Sasha Naradnyo is a gangster. He's a gangster with heart, sure, but Sasha sticks his neck out for no man. That's how you stay alive in Crack City, a colony stuffed deep into the crust of the otherwise unlivable planet Peezgtaan. Alive only—because if you're human, you don't prosper, at least not for long. Sasha is a second generation City native. His parents came to this rock figuring to make it big, only to find that they'd been recruited as an indentured labor force for alien overlords known as the Varoki.
Now a pair of rich young Varoki under the care of a beautiful human nanny are fleeing Peezgtaan, and Sasha is recruited to help. He'd prefer to rather leave the little alien lordlings to their fate, but certain considerations—such as Sasha's own imminent demise if he remains—make it beneficial for him to take on the job.
Sasha discovers his simple choice has thrust him in the midst of a political battle that could remake the galactic balance of power and save humanity from slow death by servitude. Now all he has to do is survive and keep his charges alive on a hostile planet undergoing its own revolution.
But it's the galaxy that had better watch out. For now the toughest thug in Crack City has gotten his first taste of real freedom. He likes it, and he wants more.
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Product ReviewThis is an awesome book. A rich beautifully crafted universe and a protagonist who is edgy without trying hard. What I particularly like is how the aliens are a lot like humans - except when they're not, and the difficulty in telling the two apart. It's well-paced and epic without losing the personal touch.
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Product ReviewWow! I haven't enjoyed a book so much in quite a while. How Dark The World Becomes was not what I was expecting. I thought I was going to read space opera. (It is published by Baen, after all.) What I got was a rip-snorting noir crime story, nicely spiced with spies, and gunfights, and dirty dealing, and desperate situations, and a bit of romance. Oh ... and there are also aliens and spaceships.
Very good book; I'll be looking for more from Frank Chadwick.Posted on
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Product ReviewMr. Chadwick please write a sequel to this wonderful book.
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Product ReviewFrank Chadwick is a master storyteller. This book has it all, adventure, action, suspense (I read the last chapter first, still the book was suspenseful), insight into people (both aliens and humans), double cross, thrilling escapes, the works. I look forward to buying more books by this author.
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Product ReviewI really enjoyed this sci-fi adventure story! While the novel wraps up the main storylines at the end, there are enough other storylines that I hope Frank Chadwick writes more stories about Sasha and/or the universe he's created :)
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Product Reviewwas a really good read; and (maybe?) the start of a series, too? There are, at least, some threads to build a series around - imho.
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