The Myriad

Name: The Myriad
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: R.M. Meluch
ISBN: 9781536670448

Author: R.M. Meluch

Series: Tour of the Merrimack #1

Narrator: John Glouchevitch

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/25/2017

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The U.S.S. Merrimack was the finest battleship class spaceship in Earth's fleet, able to stand up against the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them, even able to attack and kill swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack to face the Myriad—three colonized worlds in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive had somehow overlooked.

About R.M. Meluch

R.M. Meluch sold her first short story at age seventeen. The Ninth Circle is her sixteenth published novel. She has worked on an archaeological dig in Israel, hacked a piece off the Berlin Wall, and tracked Alexander the Great around Greece and Egypt.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Phil

Although The Myriad is championed as military science fiction, it is definitely more space opera, even though the story details somewhat the adventures of the Merrimack, a battleship in space. What is most striking about this novel/series is the world Meluch builds, and it is one I will definitely s......more

Goodreads review by Allison

I found the writing style a bit choppy, but ultimately this was entertaining, if not exactly deep. It was only getting 3 stars until the end. It was not what I expected, and I want it fixed! That's not the feeling I thought I'd have at the end, and now I'm going to have to read the sequel.......more

Goodreads review by Brownbetty

The review I was mentally writing as I read the book: The Myriad: Tour of the Merrimack #1 falls into the class of Military SF that borrows heavily from Age of Sail novels. I don't by and large enjoy Age of Sail novels, unless they're exceptional, and I don't much enjoy the Military SF that echoes it......more

Goodreads review by Dirk

A muffin between the shoulder blades? That certainly had me laughing out loud! When I first read the synopsis for The Myriad I thought “Hive? Insectoid alien menace? That sounds like it might have been done before? Once or twice or maybe a hundred times.” However, the novel comes highly recommended (......more