Afterburn (Bio Rescue, #2) By S.L. Viehl

An interesting dive into the world of the 'Zangian mind. The story came to close a little more abruptly than I had expected but none the less it was a jolly old jaunt across space and time. English Heavily charactered (is that a phrase?) space opera set in the Star Doc universe (but not part of the series. Viehl has a way with introducing inter-species interpersonal relationships...and all the complexity that implies. English Great sequel to Viehl's Bio Rescue. I love this author. I enjoyed reading Burns story and wrapping up some of the events from the first book. Totally enjoyed it and looking forward to reading more by Viehl soon! English This sequel follows and fleshes out one of the other characters introduced in the original novel, BioRescue. Also digs deeper in the the political and sociological ramification of body modification. A worthy second installment--I sure hope there are more! English A little scattered with the multiple points of view and newly introduced characters. But overall good storytelling, interesting alien species conceptualization, and fun characters. The best part for Stardoc fans is the payoff in the relationship between some characters introduced in book 1 of that series. And in this book the obsessive, obnoxious pursuers were actually the bad guys and not the purported heroes, which official makes it my favorite of the books I've read by the author. English

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This story continues the saga of the aquatic 'Zangians of the planet Kevarzangian II or K2. The main character is the cousin of the main character of Bio Rescue. Byorn, commonly called Burn is trying to become a space fighter pilot. He is already the best gunner in the pilot's pod, but he wants more. However, the Peace Summit about to begin might make being a pilot a bad thing to be. His cousin, Dair, who fears for him becoming a pilot, tries to keep him from it. However, he becomes embroiled in a rescue for the daughter of a visiting aquatic ambassador, and is later assigned to guard duty on the ambassador's ship

This is not more safe than flying.

I've read comments that people thing Afterburn is the best of the Bio Rescue series, but I disagree. There is just too much going on, and not enough time left to develop the characters or the plot properly. Then again, none of these books are high literature, but they are fun to read. English This was hard to get through, but I ended up enjoying it a fair amount. Picked up an uncorrected proof copy on a whim at a thrift shop, and was met with a dense wall of alien terminology and opaque military SF. We've got a whole lot of alien fish people, but also bug- and dog-people, different kinds of humans mixed in for flavour. There's a subplot that amounts to attempted genocide, there's an evil matriarch who tortures her daughter, there's fraught relationship drama, there a cartoonish French character, and there's a race of dark-skinned desert-dwellers who practice human sacrifice. It's difficult to imagine the kind of reader this is for, especially with the occasional goofy joke thrown in between scenes of bloodshed or high-stakes philosophising. The cast of characters feels enormous for a book of only 300 pages, and the separate groups of characters don't overlap very much, leading to quite a disjointed experience. For a novel about a peace summit there are more scenes set in cafeterias than in the halls of power. And yet somehow it holds together and wraps up neatly by the end?? Very strange. Plenty of flaws, but plenty I liked. English underwater-dwelling aliens, sentient dolphins English These covers always throw me off and make me think that I'll enjoy the book less than I actually end up liking it. Case in point, this book. I stayed up way too late finishing it. In the beginning of the book I thought I had figured out who were going to end up couples, I was only right once. I love the diversity of the aliens in her series. I'm planning on reading more of her books even under her other nom de plumes. English I won this from the author’s blog and since I haven’t read a good sci-fi story in a while (and had never read anything else by the author), I figured I’d give it a shot. Of course, only after I started reading it, did I realize it was book 2 in a series, but the author does a great job of setting up the world just enough to clue in new readers like me without going overboard for those who have been there before.

The one thing that struck me in reading this book was the sheer number of POV characters. I wouldn’t call them “main” characters but there were many subplots throughout the book and quite a few characters responsible for each. I personally wouldn’t be able to maintain that many characters in one book, and am very impressed by the author’s ability to do so.

I really liked this book. It’s well-written and engaging, and kept me turning pages, particularly at the end. I found it very hard to put down and loved the characters. Now I have to find the first Bio-Rescue book because I’m very interested in visiting this planet and its people again. English

After driving their mutual enemy out of the Pmoc quadrant, the Allied League of Worlds gather for a peace summit on K-2, the homeworld of the underwater-dwelling 'Zangians. With the Bio Rescue team assigned to protect the delegates, Sub-Lieutenant Burn mu Znora's attention is placed on the daughter of one of the ambassadors, who is hiding a deadly secret-a secret that may alter the fate of four worlds. Afterburn (Bio Rescue, #2)