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Hostage                                     


Star Cops 1.8                                    


Mother Earth has made themselves known again, this time an explosion on an outpost. Kenzie and Priya meet up with a fellow officer, while Nathan once again has to prove the ISPF’s worth.


Sally is the officer who was there when the explosion happened. No fatalities, by only due to a last minute change. Mary (Sarah Sutton) was one of the people who was meant to be in the room where the bomb exploded and would have died. Now she believes she’s still in danger, taking a hostage maybe her only way out.


The whole team are present in this, Paul Bailey back from sick leave. He and Devis are off doing their own thing on a connected line of inquiry. With the star cops themselves being at the front of the danger; Mary seems a little unstable and perhaps delusional. She’s positive someone’s out to get her and you do feel that she’s unhinged enough to take others with her. 


There is some truth in her stance and there are a couple of twists and unexpected turns as the story unfolds. Leading to the fact that Mother Earth may not be responsible for all that’s been happening and not everyone can be trusted. So there is enough here to keep you guessing, and to change your outlook on past events. 


Its an entertaining audio and finishes off the series nicely. Some of the action parts do suffer a little from being on audio, He’s dropped his gun, I’ll go round the back.. etc but its a forgivable necessity of the medium. 


Its quite gripping and good finale. Its nice to meet, or at least know there are other officers of the ISPF about, and its not so easy to monitor what’s happening further out from the ISPF central hub.


Its been a good series, and leaves things ready for more.


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