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Breeding Ground
Commander Alexandria Frazier headed up NASA's first deep-space mission to search for other habitable planets in distant galaxies. Where only two years have passed by for the crew of the Methuselah, fifteen hundred years have ticked by on Earth. Alex and her crew were prepared for that eventuality. What they weren't prepared for was a nuclear war and the resulting catastrophic meteor shower that sent them hurling into Earth's very distant, eerie future. Welcome to earth in the year 100,000,007 A.D. Prepare to scream.
261 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Jaid Black
101 books747 followersJaid Black is the pseudonym of Tina Marie Engler—the founder/owner of the former Ellora's Cave Publishing. Engler has been featured in every major news outlet such as Forbes, Publisher's Weekly, Salon, and Time Magazine. Ms. Engler was officially recognized by Romantic Times Magazine with their first ever Trail Blazer award for being the mastermind of adult (erotic) romance as you know and love it today, as well as for the pivotal role she played in popularizing the e-book.
Writing as Jaid Black, her books have received numerous distinctions, including a nomination for the Henry Miller award for the best literary sex scene written in the English language. Most of her novels and novellas are a hybrid of sci-fi and adult romance. She is a proud member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA.)
Also writing as Jasmine LeVeaux
Writing as Jaid Black, her books have received numerous distinctions, including a nomination for the Henry Miller award for the best literary sex scene written in the English language. Most of her novels and novellas are a hybrid of sci-fi and adult romance. She is a proud member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA.)
Also writing as Jasmine LeVeaux
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November 26, 2012
When I started reading this book, I thought it had promise. I've read many other Jaid Black books and thought they were good as well. And so, I expected the same of this one. I was wrong.
For half of the book, the story was interesting. Alex, or Commander Alexandria Frazer, both scientist and leading officer of an exploratory group on the spaceship Methuselah was coming home from a two year journey exploring the outer reaches of space, looking for viable planets and other space-faring beings. Due to time dilation , though she and her crew would spend 2 years in space, 1500 years were estimated to have passed on Earth. Understandably, she and her crew were both curious about what they would find when they came back.
If there was a ceiling on what they could possibly have imagined for worst case scenarios, actual events on Earth would have broken that ceiling. In 1500 years, the human race had, apparently, grown both stupider and smarter at the same time. The forward jump of technology in all branches of science was phenomenal, but so were all the ways in which human beings could commit atrocities on each other. Wars had erupted. Biological poisons were used, and mutants were produced. Angry, strong, mutants that became humanity's worst enemy. An even bigger war ensued, until finally, nuclear weapons were used and the Earth was decimated.
By this time, Alex and her crew, Vlad, Peacock, and John, weren't looking forward to landing at all. As they were nearing Earth, they got caught up in some kind of time dimensional rift that pushed their spaceship one million years into the future. There, they crash landed into an Earth that might as well have been an alien planet. While trying to get their bearings, they were attacked by xanthor, a dangerous reptilian animal with a hell of a lot of teeth. In their flight from the animal, Alex somehow managed to get swallowed by it. In order to escape, she used her laser pistol and sliced her way out of the animal's belly, right into the path of a group of humans, an Amazonian woman, and her males.
At this point, the story introduces you to the pervading theme which is, males versus females. There are to races in this world, Takuri and Xandi. The Takuri are led by women, the Xandi by men, and both are continuously at war with each other and have been for 20,000 years. Both are ancestrally of human descent, but the Xandi race has evolved so much that they now have two forms. One is their demon form, where they appear reptilian and have bat wings. The other is their human form where they look like tall vampires with golden cat eyes. Enmity prevails between these two races because the Xandi need Takuri women in order to bear offspring, and so, they kidnap them.
The place Alex has in this book is the one as the messiah of the Takuri. She is the one foretold to lead a war against the Xandi and defeat them. Her identity was proved when she put her hands on an ancient DNA analyzer cued to her DNA that had survived as a relic, together with a 2010 car fender, a laser pistol, a futuristic toaster, and a 30 foot statue of Alex. Her polar opposite is Malik, the immortal king of the Xandi, and of course, her romantic love partner. Before their meeting on Earth, wherein Alex gets kidnapped from the stronghold of the Takuri and taken to Malik, there's a lot of foreshadowing going on, courtesy of the dreams Alex has been having even in space. Apparently, her mind resonated with Malik's, putting them both in something the Xandis call, a "dreamstate".
Up to this part in the book, it's all very interesting, and the sex is pretty hot. Jaid Black has talent for writing steamy sex scenes. I was really enjoying reading this until I got to the part where Vlad, one of Alex's crew on the Methuselah, drops this little tidbit. Apparently, they'd gotten their info wrong. They weren't one million AD in the future. They were one million BC into the past.
Oh if you could only imagine the frustration this brought me. Imagine a little roar in your head steadily growing louder and louder. I kept reading, but I also kept on thinking of all the things that made this just impossible to believe. But the book kept pushing it. The book tried hard to make me believe that no, they weren't in the future, they were in the past. From out of nowhere, you've got a T-Rex, veciloraptors, and other dinosaurs coming out of the woodwork to attack the rescue team of Takuri that had been formed to take Alex back from the Xandi. It was really, reeeeaaallly annoying.
