Orbital
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For astronaut David Dixon, sneaking aboard a Russian space station and stealing a nuclear bomb was the easy part - now he has to survive re-entry on an untested inflatable heat shield and then deal with the aftermath of being the most wanted man on Earth.When a clandestine intelligence agency offers David the chance to return to space and probably not get killed - he finds himself in a world of intrigue when a secret mission takes an unexpected turn as he goes undercover on an orbiting science platform in order to track down the spymaster known as Silverback.Orbital is a fast-paced blend of space action and mystery thriller set in the fast-emerging aerospace age.
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2 primary books#2 in Station Breaker
Station Breaker is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Andrew Mayne.
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Downloaded and read immediately after finishing Station Breaker as I was totally drawn into this incredibly insane (stupid) world. The sequel suffers from quite a slow start (a bit of farting around at the bottom of a lake) before Dixon gets drawn back into the main plot, but once it gets going it's a fun ride. Rather than the all-out-crazy-action of the first novel, this has more of a detective-thriller vibe, which Mayne handles very competently. Very enjoyable two-book series.
More spy/espionage this time around than action/adventure (as compared to the first book). Still funny, still techno-thriller, but perhaps it strayed too far from what made, “Station Breaker” such a page-turning hoot.
