Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable, 1)

Outsmart Your Enemies. Outrun the Galaxy.

"Just please, remember what I told you. Run. Don't stop running for anything."

Tina never worries about being 'ordinary'--she doesn't have to, since she's known practically forever that she's not just Tina Mains, average teenager and beloved daughter. She's also the keeper of an interplanetary rescue beacon, and one day soon, it's going to activate, and then her dreams of saving all the worlds and adventuring among the stars will finally be possible. Tina's legacy, after all, is intergalactic--she is the hidden clone of a famed alien hero, left on Earth disguised as a human to give the universe another chance to defeat a terrible evil.

But when the beacon activates, it turns out that Tina's destiny isn't quite what she expected. Things are far more dangerous than she ever assumed--and everyone in the galaxy is expecting her to actually be the brilliant tactician and legendary savior Captain Thaoh Argentian, but Tina....is just Tina. And the Royal Fleet is losing the war, badly--the starship that found her is on the run and they barely manage to escape Earth with the planet still intact.

Luckily, Tina is surrounded by a crew she can trust, and her best friend Rachel, and she is still determined to save all the worlds. But first she'll have to save herself.

Buckle up your seatbelt for this thrilling YA sci-fi adventure set against an intergalactic war from internationally bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders.

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288 pages

Average rating: 5.5

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Chené
Feb 09, 2023
6/10 stars
Title: Victories Greater Than Death
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
Pages: 288

Tina is an alien hidden on earth, entrusted with the very important interplanetary rescue beacon, which once it activates will take her on wild adventures.

Tina.... is a bit stupid... Or maybe this book was just out of my age range. Although very easy to read, it was riddled with over used Sci-Fi jargon and did not, in my opinion, present a new and interesting story to follow. Although the characters were nice enough they feel like they were based off templates I've seen in this genre before. I have to this is why I have, in large stayed away from Sci Fi stories, because After Star Wars, Dr Who, Star Track, Ender's Game and a few other classics, how much of the Sci Fi genre is left to tell.

BUT I have to say the plot was easy to follow and as fun as you can expect from a YA novel. I really enjoyed Tina's interactions with the side characters although it been done before. The writing was fun to read.

This might be the book to get your child into the Sci Fi genre. It is with that in mind that I would recommend. Not the most original, but definitely a fun read altogether.

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