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Alien Safari
Alien Safari #1
by Robert Appleton
Mercury Seven Books, $2.99, 295pp
Published: October 2013

Warning! Wildlife may be dangerous. Proceed beyond this point at your own risk.

When celebrated Omicron detective Ferrix Vaughn is called in to investigate a deadly breach on Hesperidia, a protected planet full of indigenous wildlife, he doesn't know what to expect. The place used to be a tourist attraction, but the safari tours were discontinued long ago due to rampant poaching. Only a handful of researchers live there now, including Jan Corbija, the young woman who reported the breach.

The deeper Vaughn digs, the more the evidence seems to point to a recent raid on a biotech facility in a nearby system. Whatever was stolen from there, it's attracted the attention of major political players in a time of war across the colonies. Vaughn suspects the secret is on Hesperidia, in the hands of the two fugitives who fled the murder scene.

If he wants to get to them first, he's going to need Jan's help. Her Alien Safari tour will have to reopen for this final excursion. But to survive it, they'll both need to face their demons, for a predator far deadlier than man roams the wilds of Hesperidia. And this is its killing season.

This way for the ride of your life.

Two fleeing thieves end up crash landing on a restricted planet. The authorities that were chasing them follow them and end up dead.  Ferris Vaughn is called in to find the thieves but what he finds is that nothing is really as it seems. The more he investigates the more convoluted the trail becomes to find out what is really going on, who is really involved and, more importantly, who he can really trust.

This book popped up as a Kindle freebie in my recommendations and I am glad I took the chance and downloaded it. An interesting cast of characters, a good plot to hold the interest, a satisfying ending that ties things up but leaves room for more books with these characters and a wonderfully smart dog companion.  There are at least three more books in this series which I will be tracking down as I want to see where the characters go from here. Recommended ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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