Deep Cosmos by Project Kyle

Deep Cosmos by Project Kyle

My Rating: ★★

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

David, aka Nerd, hides behind a mask after a serial killer paid to have David take the blame for his crimes. As Nerd, he’s dree to be a space explorer who takes on missions that can and will save others but he’s willing to throw caution to the wind to save a young warrior, Sophia, targeted by the man whose crimes he’s been forced to take the blame for. Once he’s in the clear, he and Sophia tango with the madman once again and end up with another crew member, a space hoodlum named Henry, and take on a new mission pitting them against one of the most dangerous man in the galaxy.

The premise of this book sounded interesting so I knew I had to read it. There’s so much action that there’s never a dull moment. If you don’t like something, it’ll probably be done with soon unless it’s one of the main plot points. Nerd and his crew are constantly on the go and just when things seem to be getting boring, they’re on the run for their lives all over again. This book has some pretty interesting characters and worlds and it reads a bit like an action movie. Something is always going down and someone always needs saving.

I will say that it was rather confusing for a good bit. The action makes up for the lack of world building in the opening, but I do feel like I started on a second or third book because the world that these characters live in aren’t introduced in a way that tells me about how this world works. There are major events that are referenced like it was a major plot point in a past book. Unfortunately, the confusion that occurs in the first few chapters continues to crop up again and again as the story continues because the world building is lacking. I think that there is a lot of potential here and that it just needs some extra work to get it to what it could be.

I like the characters, but I do wish that there was more character development. It seemed like a lot of what we learn about these characters come from observations from other characters. There are also a few moments where the main three characters that we follow have some out of character experiences, but I’m not sure if it’s one of those things that it could be in character but I simply don’t know enough about them for these moments to make sense.

Like I said, there is a lot of potential here and I could see this book making an excellent movie or mini-series. It just needs some extra attention paid to world building and character development.