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    The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel
    The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel
    The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel

    Written by Dan Moren

    Narrated by Rob Grgach

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    The galaxy is mired in a cold war between two superpowers, the Illyrican Empire and the Commonwealth. Thrust between this struggle are Simon Kovalic, the Commonwealth's preeminent spy, and Kyle Rankin, a lowly soldier happily scrubbing toilets on Sabaea, a remote and isolated planet. However, nothing is as it seems.

    Kyle Rankin is a lie. His real name is Eli Brody, and he fled his home world of Caledonia years ago. Simon Kovalic knows Caledonia is a lit fuse hurtling towards detonation. The past Brody so desperately tried to abandon can grant him access to people and places that are off limits even to a professional spy like Kovalic.

    Kovalic needs Eli Brody to come home and face his past. With Brody suddenly cast in a play he never auditioned for, he and Kovalic will quickly realize it's everything they don't know that will tip the scales of galactic peace. Sounds like a desperate plan, sure, but what gambit isn't?

    The Caledonian Gambit is a throwback to the classic sci-fi adventures of spies and off-world politics, but filled to the brim with modern sensibilities.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 20, 2017
    ISBN9781541479678
    Author

    Dan Moren

    Dan Moren is the author of several novels, including the many entries of the Galactic Cold War series, as well as a freelance writer and prolific podcaster. A former senior editor at Macworld, he now covers technology at Six Colors. His work has also appeared in the Boston Globe, Popular Science, and Fast Company, among others. He co-hosts tech podcasts Clockwise and The Rebound, writes and hosts nerdy quiz show Inconceivable!, and is a regular panelist on the award-winning pop culture podcast The Incomparable. Dan lives with his family in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he is never far from a set of polyhedral dice.

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    • 3/5
      I really wanted to like this. The plot was entertaining and constantly moving. But the characters were one dimensional. Snark is not a personality. Definitely a debut book that could have used more development. And a different motivation for one of the MCs - the fridging trope was never good.
    • 4/5
      Good fun - shows its authors inspirations, but in this case that isn't a problem or a criticism.