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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
high flying adventure!, 3 Jun 2004
Romance Readers, you should know going in that romance comes way back at the end of the book. It is secondary element in the plotline. This is an adventure, and it centres on the heroine for the majority of the book. Susan Grant, a former Air Force and commercial pilot, gets to strut her stuff with this slam-bang adventure (The sequel "The Scarlet Empress" is the last of five in the "2176 series" coming in the fall. "Day of Fire" by Kathleen Nance, one of the best books I have read all year is next in-line May 2004). Dorchester is trying a wee bit different line and applause is due for giving some of their best writers a new path to blaze.I truly enjoyed this book, but think many Romance Readers will be puzzled a bit,until they catch the meter. The Hero in the book shows up only sporadically until the last third. If you know that going in, you can sit back and enjoy this rollercoaster ride. Bree is a pilot on UN Peacekeeping force in the year 2006. Shot down along with her wingman - wingwoman? - Scarlet, they are taken hostage by a rogue scientist. He puts them in suspended animation, making them lab rats, with the parting words, he would release them at the end of a week. Instead, Bree wakes up in 2176 and the whole world has changed. Grant's background serves her well in this story, giving Bree a solid foundation. I have read the second in the series by Kathleen Nance, Day of Fire. It you loved Grants book, you will adore Nance's! They are fresh, engaging. Kudos to the writers and publisher for this series.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting, futuristic, adventure!, 26 Aug 2004
This is the first book in a series of five. If all are as good as this, it will be great.Bree (Banzai) Maguire is a fighter pilot in 2006. She is patroling the no-man's land between North and South Korea. She and her wingman, Cam (Scarlett) Tucker, are both shot down, captured, and placed in cryo-freeze. Now 170 years later, she is awakened by a UCE (United Colonies of Earth) SEAL. Tyler Armstrong hunts for treasure when he is not busy serving his country. Prince Kyber is the ruler of Asia. Bree was found by Ty but Kyber's men caught them before she was fully revived. Who to trust? Nothing is as it was when she went to sleep. Both men want her, both hate each other, and neither knows how to bring peace to the world. Bree wants to find Cam. That is her priority. She must choose. Following her instincts, she chooses Ty. Ty and Bree escape Kyber with the help of the Shadow runners. Who they are, we don't know yet. When they are attacked by a SEAL that Ty knows, they make a decision to fight for freedom and to find the shadow voice. This is an exciting, futuristic, adventure. I loved this book. Susan Grant has yet to write a bad book. I look forward to the next one in the series Day of Fire, by Kathleen Nance. NO 3, The Shadow Runners, by Liz Maverick. No 4, The Power of Two, by Patti O'Shea. No 5, The Scarlett Empress, by Susan Grant.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
From PublishersWeekly, 13 April 2004
By A Customer
The first in a five-book series (to be written by several authors), this adrenaline-laced, romantic adventure seizes the reader's attention with its gutsy, larger-than-life characters and compelling, colorful vision of the future. The novel opens in 2006 as U.S. Air Force fighter Bree "Banzai" Maguire is preparing for a routine patrol between North and South Korea. She feels a shiver of apprehension and soon finds her foreboding to be well founded when she and her wingman, Cam, are trapped by a mad scientist and frozen alive until treasure hunter Ty Armstrong rescues her 170 years later. Bree awakens to a new era in human history, one enhanced by advanced technologies but bereft of freedom. Almost immediately, Bree is stolen from Ty by the prince of the Kingdom of Asia, Kyber, who offers her innumerable luxuries. Bree knows, however, that she's little more than a treasured pet to him. Desperate to find her wingman, Bree turns to Ty, but she soon learns that he's as helpless as she and that his country, formerly the U.S. but now the bloated and unstable United Colonies of Earth, is even worse than Kyber's benevolent dictatorship. If Grant's (The Star Princess, etc.) faithful fighter jet descriptions don't snag readers from the outset, her fierce, funny, tough-as-nails heroine will. With its cliffhanger conclusion, awe-inspiring characters and droll humor, this book is a strong launch for a very promising series.
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