If they were really in the past, where did all the Alex-the-messiah relics come from? In order for there to be "relics" they must first come from the past. You can't have relics that came from the future. That's physically impossible. And even if it were, it wasn't explained in any half-reasonable way in this book.
Going through the last few chapters of the book, you'd feel like you were speed reading it. That's because everything is happening too fast. Alex and Malik, though she's human, and he's a Xandi that's always in demon-reptilian-batwing form prior to sex, find a way to fall in love with each other in record time. They fall in love, they realize the problems of their love, Alex feels guilty, she decides to escape. Malik gets angry, throws furniture around, blah blah blah. Just imagine reading all this unsatisfying stuff that has none of the depth or detail of the earlier chapters, while also thinking that THIS. BOOK. IS. ILLOGICAL. I know Jaid Black owns her own publishing house, doesn't she at least have an editor?
So Alex finds her way back to the Takuri, and by this time, as the reader, you're expecting the book to be quite stupid. In record time again, Alex changes the 20,000 year old tradition and culture of the Takuri by freeing males from slavery. If the Takuri, a group of strong-willed Amazonian women, were this easily manipulated by Alex, messiah though she may be, I'm surprised the Takuri haven't been subjugated by the Xandi long ago. Nothing at all is said about HOW she does it, only that it is done. Nothing is said about the biological changes Malik's bite has done on her body. Apparently, he's more a vampire than the rest of the Xandi. In fact, it's just a lot of one liners about what's happening, more a summary of events rather than actual storytelling.
By the end, of course, Malik and Alex make up with each other and have sex. At this point, you reach the part of the story, the part I have been truly waiting for. Because by this time, I can't stand the contradictions in this damn book. So, we go back to Alex's relics, especially her DNA handprint analyzer. It's got a nifty and very convenient video stored in there that shows the first Takuri prophet, the one that started this whole Alex is the messiah business. Finally, we get to it. By this time, I was really hoping for something to salvage the story. Something that might explain why the book seems to be in a no man's land where characters seem to be in both past and future at once.
So, the explanation is, a wormhole. Of course, a wormhole is like the SF writer's version of a magical time machine. But this is Jaid Black, so that can be excused. Anyway, this first prophet, is actually a scientist that has managed to make a time machine through a wormhole in space. And that is how Alex and friends have managed to find themselves one million years in the future/past. The prophet/scientist says past, but I'm still not sold on that.
Here's an excerpt of the epilogue. Truth be told, I don't really care about spoilers anymore. If you've read what I've written, you won't feel like reading this book anyway.
“Greetings to you from one year to the day of Armageddon, Dr. Frazier. I have spent my entire adult life building upon what other scientists have learned and, I believe, created the ability to time travel from a singular wormhole in deep space. If years of scientific questing has aided me and what I have done has worked, then you and the crew of the Methuselah entered that wormhole and have reached Earth’s distant past rather than its nonexistent future.”
Her teeth sank into her lower lip.
“To answer the question foremost in your mind, neither side won the war.” His sigh was reflective. “But then, is there really any other outcome to be expected?”
Malik looked down to Alex and then back to the display.
“Since the dawn of recorded history, humanity has waged war on itself in the name of power and greed. In this, the final chapter of the book called New France, both sides lay dead. We defeated the enemy, but we have killed ourselves off in the process. Those few of us that remain are aging at an astronomical rate. Within weeks, all will have perished.”
Alex closed her eyes briefly, pained by his words. Malik threaded his fingers through hers and squeezed. She took strength in his presence, just as he took strength in hers. Her eyes flicked back open.
“You have the power within you, Alexandria the Great, to carve out a new destiny for humankind. There can be peace or there can be war, but there can never be both. Each side must learn to give, each culture much realize it is superior in no one’s eyes but its own.”
Tears threatened to spill as Alex watched the Zutairan man age another twenty years right before her eyes. His voice grew gravellier, his eyes tired and ready to sleep…forever.
“I have lived long enough to do what it is I feel the gods put me here to do. I have given humanity another chance in you. A chance to know love instead of hate. A chance to realize peace instead of death. A chance to thrive instead of perish.
Lead your people with a wizened hand, Dr. Frazier. This way lays death. It is up to you to carve out a new destiny for the world formerly known as Earth.”
The Zutairan managed one, final, weak smile.
“Peace and love,” he murmured. “Peace and love.”
Do you see all the inconsistencies here? The way this Zutairan (the scientist) speaks, it's as if he has some kind of magical joo-joo that can predict the future. And if so, and he is predicting the future, then Alex and the rest are in the future, not the past. Those dinosaurs shouldn't be in this book. They're just annoying. I don't even know why they're in the damn book. They aren't necessary to the story. What difference does it make if Alex is in the past and not the future. Was the chance to write those dinosaurs into the story really that important? Man, I feel as if Black wanted to write a particular scene into the book, and in order to make it work, she wrote in a whole lot of other bullshit to make it work. But, it's like a square peg in a round hole. IT JUST DOESN'T FIT.
