Obsidian Detective

Opus X, Book 1

By: Michael Anderle

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay

On the fringes of human space, a murder will light a fuse and send two different people colliding together. She lives on earth, where peace among the population is a given. He is on the fringe of society where authority is how much firepower you wield. She is from the powerful, the elite. He is with the military. Both want the truth - but is revealing the truth good for society? Two years ago, a small moon in a far-off system was set to be the location of the first intergalactic war between humans and an alien race. It never happened. However, something was found that many are willing to kill to keep a secret. Now, they have killed the wrong people. How many will need to die to keep the truth hidden? He will have vengeance no matter the cost. She will dig for the truth - no matter how risky it is to reveal.

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The Partners Lacked Chemistry

The book started strong and you wanted to learn more about the enemy and initial characters. Then it turned into a futuristic police procedural with an annoying partner. Jia was very naive and gung-ho. How awful do you have to be as a partner to have one of them quit shortly before full retirement just to get away from her? There was a lot of repetitive dialogue, mostly from Jia.

I got the book because of the riveting opening and I really enjoy Greg Tremblay's narration.

Captivating and dynamic

Great story, keeps the audience captivated and engaged. Looking forward to the next installment in the series.

excellent

I purchased this because I enjoy most of Michael Anderle's books. I love Greg Trembolay's reading. Especially when he has this type of MC. The plot is interesting, holding my attention from start to finish. I didn't care for the female MC for many chapters. Her world views for unrealistic. If Earth and het metro area were 'so clean and perfect' why did she become an enforcement officer? There were other things about her personality that were irritating. I do strongly recommend this book. Hope the following books are as good.

It's a series I'll read..

Pretty good scifi/detective story. Erik returned to earth from Mu Arae, a planet light years away from earth. He caught the trail of the killers being in Neo Southern California Metroplex after his 49 team members were slaughtered, and he was out for revenge. He became a police detective by-way-of an obscure ruling of Obsidian Detective Law. His partner, Jia Lin, was a little naïve and it was up to Erik to open her eyes.

There was no F-bombs used and that was ridiculous! Started off with Special Forces then went to cops and organized criminals lead by Naric Tessan. How could there have been NO F-bombs?
Silly, silly, silly! I can't move on with this series.

As for the narration: Greg Tremblay did a great job. Not only with the different voices, male and female, but with the emotions when he read.

awesome

The whole series was well done from the performance by Greg Tremblay to the actual story written by Michael Anderle , It kept me in suspence and constantly try to guess where the story was going to go. The audible was even beter than the book if that's at all possible. Hats off to Greg and Michael for a job well done.

Give it a chance it gets better as you go along.

When I first started listening to this book I was wondering if I was going to like it. The story was just not sounding interesting to me, but then I really got into it and the only thing that bothered me was the way Jia was being performed. Jia's voice sounded way to forced and aggravating. As the book goes on though by the time I got through the book I was hooked and want to know if Eric will ever find out who or what was behind the slaughter of his team. You'll enjoy that Jia and Eric were paired because the Captain thought he could get rid of them both that way. Instead he made a formidable team to be feared. And the AI is an added pleasure.

Really enjoyed the story bt dialog got repetitive

First off i really liked this book. Great world building (or galaxy building in this case) and character development, the plot was intriguing and kept me interested and had plenty of action throughout. The narrator did a great job with all the voices and helped me get lost in the story. One thing that did take me out of the story however was how the author seemed to get stuck on certain things and talk around in circles over the same points like beating a dead horse with a dead cat. For example the chick and the police cheif would have a 30 minute argument about her not following through with an investigation when she knew there was more to it. All the points were made and remade within the first few minutes but they kept going and going and going saying the same things over and over like us readers are too dense to get what their trying to get across the first 50 times. There were several instances where things like that got over done but all in all worth the time and money👍

really interesting book

I like the two main characters who work well together despite having different temperaments. they make a good team and I would especially like to see how Gia grows into her role as a detective. I definitely want the rest of the series.

enjoyable

I definitely enjoyed this story and I really enjoyed Jia, but her naive nature and almost fanatical beliefs were eye-rolling and face palming times. the truly sad part of it is that these types of people really do exist and so makes her even more believable. Now I need to go review book 2 and get book 3.

A fun and exciting series.

I love M.A,'s KG/KU books and his name is what lead me to this series. I purchased the first and quickly did the same for 2-12. I found the characters all interesting, even the evil villainous ones! The male and female MC's are an unexpectedly good pairing. A quirky AI has a intricate role and you can't help but like her. It's certainly packed with fast action shoot'em up's in a good v evil storyline, set in futuristic earth and space. The narrator was GREAT!