Just finished OPERATIVE today. Literally read the entire
second half in one sitting. Pretty much the definition of a
page-turner. And the way you describe Level 1 in
Santa Barbara? Just crazy, visceral, vivid writing. Truly loved it.
– K.D. Edwards author of The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence, Book 1)
Kris Merrill was a survivor. She’d lost her parents as a young girl, and she’d been forced to flee the dubious shelter of her aunt’s home at thirteen to escape the unwanted attentions of her uncle. She’d lived on the streets of San Angeles, finding refuge in the lowest level of the city. When she got the chance, Kris found a room to rent on Level 2, earning a precarious living as a motorcycle messenger, a courier delivering sensitive materials the megacorporations would not trust to any method that could be hacked.
A year ago, Kris’s life changed irrevocably when a delivery went terribly wrong, and she was targeted for termination by the Meridian corporation, one of the most powerful ofthe megaconglomerates that controlled the government. Salvation came in the form of Ian Miller, who rescued Kris from certain death, recruiting her for the underground resistance group of which he was a part.
Since then, Kris has been hidden with the resistance, training to become an operative. Just as her training with the anti-corporate movement is nearing its end, their compound is destroyed by surprise attack. Ready or not, Kris and the other trainees are recalled to the dangerous metropolis of San Angeles. But their transport is shot down and Ian Miller, the man she loves, is captured. Someone, it seems, is using him to get to Kris.
With the help of a retired operative with PTSD, and the mysterious man who fled the scene when Kris’s parents were killed, Kris searches for any sign of Ian. As the corporations battle civil unrest – and each other – the city slowly shuts down. Kris and San Angeles are running out of time…
Available now from DAW Books. Read an excerpt.
Order at:
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Audio:
The Operative is available in audio, narrated by Ali Ahn and James Colby. You can listen to an excerpt here.
News About The Operative
February 7, 2017
Locus Magazine Bestsellers List
http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2017/02/locus-bestsellers-february-2017/
January 17, 2017
Writers Read – Interview
http://whatarewritersreading.blogspot.ca/2017/01/gerald-brandt.html
January 14, 2017
The Page 69 Test
http://page69test.blogspot.ca/2017/01/the-operative.html
January 5, 2017
SFRevu – Review
http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=17112
January 4, 2017
The Qwillery – Interview
http://qwillery.blogspot.ca/2017/01/interview-with-gerald-brandt-author-of.html
December 14, 2016
Kirkus Reviews – Scrumptious Sequels You May Have Missed
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/scrumptious-sequels-you-may-have-missed/
December 5, 2016
On A Dark Stormy Review
http://www.onadarkstormyreview.com/2016/12/book-review-operative-by-gerald-brandt.html
November 22, 2016
McNally Robinson Books of the Season 2016
http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/books-of-the-season-2016
November 11, 2016
McNally Robinson Bestsellers List
no link – In at #2 position
November 2, 2016
Jean Book Nerd – Interview
http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/2016/11/gerald-brandt-author-interview.html
November 2, 2016
B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog – The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of November 2016
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/bn-booksellers-picks-the-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-of-november-2016/
November 1, 2016
B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog – This weeks Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/this-weeks-new-sci-fi-fantasy-books-november-1-2016/
August 25, 2016
SFFWorld Cover Reveal and Excerpt
http://www.sffworld.com/2016/08/cover-reveal-and-exclusive-excerpt-from-gerald-brandts-the-operative/
The Courrier was the first book in a while that really managed to hold my interest. Can’t wait to get a copy of The Operative.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I loved your book it was fascinating and I would enjoy your next book as much as
The first.
Thank-you, Nicholas!
I was really looking forward to The Operative being released. Read the Courier and it was one of the best books I have read for a long time. Unfortunalty its proving hard to get a copy of this book. Its not out of stock in hard back on the Amazon site but I am really hoping it will become available in Kindle form. Is this a possibility?
Thank you
Susan, the ebook (Kindle, Kobo, etc) came out the same day as the hardcover, and is available everywhere, including Amazon.
Went right from The Courier to the Operative, enjoyed them both. Loved the visual. Hopefully will see more adventures of Ms. Kris Merrill in the future.
R.C.: Awesome. Book 3, The Rebel, will be out in November.
Loved every part of the courier! Can’t wait to read the operative. The visuals and pace are amazing, same with characterization- great to see a main protagonist not be invincible. Reading this while listening to the ghost in the shell stand alone complex soundtrack really brings home the cyberpunk feel!
Thanks, Amber!
Mr. Brandt
Just finished The Courier today. Really enjoyed the book. Thank you for taking the time to write it. Going to start on the others soon. Looking forward to seeing Kris’s character develop.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Robert.