Ruins of the Prime Ones

Sentinels #1

by James David Victor

If you’re gonna save the galaxy, you might as well get paid for doing it.

A sci-fi adventure from Amazon All-Star author James David Victor.

Captain Melias Volery is a Sentinel, a warrior who travels the galaxy protecting those that can’t protect themselves. If they can afford to pay for his services. Whether you call them mercenaries or heroes, there’s no denying their effectiveness, but even these experienced warriors may be in over their head in the ruins of the Prime Ones. Can Melias and his crew unravel the secrets of this long lost race and save the galaxy from an ancient alien power trying to destroy the galaxy?

Ruins of the Prime Ones is the first book in the Sentinels series. If you like sci-fi adventures, space battles with complex alien invaders, and unexpected twists in humanities exploration of the stars, this could be your new favorite series.

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Genres: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Fiction

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 6, 2023

About the author

James David Victor is the pen name used by science fiction and fantasy author David J. VanBergen Jr. for co-authored projects. It is his way of sharing more stories with you than he could write by himself.

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Reviews

[donna backshall · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was bad. Not just meh, I'm not enjoying this Firefly-styled novel as much as I'd hoped, but kind of cringe. I think a lot, but not all, of it comes from the fact that I have the audiobook version. The narrator is terrible, confidently pronouncing his lines like he's trying to reach the back of the theatre, and making women sound like lisping cartoon characters. I actually giggled at one point where a male character thinks about how much he enjoys listening to one female character's voice, because to us she sounded more like Daisy Duck than Angelina Jolie.

This is a short novel, only 4ish hours and the story builds but does not resolve. It's more like the first episode in an ongoing space series, one which I will not continue.

Thanks NetGalley for the book. I really wanted to like it, but honestly the audiobook needs some serious work.

[Peter Bruyns · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prime Ruins

It looks like this is a longish series. Certainly it is longer than a novella but it takes me back to the early scifi books of the 50's and sixties. The style is a lot similar to some of them too. It's fairly edited in that it's easy to read, there's no wondering what the heck is being said and, my pet hate, smuttiness is absent. You can give it to your daughter to read. I think the fight scenes could do with a bit of editing by an expert but I expect this will improve naturally. Four is a fair score.

[J.D. Schechter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining

Old school science fiction, with alien allies and enemies and a battle or two. The ending is one f the better cliffhangers drawing you into the next in the series

[John Nicolle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing and action filled series!!!!

Congratulations to the team of James David Victor for this amazing series. It’s extremely nice to find such interesting and exciting authors who not only write intelligently but also provide top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories. I’m really looking forward to the next book in this series.

[Barrie Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engrossing read.

Action-packed from the beginning till the end with enigmatic characters of diverse life forms this ragtag crew is on call to help anyone who asks for a fee of course. When they encounter a malignant force that enslaves minds all bets are off and it's time to kick butt, good storyline, Baz.

[Robert Rozell II · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fascinating book, The storyline is a very nice take on the ancient aliens' plot.

Are the Sentinels the protectors?
Meet Melias Volery and his crew and enjoy the ride.

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not Quite What I Expected

Parts of this story seem familiar and then other parts are completely unexpected. There is no resolution at the end of the book. Instead, we have the opening of a deeper mystery than the threads found earlier in this book. At question is whether the next installment will provide any answers, or only more questions. The character development is good even with the very diverse cast of players so I expect I will continue for at least one more installment.

[Steve Osten · Rating 3 out of 5]

C+

Good start. Now we need to see where this is going. The plot is a little different from other books of this type. The characters are a bunch of misfits from different parts of galaxy. They seem to make a good team. I'm ready for part2.

[Jodi Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun book! Aliens, AI, and the ruins of an ancient alien race: all the ingredients of a perfect science fiction series.
The story is fast moving and well written, and the characters are likable (I’m looking forward to them being fleshed out more fully in future books!)

[Leslie Baptiste · Rating 5 out of 5]

interesting cast of characters, fast paced, good story

This book was very good. Fast paced, interesting, eclectic classed of characters. The story was not very long, and the world building was pretty interesting. Have to see where the series goes enjoyable.

[Tom Burkholder · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the book Ruins of the Prime Ones, author James David Victor begins the Sentinels series. Captain Melias Volery is a Sentinel, a soldier that travels the galaxy protecting those that cannot protect themselves, for the right price. But have they taken on more than they can handle when rescuing a group of scientists from the Prime Ones? And who are these creatures? And what power do they have over the minds of others? And how can they stop them? This is a great fast-paced action packed story. It was very short but engaging. I would recommend this book. The audio-book narration was very good. I received a copy of this audio-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[CA Portnellus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good old space wars, the Sentinels are a vigilante -like group that fight and help people in trouble with space pirates, tyrants, or corrupt governments.
Captain Melias and his crew on the Goose, are a rag tag bunch from many worlds, beings formerly from military organizations or other factions who have become a close ally for space farers. They discover a frightening and dangerous alien species that are creating zombie-like creatures using mind control. These mindless creatures are controlled to annihilate anyone living in areas that the Old ones want to conquer and destroy.
A good read.
The series continues as the members of Goose search for the source and evil spirits or beings behind the insidious plot.

[Gerald Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Potentially wonderful space opera and galactic mystery

I most enjoy books that have the search for ancient races at their core. Whilst this book, the first in series, leads on to such a search my initial enjoyment was muted. Yet another We Will Cleanse The Unpure Novel I find dissatisfying. Hopefully the wonderfully rendered crew of The Goose will, in the Search sequel, take me and other readers on an intriguing adventure rather than just, Gotta Purify Everybody bandwagon. Well written, great potential but hopefully not the overworn plot of Purification at the loss of Adventure. Next book please ....

[Eric Duchanin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nifty little universe that has been created here in a short story. Lots of potential with the characters of the main team. The world building is well developed and thought out, and I imagine that it will be fun series once we get more content. Lots of action, fun dialogue and plenty of lore for packed into a very digestible length.

[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

could have been soo good

The actual story line was great, but a lot was just extra words - over explaining which made you lose the cadence. The characters were a little one dimensional but held promise of further development. Wasn’t a fan of the narration

[Randy Pence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Stuff

This was a good read. A lot of sci-fi action scenes and twists and turns. I like what is being set up here and the crew has good chemistry. Will definitely check out more in the series.

[Trudi · Rating 5 out of 5]

1st book?



I found it hard to believe this is the first book. Maybe we just met these characters in another series? Lots of action.

[gloria marquardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A compelling story.

The crew is family. It makes the difference. They made a mistake sending Saph off with Thandriel and that has to be corrected.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seemed like not much happened in the first book but I'm excited for the rest.

[Eric Wardowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an amazing story!

I look forward to reading the other books as this was a great fun story. The cast of characters and lovecraftian horrors are very exciting.

[Alan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read

This first book in the series delivers from start to finish and leaves you eager to read the next book in the series.