Blisteringly smart and soul-wrenching, this sci-fi exploration of war and identity is packed with action, tension and technological possibility. It’s only a little too smart for me, but that just gave me such a good longing to understand. I think you’ll love this series if you’re into time travel, quantum theory, and emotional paradox.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy. These opinions are my own.

Alliance is book 2 in the Androne series by Dwain Worrell.
I really enjoyed Androne. And book two was no different.
This is great science fiction action thriller.
I absolutely could not put Alliance down. I read it all in one night.

Thank You NetGalley and 47North for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

When I first started reading this book, I thought it will be a little tedious to follow the story because I would get lost at times. But as I progressed, I even enjoyed those little moments when I didn't know what was going on because they would make me revise on my mental notes and integrate little details into a whole.

The narrative is great. The author puts a lot of attention to the details and you can see it on such small things, which is something I always appreciate.

And even though sometimes I felt Harmony was more like a teenager than a 30 years old woman, I could see where that attitude was coming from and how her character was developed to grow out of that, which made it all much more amenable and even made me feel attached to her.

Overall, I think this is a great book to sci-fi lovers, because it works a lot on describing the details of this new world, and as far as I know, every technical aspect was correct!

Thank you, Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review! I will admit I had a harder time getting into this book and I think that was because I had gotten so invested in Paxton’s life that now moving to Harmony was difficult. However, I quite enjoyed it! I was happy to follow on Harmony’s journey and how the actions of the past coincide with her future. As always (in my opinion) any plot that includes time twits can be difficult to follow but the author did a wonderful job in both books keeping the info clear. This was an excellent duology.

DNF @ 33%/through Chapter 10

I hate doing this to ARCs but I just couldn't get into this book. I was never able to really follow what was going on in the plot, I didn't understand the different factions, and I wasn't a big fan of the POV shift from the first book. I spent a good chunk of February trying to make myself power through it, but I just have to admit that I don't think I'm the right audience for the direction this sequel went in.

Thanks to 47North and NetGalley for this ARC of Dwain Worrel's 'Alliance.'

I'd bought and read Androne, the first book in the duology, last year and enjoyed it so I was delighted to see the sequel available for review on NetGalley. On finishing Androne, it was clear that there could be a sequel coming but no obvious path that might take.

Worrell does a great job with it. Amazing imagination in play as well as very engaging writing. He takes a couple of the key characters from the first novel and interlinks them again and we follow their journey through to the end. He creates a future where 21st century corporate logos are the banners under which the various religious factions congregate in this unspecified future and - given the current descent into Christian nationalism in the US it is very believable what might happen (though these are all 'new' religions). Cleverly, we see the very beginnings of one of the main religions in the near future strand of the book. The future battles are intense and believable. There's a touch of the Ender's Game in this one but I won't spoil that strand.

I would be lying if I said I followed 100% of the time shifting narrative or that there didn't appear to be some holes in the logic but I didn't care - this was a very enjoyable book, a fitting sequel to the equally enjoyable original.