Kieran Shea Bücher

Five awesome and entertaining words to describe this one: 'Bank heist set in space.' Yes, please - io9. This fast-paced, high-energy story features all the elements expected in a futuristic heist caper. It's part space thriller and part classic gold heist - Booklist. Off Rock is a space heist story you'll dig - Do Some Damage. While it lives up to its billing as a page-turning escapist tale, the novel transcends mere fun due to the depth of humanity Shea instills in his characters. He explores the very human need to break free from an unsatisfactory life - Tethered by Letters. The final third races to an explosive conclusion, with brilliant twists that kept me glued to the pages - Beauty in Ruins. If you're after a plot-oriented, quick-moving caper, this story is as good as gold - B&N SFF blog. It's fast-paced and funny - Black Gate. This read is like a day at the beach or a nonstop flight; the story zips along with little complication - NPR. Expect balls-to-the-wall action and hilarity - Nerdspan. It offers great sci-fi escapism, making it one hell of a good, pulpy, and deliciously quirky novel for adults, ensuring pure entertainment from start to finish - RisingShadow.net, Book Devil.

With an outstanding Ultimate Sanction bounty still on her head, Koko Martstellar (ex-mercenary and saloon madam extraordinaire) and Jedidiah Flynn (former orbital sky-cop) have narrowly escaped death in paradise. Rescued during a storm, Koko and Flynn are taken in by what amounts to a self-sufficient outlander cult. To save Flynn’s life, Koko barters her warrior skills and assists the de-civ group in fending off their most imminent threat: a horde of genetic-mutant raiders. However, even with the group’s foes bested and their idealist lifestyle somewhat enticing, being among the outlander de-civs doesn’t sit well with Koko. In spite of the de-civ group’s hospitality and Flynn’s arguing that they have it pretty good, Koko suspects something is amiss. People within the outlander group’s interlocking compounds keep disappearing with flimsy explanations—people like the girl who died on the cliff before Koko and Flynn’s rescue—and soon the group’s leadership assesses Koko as a threat to their secret agenda. As the mystery unfolds, Koko’s limits and loyalties—perhaps even her love for Flynn—will be tested. And as if that isn’t enough, bounty agent Wire has managed to track down Koko and, after a little politicking, is preparing to lead an army of genetic-mutant raiders in a last-man-standing battle against the cult . . .