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Crimson Worlds #1-3
Crimson Worlds Collection I
Marines (Crimson Worlds I)
Erik Cain joined the marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes.
In the 23rd Century, assault troops go to war wearing AI-assisted, nuclear-powered armor, but it is still men and blood that win battles. From one brutal campaign to the next, Erik and his comrades fight an increasingly desperate war over the resource rich colony worlds that have become vital to the economies of Earth's exhausted and despotic Superpowers.
As Erik rises through the ranks he finally finds a home, first with the marines who fight at his side and later among the colonists - men and women who have dared to leave everything behind to build a new society on the frontier, one where the freedoms and rights lost long ago on Earth are preserved.
Amidst the blood and death and sacrifice, Erik begins to wonder. Is he fighting the right war? Who is the real enemy?
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The Cost of Victory (Crimson Worlds II)
The Third Frontier War is raging, and all across human-occupied space worlds are burning. Massive battlefleets struggle for dominance and kilometer-long war ships exchange thermonuclear barrages.
Battered in the early years of the war, the Western Alliance is resurgent. The brilliant Admiral Augustus Garret leads the Alliance fleet from victory to victory, taking the war to the very heart of the enemy empires. And on the ground, Colonel Erik Cain, hero of the Marine Corps, leads his crack troops again into combat, seeking the final battle.
In the background, the secretive intelligence agencies of the despotic Superpowers plot and scheme, using their own soldiers as pawns in the great game for control of space. But the final battle will be fought in the reddish sands of a backwater world, and the prize will be the staggering secret that has lain hidden in a remote cave for untold centuries.
All the Powers struggle for the ultimate victory, but at what cost?
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A Little Rebellion (Crimson Worlds III)
Crimson Worlds Book III The Third Frontier War is over, and the Western Alliance is triumphant. All across human-occupied space, colony worlds celebrate the coming of peace.
But peace is an elusive dream, and more trouble is brewing. The war was expensive, and the economies of the Superpowers, always fragile, are on the verge of total collapse.
The Directorate, the shadowy intelligence organization that has become the true power behind the Alliance government, plans to strip the colonies bare to pay the costs of war. Already, they are tightening their control over the freewheeling colonial governments. And the Marine Corps faces total destruction at the hands of the worst traitor in its history.
But the colonists are a different breed than the passive mob on Earth, and they have no intention of meekly surrendering their hard won freedoms. On worlds all across the frontier, plans are hatched and weapons hoarded. And in taverns and meeting halls the words of an ancient text are uttered in hushed tones. A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing.
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The Crimson Worlds Series:
Crimson Worlds I: Marines
Crimson Worlds II: The Cost of Victory
Crimson Worlds III: A Little Rebellion
Crimson Worlds IV: The First Imperium
Crimson Worlds V: The Line Must Hold
Crimson Worlds VI: To Hell's Heart
Tombstone: A Crimson Worlds Prequel&l
Erik Cain joined the marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes.
In the 23rd Century, assault troops go to war wearing AI-assisted, nuclear-powered armor, but it is still men and blood that win battles. From one brutal campaign to the next, Erik and his comrades fight an increasingly desperate war over the resource rich colony worlds that have become vital to the economies of Earth's exhausted and despotic Superpowers.
As Erik rises through the ranks he finally finds a home, first with the marines who fight at his side and later among the colonists - men and women who have dared to leave everything behind to build a new society on the frontier, one where the freedoms and rights lost long ago on Earth are preserved.
Amidst the blood and death and sacrifice, Erik begins to wonder. Is he fighting the right war? Who is the real enemy?
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The Cost of Victory (Crimson Worlds II)
The Third Frontier War is raging, and all across human-occupied space worlds are burning. Massive battlefleets struggle for dominance and kilometer-long war ships exchange thermonuclear barrages.
Battered in the early years of the war, the Western Alliance is resurgent. The brilliant Admiral Augustus Garret leads the Alliance fleet from victory to victory, taking the war to the very heart of the enemy empires. And on the ground, Colonel Erik Cain, hero of the Marine Corps, leads his crack troops again into combat, seeking the final battle.
