Here We Stand

Nomad #3

by Karen Traviss

Earth’s in chaos. Their new world’s not safe. And they don't know if they can trust each other. The planet Opis is now home to a reluctant band of evacuees in mankind’s most distant and secret outpost, Nomad Base. The Ainatio corporation’s project to preserve the best of mankind – a standard set by its AI, Solomon – has to succeed because there’s no going back to Earth now. The engineered crop virus that ravaged half the world has finally been unleashed on Asia, a shocking act of sabotage by one of Ainatio’s own scientists. Earth’s crisis is forty light years away, and few there even know Nomad exists, but old loyalties live on. Nomad's settlers face a decision: should they offer Earth a lifeline by sharing an alien drive technology they’ve acquired, and trigger an exodus that'll overwhelm them, or should they keep Earth’s problems at arm’s length from what might be humanity’s last chance to start over? Nomad has its own problems. Kugad – the dominant military force in the sector – and its Jattan allies are searching for a stolen prototype warship commandeered by the Nomad defence forces. As the small colony prepares to defend itself, farmers and scientists alike will have to become fighters ready to do whatever it takes. But someone’s stirred up a stew of complications and reignited old feuds by making contact with Earth. Another alien faction about to kick off its own civil war has found the base. Who’s the real enemy now? Can the settlers even trust their own neighbours? Whatever happens, they’re not giving up on Nomad. Here they stand, or die.

The third book in the Nomad series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss.

Genres: Science Fiction

604 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 7, 2023

About the author

#1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, and her work on Halo, Gears of War, Batman, G.I. Joe, and other major franchises has earned her a broad range of fans. She's best known for military science fiction, but GOING GREY and BLACK RUN, the first books in her new techno-thriller series RINGER, are set in the real world of today. A former defence correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire, England. She's currently working on SACRIFICIAL RED, the third book in the Ringer series, and HERE WE STAND, book three in the NOMAD series.

Reviews

[Jacqueline Langille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most excellent! I really enjoyed these three books in the Nomad series. I hope the fourth is ready soon.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

gods story tellingbutslow

Karen, storing telling is always good, but this particular tail was very slow and filler like.
Again, it’s good to know what the characters are up to, but nothing really happens

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good premise

I like the book series but feel it gets caught up in drudgery. The character
Are well set but feel like it could move on faster.

[John Sheridan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Australians, AI and Aliens - challenges abound

The 3rd in the series seemed to move more slowly than the first two books. The characters and their situation continues to develop and become more complex. Sci-fi seems to encourage multi-volume sagas more than other genres. This trend can lead to a loosening of the normal bounds of writing. If you have four or five books to fill with the same extended plot, there’s not much pressure to describe a scene tightly nor a requirement to push things along.

Travis has a great imagination and her description of a human outpost in a potentially hostile alien environment is interesting and varied. There are enough villains to go around and the good guys get the girls/boys. If you are into the series you are probably going to keep buying them. I guess I will. But I’m not in a rush.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

I felt like this was classic Karen Travis’s. Literally she writes detailed scenes that have the reader drawn right into the story. For some it may feel too long winded, but I enjoy the detail. What I don’t enjoy was having to wait for the next book

[William Jerkins]

I can't wait for the next one.

I definitely want to continue this series. I wish the new book was out right now I would already be neck deep in it.

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keeps me reading

I'm still interested to see where things are going, so looking forward to Book 4 and what is yet to come.

[Tony-Cindy Bearden · Rating 5 out of 5]

It keeps getting better.

The author continues to build a believable world with real, believable characters. I can't wait for the next one to come out.

[Paul Moseley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really like the series so far. This one was good, but a little slow moving at times.

[David Cannistraro · Rating 4 out of 5]

getting deep

The story continues.Makes one want more.I like the story line progress.
Starting the next book with antivipation.
I hope the next book is as good.

[Buckey Turk · Rating 5 out of 5]

well written storylines

Well written storylines and subplots. A little slow or over detailed in spots. 3 dimensional characters! Not sure how this with fit technology wise in the greater universe this exists in literature wise. Waiting with “a worm on my tongue” (baited breath) for book 4.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series. Excellent!