Here's the blurb:
His ship is wrecked. His missiles are gone. And he's been thrust into command on his first tour. What could go wrong?
Lucas Odin seems like a qualified first officer--on paper. But his only battles so far have been simulations, each one a miserable failure. He just isn't a "take charge" kind of guy. To be honest, he'd rather spend his first tour gaming on the ship's modded sims than dealing with real people. But when the Starship Fairfax is waylaid by pirates, Lucas inherits a mission already doomed to fail. If he wants to keep the ship flying, keep his crew alive, and take back what was stolen, there's only one way:
By taking charge.
I've read both Totaled, the prequel, and The Lunar Gambit, book 1 in the series. My impressions:
The series is sort of like Star Trek crossed with The Expanse. The hero is the ship captain--not by rank, but in a de facto sense--and the action takes place in the outer part of the solar system. There are space pirates, and competing governments, and seedy underworlds full of mafia-style figures. The hero is more of a shy nerdy sort than the bombastic James Kirk from Star Trek, and I think that's a good thing.
Tone: there are no cuss words, nor is there any graphic content. It's family-friendly.
Cool factor: inhabited asteroids.
The books are short, which means you don't have to invest a lot of time, so give them a try. The promotion for the first book is only for a few days, so get it while it's free.
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