The Starter
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THE STARTER is the sequel to THE ROOKIE, a hard-hitting, bone-crunching YA sports/scifi novel described as "Any Given Sunday" meets "The Godfather" meets "Star Wars." It's high-stakes, win-or-die football action in the far future, as aliens and humans fill positions based on physiology and leave their blood, sweat and tears on gridirons across the galaxy. Last season, 19-year-old rookie quarterback Quentin Barnes overcame his racism and unified his team. He led the Ionath Krakens to a lower-tier championship, a championship that earns them promotion into the meat grinder known as "Tier One." Now, he and the Krakens have to compete against the greatest football teams ever assembled and do far more than just survive each game. As he rebuilds the team in his own image, Quentin's quest for a Tier One championship begins in THE STARTER.
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6 primary books12 released books#2 in Galactic Football League
Galactic Football League is a 12-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Scott Sigler, Matt Wallace, and Mur Lafferty.
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When I finished the first book in this series, I admit to feeling this series was a novelty. I'm not a sports nut but I found the storytelling perspective interesting and at least as creative as the Scifi world in which it was based. But with the second book finished and the characters more fleshed out and developed (thanks to more time on the page), I find myself plunging headlong into the next book. Sigler's work on the audiobook was a little distracting at first. Now I find it compelling, enriching, and engaging. All of the voices and effects are lending to the experience in a way that's reminiscent of the audio dramas of the pre-television radio age.
