Maxis

by John T. Schepise

Twenty-One years after winning the second war for their independence, the former Earth colony planet of Maxis struggles with keeping order amid its populace. Citizens are no longer satisfied with life in the massive base cities and begin leaving those confines to explore the great untapped frontier. The Maxis government, torn between the desires of its citizens and what is best for the young civilization as a whole, outlaw the unauthorized exodus and establish a new office to enforce the policy. In an effort to gain public and political support for the measure, President Michael State appoints the planet's greatest war hero, Jeffrey Blades to lead the new group. Unfortunately, Blades soon finds out that his presidentially appointed co-leader is at the center of a horrific cover up and he must choose between following his orders and following his conscience. Book four of seven in the story of the first extra-solar colony of the planet Earth…

590 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2011

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kind of a hard book to find. It's only available in online stores and a few others. Fortunately I found a review on Amazon.com and bought it there. Despite it's comic book style cover art, it's quite a gritty novel. Alot of action from the very first page all the way to the epilogue. (In which there is a spoiler so don't skip to that part) Sort of a political Thriller mixed with Utopian Societal issues and high Tech. Very compelling story that keeps you turning the pages. Some of the chapters are kind of short but overall its about 430 pages so it's worth the change. I bought the paperback but its also on kindle now whcih I reccommend because the paperback is Big!

[Brucej103 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a bad read for those who like lots of action, cool gizmos, and over the top evil villains. Lots of historical parallels like forced occupation, facism, political conspiracy, etc. A large number of the more important characters are Chinese(Because in the book the planet Maxis was co-discovered by the Chinese) and their names get very hard to pronounce. There isn't much of a love interest for the main characters but maybe because they are all in their late thirties to forties. Overall it was good science fiction and it moved quick. The ending leaves plenty of questions for the sequel.