In the background, the secretive intelligence agencies of the despotic Superpowers plot and scheme, using their own soldiers as pawns in the great game for control of space. But the final battle will be fought in the reddish sands of a backwater world, and the prize will be the staggering secret that has lain hidden in a remote cave for untold centuries.
All the Powers struggle for the ultimate victory, but at what cost?
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A Little Rebellion (Crimson Worlds III)
Crimson Worlds Book III The Third Frontier War is over, and the Western Alliance is triumphant. All across human-occupied space, colony worlds celebrate the coming of peace.
But peace is an elusive dream, and more trouble is brewing. The war was expensive, and the economies of the Superpowers, always fragile, are on the verge of total collapse.
The Directorate, the shadowy intelligence organization that has become the true power behind the Alliance government, plans to strip the colonies bare to pay the costs of war. Already, they are tightening their control over the freewheeling colonial governments. And the Marine Corps faces total destruction at the hands of the worst traitor in its history.
But the colonists are a different breed than the passive mob on Earth, and they have no intention of meekly surrendering their hard won freedoms. On worlds all across the frontier, plans are hatched and weapons hoarded. And in taverns and meeting halls the words of an ancient text are uttered in hushed tones. A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing.
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The Crimson Worlds Series:
Crimson Worlds I: Marines
Crimson Worlds II: The Cost of Victory
Crimson Worlds III: A Little Rebellion
Crimson Worlds IV: The First Imperium
Crimson Worlds V: The Line Must Hold
Crimson Worlds VI: To Hell's Heart
Tombstone: A Crimson Worlds Prequel&l
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December 27, 2016
Author's Inept Writing and Ignorance Creates Barely Readable SciFi Saga
"The Crimson Worlds Collection I," authored by Mr. Jay Allen, showcases the first three (3) books of his "Crimson Worlds," SciFi Saga. It also showcases Mr. Allen's inept writing, nearly total lack of basic writing skills, and his robust ignorance of known science and astrophysics, military strategy and tactics, and economics. The author has created a barely readable, often illiterate, tome of substandard, SciFi drivel.
The storyline is a few centuries in the near future, where Earth and humanity, has barely survived multiple wars. Sprawling, undemocratic governments have morphed into eight (8) "superpowers," controlled by oligarchs and religious zealots, that have created feral, barbaric, brutal populations as an unending pool for cheap labor and cannon fodder. The serendipitous discovery of "wormholes," have allowed the colonization of multiple interstellar systems, firmly under the dictatorial thumbs of the Earth governments. As "warfare" is prohibited within the Sol System, the colonies become the battleground. Every government is competing with each other, with no quarter given. Tactical and strategic nukes are tossed around with total abandon. Marine, Naval space warships, and other military and paramilitary units are shunted around, in order to control "wormhole gates," colonies, and obtain resources.
There are two (2) basic issues that makes these very bad books.
First and foremost, Mr. Allen cannot write. He is incapable of creating a cogent and coherent sentence. The writing borders on illiteracy. Runaway, run-on sentences become paragraphs. The lengthy list of words the author prefers to use, in order to equivocate and create "sentences," follow: of course, like, still, at least, so, though, probably, and many similar. The author's all time favorite is "but." The word "but" appears nearly as often as the use of a period. There are actual sentences that achieve usage of "but" twice. These are not stylistic nor a device for narratives. They are not just flaws or faults. They are WRONG. The author needlessly repeats throughout, either for "page-fill" or indicative of lack of reading comprehension. The obvious lack of both editing and proofreading are further indicators of bad, bad writing.
Secondly, Mr. Allen has attempted to create a storyline with a great arc, complicated and complex. He fails in execution due to his aforementioned inability to write and the scope of his ignorance. Science, astrophysics, human anatomy, military, economics, and other base knowledge, essential to Mr. Allen's self perceived "epic," are either at an inane, cartoon level or fully absent. The author apparently is a proponent of "ignorance is bliss."
After trudging through all three (3) books, hoping for improvement as the author perhaps matured, took some remedial writing courses, did some research by opening a book, "Googling," or speaking with someone who has actual knowledge, this reviewer was too optimistic. Mr. Allen's writing is evidence of the self absorbed, abject failure of so many self published SciFi author's.
