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| Original Title: | The Starbirth Assignment Part One: Shifter ASIN B006TWGM6O |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Starbirth #1A |
J.M. Johnson
Kindle Edition | Pages: 296 pages Rating: 4.17 | 104 Users | 12 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter (Starbirth #1A) |
| Author | : | J.M. Johnson |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Third |
| Pages | : | Pages: 296 pages |
| Published | : | January 4th 2012 (first published December 31st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy |
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Librarian's note: This edition's ASIN is in conflict with The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter. This book is out of print. For the full edition, including both part 1 and 2 of The Starbirth Assignment, see The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter. Lock Harford is exposed to an unknown drug as a teenager in South America. Its unique effects draw the attention of British intelligence, who undertake Lock’s development. He has the ability to move his body through a different dimension using the power of thought. His enhanced senses detect living beings as energy pulses, making him invaluable to military and intelligence organisations. They employ him to work alongside elite taskforces, taking passengers using teleportation, ‘Shifting’ in and lifting operatives out of hostile situations. Lock’s handlers are put on red alert when a similar drug, Starbirth, appears in the United States and Britain sold as an illegal 'high'. Distribution spreads across the world and the results of a Starbirth pandemic are feared as criminal and insane teleporters (Shifters) wreak havoc. Lock and a small unit of covert operatives are given the task of finding the source of Starbirth and shutting it down, but their efforts are hindered by corrupt, ruthless people with their own agendas. Lock is joined in his quest by the powerful, infuriating and immensely likeable Jimmy Mackenzie, a Special Air Service trooper whose life is changed forever by events out of their control. In this first book in the Starbirth series, Jackie Johnson develops a brutal mix of suspense, humanity, command and action with a subtle vein of humour that keeps the reader rooting for Harford’s team. These books are crafted to stay with the reader long after the story is finished, a rare ability in these days of bubble gum fiction, and Starbirth sits confidently alongside the best Sci-fi thrillers. Her ability to merge Sci-fi and Special Forces intrigue are second to none. In true Lock Harford style, she infiltrates this Man’s World with impressive success. The series continues in the third book, The Shifter Dimension.Rating Containing Books The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter (Starbirth #1A)
Ratings: 4.17 From 104 Users | 12 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books The Starbirth Assignment: Shifter (Starbirth #1A)
Lock Harford is a Shifter, one of the first two humans who have acquired the ability to teleport. Being so rare, Lock is a (more or less) highly valued black op for the British government. Only the underworld has worked out the formula for the mind-altering drug and spiced it up with cocaine. The result is a psychoaltering drug called Starbirth. With Starbirth addicts wreaking havoc across the US and the UK, Lock and his Black Ops mates are assigned to rekindle a war between a pair of viciousDon't be like me. I unknowingly read the later books before I read this one. Had I read this first book initially, the rest would have made so much more sense. Because of a youthful accident, Lock Harford is a man with unique skills, and as such, he's attracted the attention of British intelligence. Now, the advent of a drug called Starbirth has endowed others with similar skills. Harford and his team are tasked with finding, and stopping, the flow of Starbirth into the world's population.Author
Not very goodJumbled up. Jumping from one place to another without rhythm or reason. Illogical. Chemistry does not make sense. Won't continue
This is my first read by this author and while science fiction is not a choice genre for me, I found this book to be extraordinary and more of a crime thriller. Locke, the protagonist, is a professional shifter (teleporter via dimensions) and works as a consultant with a British Spec Op group assigned to fight crime around the world. Locke acquired his skill set through the accidental exposure to a drug and unfortunately, illegals are now manufacturing the drugs in the US and Europe causing
J M (Jackie) Johnson is a freelance writer and e-book author based in the United Kingdom (Britain). She has published three books in the Starbirth science fiction and fantasy series:Starbirth Assignment Shifter (updated 2019)The Shifter Dimension (updated 2019)Shadow Team GB (2015, updated 2018)She has finished the fourth and final book in the Starbirth series, Shadow Unleashed, and it will beAn excellent read!I'm not really a fan of sci-fi books, although I'm not too sure `Starbirth Assignment' would be classified as sci-fi. You see I kind of believe all this stuff. They say we only use about an eighth of our mind, so there's got to be some powers hidden away in those other seven eighths.So now I've officially classed myself as a weirdo, I'd better get on with this review. The difference between the likes of Philip Pullman, J.K. Rowling and J.M. Johnson is that JM has her feet fixed
Starbirth Assignment SHIFTER will thrill devotees of military fiction, superhero reads, and near-future action adventure. In many ways, this book feels like a throwback to the 1980s hay days of Ludlum and Clancy, with some future tech thrown in. The men are manly, the villains are swarthy, the governments are untrustworthy and double-dealing even their own people, the Colombians are all drug lords or poor, the women magically cause a man unbridled lust that they can barely control. The writing
Interesting read, tugs a tiny bit on my suspension of disbelieve, but that is my scepticism with any ESP, fun read, lots of action, and great to read a story like this from UK viewpoint in stead of the all pervasive US viewpoint.
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