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Homeworld Lost #5
Earth Rising
Kayan has emerged from the Hoyon citadel repaired and refreshed, though she’s a bit cagey. Why would she share what kind of upgrades the healing process bestowed upon her? Noah Gantz is just glad to be back in the action, seeking Seer secrets, a way to save two galaxies, and finding Kilis Dane Ryger before Celia and Ryg destroy Kayan to get their answers.
When Kayan’s crew learns Dane may have genetically modified Azok warships, they pursue the clues back to the Milky Way and Earth…
… and learn General Tate Collins had his day in court, and was acquitted of wrong doing. Where is the man now? Who knows but Noah’s nemesis may be in possession of a new, more deadly young Azok (or three).
Kayan’s crew face new challenges and complications, not the least of which is accidentally delivering a new alien race, the Jykeen, to a remote Pacific island. Will the first contact scenario give United Earth the tools to survive, or doom them. On the bright side, Noah’s big showdown with 98X and 12X will settle his problem with the Monitors one and for all.
When Kayan’s crew learns Dane may have genetically modified Azok warships, they pursue the clues back to the Milky Way and Earth…
… and learn General Tate Collins had his day in court, and was acquitted of wrong doing. Where is the man now? Who knows but Noah’s nemesis may be in possession of a new, more deadly young Azok (or three).
Kayan’s crew face new challenges and complications, not the least of which is accidentally delivering a new alien race, the Jykeen, to a remote Pacific island. Will the first contact scenario give United Earth the tools to survive, or doom them. On the bright side, Noah’s big showdown with 98X and 12X will settle his problem with the Monitors one and for all.
394 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2023
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October 6, 2023
I just can’t get enough of this story! It ended too quickly. I wish I had book-6 to continue reading.. An absolute 5/5*!
October 3, 2023
Book 5 in the series and still going strong.
The Home World series captured me from the very beginning and, Earth Rising book 5, continues to provide a truly delightful journey through alien vistas, strong character interactions and development in a carefully woven universe I just love to set aside my trouble's & worries and submerge into. Thank you to the author for the seemingly effortless narrative that carried me alone on this journey.
The Home World series captured me from the very beginning and, Earth Rising book 5, continues to provide a truly delightful journey through alien vistas, strong character interactions and development in a carefully woven universe I just love to set aside my trouble's & worries and submerge into. Thank you to the author for the seemingly effortless narrative that carried me alone on this journey.
November 4, 2024
This has been a strange series. Major Noah Gantz has been living an unusual life aboard a living starship called “Kayan”. That’s the creatures name as well as it’s species name. Noah has a never before experienced physical relationship with the ship since it found his wrecked Earth warpship almost destroyed and then saved Noah’s life. She did so by using some of her own biomatter which formed an inseparable bond between the two. That all happened a long, long time ago.
Kayan’s crew has grown over time with many of the crewmembers now there because they couldn’t or wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. One such alien, they were all aliens to each other, was Wozim, a fierce Tyton warrior, who has befriended Noah. Now Woziam has found his own planet and started raising his own tribe. He has two almost grown children that he’s asked Noah to take aboard Kayan so they can learn from him and the ship. So Oltim and Talliz, worriers just like their Father, have joined the crew and are ready to protect it from it’s many enemies.
One feature of Kayan is that she is totally pacific. She can’t and won’t harm other living creatures and prefers to heal anyone she finds in distress. Yet, she has enemies or Noah has enemies because of his actions against the Gavant, the ruthless power governing the Reach. Yet, recently, Noah and Kayan have found another enemy more powerful than the Gavant. They are the Taliz who are squid like aliens that seem to want to destroy everything. For some reason unknown to Noah, the Taliz have it in for him and he fears they are going to the Solar System and specifically Earth to destroy it and all its citizens. Noah needs to stop this, of course.
So, Noah and his crew agree to head first back to Jyko, the myterious prizon planet that holds the former monarch of the Tytons. They hope to find more information about the Seer deives that now are used by Noah. Noah has all five of the devices and seems to be able to use them without much difficulty, unlike the others who tried one piece each. They won’t find much there, but they do learn that there’s a certain Gavant who hunts Kayan and she’s on Kayan’s trail. They have to do something about her and soon.
Their journey is going to take them a lot of places. Some places they’ll find terrible things. In their journey to Earth they come across a Hoyon that seems dormat in an abondon star system with an almost destroyed Kayan floating in the Ort cloud. Noah’s Kayan must help the Hoyon and certainly must help her kindred sister. She takes aboard the Hoyon and starts healing it only to find out that this particular Hoyon came from Earth. It also must be returned to Earth and very soon.
So, Noah and his living starship continue on towards Earth where he has a reunion with his Grandfather who just happens to be the President of United Earth. Noah discusses the fact that the Taliz may be on their way to attach Earth. His Grandfather says that Noah has to help because the Earth is no where near advanced enough to face these alien creatures and their deadly warships.