Fortunately, the reviewer only wasted some empty time and the Kindle Unlimited Monthly fee.
The three (3) eBooks included in Volume I of "Crimson Worlds," are ALL HIGHLY NOT (caps intentional) recommended, repeat, NOT recommended. They were fully read via Kindle Unlimited.
"The Crimson Worlds Collection I," authored by Mr. Jay Allen, showcases the first three (3) books of his "Crimson Worlds," SciFi Saga. It also showcases Mr. Allen's inept writing, nearly total lack of basic writing skills, and his robust ignorance of known science and astrophysics, military strategy and tactics, and economics. The author has created a barely readable, often illiterate, tome of substandard, SciFi drivel.
The storyline is a few centuries in the near future, where Earth and humanity, has barely survived multiple wars. Sprawling, undemocratic governments have morphed into eight (8) "superpowers," controlled by oligarchs and religious zealots, that have created feral, barbaric, brutal populations as an unending pool for cheap labor and cannon fodder. The serendipitous discovery of "wormholes," have allowed the colonization of multiple interstellar systems, firmly under the dictatorial thumbs of the Earth governments. As "warfare" is prohibited within the Sol System, the colonies become the battleground. Every government is competing with each other, with no quarter given. Tactical and strategic nukes are tossed around with total abandon. Marine, Naval space warships, and other military and paramilitary units are shunted around, in order to control "wormhole gates," colonies, and obtain resources.
There are two (2) basic issues that makes these very bad books.
First and foremost, Mr. Allen cannot write. He is incapable of creating a cogent and coherent sentence. The writing borders on illiteracy. Runaway, run-on sentences become paragraphs. The lengthy list of words the author prefers to use, in order to equivocate and create "sentences," follow: of course, like, still, at least, so, though, probably, and many similar. The author's all time favorite is "but." The word "but" appears nearly as often as the use of a period. There are actual sentences that achieve usage of "but" twice. These are not stylistic nor a device for narratives. They are not just flaws or faults. They are WRONG. The author needlessly repeats throughout, either for "page-fill" or indicative of lack of reading comprehension. The obvious lack of both editing and proofreading are further indicators of bad, bad writing.
Secondly, Mr. Allen has attempted to create a storyline with a great arc, complicated and complex. He fails in execution due to his aforementioned inability to write and the scope of his ignorance. Science, astrophysics, human anatomy, military, economics, and other base knowledge, essential to Mr. Allen's self perceived "epic," are either at an inane, cartoon level or fully absent. The author apparently is a proponent of "ignorance is bliss."
After trudging through all three (3) books, hoping for improvement as the author perhaps matured, took some remedial writing courses, did some research by opening a book, "Googling," or speaking with someone who has actual knowledge, this reviewer was too optimistic. Mr. Allen's writing is evidence of the self absorbed, abject failure of so many self published SciFi author's.
Fortunately, the reviewer only wasted some empty time and the Kindle Unlimited Monthly fee.
The three (3) eBooks included in Volume I of "Crimson Worlds," are ALL HIGHLY NOT (caps intentional) recommended, repeat, NOT recommended. They were fully read via Kindle Unlimited.
September 20, 2017
I’ve always seen the Crimson Worlds books here on Amazon, but never took the plunge until I saw this three book collection on sale – I’m glad I did, and wish I had started reading this series a lot sooner.
While this series is classified as science fiction, it’s more of a military thriller that just happens to be chronicled several hundred years in the future where the Marine battles are fought on distant planets. It’s not against aliens with weird-sounding or unpronounceable names, but the human on human conflict that has been going on for thousands of years and will continue on for thousands more. The author really gets you into the head of his main character, and paints a pretty sad tale of how humanity is in the future – you can feel the raw emotion of the various scenes of the waste of war. This compilation was hard to put down, and I stayed up late a few nights just to keep turning the page as the stories unfolded.
