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Dark Horse

Class 5 Series, Book 1

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Dark Horse

By: Michelle Diener
Narrated by: Christina Delaine
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Some secrets carry the weight of the world.

Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally - a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided.

Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he's not going to complain. The only problem is, all its crew are dead - all except for one strange, new alien being.

She calls herself Rose. She seems small and harmless, but less and less about her story is adding up, and Dav has a bad feeling his crew, and maybe even the four planets, are in jeopardy. The Class 5's owners, the Tecran, look set to start a war to get it back and Dav suspects Rose isn't the only alien being who survived what happened on the Class 5. And whatever else is out there is playing its own games.

In this race for the truth, he's going to have to go against his leaders and trust the dark horse.

Winner of a SFR Galaxy Award 2016 and the Prism Award 2016 for Best Futuristic.

©2015 Michelle Diener (P)2016 Podium Publishing
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Superb Sci-fi romance!

This is one I can listen to over and over. Action, first contact, and a little inconvenient attraction.
The voices are distinct and the characters complex.
I will get the next one!

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I wasn’t sure about this listen 🎧 but the writer kept you interested in what was going on and you forget the time as you are pulled into the story and characters.

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fantastic story

hard to put down. loved all characters, good and bad. probably ly follow series to conclusion.

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Best Outer Space Novel

This book has a unique take on space travel. The story is complex without being bogged down. This is not the normal cookie-cutter boy meets girl story. Thankfully, the author gave the human woman unexpected strengths and a keen intellect. Drives me nuts when an author makes the lead characters irrational so yes this was refreshing. I would have given this book a 10 if I could. Looking forward to what happens in the next book.

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Fantastic

I soon as I get a chance I plan on reading book two and I think there is a third one also. It took me a good 4 chapters before I really got into it though. I even re-read some of them. But once I hit chapter 5 I was hooked. I would totally Love having an AI in my head. Sazo was funny, cute, and dangerous. An excellent trifecta. I was a little worried the romance part was going to take over the entire book, but it was so minimal, it was great. But I would have liked to learn a little more about Dev, maybe that comes up more in the next one. I can't wait to see what ha

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My first 5 star review

This is my favorite book in the series not only is it well worth the money but it’s one of those books I can enjoy listening to over and over again.

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good science fiction, mixed with bad Romance novel

would have been good if author didn't add in all the cheesy romance. the story was pretty good but was ruined when it change halfway into a supermarket romance novel.

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Definitely a male wrote this(Smh)

Great story line and I adore the fact that Rose is not some distressed wilting flower that needs saving from a big and strong guy. Huge points for that!!!!

BUT...the romantic interactions are abysmal. It should be obvious to any woman listening that those scenes absolutely SUCK! It's the same level of frustration like when a male neglects to get one to orgasm. Grrrrr!

Like usual...we will need to fill in with our imaginations. Just warning my fellow females so they don't expect better.

Again...cool story line. Will give the second book a shot hoping it's better.

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First read of this author -enjoyed +re comedy it

Action packed adventure with good character and story development. Eager to try other books in this series.

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Good story

I enjoyed the story and how the narrator told it. Could not put it down.

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