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Wayfarer: AV494 Kindle Edition

by Matthew S. Cox (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 114 ratings
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Kerys Loring hopes an expedition to a distant alien ruin will make her career—assuming she lives long enough to still have one.

Her last team made a significant find, but her bosses took all the recognition and grant money. When Avasar Biotechnology appeals to her unique combination of experience and desperation, she jumps at the chance, even if it means leaving her little brother behind for a three-year trip.

At least she’ll be thousands of light-years away from her abusive ex.

Within minutes of arrival, her excitement shatters at the sight of her ex already there. Clinging to the hope his position with botanical sciences will keep him away from her team, she forces herself to continue.

On her first day in the ruins, she makes a profound discovery… but something goes terribly wrong.

Her domineering ex soon becomes the least of her problems as an unstoppable alien threat plunges Wayfarer Outpost into chaos. Trapped in an isolated facility with death stalking every corridor, Kerys finds herself up against an even more insidious threat than ancient aliens: the truth.
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Wayfarer: AV494 by Matthew S. Cox is an absolute whirlwind of intrigue, heart-thumping scares, and adventure. With writing that makes you feel as if you're right there, Cox creates an environment that takes readers straight into the middle of nowhere. The descriptions of sights, sounds, and smells are vivid, with the world-building of a location even as as restrictive as the Wayfarer Outpost being fleshed-out in near perfect dimension. I think what I enjoyed the most, aside from its unique and gripping story line, was the natural, believable narrative. For a sci-fi horror story, the dialogue feels authentic. I found Wayfarer to be an exhilarating read, blowing my expectations far into deep space. - Jamie Michele for Reader's Favorite

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07GTGSW8L
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Division Zero Press (August 24, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 24, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1309 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 302 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1949174697
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 114 ratings

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Matthew S. Cox

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AUTHOR BIO:

Originally from South Amboy NJ, Matthew has been creating science fiction and fantasy worlds for most of his reasoning life. Since 1996, he has developed the “Divergent Fates” world in which Division Zero, Virtual Immortality, The Awakened Series, The Harmony Paradox, the Prophet of the Badlands series, and the Daughter of Mars series take place.

His books span adult, young-adult, and middle-grade fiction in multiple genres, predominantly science fiction, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, and fantasy.

Matthew is an avid gamer, a recovered WoW addict, developer of two custom tabletop RPG systems, and a fan of anime, British humour, and intellectual science fiction that questions the nature of humanity, reality, life, and what might happen after it.

He is also fond of cats, presently living with two: Loki and Dorian.

LINKS:

http://www.matthewcoxbooks.com/wordpress/

https://www.facebook.com/MatthewSCoxAuthor

BOOKS BY MATTHEW S. COX:

(The list got burdensomely long for this bio. For the list of books check out: http://www.matthewcoxbooks.com/wordpress/books-gallery/ )

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3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
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Cheryl Stout
5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa...an action packed space thriller
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2018
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I've kind of been on a Matthew Cox readathon over the last few days. I just discovered his books and enjoy his style of writing very much. What I appreciate the most, I think, is how unique each storyline has been.

This book takes us to outer space. Kerys Loring wakes up after being in stasis almost three years, just arriving at planet AV494 and the Wayfarer Outpost. She has signed on as a xenoarchaeologist and will be studying ruins that have been found on the planet - ruins that definitely indicate another intelligent life form. She will be studying the ruins alongside others for at least six months.

What she doesn't expect to find is her ex-boyfriend who was controlling and abusive and stalked her for months after she broke up with him.

This is another fast-paced action packed book by author Cox. Kerys is a strong female protagonist and this author has a talent for writing believable female characters.

Kerys starts making friend among the different expedition members and starts making some exciting discoveries at the alien ruins. But then terrible events start to spiral out of her control and she wonders whether she will ever make it back to Earth and her younger brother.

I highly recommend this book to science fiction enthusiasts or anyone that likes an exciting gore-filled thriller.
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booknut
4.0 out of 5 stars Way too long
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2019
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Great read! Good overall plot and story line but a lot of filler paragraphs.
Matures later in the story and then develops well.
Good surprise at the end'
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Virginia Dad
3.0 out of 5 stars Overall well-paced
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2019
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This is what I would call a good beach-read or airplane read. It is quick and pleasant. I couldn't help but think this is a riff on the plot of the movie "Alien." Evil corporation? Check! Lethal alien threat? Check! Intrepid female heroine? Check!

Even the ending is reminiscent of the movie "Alien."

So, what's to like.
1) Distinct characters. Most are monochromatic but at least they are distinct.
2) Natural dialogue - things flow well in the back and forth between characters.
3) Pacing - Things move smoothly along. There is little down time.
4) Easy to overlook the warts in the plot.

