Synopsis:
One crew, one loyalty and a single shot at redemption.
Captain Rebekah Khan and her ragtag crew of the repair ship Sunstar finally have a chance to pay off their crushing debts when an automining vessel goes rogue. After preventing the high value cargo from disappearing into the outer system, they uncover sabotage only a crew with their military experience would recognise.
Instead of returning as heroes, they are blackmailed into taking on a new crew member and to hunt for a mysterious, uncertified spacecraft. Deep into the black, they desperately try to hide their murky past, while their loyalties are tested to their limits when they finally come across the marooned ship and its deadly cargo.
Review:
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A big thank you to the author for allowing me to have an early preview of The Wrecking Squad!
Fast-paced and action-packed, The Wrecking Squad is a military sci-fi story with some unexpected (and sometimes horrific) twists. And I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The crew of the Sunstar works for a mining company, doing odd jobs and securing cargo as needed. They’re all former military with a complicated past—they’ve been labeled as MIA for several years, and their job with the mining company is their way of hiding. None of them want to go back to the military they left behind. There is a lot of backstory that emerges throughout the book, and their reasons for going AWOL are eventually explained.
The crew consists of Rebekah, the captain and the book’s main character; Savvo, her second-in-command; Arin, a tech/mechanic whose sense of humor I loved; Hendricks, the lead mechanic; and the twins, who are communications and tech specialists. The twins are also projective empaths; if their emotions are in turmoil, everyone around them feels it. And sometimes the results are pretty disturbing (but once the twins’ story was fully explained, I really felt bad for them. It was heartbreaking, but they also have a promising future.)
The job the Wrecking Crew takes on looks straightforward on the surface, but when it becomes clear there is someone obscenely wealthy—and likely powerful—involved, Rebekah and the others are immediately suspicious. But they’re desperate for the promised payout, so they accept, despite their misgivings. It’s a decision that leads to more danger than they bargained for, and some unexpected horrors are uncovered along the way.
What I liked most about this book was the sense of found family the crew had. They all had demons from their pasts and their own ways of dealing with them, but in the end, they were a team and loyal to each other. This was a great start to a new series, and well worth the read.
The Wrecking Squad is currently available for preorder and will release March 31, 2025.
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