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Z. Gottlieb's first edition of Connor's Gambit, is a fun, easy romp that leaves you salivating for another. This new novelist has put together a compelling world that offers interesting and likeable characters, a fresh and knowledgeable view of SciFi warfighting inside an intriguing plot line.

There is much to enjoy in this story with the main character, Brad Johnson, his wife and in-laws being exposed to aliens and a long-standing interstellar war. There are great tongue in check references to "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" that resonate truthfully as the ignorant Earthling comes to grips with the advanced technology and seemingly complex alien societies. I found Brad remarkably like Buckaroo Bonzai as an extremely intelligent, talented, brave and loving humanist. He throws himself at every opportunity and exceeds all expectations to gain the maximum benefit to save those he loves and to ultimately do the right thing while having irreverent fun.

Brad’s primitive Earthling naiveté allows him to serve his new comrades well as he questions the fallacies he sees in the alien power structure, decision making and cultural interchanges. The applied American brashness to question everything and take risks saves the day. Sure, maybe it’s simplistic and feel good but that’s the point, we want to feel good! Gottlieb shares a great sense of humor with scenes where Brad is being overtly surveilled by his imprisoners and yet he is eager to ride his exercise bike right into them to see if they will jump.

One of my favorite aspects of Gottlieb’s story is her insight into military bureaucracy and the realistic impacts on prolonged warfare. The exploration of how safety concerns drive extreme risk averse decision making and ties the hands of the warfighter while bureaucrats self-congratulate. Over time, no one any longer questions the validity of these constraints.

While the injection of realistic military hierarchy, battle strategy and tactical maneuvers gives credibility, it also brings opportunities to learn and laugh. The term “wifferdale” was great – I had to look it up but it engaged a tactile sensation that intensified the battle training.

I recognize this is a self-published first edition so I have every confidence that the minor but frequent grammar errors and some pedantic and redundant phrasings will disappear in the next edition. It took Stephen King 20 years to re-edit his "Dark Towers' initial novel. This should be encouraging for a whole new wave of writers.

I've often said I don't want to read anymore new fantasy authors as the anticipation for the next book is excruciating. However, I thought this new SciFi story was a stand-alone. I don't think so as the ending clearly built up a perfect on-ramp for a new adventure. Gottlieb’s is a fresh and smart voice I highly recommend to anyone’s must read SciFi shelf. I happily await the next installment for the Johnsons, the N’Klaftins, and their CIG allies and enemies.


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Connor Gambit eBook Z Gottlieb Reviews

Loved the book - a great first novel - hope there are a ton of sequels. The characters develop into people you would want as friends and definitely want at your back in a tight situation. This was a super blend of modern tech and golden age science fiction. The humor was a great touch and beautifully handled.
I liked the book. The story has premise for continuing on as long as it doesnt get bogged down in too many internal monologues. There is a lot of room to grow in the story. And for the political ramifications of the spy infiltration in the fleet would be great to explore. I can see other series branching out from this book. Example the spy vs spies series. The political maneuverings series and the fleet series, and the connor, nan, shinny brad series bring in earth into the galactic community series. I can see a lot of growth and potential like the kurtherian series with sooo many spinoffs.
Interesting story -- perhaps a little longer than necessary (my opinion only). Periodic grammar farts, which reduce my enjoyment. Regrettably, even long-term popular authors have this issue (e/g/. Baldacci). Apparently even editors have chosen to ignore proper grammar, or are grammatically incompetent.

This story is believable science fiction, about two married couples, one of each of which is off-world in origin. A crisis reactivates these two into their former fighting forces, and another earthman joins with them, to become a hero.

Gottleib writes well, and is a good story teller. I will look for more of his stories.
This is pretty good space opera. The prose is not first-rate, but it serves. Most importantly, the storyline was such that it held my interest and kept me turning the pages. No spoilers here, but this is very roughly a variant of "The Last Starfighter" theme of an Earthman who becomes entangled in a larger interstellar conflict in which Earth is a backwater. But it is quite different from that storyline and reasonably original.

This is a good "beer and skittles" novel for a summer afternoon, which is exactly how I read it. RJB.
Z. Gottlieb’s story about an earthling choosing to become part of a war in space had the potential to be a satisfying tale. “Connor’s Gambit” turned out to be one of those novels where the plot was kept in check by a number of different reasons.

The writing is inflated with unnecessary words and phrases, most of it overexplaining and repeating what the reader has already been told (it became clear early on why the book was 502 pages). The descriptions tell more than show, and many sections function as informational dumps. Much of the dialogue is stilted, repetitious, and doesn’t sound natural. The author seems to be intent on explaining everything, leaving nothing to the imagination.

Little time is spent on characterizations, and we are confined to learning most about the main character, Brad. Unfortunately, Brad is not someone I could easily identify with, as he spends a lot of time feeling sorry for himself and agonizing over the smallest decisions. In later chapters, the character view changes without warning within scenes.

This leaves it up to the plot to save the book. Fortunately, the storyline is good and some of the science or reasoning behind the action is well-thought and entertaining. At times this is handled well; at others, the overexplaining and repetitive detailing becomes tedious and slows chapters down to a crawl.

Overall, a good story that could have been a lot tighter with stronger editing. Three stars.
Z. Gottlieb's first edition of Connor's Gambit, is a fun, easy romp that leaves you salivating for another. This new novelist has put together a compelling world that offers interesting and likeable characters, a fresh and knowledgeable view of SciFi warfighting inside an intriguing plot line.

There is much to enjoy in this story with the main character, Brad Johnson, his wife and in-laws being exposed to aliens and a long-standing interstellar war. There are great tongue in check references to "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" that resonate truthfully as the ignorant Earthling comes to grips with the advanced technology and seemingly complex alien societies. I found Brad remarkably like Buckaroo Bonzai as an extremely intelligent, talented, brave and loving humanist. He throws himself at every opportunity and exceeds all expectations to gain the maximum benefit to save those he loves and to ultimately do the right thing while having irreverent fun.

Brad’s primitive Earthling naiveté allows him to serve his new comrades well as he questions the fallacies he sees in the alien power structure, decision making and cultural interchanges. The applied American brashness to question everything and take risks saves the day. Sure, maybe it’s simplistic and feel good but that’s the point, we want to feel good! Gottlieb shares a great sense of humor with scenes where Brad is being overtly surveilled by his imprisoners and yet he is eager to ride his exercise bike right into them to see if they will jump.

One of my favorite aspects of Gottlieb’s story is her insight into military bureaucracy and the realistic impacts on prolonged warfare. The exploration of how safety concerns drive extreme risk averse decision making and ties the hands of the warfighter while bureaucrats self-congratulate. Over time, no one any longer questions the validity of these constraints.

While the injection of realistic military hierarchy, battle strategy and tactical maneuvers gives credibility, it also brings opportunities to learn and laugh. The term “wifferdale” was great – I had to look it up but it engaged a tactile sensation that intensified the battle training.

I recognize this is a self-published first edition so I have every confidence that the minor but frequent grammar errors and some pedantic and redundant phrasings will disappear in the next edition. It took Stephen King 20 years to re-edit his "Dark Towers' initial novel. This should be encouraging for a whole new wave of writers.

I've often said I don't want to read anymore new fantasy authors as the anticipation for the next book is excruciating. However, I thought this new SciFi story was a stand-alone. I don't think so as the ending clearly built up a perfect on-ramp for a new adventure. Gottlieb’s is a fresh and smart voice I highly recommend to anyone’s must read SciFi shelf. I happily await the next installment for the Johnsons, the N’Klaftins, and their CIG allies and enemies.