This book is a disappointment. It's not on par with Black's other books, such as her Trek Mi Q'an series. It's even worse because it started out so well. If it had just continued on with the same level of writing, this book would've been pretty satisfying to read.
By Goodreads standards, I'd give it 1 star for, "I don't like it."
For half of the book, the story was interesting. Alex, or Commander Alexandria Frazer, both scientist and leading officer of an exploratory group on the spaceship Methuselah was coming home from a two year journey exploring the outer reaches of space, looking for viable planets and other space-faring beings. Due to time dilation , though she and her crew would spend 2 years in space, 1500 years were estimated to have passed on Earth. Understandably, she and her crew were both curious about what they would find when they came back.
If there was a ceiling on what they could possibly have imagined for worst case scenarios, actual events on Earth would have broken that ceiling. In 1500 years, the human race had, apparently, grown both stupider and smarter at the same time. The forward jump of technology in all branches of science was phenomenal, but so were all the ways in which human beings could commit atrocities on each other. Wars had erupted. Biological poisons were used, and mutants were produced. Angry, strong, mutants that became humanity's worst enemy. An even bigger war ensued, until finally, nuclear weapons were used and the Earth was decimated.
By this time, Alex and her crew, Vlad, Peacock, and John, weren't looking forward to landing at all. As they were nearing Earth, they got caught up in some kind of time dimensional rift that pushed their spaceship one million years into the future. There, they crash landed into an Earth that might as well have been an alien planet. While trying to get their bearings, they were attacked by xanthor, a dangerous reptilian animal with a hell of a lot of teeth. In their flight from the animal, Alex somehow managed to get swallowed by it. In order to escape, she used her laser pistol and sliced her way out of the animal's belly, right into the path of a group of humans, an Amazonian woman, and her males.
At this point, the story introduces you to the pervading theme which is, males versus females. There are to races in this world, Takuri and Xandi. The Takuri are led by women, the Xandi by men, and both are continuously at war with each other and have been for 20,000 years. Both are ancestrally of human descent, but the Xandi race has evolved so much that they now have two forms. One is their demon form, where they appear reptilian and have bat wings. The other is their human form where they look like tall vampires with golden cat eyes. Enmity prevails between these two races because the Xandi need Takuri women in order to bear offspring, and so, they kidnap them.
The place Alex has in this book is the one as the messiah of the Takuri. She is the one foretold to lead a war against the Xandi and defeat them. Her identity was proved when she put her hands on an ancient DNA analyzer cued to her DNA that had survived as a relic, together with a 2010 car fender, a laser pistol, a futuristic toaster, and a 30 foot statue of Alex. Her polar opposite is Malik, the immortal king of the Xandi, and of course, her romantic love partner. Before their meeting on Earth, wherein Alex gets kidnapped from the stronghold of the Takuri and taken to Malik, there's a lot of foreshadowing going on, courtesy of the dreams Alex has been having even in space. Apparently, her mind resonated with Malik's, putting them both in something the Xandis call, a "dreamstate".
Up to this part in the book, it's all very interesting, and the sex is pretty hot. Jaid Black has talent for writing steamy sex scenes. I was really enjoying reading this until I got to the part where Vlad, one of Alex's crew on the Methuselah, drops this little tidbit. Apparently, they'd gotten their info wrong. They weren't one million AD in the future. They were one million BC into the past.
Oh if you could only imagine the frustration this brought me. Imagine a little roar in your head steadily growing louder and louder. I kept reading, but I also kept on thinking of all the things that made this just impossible to believe. But the book kept pushing it. The book tried hard to make me believe that no, they weren't in the future, they were in the past. From out of nowhere, you've got a T-Rex, veciloraptors, and other dinosaurs coming out of the woodwork to attack the rescue team of Takuri that had been formed to take Alex back from the Xandi. It was really, reeeeaaallly annoying.
If they were really in the past, where did all the Alex-the-messiah relics come from? In order for there to be "relics" they must first come from the past. You can't have relics that came from the future. That's physically impossible. And even if it were, it wasn't explained in any half-reasonable way in this book.
Going through the last few chapters of the book, you'd feel like you were speed reading it. That's because everything is happening too fast. Alex and Malik, though she's human, and he's a Xandi that's always in demon-reptilian-batwing form prior to sex, find a way to fall in love with each other in record time. They fall in love, they realize the problems of their love, Alex feels guilty, she decides to escape. Malik gets angry, throws furniture around, blah blah blah. Just imagine reading all this unsatisfying stuff that has none of the depth or detail of the earlier chapters, while also thinking that THIS. BOOK. IS. ILLOGICAL. I know Jaid Black owns her own publishing house, doesn't she at least have an editor?
So Alex finds her way back to the Takuri, and by this time, as the reader, you're expecting the book to be quite stupid. In record time again, Alex changes the 20,000 year old tradition and culture of the Takuri by freeing males from slavery. If the Takuri, a group of strong-willed Amazonian women, were this easily manipulated by Alex, messiah though she may be, I'm surprised the Takuri haven't been subjugated by the Xandi long ago. Nothing at all is said about HOW she does it, only that it is done. Nothing is said about the biological changes Malik's bite has done on her body. Apparently, he's more a vampire than the rest of the Xandi. In fact, it's just a lot of one liners about what's happening, more a summary of events rather than actual storytelling.