I picked this up during a Kindle promotion for just 99 cents vs. its normal price of $7.99 or $15.00 if you purchased the books individually. If you like military / war-based thrillers, especially with a little bit of a science fiction twist, I would recommend this one as you’ll certainly get more than $15 worth of entertainment value out of it. I’m off to continue the episodes with book 4 in the series…
While this series is classified as science fiction, it’s more of a military thriller that just happens to be chronicled several hundred years in the future where the Marine battles are fought on distant planets. It’s not against aliens with weird-sounding or unpronounceable names, but the human on human conflict that has been going on for thousands of years and will continue on for thousands more. The author really gets you into the head of his main character, and paints a pretty sad tale of how humanity is in the future – you can feel the raw emotion of the various scenes of the waste of war. This compilation was hard to put down, and I stayed up late a few nights just to keep turning the page as the stories unfolded.
I picked this up during a Kindle promotion for just 99 cents vs. its normal price of $7.99 or $15.00 if you purchased the books individually. If you like military / war-based thrillers, especially with a little bit of a science fiction twist, I would recommend this one as you’ll certainly get more than $15 worth of entertainment value out of it. I’m off to continue the episodes with book 4 in the series…
February 10, 2017
If you like military space operas concentrating on Marines and the Navy, you will love this series. Jay Allan has created a memorable world with memorable characters. Isn't that what you want in a series? Crimson Worlds 1 -3 comprises the first three books in his Crimson World series. He's kept the detail level at a high level, so as not to alienate folks without a DD-214. These three books create his post-apocalyptic world and universe while building you up to appreciation and then finding the most natural of ways to disappoint you and bring the world crashing around you. Books 4-6 come to terms with a New World Order and new ways to depress you while keeping a modicum of hope for our leading characters and the tenets of basic respect. Let's just say, I'd a Martian in these books. Thanks, Mr. Allan for creating a post-apocalyptic world just as ruinous as the one we seem to live in today!
March 25, 2017
VERY GOOD MILITARY SPACE OPERA:HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Jay Allan's "Crimson Worlds Collection I" is a great military space tale, told from several different perspectives, covering an extended period of time with a trilogy of interesting novels. There are a mixed group of protagonists, and the tales are their personal stories as mankind takes to the stars.
Allan's universe seems a close parallel to our own, with extensive corruption, sabotage of democratic institutions, military honor, individual bravery, middle-class cowardice, political gamesmanship and compromised government. Current affairs, taken to the logical conclusion, paint a picture of a future in which mankind does not achieve our possibilities for growth. This is not purely a dystopian future, hope remains throughout the novels.
Jay Allan's "Crimson Worlds Collection I" is a great military space tale, told from several different perspectives, covering an extended period of time with a trilogy of interesting novels. There are a mixed group of protagonists, and the tales are their personal stories as mankind takes to the stars.
Allan's universe seems a close parallel to our own, with extensive corruption, sabotage of democratic institutions, military honor, individual bravery, middle-class cowardice, political gamesmanship and compromised government. Current affairs, taken to the logical conclusion, paint a picture of a future in which mankind does not achieve our possibilities for growth. This is not purely a dystopian future, hope remains throughout the novels.
March 10, 2018
Crimson Worlds Collection I (Crimson Worlds #1-3) by Jay Allan
If you enjoy well paced Military SciFi, then this series is for you! Jay Allan is on form in this trove of books. I'm glad that he placed them into there sets of three books each, as that makes it less cumbersome to read in it's entirety.
I especially enjoyed the First Person perspective of the first book. It really gives the reader a good working knowledge of Eric Cain. But really the series doesn't start to ramp up until the second book.
Here the characters are introduced at an appropriate pace, and developed well. Plus the author took time to give us some rather subtle nuancing, that made the characters feel more real.
The action scenes are amazing as well. And the technical aspect of this futuristic plot make sense and hang together quite well.
So now on to the next set...
If you enjoy well paced Military SciFi, then this series is for you! Jay Allan is on form in this trove of books. I'm glad that he placed them into there sets of three books each, as that makes it less cumbersome to read in it's entirety.
I especially enjoyed the First Person perspective of the first book. It really gives the reader a good working knowledge of Eric Cain. But really the series doesn't start to ramp up until the second book.
Here the characters are introduced at an appropriate pace, and developed well. Plus the author took time to give us some rather subtle nuancing, that made the characters feel more real.
