Published: June 12, 2011
Words: 10,164 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458094322

Short description

Godspeed Inc owns the sweeper ship Naomi uses to mend the spacetime rifts that faster-than-light Q-drive ships rip open as they smash out of the solar system. Now Naomi wakes with something really big bearing down on her—something that’s come through a rift, threatening Earth. Time is running short as she races to Umbriel to reactivate an old sweeper ship. But she gets company.

Extended description

Godspeed Inc. owns the sweeper ship Naomi uses to mend the spacetime rifts that Godspeed’s faster-than-light Q-drive ships rip open as they smash out of the solar system. Now Naomi wakes with something really big bearing down on her—something that’s come through a rift, threatening Earth. Time is running short as she races to Umbriel, a moon of Uranus, to salvage and reactivate an old sweeper ship with a Q-drive hidden there. But then she gets company.

This first Naomi Kinder science fiction adventure spans the wide orbits of Pluto and Uranus and takes Naomi to the airless, icy moon of Umbriel. Fans of widescreen space operas, the Golden Age of science fiction, and SF romance will identify with Naomi’s challenges, both small-scale and astronomical. Naomi’s got some special abilities, but she’s no hero. Now the fate of the civilized solar system depends on her

Rescuing the Future: A Naomi Kinder Novel (also available for Kindle) picks up where Godspeed Inc. leaves of.. (Read more) Godspeed Inc. owns the sweeper ship Naomi uses to mend the spacetime rifts that Godspeed’s faster-than-light Q-drive ships rip open as they smash out of the solar system. Now Naomi wakes with something really big bearing down on her—something that’s come through a rift, threatening Earth. Time is running short as she races to Umbriel, a moon of Uranus, to salvage and reactivate an old sweeper ship with a Q-drive hidden there. But then she gets company.

This first Naomi Kinder science fiction adventure spans the wide orbits of Pluto and Uranus and takes Naomi to the airless, icy moon of Umbriel. Fans of widescreen space operas, the Golden Age of science fiction, and SF romance will identify with Naomi’s challenges, both small-scale and astronomical. Naomi’s got some special abilities, but she’s no hero. Now the fate of the civilized solar system depends on her

Rescuing the Future: A Naomi Kinder Novel (also available for Kindle) picks up where Godspeed Inc. leaves off and includes a dangerous, uncertain journey by Naomi with Leo and Bonnie more than 200 years in the future to save a future Earth from a nanobot infestation. Godspeed Inc. is a novelette, but Rescuing the Future is a full-length novel of over 111, 000 words with a much larger cast of characters, including the elite female warriors of the future, the UN Medusan Marines.

Joyce Ellen Armond: Speculative Romance (and More) Online wrote: "Godspeed, Inc. by Vincent Miskell will be a treat for all you fans of Linnea Sinclair. It's a high-concept science fiction adventure. Keep reading and you'll get to a rousing romance."

Alasdair Stuart of Tangent wrote: "Miskell has a real sense of the visual, and some of the scenes here are breathtaking. . . .[Naomi's] a great character, hugely sympathetic, and at times reminiscent of Hutch, the heroine of Jack McDevitt's excellent Engines of God series."

The Science Fiction Encyclopedia calls Godspeed Inc. "a tense thriller set at
the edge of the solar system and the first of the Naomi Kinder stories."
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Review by: R.H. Proenza on March 10, 2013 :
Wow...great story. Very plausible future technology and believeable characters and events. Left me wanting more, more....
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Review by: ml4949 on Jan. 09, 2013 :
Miskell's novel has earned its place among the many science-fiction books in my library. There are many aspects I appreciate in this short novel and it begins with its incipit. You're not giving any choice once you've begun reading it because you are instantaneously drawn into the action. The natural feel of the narrative point of view is one of Miskell's qualities that creates this effect. The main character is witty and intelligent and the way she reacts is most credible. Not only because her psychological portrait is seamlessly integrated in the story, but also because this work's fictional world and its inherent rules also are.
In this short novel, Miskell's style is solid and pulsating. It has a lot to do with the story's tempo which is thrilling and the point of view of the narrator.
It is clear to me that Miskell's Naomi is a heroin with a lot of potential that I can't wait to explore in his other adventures.
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Review by: Mysterious Publishing on Aug. 13, 2011 :
I really Enjoyed this book. I would love to read more from you. :) and I'm not usually a scific reader.lol You got me hooked.
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Review by: Joy Smith on June 25, 2011 :
Godspeed Inc. is an exciting science fiction adventure. This was an enjoyable and suspenseful read. Naomi Kinder, alone in space, has to contend with spacetime rifts; a giant menace only she can deal with; and then as she works on her spaceship--did I mention that she's alone--with time running out, someone or something grabs her...

Note: Adult content.
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Review by: Bridget on June 21, 2011 :
Quick, fun read! Interesting characters, very descriptive, fast-paced action.
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Review by: Peaty on June 19, 2011 :
A good read if you like space / time travel SciFi. Held my interest till the very end. Worth a look.
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