This opens a near future SF series introducing genetically modified soldier Ander Rad.

Xyphos Industries created super-soldiers, hiring them out in conflicts around the world.

In Mynmar in 2091, Ander was captured and sold into years in the hell of brutal fighting pits in Bolivia.

In 2098, Agent Morgan Moreno of the Genetic Compliance Department of the United American Provinces shows up, to make Ander an offer he cannot refuse.

She's part of a task force tracking rogue mods and wants Ander to help track down an old teammate, Turin, in return for his freedom.

Mayhem ensues.

Review: Rogue Sequence by Zac Topping
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Quotes: "The problem with innovative technology is that it doesn't take too long to become weaponized."

"But a good plan never survives contact with the enemy."

"There's no erasing a past like mine."
"How about making up for it then?"

"He couldn't remember the last time things had gone right."

"After all this, you're still clinging to that sense of morality?"
"We have rules for a reason. You break one now, you'll break another later, then you'll start tossing the rules out the window."

Review: Set about 70 years from now, companies all around the world create genetically modified soldiers.
The main character, Rade, is captured on a mission gone wrong and imprisoned. During that time genetically altered people are outlawed. 7 years lated he's offered a chance to free himself and start over if he helps the government stop a threat. The threat being a former friend of his he be dead. While in pursuit of this, he finds out that mods such as himself are on burrowed time. As their bodies will give out far faster than non-altered people.

The main story, an old soldier offered a second chance and all isn't a new one. I think the added time clock on the main character made it more interesting. The action sequences were well done.

I think the story is interesting enough and easily could turn into a series. Military/sci-fi is an interesting genre and while this may not have been revolutionary to the genre, it was entertaining and fast paced.
There's no lull in the writing.
Rade is almost like a Jack Reacher character with a Sci-fi twist and set in the future.
I'd give this 3.75 stars.
Thank you to Netgalley and Tor for the advanced copy of this for my unbiased review

Readers who love action tales like the Reacher series will love Zac Topping’s tale set in the coming nineties when things have gotten much worse. Ander Rade was one of many shaped genetically into a super-soldier. Captured before the process was declared illegal, he spent seven years in a prison in South America fighting in death duels for the Warden’s amusement. Then Agent Morgan Moreno of the Genetic Compliance Department gets him out of prison to help her hunt Darius Turnin, a super-soldier hired to create a terror attack in Atlanta. Thus he and the agents follow a Rogue Sequence(hard from Tor) of exciting action scenes in a pulse-pounding adventure in the future. I couldn’t put it down and really hope Ander has more adventures coming.

I have a habit of calling quick action and a fun time 'dad fiction.' I lump in comics and Captain America into that category, but also the Orphan X series. This book, with it's genetically modified super soldier main character, is dad fiction at its finest. I had a blast. It was so fun, the action was cool, and Rade was interesting. I will say that it is not majorly character driven, I don't think, so keep that in mind if you're a more character focused reader.

I stopped after chapter 1 (6%). I think this will work well for those who lean toward traditional dystopian and a more traditional style of writing. For them, I’m guessing it will be an easy 3-4 stars, with 5 for the right readers.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor for the ARC.

Rogue Sequence by Zac Topping, just not for me. I tried to get into this book and it simply failed for me. Thank you for giving me a chance with this book and I do think others will enjoy it

Lots of action in this book. Two main characters who do not trust at first. Plenty of tension as the plot unfolds. Good world building with some character development. Looks like the first in a new series as one thing is stopped but plenty more waiting to cause trouble.

I'm actually the author of this book so I can't really review it, but I will say that I'm incredibly proud of it and excited for people to read it. This is an action-packed sci-fi thriller heavily inspired by...well, all the various forms of entertainment I've consumed over the years; from the explosive action movies of the 80's and 90's, to the complex speculative written works of writers like Philip K. Dick, Richard K. Morgan, and Michael Crichton. While the book has all the crunching action one could want (hopefully) from a sci-fi action thriller, it also explores some deeper themes like confronting trauma, understanding the self, and questioning the importance of loyalty and to whom we give it, if given at all. ROGUE SEQUENCE is JACK REACHER meets BLADE RUNNER, and I can't wait for everyone to be able to read it.