The action scenes are amazing as well. And the technical aspect of this futuristic plot make sense and hang together quite well.
So now on to the next set...
April 27, 2019
3.5 stars all in all.
Nice for a burgeoning writer. Battle scenes themeselves, especially book 2, were exciting and entertaining. Battle scenes are definitely his forte.
Narration and general flow felt over extended at times and kept reminding us of simple information, like the narrators full name whenever mentioned or some woman being seductive over and over, and this guys a sociopath and what not. It did not read well at those times and tried to make more important than it was. The idea of it all was good, but execution was lacking, especially in character narration.
Book 1 - all past tense writing led you to simply wait until the next books
Book 2 - much better bringing in new characters.
Book 3 - fine ending but confusing as to where and who we were dealing with. Constantly shifting narration perspective paragraph to paragraph, sometimes line to line, left you with nothing to imagine or be intrigued with. You were inside everyones head and they were all pretty one dimensional.
All in all, action scenes were good. The story itself as a plot was enjoyable. Bit off a bit more than could chew.
Nice for a burgeoning writer. Battle scenes themeselves, especially book 2, were exciting and entertaining. Battle scenes are definitely his forte.
Narration and general flow felt over extended at times and kept reminding us of simple information, like the narrators full name whenever mentioned or some woman being seductive over and over, and this guys a sociopath and what not. It did not read well at those times and tried to make more important than it was. The idea of it all was good, but execution was lacking, especially in character narration.
Book 1 - all past tense writing led you to simply wait until the next books
Book 2 - much better bringing in new characters.
Book 3 - fine ending but confusing as to where and who we were dealing with. Constantly shifting narration perspective paragraph to paragraph, sometimes line to line, left you with nothing to imagine or be intrigued with. You were inside everyones head and they were all pretty one dimensional.
All in all, action scenes were good. The story itself as a plot was enjoyable. Bit off a bit more than could chew.
August 16, 2017
Same level of writing as David Drake and Jack Campbell.
This is a three book volume and I couldn't put it down until I finished the third book. Mr. Allan is a talented and skilled writer. Not only is the action and battles exciting and easy to visualize and follow, but his characters are real and well developed and you end up caring about them very much. I have the second collection in my Kindle app and plan to start it soon. If you like space Opera and military fiction then you will like this series.
This is a three book volume and I couldn't put it down until I finished the third book. Mr. Allan is a talented and skilled writer. Not only is the action and battles exciting and easy to visualize and follow, but his characters are real and well developed and you end up caring about them very much. I have the second collection in my Kindle app and plan to start it soon. If you like space Opera and military fiction then you will like this series.
August 24, 2017
All the right stuff
Very well-written, with characters developed over time, military battles, and the right mix of science and fiction. What I enjoyed was the spy umbrella over the civil life and the military. The author presents what could be for the individual as well as the society at large. He explains the history of human nature in a space opera setting - brave men and women with a moral code vs our own worst built in motivations.
So if you enjoy struggles on lots of levels and believe good needs to worked for, this is for you.
Very well-written, with characters developed over time, military battles, and the right mix of science and fiction. What I enjoyed was the spy umbrella over the civil life and the military. The author presents what could be for the individual as well as the society at large. He explains the history of human nature in a space opera setting - brave men and women with a moral code vs our own worst built in motivations.
So if you enjoy struggles on lots of levels and believe good needs to worked for, this is for you.
November 16, 2017
I tried really hard to like this book because I enjoy the space opera genre but I struggled to get to the last 1/4 of book 1. I found the writing style very light, the characters never developed any depth, the plot developments were often unbelievable (the main character is promoted a rank in almost every battle he fights). The book just felt flat and I couldn’t justify putting more time into it. I read in other reviews that the writing improves in the latter books but I think I will give these a miss.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 31, 2017
The first novel was an "I" book (written in the first person), 90% narrative and 10% dialogue, not what I'd personally define as a 21st century "book." The second novel was better, written in the 3rd person with different POV, but many of the themes of the first book were overly reintroduced. The last novel was best with lots of action but the bad guys are still out there planning more dirty deeds. Why?
I wonder if the author couldn't think of new bad guys.
I wonder if the author couldn't think of new bad guys.
