To earn the love of his curvy human, this cyborg will have to set her free.**Dissent has one primary mission—to find his female and protect her. He doesn’t know who she is, where she’s situated, or what she looks like. That doesn’t stop him from searching the universe for her. He’s a cyborg and he’s determined. He WILL track her down.While the J Model warrior is exploring a settlement on a … exploring a settlement on a merchant planet, he hears a defiant scream. Dissent has finally located the one being he’s genetically compatible with. He rushes to his little human’s side, ready and willing to defend her, eager to claim his female…forever.
Greer has only one dream—to be free. She’s been a slave her entire lifespan, has been subjected to soul-crushing abuse and pride-shredding humiliation. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, she takes it. Steps away from independence, she’s apprehended.
As she looks death in the face, waiting for the final strike, a tall, handsome cyborg warrior saves her. He exudes power, makes her tremble with desire, is unlike any of the males she’s ever known…except in one heartbreaking way.
He wants to own her.
As Dissent and Greer battle for dominance, danger looms. An enemy from the past has returned. He’s heavily armed, he’s not alone, and his sole goal is to kill both of them.
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Dominance And Dissent is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features an overprotective cyborg, a defiant slave, and a ravenous baby creature who is determined to eat his way through an entire settlement.
Dominance And Dissent is the third of five core stories in the Cyborg Space Exploration Series.
Book 1: Choosing Chuckles
Book 2: Doc’s Orders
Book 3: Dominance And Dissent
Book 4: North Bound
Book 5: Testing Truth
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3 stars – I liked it
TW: slavery, rape
While Dissent is exploring a settlement on a merchant planet, he hears a scream and realizes it is his mate. He rushes to her side and saves her but things are not as great as he expected them to be. Greer is a slave who is determined to be free. When she is rescued by a cyborg she things its another kind of slavery at first, but the more she learns about Dissent the more she realizes she is free.
This book was an emotionally heavy one. Greer is a slave that has been used and abused by her master and all his friends. She expects to die trying to escape but finds herself saved by Dissent instead. She struggles to overcome her past, especially since she sees mating as another form of slavery. Greer was a very strong woman who overcame so much pain to find love in the end. I really liked her.
Dissent has been searching for his female since the cyborgs freed themselves. He has dreamed of her and what their relationship will be like. Meeting Greer changes all his expectations. He has to change his plans for how the relationship will go to work with the trauma Greer has faced. I really liked that he adapted so quickly to her needs and never lets her feel like she is less because of the trauma.
Overall, this was a good book but it does have some very heavy topics and scenes. I still really enjoyed the story and the couple.
Absolutely adored Dissent and Greer’s story. So much heartache and strength between the both of them it hurt sometimes to read but so worth it! Proves love knows no bounds. Please please please tell me Truth is next.
Cynthia Sax does it again. She wrote a fantastic book.
Dissent and Greer were both survivors.
All Dessent wanted was someone to love and protect. All Greer wanted was to be free. Will they each get what they want? Go get the book and find out.
I absolutely loved their story.
This book is EMOTIONALLY GUTTING, DEEPLY HEARTWARMING, WICKED GOOD, DELICIOUSLY SIZZLING & needs to come with a warning to have BOXES of tissues within reach!
OMG! I cannot count how many times I teared up while reading Dissent & Greer’s story! And I am not normally one to do that.
Both Dissent AND Greer tore at my heartstrings in the worst AND best of ways.
A stellar romance between a lethally powerful but gentle Cyborg & his female who has a spine of steel & refuses to let betrayal & severe abuse quash her bone deep dream for freedom. Will love?
But, once a Cyborg finds his one & only female, it’s for life . . . .
I LOOOOVED THIS BOOK, Dissent & Greer sooo much!!! Another one of Ms Sax’s going into my FAVES/REREAD Kindle file!!!
The spaceship Reckless is still on its mission of exploring and gathering data on life-sustaining planets, the current one Altair Alpha. The crew consists of Truth, North, and Dissent, the latter whose primary purpose is to find his genetically compatible female. Although a cyborg, Dissent needs to love and be loved. He had found an unusual pet, Gnaw, the miljoonasuut he befriended on Khambalia 5, but Dissent had to leave him behind. But on Altair Alpha, he finds a baby miljoonasuut, who has been captured and is kept in a cage. Dissent buys the creature – whom he calls Nibbler – intent to return him to his home planet, that’s when Dissent hears anguished cries. A woman is being hurt, but worse! She’s Dissent’s female, Greer! Greer has been a slave all her life, and since being sold to the vile Zloy, her existence has been sheer hell. Repeatedly raped and tortured, she dreams of running away, of being free but when Dissent rescues her, she wonders if she has exchanged her prison for a more comfortable one.
Poor Greer! What a horrific life she has endured, and DOMINANCE AND DISSENT being a romance, I wondered how it would all play out. Obviously, gaining her trust would not be easy, but Dissent is a kind and patient cyborg, and he knows what being enslaved means. To my astonishment, it went much more smoothly than I expected. To say the least, Greer is not well-disposed at being with another male, when all she craves is freedom, but she has no choice. I was happy that there were no multiple shows of defiance and that she quickly sensed Dissent’s good intentions. And other things!
Given the erotic content of the Cyborg Space Exploration series, I was a little bit worried about how that side of the story would work with Greer’s past, but Cynthia Sax navigates the treacherous waters with uncommon (or rather expected) finesse. DOMINANCE AND DISSENT is probably the series’ most erotically charged installment so far and there wasn’t a cringe-inducing moment in sight, which is a testament to Ms. Sax’s subtlety in handling delicate matters. Greer is fabulously resourceful and I loved how she uses Nibbler’s – idiosyncrasies, shall we say – to her advantage. This you have to read to appreciate and applaud! DOMINANCE AND DISSENT is very intense and a little gory; it’s also a very interesting look at freedom and love. But boy, did Cynthia Sax give me a heck of a scare towards the end!
A story of strength, survival, and empowering love!
I love Truth’s sense of humor, the cyborgs ultra-protective care of their females, even North’s ever so serious attention to his responsibilities.
Greer is a survivor. Freedom is her goal. I adore seeing her blossom into the freedom Dissent offers to her through his love for her. Empowerment is a wonderful gift to bestow.
Greer, discovering the wonder of Dissent: “The moment stretched, hanging like a teardrop on the tip of an eyelash, elongating into forever.” Greer’s cyborg may indeed be dominant, but it is a gentle, loving dominance, carefully suited to her needs.
I love the playful way Dissent shows Greer that she can be in charge of a situation, likening himself to a tool that she can use to accomplish her goals. What a story! I was in tears (of happiness) as the book drew to its conclusion. BTW, Ms. Sax…Truth deserves to be no longer female-less.