A fun first in the series space opera!

_Omega Rising_ by Joshua Dalzelle receives four stars from me. The plot is engaging (while not complicated), and the characters are interesting.

This was an audiobook read by Paul Heitsch, and I’d like to address his reading first. Heitsch did an excellent job at reading this book. He has a few voices that he does that distinguishes the characters from each other well. I liked his voice for Deets (or Deetz) a lot. The voices all were very good, but perhaps it was how he read the dialogue and gave it life that makes them so good. I recommend Heitsch.

Now the book. This is a plot-driven text. I like those. I think they are fun and exciting. This was a good book to listen to for that reason. However, I’d like to see more of the characters with each other, learning about each other, adapting to each other, training, becoming close, etc. This I hope for future novels in this series.

This is one of those space operas where the characters all get toss together by chance and become a crew. Again, this trope is enjoyable, but understand, there isn’t anything really new in this book. This book is an adventure, you get to go with them, it’s fun and exciting. But there isn’t any new technology etc. Slipstream, antigravity, etc. This isn’t bad, just be aware if that is something you are looking for.

Recommended: sure.