Abandon Station

Dyson Bridge, #1

by

V.G. Harrison

Excellent start to this new sci-fi series!

SYNOPSIS FROM AMAZON:

"A thunderous explosion echoes through the vastness of space. The Bridgeway Space Station is rocked by a catastrophic blast, sending Chief Engineer Meridia Vail and her international crew spiraling into an alternate dimension. They awake to find themselves stranded on an Earth trapped technologically in the past.

As the gravitational forces of this backwards planet wreak havoc on their metabolisms, Meridia races against time to locate her missing crew members before they meet an ominous fate at the hands of this archaic world order’s military forces. Piecing together clues, she discovers that the Bridgeway somehow survived the interdimensional jump too, but is trapped in a rapidly decaying orbit that threatens to demolish this entire parallel Earth.

In a nail-biting showdown, Meridia must leverage the unmatched technological power of the Bridgeway to bargain for her crew's release from detainment before all-out war erupts between the planet's primitive defenses and the unimaginable alien spacecraft looming above.

With millions of innocent lives hanging in the balance, she gambles on an audacious attempt to escape her captors."

Abandon Station is the first book in author V.G. Harrison’s new Dyson Bridge sci-fi series, and while only a little over a hundred pages in length, it is a tense, dramatic story that slowly reveals an alternate vision of Earth rich with detail. 

The story is told from the perspective of mechanical engineer Meridia Vail, a likable and smart yet vulnerable main character. The opening includes a spirited exchange between Vail and her divorce attorney, representing her interests back on Earth in the dissolution of her marriage to her cheating skunk of a spouse. What follows is the exciting cause of the crew’s current jeopardy and subsequent efforts to return to their own time and dimension. 

The author’s writing style is engaging and easy to read despite the complexities of the technology and the situation. I was quickly absorbed by the story of Meridia’s and the crew’s plight. I enjoyed comparing their actual world and society to what they encountered on their ‘new’ Earth. As this book ends on a cliffhanger with their fate still up in the air, I look forward to the next installment and hope it appears soon! 

I recommend ABANDON STATION to science fiction readers who enjoy tense stories involving an alternate Earth. 

I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving an Advanced Review Copy from the author through Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tours.