By the end, of course, Malik and Alex make up with each other and have sex. At this point, you reach the part of the story, the part I have been truly waiting for. Because by this time, I can't stand the contradictions in this damn book. So, we go back to Alex's relics, especially her DNA handprint analyzer. It's got a nifty and very convenient video stored in there that shows the first Takuri prophet, the one that started this whole Alex is the messiah business. Finally, we get to it. By this time, I was really hoping for something to salvage the story. Something that might explain why the book seems to be in a no man's land where characters seem to be in both past and future at once.
So, the explanation is, a wormhole. Of course, a wormhole is like the SF writer's version of a magical time machine. But this is Jaid Black, so that can be excused. Anyway, this first prophet, is actually a scientist that has managed to make a time machine through a wormhole in space. And that is how Alex and friends have managed to find themselves one million years in the future/past. The prophet/scientist says past, but I'm still not sold on that.
Here's an excerpt of the epilogue. Truth be told, I don't really care about spoilers anymore. If you've read what I've written, you won't feel like reading this book anyway.
“Greetings to you from one year to the day of Armageddon, Dr. Frazier. I have spent my entire adult life building upon what other scientists have learned and, I believe, created the ability to time travel from a singular wormhole in deep space. If years of scientific questing has aided me and what I have done has worked, then you and the crew of the Methuselah entered that wormhole and have reached Earth’s distant past rather than its nonexistent future.”
Her teeth sank into her lower lip.
“To answer the question foremost in your mind, neither side won the war.” His sigh was reflective. “But then, is there really any other outcome to be expected?”
Malik looked down to Alex and then back to the display.
“Since the dawn of recorded history, humanity has waged war on itself in the name of power and greed. In this, the final chapter of the book called New France, both sides lay dead. We defeated the enemy, but we have killed ourselves off in the process. Those few of us that remain are aging at an astronomical rate. Within weeks, all will have perished.”
Alex closed her eyes briefly, pained by his words. Malik threaded his fingers through hers and squeezed. She took strength in his presence, just as he took strength in hers. Her eyes flicked back open.
“You have the power within you, Alexandria the Great, to carve out a new destiny for humankind. There can be peace or there can be war, but there can never be both. Each side must learn to give, each culture much realize it is superior in no one’s eyes but its own.”
Tears threatened to spill as Alex watched the Zutairan man age another twenty years right before her eyes. His voice grew gravellier, his eyes tired and ready to sleep…forever.
“I have lived long enough to do what it is I feel the gods put me here to do. I have given humanity another chance in you. A chance to know love instead of hate. A chance to realize peace instead of death. A chance to thrive instead of perish.
Lead your people with a wizened hand, Dr. Frazier. This way lays death. It is up to you to carve out a new destiny for the world formerly known as Earth.”
The Zutairan managed one, final, weak smile.
“Peace and love,” he murmured. “Peace and love.”
Do you see all the inconsistencies here? The way this Zutairan (the scientist) speaks, it's as if he has some kind of magical joo-joo that can predict the future. And if so, and he is predicting the future, then Alex and the rest are in the future, not the past. Those dinosaurs shouldn't be in this book. They're just annoying. I don't even know why they're in the damn book. They aren't necessary to the story. What difference does it make if Alex is in the past and not the future. Was the chance to write those dinosaurs into the story really that important? Man, I feel as if Black wanted to write a particular scene into the book, and in order to make it work, she wrote in a whole lot of other bullshit to make it work. But, it's like a square peg in a round hole. IT JUST DOESN'T FIT.
This book is a disappointment. It's not on par with Black's other books, such as her Trek Mi Q'an series. It's even worse because it started out so well. If it had just continued on with the same level of writing, this book would've been pretty satisfying to read.
By Goodreads standards, I'd give it 1 star for, "I don't like it."
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 16, 2012
Breeding Ground has a very interesting beginning. I liked it a lot. The ending, however, fell a bit flat. Ok, a lot flat. What happened to the character's character? She couldn't be mesmerized but she sure changed with no real reason. The resulting conclusion left me feeling like I was swimming in a bowl of jelly. i.e. "what the hell is this shit?"
I also found the huge time jumps beyond credulity. A hundred million years, and legends have persisted that long? A war between species for 20,000 years? Ridiculously huge numbers that would have made a lot more sense if they were not so huge. On the other hand, the community of women seemed to be living at one end of the time spectrum, while the reptile men lived on the other. That makes no sense at all.
Starting with a nice science fiction beginning, it did plunge into typical Jaid Black naked women and public sex, so readers who want that will be quite happy. I think it's a shame that the excellent beginning did not carry through to the rest of the story. That said, I was interested enough to read the entire book. The ending, however, was unsatisfying. I wanted to know more about what future they were envisioning for their peoples. So, 3 stars, barely. Would I recommend it to others? Not really. But if you are a Jaid Black fan, and want to read her entire catalog, then read it, at least it is (mostly) entertaining.