July 29, 2021
The first battle between Stark and the Colonies has ended.
The first battle between Stark and the Colonies has ended with an uneasy stalemate. The marines have managed to save general Garret and he pulled the navy together. Between the Navy and the Marines they saved the colonies and destroyed enough of the alliance fleet and ground forces to have an uneasy peace. But the Navy and Marines are determined to never let themselves be left so vulnerable again.
The first battle between Stark and the Colonies has ended with an uneasy stalemate. The marines have managed to save general Garret and he pulled the navy together. Between the Navy and the Marines they saved the colonies and destroyed enough of the alliance fleet and ground forces to have an uneasy peace. But the Navy and Marines are determined to never let themselves be left so vulnerable again.
August 2, 2017
Crimson1
This was a tour de force space opera at its finest. Great character studies, complex and multilayered plot twists, fantastic heroes and villains, and long drawn out exciting space and land battles with impeccable strategies.
This was just a great read. I loved it. Kudos to Jay Allan for superior writing.
This was a tour de force space opera at its finest. Great character studies, complex and multilayered plot twists, fantastic heroes and villains, and long drawn out exciting space and land battles with impeccable strategies.
This was just a great read. I loved it. Kudos to Jay Allan for superior writing.
August 8, 2017
Ridiculous, but in a good way
These three books are ridiculously good. This is kind of like Star Wars with three sets of trilogies. The characters are enduring, both good and bad, and Jay Allan has brilliantly lined everything up for more sequels. Crimson Worlds is not to be missed. And oh, btw, Jay, buddy, why'd you name this series Crimson Worlds?
These three books are ridiculously good. This is kind of like Star Wars with three sets of trilogies. The characters are enduring, both good and bad, and Jay Allan has brilliantly lined everything up for more sequels. Crimson Worlds is not to be missed. And oh, btw, Jay, buddy, why'd you name this series Crimson Worlds?
August 16, 2017
Couldn't finish the series. The first book 'Marines' is entertaining enough but the rest of the series is full of clichés and not very well written. Having read and being a big fan of both 'Starship Troopers ' and 'Forever War', one cannot but compare the works and this series does not bear well that comparison.
September 11, 2017
A good beginning
A good SF series that has humanity taking is foibles or among the stars when war is outlawed on earth. A former gang member from NYC, Erik Cain is saved from death row by joining the Marines to fight off world. The first book is his early years, the second is the best, the final book in this part of the series drags a bit, but it's all worth reading.
A good SF series that has humanity taking is foibles or among the stars when war is outlawed on earth. A former gang member from NYC, Erik Cain is saved from death row by joining the Marines to fight off world. The first book is his early years, the second is the best, the final book in this part of the series drags a bit, but it's all worth reading.
January 15, 2018
What's going on?
10% into the book, two big battles complete, and I have no idea who the enemy is supposed to be or what they're fighting for. Maybe it all finally gets explained at 11%, but there's no way I'm reading further when the author has given me no reason to care about events.
10% into the book, two big battles complete, and I have no idea who the enemy is supposed to be or what they're fighting for. Maybe it all finally gets explained at 11%, but there's no way I'm reading further when the author has given me no reason to care about events.
February 1, 2018
Great series with well-developed characters
This first series has been a serious page-turner. Following Erik Cain and the others through war and peace has been an intriguing study in human nature, and, in some me ways, a glimpse into that dark place all have. I would highly recommend these books!
This first series has been a serious page-turner. Following Erik Cain and the others through war and peace has been an intriguing study in human nature, and, in some me ways, a glimpse into that dark place all have. I would highly recommend these books!
May 22, 2018
Once a Marine
Military SyFy is probably my least favorite genre, that said, when I read a story as well told about a universe so well rounded, the fact that it is a military story does not affect how well I enjoy it and this collection is easily one of the best. I look forward to reading the next, as soon as I can afford it.
Military SyFy is probably my least favorite genre, that said, when I read a story as well told about a universe so well rounded, the fact that it is a military story does not affect how well I enjoy it and this collection is easily one of the best. I look forward to reading the next, as soon as I can afford it.
