Mickey7 - Edward Ashton

⭐ 8.5/10

(Originally written by Magdalene)

This was a very fun, fast-paced sci-fi book that I zipped through in a day. Mickey7 is the seventh iteration of himself, hired to be an Expendable on a spaceship going to a new planet to start a new colony. It's his job to do all the dangerous and terrible stuff, but when he gets killed, they make him a new body, give him all his memories, and send him back out. Except there's a mistake and suddenly he and Mickey8 are alive at the same time, which is super not allowed, but neither of them want to die. So they're trying to hide the fact they're alive at the same time, but it's not easy on a small space station.

There are quite a few books out there about space and clones and all that, and this one might not bring much new to the table, but it sure was fun! Of course it's set in the future because humans have destroyed the earth, and so everyone's going to new planets to explore. Some colonies succeed, and lots fail. Also, this cloning technology has been created, but lots of people think clones are abominations and less than human. So although the book was mostly a romp, there was lots to think about as well.