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Summary: great adventure
Review: The writing is super, as Grant always is, but this book is rather different. A reader looking for a true romance, needs to understand, this is very different. Most of the book is focus on the heroine, the romance is not motivation of the story, just a part. I went in expecting another romance, and it took me off guard. The writing was super, but I just was not prepared for this different pace. I truly enjoyed the writing and the adventure. But you should really with the anticipation this is different and really not finished. The story is left hanging, but I understand there is a second part coming later in the year.So if you would like something very different and original, take this high flying adventure.
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Summary: A Terrific Start To An Intriguing Series -Super Heroine!
Review: There aren't many women or men, like Bree "Banzai" Maguire. She epitomizes strength of character and integrity - a strong mind in a strong body. Like her grandmother before her, Bree Maguire's motto is, "Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life." And she has the unique experience of living 2 lives - both fully. Unlike most romance and/or futuristic novels, this heroine is a real butt-kicker! (but she cleans up very well).
In the year 2006, Captain Bree Maguire, graduate of the US Airforce Academy, is based in Kunsan Air Base in Korea. On a bitter cold day in late winter, she flies her F-16 in a patrol sortie over North Korea with her best friend, Cam "Scarlet" Tucker, as her wingman. The two pilots are shot down, with shoulder-launched missiles, and forced to eject over enemy territory. A (mad?) scientist, who is also a North Korean rebel, captures them because he requires young, healthy people for a critical experiment, and these two women fit the bill. The two pilots will serve a duel purpose by being his guinea pigs, and placing the much hated North Korean president in a precarious situation with the US government. He uses new technology to put both Banzai and Cam to sleep in a crypod, in a state of bio-stasis, where they will remain until Banzai is awakened 170 years later, in the year 2176.
The USA no longer exists in 2176. It has been replaced by an organization of former nations, called United Colonies of Earth, (UCE), which is definitely not a democracy but a repressive imperial power. Europe and Africa are now allies, and Canada, the victim of a devastating plague, has been closed off to the rest of the world. Korea is now part of the Kingdom of Asia, ruled by the world's most powerful dictator, Kyber, Emperor Prince.
Banzai is rescued from her underground tomb and revived by UCE Commander, and Navy SEAL, Tyler Armstrong, who has worshipped the legendary Banzai almost all his life. Unfortunately, the two have no time together to catch up on current events. Kyber's men capture them. Banzai is treated like a royal princess and Tyler is thrown into a stinking dungeon.
Both Kyber and Tyler want Bree. Kyber's a nice guy, handsome, rich and powerful, the ruler of Shangrai La - not a bad combo! Tyler is a tough, macho, military type, a charming pirate who has the right chemistry to attract the lady. Bree is trying to acclimate herself to a world that has totally changed and she is determined to find Cam, who is her responsibility. Both men desire and admire Banzai and want to use her to further their own agendas as well as their love lives. Importantly, there is a growing worldwide struggle for freedom - for democracy, which has long been absent from the world community.
"The Legend of Banzai Maguire" sets the stage beautifully for the series of 5 related books, 3 by different authors, with Susan Grant writing the finale, returning Banzai to center stage. There are fascinating plots and subplots in the novel, geared to hold most people's interest. I would have liked Tyler to have been more developed. As is, what stands out most about him is his boylike crush on the much admired woman pilot from another time. Romance, adventure, suspense, politics, world-building, sci-fi, fill the novel's pages. The story doesn't end with a cliffhanger, however. The future of the characters and the world remain unresolved. To find out what happens we have to read the next book, "Day of Fire" by Kathleen Nance. If the rest of the series is as good as Banzai Maguire, then I'm hooked!
JANA
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Summary: Not a stand-alone book
Review: This book was well written. I couldn't put it down. It a must have for any sci-fi romance fan! It is a great introduction to a new sci-fi romance series. The fact that the girl name was Banzai is what caught my attenion. It hard for me to find a futuristic sci-fi romance I like but I'm glad I brought this one. The book is a little slow at first but once I read the first few chapters I had to know what going to happen to Banzai and couldn't put it down. Keep in mind that it the introduction book and meant to create the world of the year 2176. This series is a might have at least for me. I can't wait for the next 4 books!
