MANUAL INTERPRETATION

by Ken Pence

Rett didn't expect to be rescued and then attacked by a primitive on a test flight. Andrew didn't expect to save an alien and nearly destroy his planet because of what he learned. Earth didn't get to choose their representative for a planet-wide treaty and then be threatened by an alien confederation.

Surely Earth couldn't have had contact with others, from off-planet, before now...but what was this backwater planet doing trying to defend itself. No one read it right.

From the Author
TRADE WORLD SAGA
MANUAL INTERPRETATION – Earth gets its first interstellar trip.
PATENTLY OBVIOUS – Earth is learning to trade off planet.
A CERTAIN EXPERTISE – Earth enforces its trade routes.
CORE VALUES – Earth travels to the Galaxy Core to search for the originators of the lamlee.

These are in the space opera genre where I prefer an upbeat ending, each book is complete but enhanced by previous versions.

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First published June 15, 2011

About the author

Ken R Pence, Ph.D. is a professor of engineering at Vanderbilt University. He is a retired captain from the Metro Nashville Police Department where he served 31 years (16 on SWAT) and has taught police and military in the US and Europe (England, Germany, France, and Northern Ireland) in confrontation management skills. He has researched sniper shot location for DARPA, acoustic sensors to protect African elephant herds and inexpensive magnetic levitation. He lives in Nashville with his wife and his large - drooling - black lab (Drools Verne).

ken.pence@vanderbilt.edu

Reviews

[Pat · Rating 1 out of 5]

I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it. That's the main reason I finished reading the book. Actually, I'm not sure if Manual Interpretation needs an editor/proofreader or a co-writer. The plot has potential, although it's sometimes hard to follow due to formating problems (a space between points of view would have helped immensely). Plus, I found the changing between first and third person narration annoying. And there were a number of typos. Many of the characters were interchangeable. The only one I found interesting was the Ullumff captain, and he didn't make his appearance until late in the book. In short, there are many books more deserving of Kindle memory space than this one

[Howard]

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