Review for Zyrgin Warriors Books 1 and 2: Alien Mine and Alien Under Cover by Marie Dry
Sept 8, 2018 14:04:53 GMT -7
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Post by So Many Books on Sept 8, 2018 14:04:53 GMT -7
I received ARCs from Black Opal Books in return for an honest review.
I’m going to do a “twofer” review of the first two books (Alien Mine and Alien Under Cover) of the Zyrgin Warriors series by Marie Dry. I only just recently found Marie Dry’s books and I have to go with the cliché of “Where have you been all my life?” A word of advice: don’t start reading these books unless you have an uninterrupted stretch of time. I just couldn’t put them down even when it was time for bed. I kept saying, just one more chapter, until I was at the end of the book!
I did an ARC review for Ms. Dry’s book, “Dawn of the Cyborg”, and I loved it. The Zyrgin Warriors also have an underlying tone of menace but when they accidentally find their “breeders” on Earth, they are flummoxed. Global warming and human neglect have wrecked Earth’s environment and most world governments are corrupt. Zacar and his warriors were knocked off-course and found Earth, which they decide to secretly colonize by using their technology to alter their appearance and finding human women to be “breeders”. Once enough warriors are born, the Zyrgin will establish their dominion and end human rule. In book one, “Alien Mine”, when human society begins to collapse Natalie’s survivalist parents withdraw to a remote mountain. After her parents die, Natalie is managing to survive by planting trees for the forestry service but then Raiders invade her home and capture her. Zacar saves her from the Raiders but she is almost more of afraid of him when she finds out they kill the weak in their society. Natalie has severe asthma. In book two, “Alien Undercover”, Natalie’s friend, Julia, ran from her Mafia crime family five years before and is hiding in the town closest to Natalie’s mountain, which is now Zyrgin central. Zurain used his ability to alter his alien appearance to something more human-like to interact with Julia almost since the Zyrgins arrived on Earth. Zurian reveals he is alien to Julia when she is under threat from her family’s enforcer and a religious zealot who have joined forces to work with the Raiders to kidnap people and take over the remnants of human government. Another alien race, the Explorers, also make an appearance. Is this good or bad for humans and the Zyrgins?
I love the Zyrgins even though they aren’t completely different, at first, in how they treat their “breeders” in this dystopia Earth. Zyrgin Warriors don’t trust their military secrets, or much other information, to their “breeders” until after the breeder has proven their loyalty. I found myself laughing out loud at the warriors’ literal interpretation of Natalie’s and Julia’s idioms and slang terms but then, in the next sentence, I was enraged by their high-handed “warrior” behavior when it came to the safety of their “breeders”. Julia and Natalie manage, in the finest display of female craftiness, to outwit or outfox their warriors to tip the balance of power in their favor. I can’t wait to read the next three Zyrgin Warrior books. I’m eager to get started on Marie Dry’s backlist and I look forward to future releases in the Zyrgin and Cyborg series.
I’m going to do a “twofer” review of the first two books (Alien Mine and Alien Under Cover) of the Zyrgin Warriors series by Marie Dry. I only just recently found Marie Dry’s books and I have to go with the cliché of “Where have you been all my life?” A word of advice: don’t start reading these books unless you have an uninterrupted stretch of time. I just couldn’t put them down even when it was time for bed. I kept saying, just one more chapter, until I was at the end of the book!
I did an ARC review for Ms. Dry’s book, “Dawn of the Cyborg”, and I loved it. The Zyrgin Warriors also have an underlying tone of menace but when they accidentally find their “breeders” on Earth, they are flummoxed. Global warming and human neglect have wrecked Earth’s environment and most world governments are corrupt. Zacar and his warriors were knocked off-course and found Earth, which they decide to secretly colonize by using their technology to alter their appearance and finding human women to be “breeders”. Once enough warriors are born, the Zyrgin will establish their dominion and end human rule. In book one, “Alien Mine”, when human society begins to collapse Natalie’s survivalist parents withdraw to a remote mountain. After her parents die, Natalie is managing to survive by planting trees for the forestry service but then Raiders invade her home and capture her. Zacar saves her from the Raiders but she is almost more of afraid of him when she finds out they kill the weak in their society. Natalie has severe asthma. In book two, “Alien Undercover”, Natalie’s friend, Julia, ran from her Mafia crime family five years before and is hiding in the town closest to Natalie’s mountain, which is now Zyrgin central. Zurain used his ability to alter his alien appearance to something more human-like to interact with Julia almost since the Zyrgins arrived on Earth. Zurian reveals he is alien to Julia when she is under threat from her family’s enforcer and a religious zealot who have joined forces to work with the Raiders to kidnap people and take over the remnants of human government. Another alien race, the Explorers, also make an appearance. Is this good or bad for humans and the Zyrgins?
I love the Zyrgins even though they aren’t completely different, at first, in how they treat their “breeders” in this dystopia Earth. Zyrgin Warriors don’t trust their military secrets, or much other information, to their “breeders” until after the breeder has proven their loyalty. I found myself laughing out loud at the warriors’ literal interpretation of Natalie’s and Julia’s idioms and slang terms but then, in the next sentence, I was enraged by their high-handed “warrior” behavior when it came to the safety of their “breeders”. Julia and Natalie manage, in the finest display of female craftiness, to outwit or outfox their warriors to tip the balance of power in their favor. I can’t wait to read the next three Zyrgin Warrior books. I’m eager to get started on Marie Dry’s backlist and I look forward to future releases in the Zyrgin and Cyborg series.