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Summary: A five Stars book
Review: This book was well written. I couldn't put it down. It a must have for any sci-fi romance fan! I can't wait for the next 4 books!
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Summary: Perfect blend of romance and sci-fi action
Review: This is a great book to expand your reading horizons if you like romance, but think you don't like science fiction, or if you like science fiction, but think you don't care for romance.
For the romance reader, lucky Banzai gets to choose between not one, but two gorgeous, powerful men. One is a maverick treasure hunter, one is a prince. Yummy either way.
For the science fiction reader, the future world is vividly real and full of action and intrigue. When the heroine was put into her 200-year deep-freeze, I was as horrified by the technical process as she was, before she lost consciousness.
I can't wait to read the rest of the 2176 series.
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Summary: Great Story - Slow Start and Little Light on the Romance
Review: This is a great science fiction story. The future earth as described by the author is imaginative and fascinating. The characters in the book are mature adults (no lame empaths or mystical healing heroines in this sci fi story)to whom you can relate. The heroine is intelligent, thoughtful, and can rescue herself. This book seemingly has everything most sci fi romances do not - the only problem is that it is very light on the romance, as the main characters do not meet until 1/3 of the way into the book. Due to their very short relationship, the consumation of their relationship occurs before they barely know each other and is very forced (not the act itself, just the manner in which it is included in the book). I could have easily rated this book 5 stars if there had been more focus on the relationship. As it is, this is a great story and a great start to the series. If you like sci fi, I highly recommend this book. If you are looking for a sci fi romance, this might not be the book for you.
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Summary: Great Story - Slow Start and Little Light on the Romance
Review: This is a great science fiction story. The future earth as described by the author is imaginative and fascinating. The characters in the book are mature adults (no lame empaths or mystical healing heroines in this sci fi story)to whom you can relate. The heroine is intelligent, thoughtful, and can rescue herself. This book seemingly has everything most sci fi romances do not - the only problem is that it is very light on the romance, as the main characters do not meet until 1/3 of the way into the book. Due to their very short relationship, the consumation of their relationship occurs before they barely know each other and is very forced (not the act itself, just the manner in which it is included in the book). I could have easily rated this book 5 stars if there had been more focus on the relationship. As it is, this is a great story and a great start to the series. If you like sci fi, I highly recommend this book. If you are looking for a sci fi romance, this might not be the book for you.
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Summary: slam-bang, furtistic
Review: This is a very fresh approach, and requires the reader to focus on the heroine more than the romance. It reads more like Part 1 of the tale (for a reason I am sure!). It's exciting and just the prefect kick off to summer reading. Grant is strong with her details of being a pilot; vivid, provoking in creating a new world in 2176. So if you are looking for something very different, don't hesitate to snap this title up. I am hanging though! I have to wait to December and The Scarlet Empress (I presume this is Scarlet's tale and maybe she ends up with the sexy bad-boy Kyber?). Sheer Torture!
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Summary: To the Red, White, and Blue
Review: 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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Summary: The Journey Begins...
Review: This is the story of Bree "Banzai" Maguire and the beginning of a wonderfully written futuristic series by four astronomical authors. The story begins in the year 2006 where Bree and her wingman (wingWOman in this instance) Cam are preparing for a routine flight. Bree has a feeling of "impending doom" where Cam is concerned but talks herself out of acting on it. As Bree and Cam are flying, they get shot down and captured by a mad scientist, then frozen for 170 yrs. 2176: Bree is awakened by man #1, Ty Armstrong, and then almost immediately stolen by man #2, Prince Kyber, where upon the plot thickens. Will she Choose Ty, the one who makes her heart pound with excitement everytime she thinks of him, or will she choose Kyber, the one who has protected her and forced her to face her weaknesses since the moment they met? To find out read the book. I really enjoyed this book. With its action packed story line and the battle over one woman, it is a page turner. Keep Bree in mind because she and the "Shadow Voice" are the keys that keep the other four books melding together. The ending made one think "I wish the other ones were already out," and leaves you begging for more. Once again, this is a wonderful and exciting beginning to a new action packed, futuristic series of books. This series is DEFFINATELY destined for my personal library shelves, in other words, the series is a keeper.
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