I also found the huge time jumps beyond credulity. A hundred million years, and legends have persisted that long? A war between species for 20,000 years? Ridiculously huge numbers that would have made a lot more sense if they were not so huge. On the other hand, the community of women seemed to be living at one end of the time spectrum, while the reptile men lived on the other. That makes no sense at all.
Starting with a nice science fiction beginning, it did plunge into typical Jaid Black naked women and public sex, so readers who want that will be quite happy. I think it's a shame that the excellent beginning did not carry through to the rest of the story. That said, I was interested enough to read the entire book. The ending, however, was unsatisfying. I wanted to know more about what future they were envisioning for their peoples. So, 3 stars, barely. Would I recommend it to others? Not really. But if you are a Jaid Black fan, and want to read her entire catalog, then read it, at least it is (mostly) entertaining.
October 22, 2017
One of the best Jaid Black books evah!
Space mission goes horribly wrong, crew lands on hostile planet only to realize they have landed on Earth in it's ancient history age of dinosaurs. They stumble upon an ancient cave woman who is much larger and stronger than any of the crew. She has male slaves with her that she protects and has sexual relations with. The crew is brought to the cavewoman's home. They find a matriarchal society where only the women have a voice. Men are considered chattel and dumb slaves.
The crew are not happy.
Meanwhile another society is in progress that is much different. Pretty much the flipside of the coin. The leader of that society kidnaps the female commander of the shuttle crew. Sexy times, love story, paranormal. Explanation of what happened on earth to create the time travel is explained. HEA
Stand alone book
Recommended!
+++ Re-read in Oct 2017
Space mission goes horribly wrong, crew lands on hostile planet only to realize they have landed on Earth in it's ancient history age of dinosaurs. They stumble upon an ancient cave woman who is much larger and stronger than any of the crew. She has male slaves with her that she protects and has sexual relations with. The crew is brought to the cavewoman's home. They find a matriarchal society where only the women have a voice. Men are considered chattel and dumb slaves.
The crew are not happy.
Meanwhile another society is in progress that is much different. Pretty much the flipside of the coin. The leader of that society kidnaps the female commander of the shuttle crew. Sexy times, love story, paranormal. Explanation of what happened on earth to create the time travel is explained. HEA
Stand alone book
Recommended!
+++ Re-read in Oct 2017
September 6, 2008
Commander Alexandria Frazier and her crew were on a outer space mission for 2 years. When they come back to earth they know that while it has only been 2 years for them it has been 1500 years on earth. They expect things to be different. When they land on earth they arrive in the year 1.000.007. The human race no longer exists and they are greeted by humanoids. The Takuri are female warriors who dominate the males. They are in constant fight for survival with the Xani which is a male dominated race of mutants.
The Takuri believe that Alexandria is their priestess and that she is the solution to bring peace. While touring the Temple Alexandria is kidnapped by the Xani.
Malik is the leader of the Xani and he tries to break Alexandria, who is strong and whose mind cannot be controlled. The Xani race have their own prophecy about Alexandria but they do not know if it's good for them or bad.
While working on breaking Alexandria down Malik falls in love with her. Alexandria does not care for his rude and dominat behavior but she also sees his gentle side and falls in love with him.
This is a pretty dark but fascinating story.
The Takuri believe that Alexandria is their priestess and that she is the solution to bring peace. While touring the Temple Alexandria is kidnapped by the Xani.
Malik is the leader of the Xani and he tries to break Alexandria, who is strong and whose mind cannot be controlled. The Xani race have their own prophecy about Alexandria but they do not know if it's good for them or bad.
While working on breaking Alexandria down Malik falls in love with her. Alexandria does not care for his rude and dominat behavior but she also sees his gentle side and falls in love with him.
This is a pretty dark but fascinating story.
not-going-there
February 5, 2017I started reading this blind and was so flabbergasted that I checked the GR page for it and saw I had already marked it as a book to avoid.
January 15, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is not usual what fans of Jade Black have been accustomed to, but personally this one has become my favourite of all of her books.
To give a proper review one can not but go into deeper descriptives, and hence this review may have some spoilers within.
I was totally and pleasantly surprised with the book.
This book does not have as many erotic sex scenes, that you would expect from EC Erotic Romance and also typical Jaid Black books, but it has something even better a very captivating story line interwoven with complex science fiction. The book itself is more science fiction based than romance.
The main issue with this book is that is too short, and hence Author had to speed through to get to the finish line. I was left with longing to know more about Malik's and Alex romance and their relationship to be given proper development.
But in saying so Jade Black through very vivid and intriguing imagination provided a story that at times made me really laugh out loud, it had suspense that truly overcame me with anticipation regarding the possible outcomes, twists that were surprising and a culmination at the end was not something I was able to predict.
Mixture of Darwin's theory of evolution, famous folklores and time travel were some of the main ingredients for this successful science fiction story. With addition the Author has dealt with morality issues and the problems of "mankind" and society that we are facing even today.
