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Like science fiction? Are you a fan of old school action/adventure stories? If this is you, Haywire is a must-read book. This story is science for the sake of fiction, and that's what makes it shine. It's a fast paced novel that doesn't get bogged down in the technical aspects of space travel or try to sell you on the plausibility of technology that exists in this futuristic look at our world. The story doesn't spend time explaining the politics of the future or try to tell a less that subtle cautionary tale of what's to come. Haywire is, from page one, a quick moving story about interesting characters. Space is the setting for this book. There's no dull, heavy handed lesson in science or technology to slow the pace of the story. If you're looking for an in-depth explanation of space travel, or how wormholes helped humanity reach out into the stars, you won't find it here. That's not what this book is about. It's far more grounded in the lives of the characters, and that's what I loved about it.
When an alien race attempted to invade our solar system, the people of Earth created an army super soldiers who were powerful enough to drive them back to where they came from. What happened after that is entirely unknown. 100 years passed and no one on Earth knows what became of the aliens or Earth's super soldiers. At least, until one of those soldiers returns home. She is sick with an alien infection, and she is the only one with a chance of stoping the next great threat to Earth.

This is a brilliant and fun premiss for the novel. It's well executed, character centered, and high octane. It's the kind of book you're sort of sad to see end because you feel invested in the characters and the world. But there's good news. Rumor has it that Mr. Macumber is starting work on a prequel to Haywire. And after reading this book, I can see how that is absolutely a story worth telling. I look forward to the new book because Haywire feels like only the beginning of a much larger story. I can't wait to read about the events leading up to all that we read about in this book.


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Haywire Justin R Macumber 9781470099152 Books Reviews

Hello Justin Macumber... I think I love you.

Of course, I mean that in a completely platonic, hero worship kind of way. Actually, I've been a faithful listener to his Dead Robots Podcast for a year or so now, and so I was getting regular updates about the release of this novel and what he thought about it as he went through and edited the thing before its release.

Now, I've done the thing before where I either follow an author online, or listen to them via podcast before I read anything by them and it puts me in a weird position as a reader. I think diving into all the minutia of an author's online persona after you've become a fan is one thing, but to become a fan of the personality first can taint my enjoyment of what they write. It can also make me feel conflicted if I don't enjoy their story.

So, when I got this novel, I did put off reading it for a few weeks because I just didn't want to read and be disappointed. It would be horrible for me if that happened.

I needn't have worried. Justin Macumber is a pro. A real pro. This novel is tight, action packed, well plotted, and emotionally satisfying. It doesn't feel like a writer who still has a long ways to go to tell a compelling story. He's arrived.

The plot itself is great. The Titans, super-soldiers created to fend off a alien force that threatened to destroy humanity a century ago have gone off into the larger galaxy to hunt down and destroy those that tried to exterminate humanity. But while out there, they become the victims of a nano-virus that turns these super-soldiers to to rampaging mad men, and they return to the Sol system hell bent on destroying everything here.

All that is backstory, and doesn't serve as a spoiler I don't think. The rest is what happens when a single Titan escaped the nano-virus and comes to the Sol system to warn humanity that destruction is coming just behind. This super soldier ends up in the hands of space pirates and ends up helping a mother and son that have been kidnapped by those same pirates.

In all, the story rocked.

That said, I did have a few problems with the story, mostly I had a hard time buying that humanity, after being almost wiped from existence by a genocidal alien race, would immediately disarm themselves just after the enemy retreats. That seems horribly illogical, and very unlikely. The author mentioned one military commander's frustration at the situation, and I couldn't agree more. I can't imagine any society being so compelled to get rid of their weapons after such a close call. I mean, there was some mention that much of the damage to the solar system was due to a 'scorched earth' campaign humanity enacted during that initial invasion where they nuked most of their own people instead of letting them fall to their new enemy - but it just didn't make sense to me. I would expect the military to have an unprecedented build up to prepare for whatever else might have been out there waiting to squish us.

There were a number of typos that slipped into the version of the novel I read. Many of them were things like mixing up words, like 'noise' instead of 'nose.' There were several I noted, mostly in the early chapters of the book, I know no one can catch them all, but there were just a few more than I felt a novel of this length should have.

I wouldn't let anyone looking for a sci fi romp be deterred though, I've read a lot of genre stuff over the years, a lot. This one stacks up very well against most. I expect great things to follow this author.
Like science fiction? Are you a fan of old school action/adventure stories? If this is you, Haywire is a must-read book. This story is science for the sake of fiction, and that's what makes it shine. It's a fast paced novel that doesn't get bogged down in the technical aspects of space travel or try to sell you on the plausibility of technology that exists in this futuristic look at our world. The story doesn't spend time explaining the politics of the future or try to tell a less that subtle cautionary tale of what's to come. Haywire is, from page one, a quick moving story about interesting characters. Space is the setting for this book. There's no dull, heavy handed lesson in science or technology to slow the pace of the story. If you're looking for an in-depth explanation of space travel, or how wormholes helped humanity reach out into the stars, you won't find it here. That's not what this book is about. It's far more grounded in the lives of the characters, and that's what I loved about it.
When an alien race attempted to invade our solar system, the people of Earth created an army super soldiers who were powerful enough to drive them back to where they came from. What happened after that is entirely unknown. 100 years passed and no one on Earth knows what became of the aliens or Earth's super soldiers. At least, until one of those soldiers returns home. She is sick with an alien infection, and she is the only one with a chance of stoping the next great threat to Earth.

This is a brilliant and fun premiss for the novel. It's well executed, character centered, and high octane. It's the kind of book you're sort of sad to see end because you feel invested in the characters and the world. But there's good news. Rumor has it that Mr. Macumber is starting work on a prequel to Haywire. And after reading this book, I can see how that is absolutely a story worth telling. I look forward to the new book because Haywire feels like only the beginning of a much larger story. I can't wait to read about the events leading up to all that we read about in this book.