and dystopian cyberpunk style books, you'll love this one!
I absolutely loved these books! It follows an assassin called G who works for The International Refugee Society. He has no memories, but has been told that he will get them back when he finishes his stint for The Society. I won't say more, for fear of spoilers(and boy, you will not see the twists coming!).
These books were so fantastic. The characters were so well fleshed out, I honestly felt like I knew them. The action was fast paced, but detailed which is something not all books can pull off. The increasingly dystopian feel to the books really kept me enthralled (boy this is hard to talk about without spoilers).
This trilogy was genuinely great. I hope we can get more in the future.
If you enjoy intrigue, high tech assassins and dystopian cyberpunk style books, you'll love this one!
November 17, 2022
Fun CyberPunk Espionage Story
Performance: ***
Book One: Infiltrator
Story: ****
The story opens with a hit where the target knows more about G and the shadow organization he works for than he should … which starts him thinking about things he shouldn’t be thinking about … especially as he starts his next mission to infiltrate and take down an Italian crime syndicate. Of course, few things are as the appear on the surface and what follows is a series of betrayals and dubious allies the proves two things … there is no honor among thieves and no plan survives first contact. At the end of the nearly none stop action you get an unexpected reveal that was actually pretty cool as everything G thinks he knows comes crashing down around him. Despite the chaos that ensues … G still has a job to do.
Book Two: Saboteur
Story: ****
Same job, different employer … There are a few benefits to working for the US government, not the least of which would be a clean slate legally … if he lives long enough. Of course, nothing is as easy as it seems when his ex wife is working for the other side. Ultimately G teams up with an AI to take away power from the corporate oligarchs and their new hatchet man/org … the Invisible Hand. Regardless … he should know better than to trust anybody, especially the home team. There are plenty of surprises still in store to make this another fun ride.
Book Three: Assassin
Story: ****
The apocalypse is now here (courtesy of a new volcano in Yellowstone) and G, now going by the name of Case [G]ordon, is called out of his beach retirement to run the show as the Chief Security Office for Atlas Security hoping to put the chaos genie back in the bottle. The only thing in the way is a former psychotic co-worker (aka A … yes his is a letter too); is anything worse than a cyborg assassin with leverage? Perhaps an ex-lover who also has leverage? Can a jaded G navigate between the two and come up smelling like roses while still taking out the trash? If he can keep his sense of wise cracking humor he has a shot.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
#DarkRedemption #ShatteredWorldContractors #FreeAudiobookCodes #KindleUnlimited
Performance: ***
Book One: Infiltrator
Story: ****
The story opens with a hit where the target knows more about G and the shadow organization he works for than he should … which starts him thinking about things he shouldn’t be thinking about … especially as he starts his next mission to infiltrate and take down an Italian crime syndicate. Of course, few things are as the appear on the surface and what follows is a series of betrayals and dubious allies the proves two things … there is no honor among thieves and no plan survives first contact. At the end of the nearly none stop action you get an unexpected reveal that was actually pretty cool as everything G thinks he knows comes crashing down around him. Despite the chaos that ensues … G still has a job to do.
Book Two: Saboteur
Story: ****
Same job, different employer … There are a few benefits to working for the US government, not the least of which would be a clean slate legally … if he lives long enough. Of course, nothing is as easy as it seems when his ex wife is working for the other side. Ultimately G teams up with an AI to take away power from the corporate oligarchs and their new hatchet man/org … the Invisible Hand. Regardless … he should know better than to trust anybody, especially the home team. There are plenty of surprises still in store to make this another fun ride.
Book Three: Assassin
Story: ****
The apocalypse is now here (courtesy of a new volcano in Yellowstone) and G, now going by the name of Case [G]ordon, is called out of his beach retirement to run the show as the Chief Security Office for Atlas Security hoping to put the chaos genie back in the bottle. The only thing in the way is a former psychotic co-worker (aka A … yes his is a letter too); is anything worse than a cyborg assassin with leverage? Perhaps an ex-lover who also has leverage? Can a jaded G navigate between the two and come up smelling like roses while still taking out the trash? If he can keep his sense of wise cracking humor he has a shot.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
#DarkRedemption #ShatteredWorldContractors #FreeAudiobookCodes #KindleUnlimited
June 13, 2022
This is a great omnibus edition of the Agent G series.