I really hope Jade Black will consider writing a sequel. I would love to know what will further happen with both races the Xandi and the Takuri, , considering twenty thousand years-long war that had raged on between them. I think it would be really funny to read about possible relationship between Fija and Peacock, and what is held in store for John and Vlad, ohh and yes more about Alex and Malik.
To give a proper review one can not but go into deeper descriptives, and hence this review may have some spoilers within.
I was totally and pleasantly surprised with the book.
This book does not have as many erotic sex scenes, that you would expect from EC Erotic Romance and also typical Jaid Black books, but it has something even better a very captivating story line interwoven with complex science fiction. The book itself is more science fiction based than romance.
The main issue with this book is that is too short, and hence Author had to speed through to get to the finish line. I was left with longing to know more about Malik's and Alex romance and their relationship to be given proper development.
But in saying so Jade Black through very vivid and intriguing imagination provided a story that at times made me really laugh out loud, it had suspense that truly overcame me with anticipation regarding the possible outcomes, twists that were surprising and a culmination at the end was not something I was able to predict.
Mixture of Darwin's theory of evolution, famous folklores and time travel were some of the main ingredients for this successful science fiction story. With addition the Author has dealt with morality issues and the problems of "mankind" and society that we are facing even today.
I really hope Jade Black will consider writing a sequel. I would love to know what will further happen with both races the Xandi and the Takuri, , considering twenty thousand years-long war that had raged on between them. I think it would be really funny to read about possible relationship between Fija and Peacock, and what is held in store for John and Vlad, ohh and yes more about Alex and Malik.
January 16, 2012
Alexandria is on a long range NASA mission that with the time difference is 2 years for her, 1500 years for Earth. On the way back she learns that there was a nuclear war and they will probably come back to a destroyed world. When they do come back, they're hurtled a million years in the future according the chronometer. They meet tall, sleek, fast women that subjugate men and gargoyle-ish, vampire, shapeshifter men who subjugate women and have been at war for 20,000 years. During her space journey she dreamed of one of the gargoyle men and he her. Both of them are some sort of prophetic change to both of their people.
I loved everything about this book but the million years forward/million years back stuff. I think it would have worked better say 250,000 or even 20,000, but the million was roll your eyes. Besides that the book was great.
I loved everything about this book but the million years forward/million years back stuff. I think it would have worked better say 250,000 or even 20,000, but the million was roll your eyes. Besides that the book was great.
March 4, 2016
Me gustó bastante
April 12, 2019
So Captain Alexandria and her crew return from a deep space mission with the knowledge that centuries will have passed in their absence and the world they left will be incredibly different.
They learn via a space transmission that earth fell into nuclear war, the debris from this spinning towards them in a huge asteroid field. After dodging through this they fall into a worm hole and get transported millions of years through time.
Earth is completely altered. They are saved from giant predators by the fierce Amazonianesque women of the Takuru; A matriarchal race of women who have evolved stronger than the males. The male is therefore subservient and has to be protected by the females. It’s all very caveman/ancient egypt themed with loin cloths and a lot of nudity.
The Takuru live In fortresses which protect them from the other sentient race on the planet: the Xandi; A vampire-like race of shapeshifters who have fangs, slit eyes and wings. They are a patriarchal society who steal Takaru women and hypnotise them into sex slaves. Cool!
50% of the story focuses on the space voyage and crash landing and the crew’s interaction with the Takaru. Eventually Alexandria is hailed as the prophesied queen of the Takaru and promptly kidnapped by the enemy.
Only then do we get the sexy times as she is ‘broken’ by Malik; the immortal leader of the Xandi. Half vampire human, half giant monster thing, wearer of thigh-high leather skirts and knee-high boots. Queue sexy monster times as he makes Alex submit to him. We are talking a bit of kneeling and collars and leashes etc... nothing extreme. Not really my thing but I liked that Alex never gave in mentally to this and was quite practical throughout.
This story was less smutty than I expected but I actually really enjoyed the story. It was interesting and I had no idea what was going to happen. A real page turner. It felt quite upbeat and it had a surprisingly soppy ending. A good read!
They learn via a space transmission that earth fell into nuclear war, the debris from this spinning towards them in a huge asteroid field. After dodging through this they fall into a worm hole and get transported millions of years through time.
Earth is completely altered. They are saved from giant predators by the fierce Amazonianesque women of the Takuru; A matriarchal race of women who have evolved stronger than the males. The male is therefore subservient and has to be protected by the females. It’s all very caveman/ancient egypt themed with loin cloths and a lot of nudity.
The Takuru live In fortresses which protect them from the other sentient race on the planet: the Xandi; A vampire-like race of shapeshifters who have fangs, slit eyes and wings. They are a patriarchal society who steal Takaru women and hypnotise them into sex slaves. Cool!
50% of the story focuses on the space voyage and crash landing and the crew’s interaction with the Takaru. Eventually Alexandria is hailed as the prophesied queen of the Takaru and promptly kidnapped by the enemy.
