Floss - A cyborg coming of age story.

An intriguing grand sci-fi adventure that mixes a lovelorn cyborg with a jaded journalist to save their planet from war-mongering aliens. Floss is a fabulous character who steals the book as she tries desperately to pass her probationary status, win the heart of her man and save the world.

If you like a big book to get lost in; then this is an epic tale with plenty of bang for your buck. Savanna does an excellent job of intricate world building and character exploration. His male lead, Jan Oort, has tantalising overtones of Sam Spade - that detective noir feel of a scruffy bloke with a good heart buried beneath layer upon layer of cynicism and smart mouth talk.

Fell in love with the characters immediately ,then got lost in the story. Reminded me of something hindland or clarke would have written. Would love to see a follow up story on these characters

I had to read "Floss" in 2 sections. This was a long book for me. I won't go into the bits of storyline, but as far as the writing & style, I'm happy to share my thoughts.
I liked how the author throws the reader into the story, assuming that you already live there, and know the common phases and ideas of this world. You eventually understand everything as the story unfolds.
The artificial life form of Floss is deep & sometimes disturbing, which adds great depth to her character. I didn't care for her love interest, due to his over abundance of self-pitty wallowing throughout the story, but I continued because of Floss and all the other support characters.
The descriptions of this world was intricate, perhaps a bit too much. It made me skip occasional pages throughout the book, but it didn't stop me from continuing the story.
I was confused sometimes to where I was, physically, on the planet(s), but I was able to figure things out.
The original futuristic ideas weren't explained on how things technically work, just that they do. I appreciated that, because I'm prepared to believe anything with sci-fi and I don't really care how or why things work.
Overall, this writer captured my attention, and I hope to read more in the future.