Asteroids: Bridge to Nowhere - Softcover

Mike McCoy is an international businessman and entrepreneur who has traveled extensively and worked in consumer electronics industry for more than twenty-five years. During his time in the tech industry the company he founded, developed a variety of cutting-edge products which were sold in retail stores around the world. Mike is also an accomplished athlete known for long distance events. He completed a full Ironman Triathlon in 2006. When he turned fifty, he ran a double Marathon (52.4 miles). He thought running fifty miles when turning fifty would be a good accomplishment. In 2018, Mike celebrated his sixtieth birthday with a six-hundred-mile bike ride over six days from Florence, Oregon to San Francisco, California. Somehow, he found time to write. Asteroids - Escape from the Arcadians is his first novel.

4.3 Stars - Indie Reader ASTEROIDS: Escape from the Arcadians is an extremely immersive adventure with memorable characters, tons of high-tech flourishes, and, despite being a massive book, debut novelist Mike McCoy keeps things moving briskly. The fast-paced plot is a kaleidoscope of fun science fiction themes, beginning with the puzzle and reveal of the government conspiracy mixed with some well-handled astrophysics. Various doomsday prep scenarios are explored from the intricate details involved in creating a sustainable underground network of cities, to family-level shelters, down to individual cases. Also thrown into the mix is a vigorous online gaming virtual battle, political wrangling, high-risk space missions, multiple love stories, and some philosophical musings about who can and should be saved when helping too many could threaten the survival of everyone. Author Mike McCoy's skill somehow keeps all these elements together in a compelling narrative.ASTEROIDS: Escape from the Arcadians is a very good read, and especially impressive for a first-time novelist. Almost every aspect of the massive, multi-pronged plot held together very well...~J.V. Bolkan for IndieReader

Publishers Weekly -BookLife Prize 2019
Critic's Report
 
Plot/Idea: 9 out of 10
Originality: 9 out of 10
Prose: 10 out of 10
Character/Execution: 10 out of 10
Overall: 9.50 out of 10
 
Assessment:
Plot: "Asteroids: Escape from the Arcadians" is a well-plotted,fast-paced book. McCoy's narrative style flows well between the variouscharacters' stories and holds the reader's attention with dramatic tension andenough twists to keep one eagerly turning the pages.
 
Prose/Style: McCoy's combination ofeveryday language and scientific jargon is extremely well-balanced. There isn'ta boring passage in the book. McCoy has a gift for creating images usingminimal words.
Originality: Although asteroidshitting Earth is not a new story idea, McCoy manages to bring a fresh approachto his apocalyptic plot. From the futuristic weapons to the artificialatmosphere of New Arcadia to the vampire-like antagonist who gains immortalityfrom the blood of children, to two characters' use of Klingon as code, thisstory is full of unique ideas.
Character Development: The characters arerealistic and believable in their actions and reactions. The hero, Rick, is avery likable and unlikely hero, an arc which McCoy carefully develops. The mainvillain, Colonel Cruikshank, is a dead-on representation of a sociopath bent onruling the world at any cost. The supporting cast of characters is very diversewith little or no overlaps in either behavior or traits.