Only then do we get the sexy times as she is ‘broken’ by Malik; the immortal leader of the Xandi. Half vampire human, half giant monster thing, wearer of thigh-high leather skirts and knee-high boots. Queue sexy monster times as he makes Alex submit to him. We are talking a bit of kneeling and collars and leashes etc... nothing extreme. Not really my thing but I liked that Alex never gave in mentally to this and was quite practical throughout.
This story was less smutty than I expected but I actually really enjoyed the story. It was interesting and I had no idea what was going to happen. A real page turner. It felt quite upbeat and it had a surprisingly soppy ending. A good read!
October 18, 2017
SPOILERS
Started out great, but morphed into time travel, which I don't like. Should have been longer, so that certain aspects didn't seem so forced and rushed.
Started out great, but morphed into time travel, which I don't like. Should have been longer, so that certain aspects didn't seem so forced and rushed.
September 25, 2010
This book had erotic sex scenes but it also had a complex science fiction story that was good.
I enjoyed reading Jade Black's creative take on what the earth and its inhabitants might look like 1 million years AD. There were two societies: the Takuri and the Xandi who had been at war with each other for 20,000 years. The Takuri society consisted of strong women who ruled over weaker men. The Xandi were shape shifting gargoyle vampire types. The Xandi men ruled over women. Several scientists left earth in 2179 and are returning two years later their time but 1 million years later in earth time.
DATA:
Sexual language: erotic. Number of sex scenes: ten. Setting: 1 million years AD outer space and earth. Copyright: 2004. Genre: erotic science fiction paranormal romance.
OTHER BOOKS:
For a list of my reviews of other Jaid Black books, see my 5 star review of “One Dark Night” posted 4/2/08.
I enjoyed reading Jade Black's creative take on what the earth and its inhabitants might look like 1 million years AD. There were two societies: the Takuri and the Xandi who had been at war with each other for 20,000 years. The Takuri society consisted of strong women who ruled over weaker men. The Xandi were shape shifting gargoyle vampire types. The Xandi men ruled over women. Several scientists left earth in 2179 and are returning two years later their time but 1 million years later in earth time.
DATA:
Sexual language: erotic. Number of sex scenes: ten. Setting: 1 million years AD outer space and earth. Copyright: 2004. Genre: erotic science fiction paranormal romance.
OTHER BOOKS:
For a list of my reviews of other Jaid Black books, see my 5 star review of “One Dark Night” posted 4/2/08.
January 11, 2015
What a naked white guy with an ancient ax has to do with this story, I'll never know. The title is even misleading. This is a more complex book about the future plight of man after the near destruction of Earth than Erotica and I enjoyed that- even the darker side of it. I even teared up a bit here and there. But, ultimately the reader is left hanging. I just felt like the story was incomplete with no real resolution and a final rush to what ending there was. The first half was really good and this had potential to be an amazing book but the author just didn't care to, apparently.
On the erotica side of things, there were things lacking- little sexual tension, possible secondary relationship never explored just hinted at, and I think only 1 sex scene and a few masturbation scenes which just aren't for me. i can masturbate alone, I need more from my erotica.
On the erotica side of things, there were things lacking- little sexual tension, possible secondary relationship never explored just hinted at, and I think only 1 sex scene and a few masturbation scenes which just aren't for me. i can masturbate alone, I need more from my erotica.
September 12, 2012
This book started out with so much promise. Caught my interest completely.. then it just sort of fizzled and died. Was completely rushed toward the end, and bored me. I felt there was no connection to the hero character in the book. She seemed to have far more of a connection with her crew which was good, but.. needed more then that. It surprised me how much I disliked it toward the end due to the mere fact that I love this authors other books.
Giving it two stars. Were it not for the fact that it was interesting until you hit mid book, I'd have given it a one. Concept is awesome, just needs more.
Giving it two stars. Were it not for the fact that it was interesting until you hit mid book, I'd have given it a one. Concept is awesome, just needs more.
April 23, 2011
It is really hard to discuss this story without spoilers. The theme here is the morality of war. The plot covers interaction between separate cultures with apparently opposing values.
The thing that keeps this book out of the ranks of the amazing is the shallowness of the characterizations. The hero and heroine seem amazed by their own reactions, but don't seem to use introspection or self-analysis at all to facilitate understanding.
Not as purely erotic as other work by Black, but very enjoyable.
The thing that keeps this book out of the ranks of the amazing is the shallowness of the characterizations. The hero and heroine seem amazed by their own reactions, but don't seem to use introspection or self-analysis at all to facilitate understanding.
Not as purely erotic as other work by Black, but very enjoyable.
December 31, 2015
This was a surprisingly good sci-fi romance. I've read a couple of other stories by Jaid Black and I have to say this was the least erotic of them. Don't get me wrong, it was still erotic, but the focus was more on the story than the sex or even the romance. She took her time spinning this tale and it is very well done.
In this books is a unique take on the vampire and gargoyle story and a negative look at extremism of any kind. I was pleasantly surprised.
In this books is a unique take on the vampire and gargoyle story and a negative look at extremism of any kind. I was pleasantly surprised.
