I must survive. For Dr. Bickel’s sake, I must survive.Weakened by the nanomites’ drain, Gemma flees from General Cushing’s renewed pursuit. She finds temporary refuge in Dr. Bickel’s vacant safe house—refuge and time for her body to recover from the damage inflicted by the nanomites.But how does an invisible woman with no usable identity survive in a visible world?While the nanomites search for … the nanomites search for Dr. Bickel (intent upon facilitating his rescue), Gemma appropriates a new identity and, piece by piece, secures a tenuous foothold in the real world that allows her to move about unnoticed. To Gemma’s amazement and grave misgivings, the nanomites, who had previously withstood her every overture, show themselves to be her allies.
Or are they? The struggle for control is on.
Nanostealth
Book 1: Stealthy Steps
Book 2: Stealth Power
Book 3: Stealth Retribution, mid-2017
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Second in this very original series, Stealth Power is quite a read! Really love the story!… I can’t wait to finish the series!
I definitely enjoyed this book more than the first. Most of the information is out there (being dumped into the first book), and we’re left with just the continuing story of Gemma and the mites (good band name, no?). The relationships that we were introduced to in the first book were continued enough to make me happy, with the addition of a new character who became one of my favorites. The writing style isn’t my favorite, but in the end, I was glad to have read this, and look forward to seeing where the story goes from here.
Gemma herself bugged me during a lot of this book. I mentioned in my review of the first book that she came across like a petulant child, and that only got worse in this one. The sections from her POV (which is most of the book) was immature, and I didn’t always enjoy it. I know there was a lot of really unpleasant stuff happening to her, but even while she was growing stronger in many ways, boy, did she whine a lot. There were also a lot of verbal tics in this book that I don’t remember from the first one–a lot of “um”s in the dialog. It only led to a further frustration with Gemma, and there’s a reason most authors don’t write dialog that realistically. It’s annoying to read.
The associate pastor, Zander, was probably my favorite character from the first book. That took a small turn for me in this book, as his character came across as simply a vehicle for preaching Christ to the other characters, and to the reader. I’m not saying there aren’t people in real life who would have talked exactly as he did, but he became a bit confrontational when talking to Gemma’s evil twin sister, and I felt it was a bit much. My favorite character in this one, then, was the new one in this book, an FBI agent.
My favorite thing about the first book was Gemma trying to communicate with the mites, and that really expanded in this book. Even while she groused at and about them, I really liked them. Maybe that’s the under-emotional side of me, to identify more with the computer than the human. My least-favorite thing about the first book was the exposition, and Gemma’s repeating of the exposition, and there was some of that in this one, but not nearly as much. The author did, however, have a tendency to recall back to a previous conversation later on, and she would pretty much always include twice as much of the original conversation as was needed.
In the end, I think it’s really the writing style that detracts the most from this series from me so far. The characters and plot I am enjoying more than enough to make up for that though. I need to try to put less time between this one and the next one than I did the first book and this one, though, because there was little in the way of reminders to what happened before. I started out really lost! Like with Stealthy Steps, I would recommend the book to fans of Christian mysteries & thrillers and lovers of this type of sci-fi.
Great Read !!!
The ending was better than the previous one in the series. However, it does leave the reader with a cliff hanger. I generally don’t read series books for that reason unless I get the entire series at one time.
I downloaded the first book in this series (for free, maybe?) on my Kindle and then couldn’t stop reading. This series is the most original Christian fiction I have ever read–had to read all three books. I highly recommend. Note: this is science fiction!
I did not want to put this book down. I had to know what could happen next. Even in the suspense I laughed out loud during a sneezing scene. If you like clean suspenseful stories I highly recommend Stealth Power.
What a Ride! This was such an unpredictable, gripping story that I could NOT put it down! I was completely captivated by Gemma’s utter transformation as she tries to escape dangerous people on every side, help the people she truly loves, and—most importantly—figure out how to communicate with the nanomites who now control her life. I kept thinking I knew what would happen, but I never saw all of the many plot twists and turns! It was fascinating, fun, engrossing, and I couldn’t read the ending fast enough to see what happened. And…wow, I wasn’t expecting that at ALL (no spoilers). On to book 3…I absolutely LOVE escaping into Gemma’s world!!
One of the best series I have ever read (and I read a lot)! Well worth the time.
The Stealth series by Vikki K is a great series.
Highly recommend this series. It just gets better…and the suspense! Nail biter! Be prepared…hard to put down…may loose sleep!
Christian Science Fiction: Absolutely entertaining and action-packed. You will love the “nannomites.”
Kept me on the edge of my seat.
Book 2 was not a disappointment. Enjoy the characters and the plot line. Now to book 3.
Was a wonderful book.. can’t wait until I can get the third book and looking forward to book 4… Great Author…
As with the first book in this series it was delightful, knowledgeable, religious, thought provoking. Enjoyed the religious portion as well as story part. Will read again and again.
Loved the whole series. Book one was free. I enjoyed it so I bought the rest of the series.
I received the first book free from Bookbub. So thankful that I didn’t overlook it! I receive so many free books from Bookbub that I rarely follow up on a series since I have hundreds more loaded on my Kindle. This was the proverbial ” I couldn’t put it down”. Within seconds of finishing the first I was on Amazon to buy then next two. I was very disheartened to finish the third and have no more. So much so that I immediately emailed the author to request more! There was a hint of more coming from her, though she stated there were four books ahead of it. I am waiting on the edge of my seat, I cannot wait to continue this series! There is something for just about every facet of my interests…Sci-Fi, thriller, drama, adventure, action. Factual science based sci-fi is awesome! Also spiritual truth that brings to life repentance, and witnessing. I couldn’t recommend any higher!