Girl From Above
by Pippa DaCosta
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Pub Date Jun 08 2015 | Archive Date Jul 20 2015
Description
WARNING: Over 18+ only. Contains adult content, including sex, drug use, violence, and curse words.
"My name is #1001, and I am not ready to die." I’d only just begun to live.
When Captain Caleb Shepperd is released from prison, all he wants to do is keep his head down and earn a living smuggling illegal cargo through the nine systems. So when a synth stows away on his ship, and brings with her a crap-ton of problems, including guilt-ridden secrets he thought he’d escaped, he’d prefer to toss her out the airlock. The problem is, she’s priceless tech, and he’s fresh out of credit.
#1001 is not meant to exist. Created for a single purpose, she has one simple order: to kill. But not everything is as it seems. Buried deep inside, she remembers... Remembers when she was human. And she remembers what Shepperd did to her. She’s not ready to die, but she is ready to kill.
From the bestselling author of the Veil Series comes an action packed story of love, redemption, and revenge.
Pippa DaCosta captures the grit and realism of her urban fantasy stories and injects it—along with some down-and-dirty passion—into the sci-fi genre.
Novel length: Approximately 43,000 words. 155 Kindle pages. 177 paperback pages. (Not including sample chapter).
Advance Praise
"Generous helpings of sex, drugs and rock n' roll plus the intriguing character of the post-human #1001 help this novel stand out from the crowd." ~ Book of the Week (May 2015) scifi365.net
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Featured Reviews
Elizabeth V, Reviewer
Girl from Above:Betrayal is a story that starts slowly, but before you know it you're wrapped into the thread of the tale and don't want it to end. It's the tale of a synth - a programmed machine with the soul of a girl, hidden behind layers of protocols and fail-safes.
1001 shouldn't exist. Chitec was only supposed to make 1000 synths - 500 male and 500 female - to prolong the lives of those rich enough to afford it. So why was 1001 made? That is the true enigma of the tale, threading through with the stories of Caleb, the Mal Reynold-esque smuggler and his second, Fran.
This story really does feel heavily influenced by the unfortunately canceled show Firefly, especially at the beginning of the book, when we first meet Cale and Fran. Cale has a ship, a little beaten around, but it takes him around the universe where he can smuggle the goods needed. We have the evil corporation - in this case, we have both Chitec and Fleet, where in Firefly we had the Alliance as a whole, and we also have the stowaway and the bounty hunter.
Once we get past the beginning, the tale goes in its own direction, giving us hints of who the characters really are, all leading up to the big reveal at the end of the book. While there were a few things that I was able to guess before they were actually explained, overall this book does a great job of weaving a fun and convoluted story together, leaving me anxious to read the next book once it's released.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
angela s, Reviewer
This review is from: Girl From Above (The 1000 Revolution) (Volume 1) (Paperback)
I thought this was an extraordinary book and I loved reading every page. Many of the characters are anti-heroes that your quickly grow to love. The plot was very interesting and there was plenty of action. The author was also able to give you just enough detail on the characters and forces that shaped them into being the way that they are to make you love them despite the fact that their actions were sometimes more like the "villain in the black hat" rather than the "hero in the white hat". There are two very strong female leads and I fell in love with both. This is a fabulous book and I highly recommend it. What makes it even better is that the second book in the series is already out to buy so I was able to immediately dive into it rather than waiting forever to discover what comes next. I can't wait till the 3rd one in the series comes out in October 2015. Buy this book-you will like it!
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