Noah starts wondering just why the Taliz are fighting for the Seers, an all powerful race of aliens that very little is know about. Eventually Noah finds a cryptic answer that the Seer has some power over the Taliz and that’s why they fight for them. Noah has to find what controls the Taliz and destroy it or at least end the Seer’s control of the Taliz. Once he does that, he hopes the Taliz will no longer desire to destroy Earth.
Yet time is limited. The Taliz are on their way to Earth and Noah has to go to the far, far reaches of the univers to confront the Seer. Kayan does even know if she can make that kind of journey without serious injury. And, even if Noah is successful, will he be in time.
Although this series and every book is kind of confusing, some of it starts to make sense after a while. There’s a lot more going on than just what’s contained in this review so you’ll need to continue reading the sereis in book 6, “United Nexus”, now available on Amazon.
Kayan’s crew has grown over time with many of the crewmembers now there because they couldn’t or wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. One such alien, they were all aliens to each other, was Wozim, a fierce Tyton warrior, who has befriended Noah. Now Woziam has found his own planet and started raising his own tribe. He has two almost grown children that he’s asked Noah to take aboard Kayan so they can learn from him and the ship. So Oltim and Talliz, worriers just like their Father, have joined the crew and are ready to protect it from it’s many enemies.
One feature of Kayan is that she is totally pacific. She can’t and won’t harm other living creatures and prefers to heal anyone she finds in distress. Yet, she has enemies or Noah has enemies because of his actions against the Gavant, the ruthless power governing the Reach. Yet, recently, Noah and Kayan have found another enemy more powerful than the Gavant. They are the Taliz who are squid like aliens that seem to want to destroy everything. For some reason unknown to Noah, the Taliz have it in for him and he fears they are going to the Solar System and specifically Earth to destroy it and all its citizens. Noah needs to stop this, of course.
So, Noah and his crew agree to head first back to Jyko, the myterious prizon planet that holds the former monarch of the Tytons. They hope to find more information about the Seer deives that now are used by Noah. Noah has all five of the devices and seems to be able to use them without much difficulty, unlike the others who tried one piece each. They won’t find much there, but they do learn that there’s a certain Gavant who hunts Kayan and she’s on Kayan’s trail. They have to do something about her and soon.
Their journey is going to take them a lot of places. Some places they’ll find terrible things. In their journey to Earth they come across a Hoyon that seems dormat in an abondon star system with an almost destroyed Kayan floating in the Ort cloud. Noah’s Kayan must help the Hoyon and certainly must help her kindred sister. She takes aboard the Hoyon and starts healing it only to find out that this particular Hoyon came from Earth. It also must be returned to Earth and very soon.
So, Noah and his living starship continue on towards Earth where he has a reunion with his Grandfather who just happens to be the President of United Earth. Noah discusses the fact that the Taliz may be on their way to attach Earth. His Grandfather says that Noah has to help because the Earth is no where near advanced enough to face these alien creatures and their deadly warships.
Noah starts wondering just why the Taliz are fighting for the Seers, an all powerful race of aliens that very little is know about. Eventually Noah finds a cryptic answer that the Seer has some power over the Taliz and that’s why they fight for them. Noah has to find what controls the Taliz and destroy it or at least end the Seer’s control of the Taliz. Once he does that, he hopes the Taliz will no longer desire to destroy Earth.
Yet time is limited. The Taliz are on their way to Earth and Noah has to go to the far, far reaches of the univers to confront the Seer. Kayan does even know if she can make that kind of journey without serious injury. And, even if Noah is successful, will he be in time.
Although this series and every book is kind of confusing, some of it starts to make sense after a while. There’s a lot more going on than just what’s contained in this review so you’ll need to continue reading the sereis in book 6, “United Nexus”, now available on Amazon.
October 8, 2023
love this series
I love this series! The characters are well groomed, advance through the stories and most of all they’re humorous. I love Qurk & how he’s evolved into this lovable, huggable, intelligent yet funny, dog-like best friend for the main character. I appreciate writers who can write humor well. I’ve talked about Jn Chaney in reviews but I think in this series, it’s especially important to congratulate Scott Moon for his contributions he brings to this series. You can definitely tell his influence and storytelling. These two authors make for a good pairing.
Side note: many authors do not do a summary of the prior book(s) or storyline prior to the current one. I read a lot so for me, especially, those summaries are wonderful. With lots of characters and plots running around in my head and the space of time between new releases, the storylines can become a bit of a mishmash, so again, it’s truly appreciated. Thank you & thanks for a great series!
I love this series! The characters are well groomed, advance through the stories and most of all they’re humorous. I love Qurk & how he’s evolved into this lovable, huggable, intelligent yet funny, dog-like best friend for the main character. I appreciate writers who can write humor well. I’ve talked about Jn Chaney in reviews but I think in this series, it’s especially important to congratulate Scott Moon for his contributions he brings to this series. You can definitely tell his influence and storytelling. These two authors make for a good pairing.
Side note: many authors do not do a summary of the prior book(s) or storyline prior to the current one. I read a lot so for me, especially, those summaries are wonderful. With lots of characters and plots running around in my head and the space of time between new releases, the storylines can become a bit of a mishmash, so again, it’s truly appreciated. Thank you & thanks for a great series!
