Globe Tracers 1: The Case of Thomas Crain

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Kyle is the prince of his home world, the nation planet of the feared mutant race known as the Pharaohs. Jessica is his bodyguard, the most powerful Pharaoh alive. Both have lived for over a hundred years and have trained for battle with monsters and men. And both have the look and personalities of... well, kids.

Jessica somehow convinces Kyle, the first son of the most advanced race in the galaxy, to come with her to find a lost kid neither of them knows. On their journey, the two face monsters, crime rings, and beings of power beyond even what they imagined possible. Can these two recover young Thomas before something terrible happens to him? What possessed Jessica to even want to try in the first place? Just what does a magical flying moth have to do with a school bus?... yes that too... read on and find out!

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: Torkuda

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Rating: 5.0/ 5.0
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★★★★★ 5.0
For reference- I've read up to Book 6 of this series that I've had the opportunity to check out elsewhere, so I do mean it when I say that I believe this is the beginning of a great series. But as for book 1:
Style: Tracers is written in first-person past tense, with a focus on the protagonist Kyle and other main characters- but with occasional POV swaps to other non-MC characters as well. I've heard that POV swapping in first-person novels can be a red-flag to readers here, but for me personally I was never left confused/frustrated due to the POV swaps- and I didn't see any other past readers leave comments about the POV swapping being annoying to them either.
The only reason why I docked .5 off of the style category here, is because the author seems to have a standard "voice" that he uses for narration, and that sometimes overlaps between characters and leaves me wishing the narration was a bit more unique for some characters. Other than that, the story's style is smooth- with environments/actions being described properly, and with run-on sentences not being common either.
Story: I would probably call Book 1 of Tracers a bit of a "slow-burn", that serves as a solid introduction into the larger sci-fi Tracers universe. Mainly because it slowly introduces different aspects like the groups of people in the world, the "power-systems" present in the story, and the history of the world as well.
Tying that in with a heavy focus on the characters, as well as a plotline that develops with tension and real stakes, made this formula work nicely for me at least.
Characters: Tied for world-building in my eyes which is why this category is also 5 stars, book 1 of Tracers is *very* character focused. Which is a good thing, as the light-hearted nature of the first chapters of this book really help show their personalities and unique senses of humor- as well as their flaws.
Also, book 1 had a interesting antagonist as well- that opened the door for many interesting plotlines later