Hello everyone. My reading consists mostly of horror and I'd love to expand that a bit. I really want to see how different authors tackle action heavy scenes/stories. Love to hear some of your favorites.
Martha Wells’ *Murderbot Diaries* series of sci-fi novellas. They follow an ex-military cyborg who hires out as security to humans at the edge of the galaxy, protecting them from the dumb things they insist on doing. Action-packed, fast-moving, with minimal world-building.
The first one is **All Systems Red**
ommaandnugs on
Matthew Reilly Ice Station (1st in the Scarecrow series)
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GLOBE,
Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself…IN THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH, A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else…THE HEAT IS ON…
First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins-who’ve all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice…
poorwordchoices on
Altered Carbon has some pretty intense fights.
JudgmentMinute6628 on
I think you’d like anything by Jay Kristoff a lot. Very action heavy, fantasy, horror.
Wespiratory on
The Terminal List series by Jack Carr really good. He was a navy seal sniper for something like 20 years so has actual combat experience and his writing reflects that.
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Martha Wells’ *Murderbot Diaries* series of sci-fi novellas. They follow an ex-military cyborg who hires out as security to humans at the edge of the galaxy, protecting them from the dumb things they insist on doing. Action-packed, fast-moving, with minimal world-building.
The first one is **All Systems Red**
Matthew Reilly Ice Station (1st in the Scarecrow series)
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GLOBE,
Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself…IN THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH, A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else…THE HEAT IS ON…
First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins-who’ve all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice…
Altered Carbon has some pretty intense fights.
I think you’d like anything by Jay Kristoff a lot. Very action heavy, fantasy, horror.
The Terminal List series by Jack Carr really good. He was a navy seal sniper for something like 20 years so has actual combat experience and his writing reflects that.