This definitely wouldn't work as a stand alone (so go back and read the first two books if you haven't already, because the world building in this series is incredible.) Dane does an excellent job with dialogue and this sci-fi adventure has a lot of dark humor wound through some really imaginative action.

This story has a slower start, but once the plot picks up it really gathers speed, and the last third was really unputdownable. It was a satisfying end to a really great series.

This review was originally posted on <a href="https://booksofmyheart.net/2020/07/07/kill-orbit-by-joel-dane/" target="_blank"> Books of My Heart</a>
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<i>Review copy was received from Publisher. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.</i>

I read <strong>Cry Pilot</strong>  and <strong>Burn Cycle </strong> right afterward to start the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/263292-cry-pilot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em><strong>Cry Pilot</strong> </em></a>series.  The story went right on as the military is fighting a new threat. You do want to read the series in order so you understand what is happening.  Each book adds to the development of our characters, primarily Anvil Squad and the fight against the enemy. Our perspective is Kaytu and he has made some eye-opening choices.

Telling you about <strong>Kill Orbit</strong> is difficult without spoiling any details from earlier books but I'll keep it general. Anvil Squad is the most unusual but most successful fighter against the enemy.  But those in charge, the "corpos" don't trust them really.  That's why Rana is back with them, even though she is a Flenser, part of the space fleet where they are ground troops.  She's here to lead them on what is highly likely a suicide mission.

Throughout the series, the camaraderie and inside jokes of this team of diverse misfits is built.  Rana, at least, understands them. But I don't like her. She sees herself as better than them, and she is to the "corpo" world, but this team is the one who gets the worst jobs done. They are sent again as a sacrifice.

The situation looks and is very bad.  The enemy is killing the space fleet and people on Earth as fast as it can.  Everything the Flensers and the team has tried has failed.  Ting is left on an enemy ship and so Kaytu jumps into space untethered to save her. It's a heart-stopping battle with the only chance for humans is those they would throwaway as too violent or too dangerous or too undisciplined.

The library that I work for could purchase a copy of book 2 and this title, so I could not review this title. Publisher decided not to publish a print copy.

This was the third book in the Cry Pilot series and it is not a stand alone. Having no access to the previous two books the characters and their story was hard to get into. The plot seemed interesting and once the action got started the plot seemed good. As a continuing part of a series this book is probably very good.