Book 1 is a slick intro into the world of Agent G. This is a techno thriller is a James Bondesq world, but where the protagonists are anything from enhanced human to human mind in an android shell. It’s fast and slick with lies and intrigue running throughout.
Book 2 is more of the same but the old world order is crumbling following the events in Book 1. The tone is the same with G working for new people but his role is very similar.
Book 3 is a very different tone. A natural disaster in the US, along with the already destabilised government brings about a more grungy environment. This is very much now a dystopian cyberpunk feel with massive corporates taking place of government. The action and intrigue are the same but the tone is more bleak.
For those old enough to get the reference we move from what feels like Miami Vice to Robocop. This omnibus also sets up G as a recurring character the wider CT Phipps world.
Book 1 is a slick intro into the world of Agent G. This is a techno thriller is a James Bondesq world, but where the protagonists are anything from enhanced human to human mind in an android shell. It’s fast and slick with lies and intrigue running throughout.
Book 2 is more of the same but the old world order is crumbling following the events in Book 1. The tone is the same with G working for new people but his role is very similar.
Book 3 is a very different tone. A natural disaster in the US, along with the already destabilised government brings about a more grungy environment. This is very much now a dystopian cyberpunk feel with massive corporates taking place of government. The action and intrigue are the same but the tone is more bleak.
For those old enough to get the reference we move from what feels like Miami Vice to Robocop. This omnibus also sets up G as a recurring character the wider CT Phipps world.
February 13, 2021
Agent G is a high-tech cyber-enhanced assassin, coerced into working for a darkly-secretive organisation which in theory is working for the good guys...and from there things only get into a deeper shade of techno-noir, with betrayal, murder, lies, more murder, revelations about Gs background which even he did not know about, and even more murder. The tone, however, is cheerfully upbeat, with G wisecracking his way through legions of opponents while firing off cyberpunk movie references as fast as armour-piercing high-explosive slugs.
It's a very different approach to the genre which never takes itself -- or anything else -- too seriously, even as the world slides towards the apocalypse.
July 22, 2021
I'm glad this is all in one place.
I read the three individual books in this series during the past year. I loved them.
This is the pack to grab if you want to read all the in one place. The audiobooks are done well, if you like to listen. I do. I have. Jeffrey Kafer is a good at what he does and will always be the voice of Agent G to me.
There is a bonus story story at the end. If you like G, you will like it.
I read the three individual books in this series during the past year. I loved them.
This is the pack to grab if you want to read all the in one place. The audiobooks are done well, if you like to listen. I do. I have. Jeffrey Kafer is a good at what he does and will always be the voice of Agent G to me.
There is a bonus story story at the end. If you like G, you will like it.
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April 3, 2021Solid distraction😀
Well this is not my normal urban fantasy. I really enjoyed Agent G and a few other characters in this series. Cyberpunk aka futuristic is new for me but I look forward to more of Charles work.
I think I'll try Supervillians next.
Well this is not my normal urban fantasy. I really enjoyed Agent G and a few other characters in this series. Cyberpunk aka futuristic is new for me but I look forward to more of Charles work.
I think I'll try Supervillians next.
July 17, 2022
Finally I’ve got the whole trilogy.
There are three genres that I like, science-fiction, mysteries like detective stories and assassins.
C. T. Phipps wrote a beautiful trilogy of Science fiction based on assassin’s full of action, betrayals and many unexpected twists which totally surprise you.
Excellent Narration by Jeffrey Kafer, which his name is known as one of the top !
Absolutely
recommended !!!
Oded Ostfeld.
There are three genres that I like, science-fiction, mysteries like detective stories and assassins.
C. T. Phipps wrote a beautiful trilogy of Science fiction based on assassin’s full of action, betrayals and many unexpected twists which totally surprise you.
Excellent Narration by Jeffrey Kafer, which his name is known as one of the top !
Absolutely
recommended !!!
Oded Ostfeld.
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