Steel for Hire

Name: Steel for Hire
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard Fierce
ISBN: 9781667032375

Author: Richard Fierce

Series: Galactic Mercenaries #1

Narrator: Max Simshauser

Unabridged: 1 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dragonfire Press

Published: 09/08/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Some jobs turn you into a zombie. Literally.Captain Jayde Thrin of the cargo ship Determination has one goal: make enough money to retire in style. Her small mercenary crew travels the universe taking on odd jobs, but when a botched gig lands them in hot water, it’s up to Jayde to figure out their escape – and their survival.The nearby mining planet M44 provides an opportunity to refuel and make a quick buck, but there’s more going on in the mines than anyone realizes. What Jayde expects to be an easy job turns out to be one of the hardest yet, especially with the outpost overrun with the undead.Steel for Hire is the first episode of Galactic Mercenaries, a space opera series about zombies, space battles, alien invasion, and a misfit crew trying to survive in a dangerous universe.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mayhem-RW

She was the queen of her own empire. Well, maybe not queen, but she was Captain Jayde Thrin of her cargo ship, the Determination. A ship that is armed and defended, that is used to carrying around her crew of misfit mercenaries more than cargo. A ship that is in need of serious repairs after a run-i......more

Goodreads review by Scott

I recently saw a promotion for this series billing it as "Firefly" meets "The Walking Dead," two shows that I really enjoyed. And I haven't read a good sci-fi story in a while, so I figured this would be fun to try out. I'm glad I did. In this first book of the series, Fierce jumps right in, and the......more

Goodreads review by Barrie

Outstanding. When an unknown virus turns everyone on her home planet into sleepers 13-year-old Jayde is one of the few to escape before the planet is destroyed by the military to stop the spread of the virus. Now many years later she's captain of her ship and the leader of a ragtag crew of mercenarie......more