A past she can’t remember, one she chose to eliminate. A man, more machine than human, who chose to give away his humanity.Cersei is on the run. She doesn’t remember from who, or why. While working in a high-tech bar, someone or some thing tries to activate her. The mind-wipe she paid top credits for starts to break down and her past bleeds through. The images are enough to convince her she was … convince her she was right. She doesn’t want to face who she used to be.
Now she has to run before she falls into their hands. Who is they? Well, there’s a shitty side to not remembering. Everyone is an enemy or a potential one.
Holden left the Galactic Service more machine than man. Passing his days designing security tech for those with the credits to pay, his Code is all he has left. When one of his clients misuses his tech, he sets out to put things right and collides into his only failed case. The hauntingly beautiful and seductive psi-op agent is on the run and isn’t acting anything like the woman he tracked for years, never managing to capture.
Thrown together against impossible odds, his greatest enemy is his only ally. How many lives will be lost if the two can’t learn to work as one? As dangerous as she is, it quickly becomes apparent she’s even more dangerous to his heart, the one he thought he left behind with the rest of his body parts in the Galactic Service.
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Cersei is in a dire situation which puts Holden in a risky situation. Never a dull moment with this sci-fi adventure. They are both really strong characters, intelligent, instinctive warriors preferring the single life yet drawn to one another. It’s very intense and interesting, action driven plot with romance as secondary but still emotional and touching.
Totally rip-roaring read, impossible to put down until completed…
Cersei is on the run unfortunately however the reason why, from whom and who has originally tampered with her mind remains as much a mystery as ever and no matter how hard she tries to remember she simply cannot recall the details.
Once again, she is on the run she knows that her original captors are once again on her tail, Holden realises she is an psi-op agent his previous employer has misused his abilities and he found himself drawn to her beauty and mystery he also has a innate need to protect her so they go on the run together.
Together they protect each other and they are also out to discover the truth and if possible determined to ensure justice was indeed paid in whatever manner was acceptable to them both, even if it had to be by their own hand.
I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading any future publications; keep up all the great writing.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading any future publications; keep up all the great writing.
This is definitely a sci-fi story, it centers around 2 enhanced individuals who are more to each other than they know. There’s of course, an evil organization bent on taking over by any means necessary and for the last 10 years they have secretly taken steps to accomplish this. Cersei (I got a real kick out of this) is running from her past & Holden joins her when their paths intersect.
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Really enjoyed the tight plotting and the way the hero and heroine come together despite all odds.
CERSEI is on the run but she doesn;t remember from whom or why. One night at work in a bar she feels within her head something is being reactivated. It;s been too long here for her and it;s time to head out. She is hyper aware of everything around her and getting paranoid too. She knows she had her mind blocked or wiped but something is trying to reactivate those memories. She;s on the run when she;s confronted but then saved by someone who calls her Athena and helps her. She leaves.Holden finds out through someone he chased why working for the unit that his tech he sold is being sent on to someone who is using it wrongly and illegally. When he sees Athena he is surprised and can’t understand why she doesn;t recognize him. Later he again saves her and realizes that she has no understanding of what has gone on before. But he is in it to find the one who is illegally using his tech and now he feels drawn to Athena/Cersei that he needs to help her too. Adventure and danger go hand in hand and sometimes a little loving helps.
Fantastic story and read!!!
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Delightfully different
I’m reviewing an ARC of Cyborg by Miranda Martin (Thanks, Booksprout). This review is voluntary, independent, and uncompensated. Miranda Martin sure knows how to put a unique spin on the old “lawman falls for the criminal” trope. She moves it to outer space, in the far future. The upright and respectable lawman becomes a “Tinman” – a socially outcast half-cyborg whose honor and strength get him a “job” as a despised bounty hunter. It’s all right, though; he has some serious plans for some long-overdue vigilante justice, and the bounty hunter gig is just the perfect means to an honorable if quasi-legal vengeance. He encounters our heroine – the fugitive criminal on the run while pursuing that goal. Wait, that’s not quite accurate. She isn’t as criminal as you might think, and she’s running from the crime boss (among others), while concealing a deadly secret from the universe. Whew! The set up is brilliant, the characters are pretty well written, the plot has action, angst, and sexual tension, and if the ending is predictable from the middle of the book on, well, it’s still a helluva ride to get there. I would definitely suggesting grabbing this one.
Intense and complicated, but oh, so good! I loved how deep this story went into secret cybernetics, the whole intrigue of wondering who or what Cersei was before she was Cersei and what was her connection to Holden? Holden was another enigma that kept revolving around his tech, like was he Cersei’s enemy? The was lots of suspense, a great story, and then later the love story between people who didn’t know how to love? I don’t know, it was crazy good though. It kept me wondering right to the end, and the fight against the evil guys isn’t over yet, but it wasn’t a cliffhanger, just a feeling from the story that there is more to come. It was a riveting story and you should most definitely add it to your list of books TBR.
