Catalyst, Jody Wallace
Catalyst, Jody Wallace
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Catalyst

Author: Jody Wallace

Narrator: Kristin James

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

Dance teacher Wil Tango, adopted by a cat who needs to make use of his opposable thumbs, knows all too well the primary rule of their arrangement: never reveal the cat is a genius. Their clever scheme to win all the jackpots on Gizem Station works until a bigwig gets suspicious, and he finds himself stuffed in a stasis box and shipped to Garbage Planet. At least he’s got the cat for company.

Sulari Abfall, scrapyard picker extraordinaire, thinks she’s scored when she earns access to the latest offload from Gizem Station. Their trash is her treasure, and the profits from her recycling program should provide more than enough to upgrade her clunky garbage scow into a clunky tow ship, a huge step up in trash hierarchy. When she’s drawn to a hazardous waste container, she finds more than she ever bargained for. A naked man. And a sentient cat.

But unsealing the stasis pod sends an interspace signal back to Gizem Station—and the vengeful VIP who thought Wil was dead. It will take all the wits of a lovely garbage scow captain, a down on his luck dance instructor, and a brave orange feline to defeat a gang intent on mayhem, murder, and a galactic catnapping that could change the course of the future for the entire Obsidian Rim.

Reviews

Disclaimer: I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. * There's nothing I love more than to read about the desolation of human society, be it after an EMP, a CME, the eruption of a volcano, economic collapse, aliens, vampires or zombies. I love seeing how people react to t......more

Goodreads review by Nick

Maybe the wrong time to read a post-apocalyptic novel. Solar activity fries world-wide power, so after intermittent shortages, people are left to fend for themselves without power or Government support. A small town does its best to cope, eventually headed up by the book’s cycling hero and his cronie......more

Goodreads review by Wendy

Exciting and utterly absorbing, “Downward Cycle” opens with a massive solar flare the magnitude of which hasn’t been seen since 1859 which causes a global catastrophe with downed planes, electrical power outages and cars dying. As the world’s infrastructure dies, crimes and deaths rise computer geek......more

Too much I had high hopes but...it has everything but the.kitchen sink. I liked the characters and if the story would have stayed with the CME idea I probably would have given it a 4.5 but I give it 2 stars. Take the CME, add a hurricane, thousands of post apocalyptic religious zealots, a 'zombie' pa......more

Goodreads review by Robert

This is the first book in the Catalyst series. Downward is a very honest look into life after the lights go out and familiar comforts are no more. What makes this book unique is how the main characters discover that a group within the traditional government power structure has been planning for life......more