Burn Cycle, Joel Dane
Burn Cycle, Joel Dane
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Burn Cycle

Author: Joel Dane

Narrator: David Shih

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/04/2020


Synopsis

An unbeatable enemy. A planet on the brink. And a squad with a taste for revenge. 

In this incendiary new military science fiction novel, an infantry squad crisscrosses the globe on a search-and-destroy mission against a relentless foe.

After cry pilot Maseo Kaytu's white-knuckled victory over the mysterious lampreys at Ayko Base, military command develops new weapons and a new strategy. The updated mission is simple: pinpoint the Hatchery, the “spawn point” of the lampreys, and blast it into a fine powder. Kaytu's battle-tested squad tracks the enemy from remote bases to elegant cities to subterranean caverns, but the lampreys start hitting harder and faster. While the squad is winning battles, Earth is losing the war. 

When the search for the Hatchery shines a light on Kaytu's insurgent past, he faces a terrible truth. There is no line he won't cross to protect his squad. Then a vicious counterattack teaches him another lesson: you can't save everyone. In the end, all you can do is the job.

About The Author

Joel Dane is the pseudonym of a full-time writer. As the son of an Army Private and an Air Force Staff Sergeant, he was raised on war stories and inter-service rivalry. He's the author of more than twenty books across several genres, and has written for film and TV, including a dozen episodes of a Netflix Original Series. He lives in California and Maine--not at the same time--with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on July 18, 2021

Solid book two that adds some emotional heft to the action. The feelings I felt came after each battle, when the losses were tallied, being now eight hundred some odd pages deep with these characters I cared when they died, or when they were later being remembered. Same entertainment value as Cry Pi......more

Goodreads review by Beth on November 22, 2019

I received a gratis advanced copy courtesy of the publisher. Dane's first book in this series, Cry Pilot, blew me away with its unique far-future mecha battle action and incredibly deep, nuanced characters. Burn Cycle continues the awesomeness of the first book, with even more action and more moments......more

Goodreads review by Anne - Books of My Heart on March 26, 2020

I reviewed Cry Pilot on Tuesday and when I finished it I went right on to read Burn Cycle which is the second book in the Cry Pilotseries.  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. I'm enjoying......more

Goodreads review by Josh on March 02, 2020

Joel Dane follows up his fantastic Cry Pilot with a 2nd book in the series called Burn Cycle which continues the fast-paced Sci-Fi action. Much like the first book, the action is top-notch and told in great detail and happens regularly, though sometimes it feels anti-climatic..but my guess it is with......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on May 17, 2020

Burn Cycle (Cry Pilot #2) by Joel Dane Quite well written and a good followup! In our second of three tales, our motley band of heroes makes some new friends. Good thing as it seems everyone is out to kill them, especially their own government, and the rest of the military?! Also, the evil alien horde......more


Quotes

Praise for Cry Pilot

"I picked it up, I started reading. I kept reading. This is that kind of book, intense, involving, with intriguing world development. Recommended. Joel Dane is a writer to watch."--C.J. Cherryh, author of the Foreigner series

"Joel Dane's Cry Pilot is a hyperkinetic and unflinching battle narrative that never loses sight of the truth of being a soldier: the squad comes before all else. Told with momentum and immediacy, Cry Pilot is authentic, exciting, and excellent." --Marko Kloos, author of Terms of Enlistment


"In Cry Pilot, Joel Dane has imagined a fascinating high-tech future Earth where ecological collapse and runaway evolution have conspired to create enemies no army has ever encountered before. Told through the eyes of a young soldier seeking to escape a grim past, the action-packed plot holds tight to a human dimension."--Linda Nagata, author of The Red Trilogy 

“Awesome read! The language takes you into the world of the story. The first-person voice invites you to internalise the world of the character, a time and place strangely prescient. Joel Dane has created a uniquely familiar world reminiscent of the Mesozoic Era of large predators, only in the future. I look forward to seeing what he writes next.” – Nico Lathouris, screenwriter, Mad Max: Fury Road