She is running from her past and the mind block she had is starting to break down. She knows she was right to have the mind block. He is now more machine than man now. Someone has misused his tech and he will deal with it. He then meets her again and he knows she is not the same. What is going on? See how it will all end
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Cersei and Holden what a great pair. They have lots of adventures and twists and turns to their story. I read this in one sitting. I don’t know how Miranda Martin writes such diversified stories. Each one is better than the one before. Koodos, A great read.
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The ending made me tear up! These two had a lot of fighting to do before they found each other and some more fighting in order to keep each other. They so deserved the sweet happy ever after they got! Enjoy!
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Cyborg by Miranda Martin is a great book to read it has adventure, intrigue, action loads of it in this story. I am so glad I read this story, it is not my normal genre to read but I am so glad I read this. I highly recommend this story to everyone who wants a great Sci-Fi book to read.
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A book I will be reading again this story kept me turning pages right from the very first page. You start off with sort of a mystery and I wanted to know what was going to happen. I would recommend this book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A great book to sit down and read in one sitting! The characters, world building and story line mesh so well together with the action, suspense and steamy romance.
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OMG! This book has one of the happiest endings that I have ever read. I like that! And it comes with a fiesta of deadly fights, narrow escapes and a steamy love connection worthy of any thrilling sci-fi romance. Great storytelling!
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Cersei is just a bartender. Or is she? Mind-wiped, she doesn’t know.
Holden is a freelancer. Or is he? A retired Galactic Service agent, he recognizes her immediately.
Is he her enemy or her savior? And how will she know?
Miranda Martin is a very versatile author with books ranging from dragons and phoenixes on earth to space adventures. This new book is a wild adventure with a lot of story and some sexy times – just the way I like ’em! Read it!
A past worth forgetting…
Cersei doesn’t remember her past and she’s happy with that fact. Deep down she knows that there are things she did that are worth forgetting. That’s why she paid to have her memories swiped. Some things remain, like the fact she knows someone is after her. When her memories start to “seep” thru, Cersei decides to run again. Run she does…straight into Holden. Holden remembers Cercei only that wasn’t her name . As these two team up to take on a common enemy, they realize that they may have been “destined” for each other. Really nice read.
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Cersei is a bartender who only remembers that she can’t stay in one place too long for some unknown reason. Where memories used to be, there is only blackness now. She will miss this place though. But between songs, she feels a buzz that shouldn’t be there, and she feels dizzy until the music starts again. But a sense of dread is left in her. Something is not right. Her mind comes alive with images as her mind-wipe begins caving in. She hears the buzz again and realizes it is a crypto-beta frequency activation code. Someone is trying to return her to service! But she doesn’t want to be an agent again.
Holden is finishing up his last drink when an old acquaintance, Drek-Lav, walks through the door. Holden goes on full alert, ready for any reaction that is called for. But Drek-Lav orders them a drink and tells him to sit down. He had news about Holden’s “security tech” which he had sold when he had retired from the service to carefully screened clients. Drek-Lav handed him a comm-stick to show him what his Whitehall client was doing with the tech — not for the private security they claimed but using it for criminal purposes. He tracks it down to Jeeves Regalor who reverse engineers tech and sells it to the highest bidder. Before he will be able to get to him, he needs to start with a lesser target and heads for Victor to get the information he needs.
Cersei is taking the final steps to be sure she is not followed before she disappears. Walking back to her rental, she sits down on a bench to observe. A blinding pain explodes in her head. In a blur, she sees six men attacking. When the pain leaves, she sees the six men convulsing on the ground around her. A seventh, also convulsing nearby, has a device she recognizes that generates the signal. Behind him is another man, huge, pointing something at the man on the ground. He has saved her. And something feels familiar. But she has to get out of here now.
Holden sees the men attacking a woman with tech and he reverses their signal back to them. All of them collapse, so he knew how powerfully the woman had been fighting against it. Then he saw her. He had fought Athena once before but she escaped – she should know him. She was a legend in the service, many believing she didn’t really exist! Why were they after her? Why was she here? When he confirmed that Raga, who stole his tech, also wanted her, he decided he didn’t want them to have her, just on principle alone! What did fate have in store for them both?
This is an awesome book from start to finish. It quickly ramps up the excitement and then keeps it at a high level as the reader follows Cersei’s rising concern and preparation to escape whoever is after her. The mind-wipe has taken away the details and left her fighting blindly, but her instinct remains sharp and responsive as she goes into survival mode. Grab this incredible book and join in the hunt and evasion to find out what is really going on!
This is a great book. Read the blurb as that explains it better than I could. No spoilers. But the characters and story mesh together so well. This is one well written, exciting, hot, emotional,intriguing, danger and so much more. I highly recommend it. I couldn’t put it down. I was given a review copy from booksprout and voluntarily review it.