This is imaginative and fun. I missed the previous book so I hope I didn't miss anything important. I stayed mostly engaged, and enjoyed the humor and interesting plot. Not recommended for those on a diet. Recommended for scifi fans.

Thanks very much for the review copy!!

I’ve been a Trekker from way back. I also adored anything written by Robert Heinlein. Trigor is another optimistic space opera. It has a multitude of love, adventure, and world-building within it.

Pilot X had destroyed three civilizations, including his own in the self-named previous book in the series. So what could possibly occur in a sequel? This time, Pilot X tries to save a civilization from extinction by the same weapon with a different name, the Trigor. Along the way, he finds the world’s cleanest city, another girl he likes, and coffee—glorious coffee.

You know a book will be great and still in your mind days later when it is difficult to find the perfect quote to represent it in a review. There are just too many choices. I have decided on this one.
“Coffee had disappeared. Pie had disappeared too. Everyone he knew and loved had disappeared. Three entire spies of beings, guilty, innocent, and otherwise, had been erased by Pilot X. He desperately missed coffee almost as much as he desperately missed Alexandra”, his love interest before he killed her and the rest of her race.

Be warned that this book will make you as obsessed with coffee and pie as Pilot X is. It is almost coffee and pie porn. In fact, I was less than an hour into reading it when I stopped to order some blueberry pie online—and I don’t even like pie. It is highly recommended—and not just for soft science fiction fans. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 stars!

Thanks to the author, Inkshares and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Inkshares for the eARC. I thoroughly enjoyed Pilot X and the return of Pilot X in Trigor. Pilot X is such an endearing and relatable character flawed in the many ways most of us are. The author takes the high- stakes story and wonderfully weaves in humor and other dazzling characters. In such a short book, the author turns out a really great read. I love a good time travel storyand while this one does not have a twisty storyline like the first, it covers many of the implications of time travel.

Tom Merritt writes science fiction that engages from the beginning. I appreciated this balance of narrative movement, world building, and character development. A treat for readers of this genre.