I had the pleasure of being a finalist in the Kindle Book Review Best Indie Books Contest in 2012 with author Joseph Lallo. Both of us were in the science fiction/fantasy category (and we both lost to Hugh Howey, which is kind of like losing to Spartacus at Flanders—which is to say, you're a little overwhelmed by the company and just excited to be in the same contest/race). Joseph and I traded books, and now, over a year later, Bypass Gemini finally made it to the top of my stack of must-reads.Folks, I am positively bursting to tell you how incredible this book is!Excitement? You got it. Protagonist Trevor "Lex" Alexander, a down-on-his-luck delivery boy who also happens to be the most hotshot pilot in the galaxy, is hired by a nervous, no-name client to courier a package of top-secret data to a similarly ambiguous point. Problem is, VectorCorp, the largest trans-galaxy corporation in the universe, prefers it not get couriered, and the kind of no-holds-barred flying we haven't seen since Luke Skywalker took out the Death Star ensues. Along the way, there are some crashes, bruises, passive-aggressive arguments with a computer, death threats, shoot outs, black holes, lovable rodents, sorely slacking hygeine, asteroid wreckers, and stroke-inducing gadgets of all kinds to keep Lex from getting too comfortable with his skills.Fun? Check. Lallo's turn of phrase and quirky imagination create some of the most memorable characters and hijinks you've ever read. When it comes to Lex, think Neal Stephenson's Y.T. from Snow Crash meets Adam Young from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens. And that is just for starters. Throw in a mercurial but lovable artificially intelligent supercomputer named Ma, an evil genius/sociopath, who happens to love his pet funk, named Karteroketraskin "Karter" Dee (also the initials of Krispy Kreme Donuts. Coincidence?), a few intergalactic hotties, mob bosses, and douchey wet-work handlers for the corporate entity, and Gemini offers a crazy carnival of non-stop action and adventure. Every page will leave you chuckling.If you enjoy lighthearted space opera with a twist of detective noir, wry humor similar to the writing of John Scalzi, and surprising and fun characters much like you find in Stephenson's, Pratchett's, and Gaiman's novels, you will be in great hands with Lallo's Bypass Gemini and it's followup, Unstable Prototypes.About author Joseph Lallo from Amazon.A resident of Bayonne, NJ - the fabled birthplace of George R. R. Martin - Joseph Lallo is an unlikely entry into the world of literature. After a childhood spent daydreaming and reading, he fully intended to pursue a career in the tech sector. He received a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from NJIT, and subsequently got a job working IT for a large healthcare corporation. Things changed when, in January 2010, his friends finally convinced him to publish the story that had accumulated over the course of a decade of spare time. That story, now known as the Book of Deacon Trilogy, was a surprise hit, and once he got a taste of the world of indie writing, he was hooked. Now he splits his time between crunching numbers at his day job, writing novels at night, and writing articles and reviews for BrainLazy.com, a group blog he helps run. His latest novels are Bypass Gemini and Unstable Prototypes, the first two books of a science fiction series.