Although I enjoyed this, it did leave alot to be desired.
The story was very one dimensional concentrating mainly on one fight in space.
There was very little in the way of character building or in the way of further building characters relationships with each other.
If you like space opera this isn't bad but it's not great either.

What lies at the heart of a singularity? In this book, the series is both starting to open up who The Others are and also explore more deeply into the same vein as the Gaia and other planet entities. This is more of the same that we have come to expect, but it feels like the series is hitting that critical point in any long-running one, where things can kind of go off the rails and become a bit lost, or it could pull these threads together in a way to really continue to finish the series a pleasure.

This book is a space opera lover's dream. After introducing the scenario in the books initial pages, the action is non-stop. Odysseus Awakening will keep you in your favorite reading chair well after bedtime.

"Odysseus Awakening" eBook was published in 2017 and was written by Evan Currie (http://evancurrie.ca). Mr. Currie has published 20 novels. This is the sixth in his "Odyssey One" series.

I categorize this novel as ‘R’ because it contains scenes of Violence. The story is set in the far future. The primary character is Confederation starship Captian Eric Weston.

Weston and the Odysseus are sent with a small flotilla of ships to patrol Priminae space. They encounter an incursion by the Empire and much confront a much larger force. Their ship suffers significant damage during the battle as well as mysterious incidents. Will they be able to survive the confrontation and drive off the incursion.

I really enjoyed the 6.5 hours I spent reading this science fiction novel. I have read others in the series and have enjoyed them all. It helps having read prior novels in the series, but it reads pretty well as a stand-alone novel. I have liked the characters and overall plot. I like the cover art. I give this novel a 5 out of 5.

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The book is written very well it is a fast paced story that is continuation of the previous book. At times it feels as if the author should have kept book 5 and 6 together to ensure you have a good understanding of the players. Other than that it is a good read and it will keep you on the edge of your chair trough out the book. This is part of the Odyssey One series and I would have to admit that it is one of the best SCI-FI series out there. I would like the author to focus little more on the discovery of other civilizations and worlds as that what I feel was the intention of the Odyssey One series.

This is a great series for lovers of space battles and marines in space. It's not as nuanced as the authors other main series, of the Hayden conflict, but it's great fun just the same. Check out my full review after 01/01/2018 on SFRevu.com.

This was the first of the "Odyssey One" books that had the starship ODYSSEUS going out into the Black (last time wasn't really scheduled and only a "small" foray).

The war in Sol is over (for now), the humans are rebuilding what they can, cross-breeding alien (Priminae as well as Drasin) with terran science and engineering, not only in their ships but also for the construction of a Dyson construct of a small sort. Weston is now Commodore and has his own, plus two other of the truly big starships together with a number of smaller cruisers under his command. Not sure it was a good idea to name one of the big ships BOUDICA if the enemy calls itself THE EMPIRE though. *lol* I mean, that woman did kick ass of a sort, but it still didn't end well for her.
Anyway, Weston and his small fleet are heading out, supposed to visit the Priminae central planet and then patrol space a bit more, explore, possibly find out about the enemy whatever they can since Earth needs time to build defenses and an even bigger fleet in case the enemy comes to our system again - but of course it all goes to hell very quickly.
Thus, a pretty cool space battle (not in Sol, thank goodness) ensues once again, highlighting the different culture of all three races as well as showing off the new technology and a very interesting development about it on at least one of the big Earth ships.

The action is solid, Currie has more than enough experience by now but 83% of the book was one and the same battle - not a planetary battle like we had in two of the former books where the annihilation of an entire species was possible, but "just" a battle between one fleet and another with a little bit of piracy thrown in. That was a bit much, even for me (especially considering how it was drawn out at first and, as soon as the hand-to-hand fight started, the scene was cut short and we hit the epilogue). That was a bit disappointing because especially after finally knowing the Big Bad, I had hoped for more.

Nevertheless, another fun and solid part of this great series!

Odysseus Awakening by Evan Currie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I've been a pretty solid fan of the previous books in the series and I really enjoyed the crews and the battle on Earth and striking out and striking hard when seemingly outnumbered in space, but something about this novel failed to strike me.

Yes, we did have a lot more involvement in the empire that's the mirror image of our peace-loving friends, and yes we have some interesting developments with Gaia and the heart of Odysseus, but other than relying on straight reveals, I wasn't overly moved by the straight tale here. Not like I'd enjoyed the previous ones, anyway.

I wanted to like the hallucinations a lot more, too. I love the idea of what's going on, and there were some rather interesting parts of the novel, but overall, I just wasn't spirited away into this particular space opera. It's not a dealbreaker. I'm continuing on from here. I just wish I liked it more.

Evan Currie's Odysseus Awakening is the latest installment of this series featuring Confederation captain Eric Weston and the crew of the starship Odysseus.

I like science fiction and space operas and have enjoyed all the books in this series. Lots of action and suspense, but since some of the intelligence concerning the starships falls into enemy hands, another book will have to detail just how much information the enemy gained. Does it include the location of earth?

This is not my favorite in the series, but things in the Black are not over yet, and I'm eager to know what happens next.

This isn't a series that works well without having started with the first book, Odyssey One: Into the Black.

My reviews of the earlier books in the series are here: http://bookgarden.blogspot.com/2016/07/evan-curries-odyssey-one-series.html

NetGalley/47 North

Science Fiction/Space Opera. Dec. 12, 2017. Print length: 318 pages.