March 25, 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of 3 books. I have started reading Crimson Worlds Collection 2 last night. As a former military servicemen, it gave me a sense of being in the fight. It was a story I really felt could happen in a distant future...and I am looking forward to seeing where the next set of books leads.
August 1, 2017
Very very good. I read the first three in less than a week. Herbert and Heinlin would be proud.
Great job. Great books. Action packed, good characters, plot development. I can not find any flaws, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Great job. Great books. Action packed, good characters, plot development. I can not find any flaws, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
August 14, 2017
A great story
Jay Allan writes his characters well you like and root for Eric Cain Sarah linden Augustus and general Holm but dislike stark and his cronies . Except for Jack Dutton who was
almost likeable
Jay Allan writes his characters well you like and root for Eric Cain Sarah linden Augustus and general Holm but dislike stark and his cronies . Except for Jack Dutton who was
almost likeable
December 27, 2017
Great
If you like military science fiction, this author is one you will enjoy. When man destroys the Earth, it's time to concur space. But will it be enough? Or will we always want more? The fight comes down to how much control will we give up to be "comfortable "?
If you like military science fiction, this author is one you will enjoy. When man destroys the Earth, it's time to concur space. But will it be enough? Or will we always want more? The fight comes down to how much control will we give up to be "comfortable "?
December 29, 2017
Great series
The power suits the marines wore caught my eye as well as his sci fi galaxy based on a post apocalyptic earth. Character development was strong as well as the progression of the individual and overall story lines. Almost impossible to put down after I started reading
The power suits the marines wore caught my eye as well as his sci fi galaxy based on a post apocalyptic earth. Character development was strong as well as the progression of the individual and overall story lines. Almost impossible to put down after I started reading
May 3, 2018
Well written, enjoyed thoroughly.
This was a very well written book. The story was deep, but never really dragged due to its depth. The characters felt believable. Many twists and turns! Just downloaded Collection 2, because now I need to know what happens next. Curse you, Jay!!!
This was a very well written book. The story was deep, but never really dragged due to its depth. The characters felt believable. Many twists and turns! Just downloaded Collection 2, because now I need to know what happens next. Curse you, Jay!!!
July 24, 2018
Well done
One of the most enjoyable set of books I’ve read. There is a lot of action and adventure. The characters are not perfect people; they have their flaws. I especially like the longer story, it gave me time to savor the plot. I’d recommend this book.
One of the most enjoyable set of books I’ve read. There is a lot of action and adventure. The characters are not perfect people; they have their flaws. I especially like the longer story, it gave me time to savor the plot. I’d recommend this book.
October 21, 2018
Wow
This was a wild ride!! From easy living to slums and fighting to live everyday. Being saved by the Marines and years of war. Years of backdoor manipulation!! Read it to see what I am talking about!!
This was a wild ride!! From easy living to slums and fighting to live everyday. Being saved by the Marines and years of war. Years of backdoor manipulation!! Read it to see what I am talking about!!
February 27, 2019
Superb Collection
The first 3 books of this series are superbly written with great characters who you really believe in and root for throughout there trials and tribulations. Erik Cain is a great character and a real hero would definitely recommend this series
The first 3 books of this series are superbly written with great characters who you really believe in and root for throughout there trials and tribulations. Erik Cain is a great character and a real hero would definitely recommend this series
April 18, 2019
Great stories!
Loved this collection of the first three books in theCrimson Worlds series. Good plot lines, lots of action, sinister evil characters, and real heroes. What else could you ask for?
Loved this collection of the first three books in theCrimson Worlds series. Good plot lines, lots of action, sinister evil characters, and real heroes. What else could you ask for?
May 5, 2019
Absolutely brilliant loved this and how each book has a different pace and perspective and also enjoyed the characters. If you like the books Starship troopers, and other books of this genre you will love this - now reading the second trilogy
April 11, 2021
Great reading!
Looking for a new reading experience while wait for the next Blood on the Stars book, I'm quite happy that I discovered the Author's extensive catalog of equally thrilling reading. On to the next books!
Looking for a new reading experience while wait for the next Blood on the Stars book, I'm quite happy that I discovered the Author's extensive catalog of equally thrilling reading. On to the next books!
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