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The Entrant
by Rock Forsberg
adventurous
medium-paced
Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: The Entrant: Antigravity Racing League
Author: Rock Forsberg
Book Series: The Entrant Book 1
Rating: 4/5
Recommended For...: young adult readers, science fiction, racing
Publication Date: September 28, 2021
Genre: YA Sci-fi
Recommended Age: 15+ (violence and some gore)
Explanation of CWs: Some violence and gore in the book.
Publisher: Spit City Publishing
Pages: 380
Synopsis: Galactic Racer by Day. Getaway Pilot by Night.
The ARL race craft run on sonic speeds just a few metres from the track and race massive rollercoaster circuits all across the galaxy. It is the biggest sport under the federation.
Zane Silvering, the son of an ARL legend, races in a local antigravity league and dreams of making it big in the galaxy.
On his eighteenth birthday, after being kicked out of his team, an ARL team offers him a position as a substitute of a substitute. Despite the warning signs, he seizes the opportunity, and boards a massive spaceship, the mobile base of a team competing for the galactic championship.
But the life of an ARL racer isn't as easy as he thought. The craft are raw and powerful, the competition relentless—also inside his team—and the game sometimes gets dirty. Just to get to race, he has to beat some of the galaxy's best racers.
And there's more to the team than racing: a group of them run secret missions for the enigmatic owner. Soon Zane works night-shift as their getaway pilot.
When the day and night jobs meet, he must step out of his father’s shadow, and race, not only for the glory, but for his life.
Review: For the most part, the book was pretty well done. The world building and the character development was good. The writing was well done. And I also was intrigued with the book from start to finish.
However, I did feel like there was a learning curve with this book. It felt like the author threw the reader in the book without explanation and expected the reader to pick up on things (I didn’t know what was going on for at least 10% of the book). The book also had a good plot, but it didn’t flow well and I felt like some of the pacing was off and slow in parts.
Verdict: It’s good!
Book: The Entrant: Antigravity Racing League
Author: Rock Forsberg
Book Series: The Entrant Book 1
Rating: 4/5
Recommended For...: young adult readers, science fiction, racing
Publication Date: September 28, 2021
Genre: YA Sci-fi
Recommended Age: 15+ (violence and some gore)
Explanation of CWs: Some violence and gore in the book.
Publisher: Spit City Publishing
Pages: 380
Synopsis: Galactic Racer by Day. Getaway Pilot by Night.
The ARL race craft run on sonic speeds just a few metres from the track and race massive rollercoaster circuits all across the galaxy. It is the biggest sport under the federation.
Zane Silvering, the son of an ARL legend, races in a local antigravity league and dreams of making it big in the galaxy.
On his eighteenth birthday, after being kicked out of his team, an ARL team offers him a position as a substitute of a substitute. Despite the warning signs, he seizes the opportunity, and boards a massive spaceship, the mobile base of a team competing for the galactic championship.
But the life of an ARL racer isn't as easy as he thought. The craft are raw and powerful, the competition relentless—also inside his team—and the game sometimes gets dirty. Just to get to race, he has to beat some of the galaxy's best racers.
And there's more to the team than racing: a group of them run secret missions for the enigmatic owner. Soon Zane works night-shift as their getaway pilot.
When the day and night jobs meet, he must step out of his father’s shadow, and race, not only for the glory, but for his life.
Review: For the most part, the book was pretty well done. The world building and the character development was good. The writing was well done. And I also was intrigued with the book from start to finish.
However, I did feel like there was a learning curve with this book. It felt like the author threw the reader in the book without explanation and expected the reader to pick up on things (I didn’t know what was going on for at least 10% of the book). The book also had a good plot, but it didn’t flow well and I felt like some of the pacing was off and slow in parts.
Verdict: It’s good!