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Apparent Brightness (The Sector Fleet, Book 2) Paperback – 24 May 2019

by Nicola Claire (Author)
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“Please do not be alarmed. This is for your own protection.”

Working as the Chief Engineer onboard the ESAS Chariot out of Europe, Commander Camille Rey expected her position to be somewhat challenging on occasion.

She did not expect to be fighting for her and her fellow crewmen’s lives immediately after take-off.

Teaming up with the very proper, and very English Captain Noah Vaughan to combat a desperate saboteur onboard their vessel, Camille discovers that not all the malfunctions the Chariot is experiencing are human-related.

Secrets and desires are exposed amongst the stars and plasma fire, but can the captain and the chief overcome their cultural differences?

And can any of them hope to survive the treacherous voyage to New Earth unscathed?

When humanity reaches for the stars in a race for survival, only the most daring amongst them will succeed.

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  1. Book 2 of 4
    The Sector Fleet
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    300 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    24 May 2019
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 1.73 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1099943922
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1099943928
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 May 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1099943922
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1099943928
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 404 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.73 x 22.86 cm
  • Book 2 of 4 ‏ : ‎ The Sector Fleet
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 67 ratings

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A bit of a romance junkie, Nicola can be known to devour as many as half a dozen books a week if she drinks too much coffee. But her real passion is writing thrilling romantic suspense stories with strong female leads and alpha male protagonists who know how to love them.

So far, she’s written well over 70 books. She might have caught the writing bug; here’s hoping there’s no cure!

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  • Lourdes Atkinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is very good sci fi/space opera book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2018
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    This is very good sci fi/space opera book, with enough romance and action to get you wanting to keep reading, cannot wait for the next one
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  • H6260
    5.0 out of 5 stars The saga continues.
    Reviewed in the United States on 15 May 2020
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    Good addition to the The Sector Fleet series. We follow Captain Noah Vaughan, whom we heard from briefly in book 1, as he struggles to navigate his ship, Chariot, towards the first jump point, while contain a saboteur and an apparent malfunctioning computer.

    The loss of the AU flagship Vela, also an AI, complicates matters, and they need Pavo, AU flagship in the fleet who launched prior, to calculate the jump point. Commander Camille Rey is a spunky, passionate addition as h and we get to see our favorites from Pavo, as well. No cliffhangers though we are teased by an alarming response from Corvus, the third AI and flagship of the fleet. Great read!
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  • rann
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sci Fi Romance
    Reviewed in the United States on 9 May 2018
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    The Sector Fleet is a 4-book series about each of the 4 lead vessels that are taking the remnants of Earth’s population to their new home. After enjoying book 1, Accelerating Universe, I decided to give book 2 a try.

    In Apparent Brightness, the first thing you find out is that the Sector 1 lead vessel, Pavo, was destroyed in a solar flare as the sector vessels left earth. Chariot, captained by Noah Vaughan, is now the lead vessel. Chariot’s Chief Engineer Camille Rey is the first to discover the odd message “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” that seems to appear out of nowhere. It is accompanied by system failures and Camille quickly becomes the detective that follows the clues left by the mysterious message sender.

    Having read the first book, I was pretty sure there was an AI involved, and I don’t think it is much of a spoiler to confirm that. This AI seems very child-like and unpredictable. The captain and the engineer team up to figure out the AI and the system failures all the while fighting their attraction to each other. Okay, they don’t fight it that much.

    The AI and characters from book 1 in also make an appearance in book 2, nicely tying the two books together. Like book 1, Apparent Brightness succeeds as both sci fi and romance. I found the two books similar enough that I don’t plan to read the any more in the series. That is just me though. I think many will look at this book and continue with the series. It does seem destined to tell a great story.
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  • Julie A Sherman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
    Reviewed in the United States on 19 March 2018
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    I have read 1st one and now the 2nd, I rented though kindle unlimited then decided to purchase because it a great series. These book keep it real. Not over the top with internal dialog, action, romance, and suspense. It's well written and real. I even pre-order the next two books. Well done Nicola, I hope and look forward to more than just 4 installments.
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  • Gilly
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very sexy space opera 3.5
    Reviewed in the United States on 12 April 2018
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    This one is quite different than the first book of the series. So much so it felt almost like a different author. This one is less romantic, and highly sexual which the first was not. I was not drawn to the main characters as much. I am also not a big fan of the whole ‘you are such a dirty girl’ thing which is used repeatedly in this one. I will continue reading, but I strongly hope the rest of the series more closely resembles the first book than this one.
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