November 24, 2011
I read this book based on the review of Jane Stewart and she was spot on. It has a very original sci-fi/paranormal plot mingled with the H/h story. And I truly enjoyed the sweet way the love story developed.
HERO is a Leader, immortal, from an another race, who finds himself falling for the human he's supposed to use/kill to destroy his people's enemies.
SCENES/CONTENT: several/erotic
GENRE/TONE: paranormal/drama
LENGHT: 268 pages
HERO is a Leader, immortal, from an another race, who finds himself falling for the human he's supposed to use/kill to destroy his people's enemies.
SCENES/CONTENT: several/erotic
GENRE/TONE: paranormal/drama
LENGHT: 268 pages
January 29, 2012
What. The. Actual. F*ck?
October 28, 2018
That was so rushed! It could have been so much better if things had taken a little longer, were a little more fleshed out.
October 22, 2021
(1.5)
Les juro que la trama de este libro merecía muchísimo más que un par de capítulos y ese final tan terrible que nos dio la autora.
Les juro que la trama de este libro merecía muchísimo más que un par de capítulos y ese final tan terrible que nos dio la autora.
September 17, 2019
Pass
I have read several of Jaid black’s books. I enjoyed them. so I built a trust with this author. but I have to say this one was a big disappointment. The majority of the book was about creating the new world and creatures. The hero did not even meet the leading lady Face to face until almost 60% into the book. The last 40% in the book I felt was rushed. But it was certainly more enjoyable than the first 60%. sadly, I cannot recommend this book.
I have read several of Jaid black’s books. I enjoyed them. so I built a trust with this author. but I have to say this one was a big disappointment. The majority of the book was about creating the new world and creatures. The hero did not even meet the leading lady Face to face until almost 60% into the book. The last 40% in the book I felt was rushed. But it was certainly more enjoyable than the first 60%. sadly, I cannot recommend this book.
December 5, 2019
Bueno, ya me da pereza hacer una reseña con todas las de la ley, así que voy a ser breve.
Me gustó demasiado el inicio del libro, la forma diferente es refrescante. La protagonista es un poco diferente. Ya cuando pasamos al desenlace del libro si las cosas cambiaron para mí. Creo que la humillación que soporto mi tocaya fue un poco innecesaria y hasta yo la sentí. Al final se desarrolla casi igual que las otras.
El plot twits sí fue nuevo.
Calificación: 3,5 ⭐
Me gustó demasiado el inicio del libro, la forma diferente es refrescante. La protagonista es un poco diferente. Ya cuando pasamos al desenlace del libro si las cosas cambiaron para mí. Creo que la humillación que soporto mi tocaya fue un poco innecesaria y hasta yo la sentí. Al final se desarrolla casi igual que las otras.
El plot twits sí fue nuevo.
Calificación: 3,5 ⭐
July 8, 2017
I really liked the beginning of the book and thought the story had a lot of promise to it as it was set in a post Armageddon earth but still had some sci-fi elements to it. However the end of the book had quite of lot of plot twists to it and was slightly confusing. And I felt like the ending was a bit rushed and unfished.
July 28, 2022
So I just want to write down the twist so I remember it, the space crew think they are coming back to the far far future but, somehow when the human race realizes they have destroyed themselves they figure out time travel and send the crew back to the prehistoric era. There were a lot of plot hole in this one but I appreciate the effort to do a big twist like that.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 23, 2017
This book has a creative concept but the ending ruined it for me. The author tried to throw in a twist but it just makes her look confused. It was like the author changed her mind midway through what she wanted the book to be about.
January 29, 2018
A Great Read
This is a 5 star book by Jaid Black. It was not a long book.It is written for those over eighteen due to very sexual content! It was well written with adult erotica and sci fi blended together into a strong storyline !
This is a 5 star book by Jaid Black. It was not a long book.It is written for those over eighteen due to very sexual content! It was well written with adult erotica and sci fi blended together into a strong storyline !
May 6, 2020
Different and enjoyable though not quite believable timeline wise.
Typical and not surprising that humans have destroyed themselves and the planet.
Read years ago and reread through Kindle Unlimited.
Typical and not surprising that humans have destroyed themselves and the planet.
Read years ago and reread through Kindle Unlimited.
February 13, 2021
Smutty sci-fi adventure
Another one of Jaid Black’s fun and sexy stories. Totally not feasible with campy frat-boy male characters and yet still exciting to read. If you like Jaid Black, you’ll enjoy this.
Another one of Jaid Black’s fun and sexy stories. Totally not feasible with campy frat-boy male characters and yet still exciting to read. If you like Jaid Black, you’ll enjoy this.
January 31, 2019
I thought I was getting a wonderfully scary horror type book, and it was for a couple chapters. Then it turned into pulp mill trash.
December 24, 2021
Bad romance and connection building between the main couple, awesome plot and world building, everything besides de main couple was great
July 7, 2022
Was going fine until 1/3.
Really really interesting until... the rush to finish. Why? 🤔
Was there a word number count? Could've been good...
Really really interesting until... the rush to finish. Why? 🤔
Was there a word number count? Could've been good...
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