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Rogue Clone #1-3
The Clone Identity
By 2508 A.D. humans have spread across the Milky Way Galaxy. The Unified Authority controls Earth's colonies with an iron fist and a powerful military—a military made up almost entirely of clones. Private First-class Wayson Harris is one among thousands of Marines born and bred as ultimate soldiers. But Harris isn't like the others—he has a mind of his own.
In Clone Republic, Harris realizes he is not like the other soldiers as he rises rapidly through the ranks, drawing the attention of shadowy U.A. leaders whose plans he disrupts by his very existence, For in an army of clones, the one unforgivable sin is to be different...
In Rogue Clone, separatists are wreaking havoc through the galaxy. The U.A.'s fate depends on Admiral Klyber and his giant battleship, Doctrinaire. But Klyber has serious enemies, and Harris will have to decide whether to fight them...or join them.
And in The Clone Alliance, Harris is contacted by a group of rebels that want to return to the U.A.'s protection. Leading a strike force is what he was born for, but the rebels have a powerful ally no one could have imagined...
With Clone Identity, Steven L. Kent delivers an exciting future where survival isn't a given, it's a coveted prize.
—from the dust jacket flap
In Clone Republic, Harris realizes he is not like the other soldiers as he rises rapidly through the ranks, drawing the attention of shadowy U.A. leaders whose plans he disrupts by his very existence, For in an army of clones, the one unforgivable sin is to be different...
In Rogue Clone, separatists are wreaking havoc through the galaxy. The U.A.'s fate depends on Admiral Klyber and his giant battleship, Doctrinaire. But Klyber has serious enemies, and Harris will have to decide whether to fight them...or join them.
And in The Clone Alliance, Harris is contacted by a group of rebels that want to return to the U.A.'s protection. Leading a strike force is what he was born for, but the rebels have a powerful ally no one could have imagined...
With Clone Identity, Steven L. Kent delivers an exciting future where survival isn't a given, it's a coveted prize.
—from the dust jacket flap
- GenresScience Fiction
964 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2011
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About the author
Steven L. Kent
36 books242 followersSteven L. Kent is the author of the Rogue Clone series of Military Science Fiction novels as well as The Ultimate History of Video Games.
Born in California and raised in Hawaii, Kent served as a missionary for the LDS Church between the years of 1979 and 1981. During that time, he worked as a Spanish-speaking missionary serving migrant farm workers in southern Idaho.
While Kent has a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and a Master’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University, he claims that his most important education came from life.
He learned important lessons from working with farm laborers in Idaho. Later, from 1986 through 1988, Kent worked as a telemarketer selling TV Guide and Inc. Magazine. His years on the phone helped him develop an ear for dialog.
In 1987, Kent reviewed the Stephen King novels Misery and The Eyes of the Dragon for the Seattle Times. A diehard Stephen King fan, Kent later admitted that he pitched the reviews to the Times so that he could afford to buy the books.
In 1993, upon returning to Seattle after a five-year absence, Kent pitched a review of “virtual haunted houses” for the Halloween issue of the Seattle Times. He reviewed the games The Seventh Guest, Alone in the Dark, and Legacy. Not only did this review land Kent three free PC games, it started him on a new career path.
By the middle of 1994, when Kent found himself laid off from his job at a PR agency, he became a full-time freelance journalist. He wrote monthly pieces for the Seattle Times along with regular features and reviews for Electronic Games, CDRom Today, ComputerLife, and NautilusCD. In later years, he would write for American Heritage, Parade, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and many other publications. He wrote regular columns for MSNBC, Next Generation, the Japan Times, and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
In 2000, Kent self-published The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games. That book was later purchased and re-published as The Ultimate History of Video Games by the Prima, Three River Press, and Crown divisions of Random House.
During his career as a games journalist, Kent wrote the entries on video games for Encarta and the Encyclopedia Americana. At the invitation of Senator Joseph Lieberman, Kent has spoken at the annual Report Card on Video Game Violence in Washington D.C.
Born in California and raised in Hawaii, Kent served as a missionary for the LDS Church between the years of 1979 and 1981. During that time, he worked as a Spanish-speaking missionary serving migrant farm workers in southern Idaho.
While Kent has a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and a Master’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University, he claims that his most important education came from life.
He learned important lessons from working with farm laborers in Idaho. Later, from 1986 through 1988, Kent worked as a telemarketer selling TV Guide and Inc. Magazine. His years on the phone helped him develop an ear for dialog.
In 1987, Kent reviewed the Stephen King novels Misery and The Eyes of the Dragon for the Seattle Times. A diehard Stephen King fan, Kent later admitted that he pitched the reviews to the Times so that he could afford to buy the books.
In 1993, upon returning to Seattle after a five-year absence, Kent pitched a review of “virtual haunted houses” for the Halloween issue of the Seattle Times. He reviewed the games The Seventh Guest, Alone in the Dark, and Legacy. Not only did this review land Kent three free PC games, it started him on a new career path.
By the middle of 1994, when Kent found himself laid off from his job at a PR agency, he became a full-time freelance journalist. He wrote monthly pieces for the Seattle Times along with regular features and reviews for Electronic Games, CDRom Today, ComputerLife, and NautilusCD. In later years, he would write for American Heritage, Parade, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and many other publications. He wrote regular columns for MSNBC, Next Generation, the Japan Times, and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
In 2000, Kent self-published The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games. That book was later purchased and re-published as The Ultimate History of Video Games by the Prima, Three River Press, and Crown divisions of Random House.
During his career as a games journalist, Kent wrote the entries on video games for Encarta and the Encyclopedia Americana. At the invitation of Senator Joseph Lieberman, Kent has spoken at the annual Report Card on Video Game Violence in Washington D.C.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
September 4, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this 1st trilogy of a 9 book military Sci-Fi series. It is told from the point of view of the main character, Wayson Harris, our hero. Harris is a soldier clone from Earth in the 26th century, but is unique from all other clones for reasons that develop in these 3 novels.
The plot is a replay of the main driving forces of real human history—war between factions for resources or ideology or power—but with a subtle SF link that I suspect will be explored in the rest of the novels. This becomes clear only near the end of this trilogy.
The focus is on the military—how it functions, its culture, equipment, organization and such—in the 26th century Milky Way. That grunts are clones adds a dimension not in our ordinary military. Its pacing is what one would expect from military action. It's an easy read.
I'd rate it 7 of 10 or 3.5 stars.
The plot is a replay of the main driving forces of real human history—war between factions for resources or ideology or power—but with a subtle SF link that I suspect will be explored in the rest of the novels. This becomes clear only near the end of this trilogy.
The focus is on the military—how it functions, its culture, equipment, organization and such—in the 26th century Milky Way. That grunts are clones adds a dimension not in our ordinary military. Its pacing is what one would expect from military action. It's an easy read.
I'd rate it 7 of 10 or 3.5 stars.
October 5, 2014
Couldn't get into it. Gave it five chapters.
April 10, 2015
This was a fun read. But, it remains very firmly within in genre. Fairly simple straightforward story with an emphasis on combat.
April 16, 2017
Good book. Some of the back stories for each volume could have been left out. The stories never gave you a time span. You are reading a few months between battles and then the main character says it have been years. I believe the plot is well developed; however, choppy at times. There are a few chapters in the books where you ask why is this in here and it was never stated in the book. Granted, this is the first three volumes (books) of an entire series.
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