Free read Alias Recruited

characters Alias Recruited ↠ E-book, or Kindle E-pub S an agent for SD 6 a top secret division of the CIA Or so she thinksThis preuel is the first in a new series based on the smash ABC show Alias–it Not bad at all I was looking for a uick read and so I picked this up I really like the TV show Alias and so this was great to see how this all began The only dowener in no Micheal Vartanhe s so dreamy

characters Alias Recruited ↠ E-book, or Kindle E-pub Terror filled eyes Lungs choked with water A pounding heartbeatFor Sydney Bristow it’s a typical day in her not so typical after school job–she’ 35 starsAs the blurb on the cover of the book states this is an original preuel novel based on the TV series with the action taking place about six months to a year before the pilot of the show I m estimating We see Sydney Bristow a freshman at UCLA doing exceptionally well in her classes yet feeling lost without a purpose We know she has issues with her distant father and has had ever since her mother died when she was a little girl all Sydney wants to be is a teacher like her mother both to honor her mother s memory and to perhaps win her father s approval and affection Yet her classes don t inspire her even though she s passing each course with flying colors especially the foreign languages as Sydney has a gift for linguistics All that changes when a mysterious man makes her an offer that she almost refuses join the CIA As she rises from a low level grunt to an agent in record time Sydney finds a new sense of purpose She finds she s actually happy and knows exactly what she wants from life At the end of the book after her initiation we meet a Sydney completely different from the one we met at the beginning of the story We meet a Sydney ready and eager to embark on her new lifeYes Sydney as she s portrayed in the novel and to some extent in the TV show is a bit of a Mary Sue She s sweet she s innocent she excels at any activity you throw at her However I didn t find this aspect uite as annoying as I would ve had this been a regular novel for two reasons one realizing this is an origins novel it s easy to shrug off any liberties taken because basically she s just getting started as a character so there s bound to be some one dimensionality to her two as I was reading I saw Jennifer Garner as Sydney and saw Jennifer s uirks her dimples her personality which helped overpower any particular Mary Sue ishness in the novel s character if that makes any senseThe one really interesting facet of the novel and I don t know if this was the author s intent if she was working from JJ Abrams notes or if it was a complete coincidence was the obvious use of Sydney s desire for her father s approval in her recruitment using the knowledge gleaned from my recent Psychology 150 class The agent who acts as her handlermentor Wilson is middle aged with a young daughter in whose life he takes an active interest thus being the father to his daughter Sydney desires for herself allowing her to trust Wilson readily Sloane the head of SD 6 whom we meet only briefly in the novel plays an amiable downright avuncular role in Sydney s life although we don t see this in the novel setting himself up as a father substitute for Sydney thereby tying her loyalty to him and the agency Even Sydney s eventual partner Dixon whom we also meet very briefly in the novel is set up in the show as someone Sydney could turn to for advice and comfort when her father lets her down While Sloane and Dixon don t play major roles in the novel it s easy to see the manipulation Very sneaky and very clever Then again I could totally be seeing something that s not there which means I ve been talking out of my asswhich would not be a surprise At allThis is a uick read It s not perfect and it s not uite the origins story I would ve given to Sydney but it was entertaining

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characters Alias Recruited ↠ E-book, or Kindle E-pub s Sydney’s life before she discovers she’s working for the bad guys juxtaposing normal college life against her fabulous exploits as a working sp The TV show Alias is my all time favorite series This first book however could not even begin to compare to the show s high adrenaline rush Maybe it was S L O W and lacking action because it was setting the story up I m hoping that the books that follow are uicker paced This had very little content with substance Overall it was a bland readI liked the CIA file on her particularly the analysis of her handwriting Graphology analysis reveals strong independent streak generosity high originality theatrical skills insecurity cautionary approach toward people and high need for solitude An internal observation of another female agent At times Sydney wondered if Maxine might be than human She looked like a top secret cyber creation than a real person with her permanent smile and perfect outfits She wouldn t have been surprised to discover the Mattel logo stamped across her backsideIn action defending herself from a BIG bouncer Without thinking Sydney jabbed him in the breastbone with her free elbow An expression of surprise crossed his features and hers I just freaking hit a guy the size of Schwarzenegger she thought wildly as his hand automatically released its grip on her arm Before he could do anything further she whirled her right leg around and kicked him in the ribs