October 11, 2023
Good read
Gantz and crew have warned Earth of an impending alien invasion that Earth has no means to defeat. Fellow Earth space traveler Collins is crazy and wants to abandon Earth. Gantz and crew are racing towards another galaxy on a Hail Mary to stop the invasion. Earth’s invasion has started. Collins has pulled much of Earth’s defense force away on false pretense. Clock was ticking…
Gantz and crew have warned Earth of an impending alien invasion that Earth has no means to defeat. Fellow Earth space traveler Collins is crazy and wants to abandon Earth. Gantz and crew are racing towards another galaxy on a Hail Mary to stop the invasion. Earth’s invasion has started. Collins has pulled much of Earth’s defense force away on false pretense. Clock was ticking…
June 9, 2024
Lots of Pieces Come Together!
I think this is my favorite, but I can’t really explain why. From one improbable outcome to another, Noah manages to choose the moral course, and accepts the outcome. Too bad our current politicians don’t have a similar va,use system. (Heavy sigh). but we can all escape to fiction for a few moments, and find selfless
leaders! Lots to admire in Noah Gantz. Check him out!
I think this is my favorite, but I can’t really explain why. From one improbable outcome to another, Noah manages to choose the moral course, and accepts the outcome. Too bad our current politicians don’t have a similar va,use system. (Heavy sigh). but we can all escape to fiction for a few moments, and find selfless
leaders! Lots to admire in Noah Gantz. Check him out!
November 27, 2023
Homeworld is NOT lost!
Pk its a bit singed and Collins is a coward and a traitor. No news there. Still learning with Noah the extent of his powers. But the depth of his heart is unplumbed. Scratch continues to grow and evolve. I think his battle tail is copied from theTytons. On purpose? Like he evolved it himself. Time will tell. We are still saving the world here.
Pk its a bit singed and Collins is a coward and a traitor. No news there. Still learning with Noah the extent of his powers. But the depth of his heart is unplumbed. Scratch continues to grow and evolve. I think his battle tail is copied from theTytons. On purpose? Like he evolved it himself. Time will tell. We are still saving the world here.
October 22, 2023
Good Stuff
I really like this series and this book. It's good stuff all the way. Anyone that's looking for a good story and doesn't want to wade through a bunch of porn to get there will appreciate this series and book.
I really like this series and this book. It's good stuff all the way. Anyone that's looking for a good story and doesn't want to wade through a bunch of porn to get there will appreciate this series and book.
January 16, 2024
Good end to a long story.
Wasn't sure if I'd get to the end but glad I did. The story got pretty far a field a book or so ago and I'm impressed a way was found to bring it all together.
Wasn't sure if I'd get to the end but glad I did. The story got pretty far a field a book or so ago and I'm impressed a way was found to bring it all together.
April 12, 2024
These books just keep getting better
The characters are well developed and get better all the time. The story line is amazing and so super creative. I’m going to go make some anytime breakfast now, you’ll know what I mean when you read the books.
The characters are well developed and get better all the time. The story line is amazing and so super creative. I’m going to go make some anytime breakfast now, you’ll know what I mean when you read the books.
February 15, 2025
Just when you think,oh never mind
It's amazing how much Joy there is reading about this crazy crew and wishing I was there. Actually when I am reading this book I feel like I am.
Thank you Now it's time for the next chapter.
It's amazing how much Joy there is reading about this crazy crew and wishing I was there. Actually when I am reading this book I feel like I am.
Thank you Now it's time for the next chapter.
September 14, 2025
mind stretching
Wow. The speed this story races through is beyond my biggest smile. Living starships traveling to multiple galaxies to battle stranger and stranger aliens was extremely entertaining.
Wow. The speed this story races through is beyond my biggest smile. Living starships traveling to multiple galaxies to battle stranger and stranger aliens was extremely entertaining.
October 8, 2023
Just when is was getting !
Just when it was getting to the part were we would get to the climax "poof" next book, but that's OK it keeps me coming back!! Keep up good Work.
Just when it was getting to the part were we would get to the climax "poof" next book, but that's OK it keeps me coming back!! Keep up good Work.
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July 26, 2024Can't say more
I loved it.
Wish I could join them in Colorado.
Of course at 78+ and handicapped I'll be horizontal more than vertical, but can still appreciate the views.
I loved it.
Wish I could join them in Colorado.
Of course at 78+ and handicapped I'll be horizontal more than vertical, but can still appreciate the views.
August 18, 2024
Homeworld found!!
I really cannot wait to read the next chapter of this saga. So much has happened and I am not even half way done!
I really cannot wait to read the next chapter of this saga. So much has happened and I am not even half way done!
March 25, 2025
Wow! Great book
The series so far is great, but this book took it to the next level. Great characters, plot and shy uhheer scale. Out of this world. Loved it!
The series so far is great, but this book took it to the next level. Great characters, plot and shy uhheer scale. Out of this world. Loved it!
June 20, 2025
Thanks!
Very satisfying 😊 I am so excited that there are many more chapters ahead to read. Thank you very much.
Very satisfying 😊 I am so excited that there are many more chapters ahead to read. Thank you very much.
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