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The Griffin Series #1
Ashes of Honor
An exiled soldier who believes he has lost everything to war rediscovers love, honor and purpose after he meets a beautiful and vengeful woman who harbors a secret past of her own. Their mission to find and rescue 37 genetically engineered creatures will take them across the galaxy and force them to face their deepest fears.
Garrand Ai'Gonet Médeville once commanded immense power and respect as one of the Emperor's favored sons. Now the former Captain of the Imperial Guard has lost himself deep in the lawless outer reaches of Carinaena's Shell, far from the Emperor's reach. Accepting a dangerous mission to transport 37 stolen bios sets him on a collision course with the empire he once served and the dark forces intent on destroying his mysterious cargo.
The Tchelakov 37 are only three generations removed from their humble beginnings as fat, furry mammals. They have been genetically engineered to become living probability engines--intuitive machines. Precognitive awareness is the tribe's legacy, a blessing so coveted that it threatens to destroy them before they even have a chance to understand it. Pursued across the stars, the tribe sees all paths leading to unbearable darkness.
A slender thread of hope wends through their a man will arrive, a reluctant and destructive hero. They must see beyond this man's ragged past and recognize the honor in his heart. And they must survive long enough to unlock his true nature and start him down the Path of Fate.
Garrand Ai'Gonet Médeville once commanded immense power and respect as one of the Emperor's favored sons. Now the former Captain of the Imperial Guard has lost himself deep in the lawless outer reaches of Carinaena's Shell, far from the Emperor's reach. Accepting a dangerous mission to transport 37 stolen bios sets him on a collision course with the empire he once served and the dark forces intent on destroying his mysterious cargo.
The Tchelakov 37 are only three generations removed from their humble beginnings as fat, furry mammals. They have been genetically engineered to become living probability engines--intuitive machines. Precognitive awareness is the tribe's legacy, a blessing so coveted that it threatens to destroy them before they even have a chance to understand it. Pursued across the stars, the tribe sees all paths leading to unbearable darkness.
A slender thread of hope wends through their a man will arrive, a reluctant and destructive hero. They must see beyond this man's ragged past and recognize the honor in his heart. And they must survive long enough to unlock his true nature and start him down the Path of Fate.
- GenresScience Fiction
394 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 9, 2013
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March 2, 2017
The story was way too detailed and not enough action until you got half way through it. Then it picked up and leaves the reader wandering what comes next.
December 23, 2015
Pretty good book. Planning on reading the next in the series at some point.
One of the things I liked was the variety of interests/skill sets he has outside of the fact that he's a ex-imperial guard/warrior/space pilot. Like he designed/built the ship, though he had help from a renowned ship builder, his little hidden cache of rare/extinct plants used for healing purposes, him writing subroutines to help his arts become better people etc.
At this point in the story line I'm not sure we've seen anything to really set the main bad guy apart from any main bad guy in any story. His menagarie of useful people, such as his two assassins, seems to be the closest. Is that enough to counter Garrand/Tchelakov? We'll see how much growth he gets in the later books, right now Garrand is interesting enough that it's not too much of a problem. More of an observation I guess.
One of the things I liked was the variety of interests/skill sets he has outside of the fact that he's a ex-imperial guard/warrior/space pilot. Like he designed/built the ship, though he had help from a renowned ship builder, his little hidden cache of rare/extinct plants used for healing purposes, him writing subroutines to help his arts become better people etc.
At this point in the story line I'm not sure we've seen anything to really set the main bad guy apart from any main bad guy in any story. His menagarie of useful people, such as his two assassins, seems to be the closest. Is that enough to counter Garrand/Tchelakov? We'll see how much growth he gets in the later books, right now Garrand is interesting enough that it's not too much of a problem. More of an observation I guess.
February 17, 2014
I enjoyed this very much! I don't give fives often but this was a very nice surprise. A solid well-written, well paced hard sci-fi that I would recommend with no problem. This is one series that I want to read more of. Plus I was very pleased to find out that the author is a fellow North Carolina native!
December 16, 2013
Fun read. Felt like an awesome anime story. Who doesn't love genetically modified pandas able to see the future? Good times...
November 7, 2015
It took a while to get into the book, but once I did it just raced on. The ending is a bit annoying - now I HAVE to find the second book (darn it!).
March 1, 2023
5 stars. Fairly Interesting.
February 28, 2014
Dang it! Now I have to get the next one! Slow to start but this was a good book.
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