What's not to like.
1) More time should have been used to build suspense. The story rushes along but you're not really turning the pages out of an urge to know what's going to happen next.
2) Plot twists are trite. When you are done with this book you will feel like you've seen this as a movie plot about a dozen times. There are just so many cliches.
3) Character connections are rushed or don't make sense. The protagonists escapes her ex by heading to the stars. We're told it's an abusive relationship. And clearly it was because, she can't bring herself to do the right thing ever when dealing with her ex.
4) Light on "sci fi" but heavy on obsessing over a dead relationship. The plot glosses over most of the science aspects. We don't need the book to drip with technobabble or scientific exposition but it could easily have had more than it did. Worse, the "filler" that other reviewers have mentioned is internal dialogue about how bad her ex is but how handsome he is. E.g. "Oh, he's using that smile on me. He's so smarmy. He's so charming." Etc. It was tiresome and unnecessary. In fact, I found myself thinking that I hope this isn't how real survivors think when they meet their abusive ex's. If so, it's really and truly depressing.
5) A few real logical disconnects: Protagonist: "Hey I have an alien plant in my room put here by my ex, the chief botanist. I won't tell anyone because that will get me in trouble." Reality: The head botanist puts an alien plant, that isn't allowed in the space base, in someone's room. The base is going to secure the plant, investigate the botanist, interview the person's whose room was affected, and generally act like they want to survive.

All in all. I got the book for a low price and I'm glad I didn't spend full-price on it. Like I said, it's pleasant enough for what it is. But what it is appears to be an "Alien" rip-off in book-form. If this was a movie, it would be straight-to-video kind of affair.
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Nocturnus
5.0 out of 5 stars On A Planet Far Away
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019
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•••NOT for the homophobic, transphobic, closedminded, or faint of heart!•••

This is a stand alone novel. I can't wait to read more by this author!

Kerys is a xenoarchaeologist about to start the job of her dreams. It almost seems too good to be true. After getting screwed out of credit for her work on her last job she is more than ready for the challenge. So what it takes over three years in cryo to get to the new job's planet... This will make her career! She is a bit sad she will miss at least six years of her little brother's childhood and he will be over 16 the very earliest she could see him next. That's probably her only regret until she sees her psycho stalker exboyfriend when she finally makes it planetside... How is she going to handle seeing him constantly? Is this why he finally left her alone? Is he still obsessed? How can her luck be this bad? At least her co-workers all seem to be nice enough. Should she give up and go back home? It will be over six months before she even has the chance. What is going to go wrong next?

***This book is suitable for adult readers who enjoy futuristic scifi thriller adventures without romance and steeped in horror :)
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Stockj
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read and good Sci-Fi.
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019
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Could have less of the ex-boyfriend but otherwise I enjoyed the adventure. Good hard science fiction.
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Chuck Woodbury
5.0 out of 5 stars would make a good movie.
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2022
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A xenoarcheologist makes a 3 year trip to a distant planet only to find her abusive ex is one of the staff already there. If the manipulative ex wasn’t enough, the alien ruins she was sent to document may actually be housing something much more sinister. With survival at stake, some mysteries are never solved. I am glad Matthew deviated from the standard trope with this edition. Would love a follow up story.
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Ken in PA
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019
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Went a different direction from what I was expecting. Entertaining story.
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Laurie C.
3.0 out of 5 stars WAYFARER: AV494
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019
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AV494 is a good read, not as tense with action I thought. A microbe is found which was purposely let out of containment by a double agent, my words for lack of this traitorous individual.....can't give away names here. Anyway, the stations personnel become irrational, schizophrenic and out for blood. Two people are left alive, one is the person who released the microbe, and two a women who has been stalked for years by the scientist who released the deadly microbe on AV494, but she's been given a antidote, without her knowledge, so he can have her again. The ending is actually quite good and more exciting than the whole book.
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Timbo1965
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2019
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Started to read this and I am about 50% of the way through and I am coming to hate the lead character. She is such a whimpe. I will percivere becaise I don't like to give up on a book but I hope she's going to buck cos up to now all I want to do is grab her by the scruff of the neck and give her a good shake.
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Randy
4.0 out of 5 stars good read
Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2019
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book was a good read , it lagged a bit but picked up at the end.preety good story ,a little lite on some character builds but all in all ...readable
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KEN WARWICK
3.0 out of 5 stars OK
Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2019
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Not what I was expexting. This was a crime story set in space. The first few chapters were intriguing but the good part of it would have been expansion of the alien civilization. For me the story just petered òut.
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