Felix R. Savage

The Ghost of Saturn by Felix Savage is a noir near-future thriller involving interplanetary smuggling, terraforming, eco-terrorism, and murder. Radrick Siegn, an intelligence officer in the Martian Combined Fleet, has his smuggling side gig interrupted when he is assigned to investigate a murder on Saturn Station. Siegn is not happy in the fleet. He is not a cop and suspects someone is setting him up to fail.
The first supergiant bergship with a kilometers-thick hull is almost ready to show more launch toward Mars. Saturn Station’s underworld is crammed with folks with several different kinds of mayhem in mind. Siegn doesn’t know it, but he is the only guy with the right skills to prevent disasters on Mars and Saturn Station. show less

Well-written, with wry humor, non-stop action, and evil robots! Okay, that's over -simplifying, but totally true! Elfrida is sent to 4 Vesta to work with their university's astrophysics lab. She's to determine viable asteroids to launch at Venus for the terraforming project that the UN is working on there. Once she finds appropriate candidates, she must then determine ownership , and whether or not squatters have taken up residence. She realizes something isn't right, when over show more three-quarters if the asteroids in question are in fact inhabited. Fearing foul play , she begins to investigate. 4 Vesta basically becomes a house of horrors, and it's up to Elfrida, her friends, and a Japanese sex-bot to save the day! show less

The Galapagos Incident:
Intelligent and witty, equal parts space thriller and social metaphor, this story makes my nerd-brain very happy. The science parts are so well crafted, I have no idea if any of it's even plausible, but it's impossible to know, unless you're a theoretical physicist. I like reading books that use extensive vocabulary, and this author uses his in a way that doesn't feel as though you're being spoon fed a "word of the day". Loved it!

The Vesta Conspiracy:
Well-written, with show more wry humor, non-stop action, and evil robots! Okay, that's over -simplifying, but totally true! Elfrida is sent to 4 Vesta to work with their university's astrophysics lab. She's to determine viable asteroids to launch at Venus for the terraforming project that the UN is working on there. Once she finds appropriate candidates, she must then determine ownership , and whether or not squatters have taken up residence. She realizes something isn't right, when over three-quarters if the asteroids in question are in fact inhabited. Fearing foul play , she begins to investigate. 4 Vesta basically becomes a house of horrors, and it's up to Elfrida, her friends, and a Japanese sex-bot to save the day!

The Mercury Rebellion:
Once again, after her last job was basically destroyed, Elfrida is given a choice: go to Luna or Mercury. After rekindling her relationship with Cydney, she decides Mercury is the best choice for them. Little does she know, that political tensions are running high on Mercury, and rebellion is in the air. Once again, it's going to be up to Elfrida and her friends to save an entire planet from The Plan's insidious attacks. Chilling, action packed, and tongue-in-cheek humor, make this a book that was hard to put down. show less

Parts of this were laugh out loud funny! Just...CARE BEAR POOP!!! OMG!!! A deep space slapstick comedy of errors, this series is every bit as intelligent and well researched as the rest of Savage's work, but definitely appeals to the middle school sense of humor lurking inside all of us. All of the characters are both good and bad, so it's easy to switch alliances, and the author takes full advantage, making you love, then hate, then love them again!