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Taken to the Stars
Abducted by aliens. Frozen for decades.Charlie Travers figures his life can’t get much worse. He lives over a pizza restaurant, he’s lost his girlfriend, and has no prospects for a career.Then he’s abducted by an alien robot and taken across the galaxy. When he wakes up, he finds himself stranded thousands of light-years away and about to be killed by space pirates.Charlie’s only hope of getting through this is learning to work with his fellow a green-skinned warrior woman, a feathered con man who is just as likely to steal their starship as he is to save them, and a cyborg insectoid pilot who could rip a man apart with ease… if he wasn’t a strict pacifist.To make matters worse, they were abducted for a reason--one that aims to change the course of the Galaxy forever.
370 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2023
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November 30, 2023
This is an old school, sci-fi action adventure in the vein of Flash Gordon (the 1980s movie, not the animated tv series). It starts in 1989 on Earth and quickly takes off from there.
It was fun. It wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. It was a quick and easy read.
I received this as a Goodreads Giveaway.
It was fun. It wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. It was a quick and easy read.
I received this as a Goodreads Giveaway.
September 13, 2023
The Moral to The Story🚀💫💥🔫🗡💀
This book is probably more of a young adult novel than a true adult novel. the main character is a 1980s college student taken Into space by a robot who is out collecting specimens of different species from different planets.
Charlie is a ROTC student so he does know Military and guns.
I got this e-book from Amazon📚 with Kindle unlimited.
This novel is written in first person, which I hate because it prevents the reader from knowing the thoughts of the other characters. So its a one sided story, incomplete information in many respects.
At the end of this book, there is a short story about a cowboy who is abducted by the same robot. This is meant to be a prequel, I think.
This book is probably more of a young adult novel than a true adult novel. the main character is a 1980s college student taken Into space by a robot who is out collecting specimens of different species from different planets.
Charlie is a ROTC student so he does know Military and guns.
I got this e-book from Amazon📚 with Kindle unlimited.
This novel is written in first person, which I hate because it prevents the reader from knowing the thoughts of the other characters. So its a one sided story, incomplete information in many respects.
At the end of this book, there is a short story about a cowboy who is abducted by the same robot. This is meant to be a prequel, I think.
December 3, 2024
Good old fashioned space opera. Tore through this one in record time. A quick and easy read. Looks like there are a lot of volumes in the series already available. I man never finish them, but I'll give it a proper go.
December 11, 2023
This is a fun book, with a fun idea. I liked the fact that it's set in the 80s, and it's a good read...
March 11, 2024
I'm not sure why this has gotten questionable reviews. I thought it was good enough to keep going with the series. Regular guy gets kidnapped by aliens who run a "zoo ship." It's piloted by an AI. Our guy is in stasis for some time, then is awakened with some others on the ship in order to fight off the pirates that are after the ship. The adventure begins.
Pirates figure prominently in this story. Our guy is less freaked out than I thought he should be by all the aliens around him. He's got some military training, so all the shoot'em up stuff is believable. He's not so self-important that he doesn't realise that half the time he doesn't know what he's doing. But he's a good leader despite the fact that everyone else keeps trying to be in charge. He just keeps getting stuck with the job.
I loved the ending. Great setup for the rest of the series. And the narration by John Pirhalla rivaled Rupert Degas in The Tales of the Ketty Jay. Wow. I was impressed - and entertained!
Pirates figure prominently in this story. Our guy is less freaked out than I thought he should be by all the aliens around him. He's got some military training, so all the shoot'em up stuff is believable. He's not so self-important that he doesn't realise that half the time he doesn't know what he's doing. But he's a good leader despite the fact that everyone else keeps trying to be in charge. He just keeps getting stuck with the job.
I loved the ending. Great setup for the rest of the series. And the narration by John Pirhalla rivaled Rupert Degas in The Tales of the Ketty Jay. Wow. I was impressed - and entertained!
September 13, 2023
A heckuva start for Charlie Travers, Rick Partlow, and YOU, the reader...
This is the beginning of a BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP! Charlie Travers, a guy who I could have been close friends with back in my youth (same college and career choice in the same day and age), has been unceremoniously kidnapped and transported a great distance away from his planet, and shoved into the middle of a hostile galaxy. Through great training and superb instincts, he adapts, improvises and overcomes, meeting some cool characters, and dodging some hairy situations along the way.
This is a great start to an amazing series from the superb and able mind of Rick Partlow, a man who hammers out fresh content and wonderful science fiction like I can gobble up a street taco on a warm Saturday evening!
This is the beginning of a BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP! Charlie Travers, a guy who I could have been close friends with back in my youth (same college and career choice in the same day and age), has been unceremoniously kidnapped and transported a great distance away from his planet, and shoved into the middle of a hostile galaxy. Through great training and superb instincts, he adapts, improvises and overcomes, meeting some cool characters, and dodging some hairy situations along the way.
This is a great start to an amazing series from the superb and able mind of Rick Partlow, a man who hammers out fresh content and wonderful science fiction like I can gobble up a street taco on a warm Saturday evening!
September 11, 2023
This is a very quick read introducing the beginning premises of a cowboy being transferred to a different planet, being introduced to a new environment, and coming to grips with it all. It leaves a lot of the questionable experiences unanswered with the conclusion indicating future answers in the series. The characters are well-crafted, the venues somewhat confusing and the action fast and furious, if somewhat confusing. It is a cute introduction to what could be an excellent series. I received an ARC and this is my honest opinion of this short story..
September 30, 2023
Interesting start to a new series
...not sure if i will get into it. Similar to Backyard Spaceship and Sliprunner, the characters in this book seem to be the typical D&D party make-up, the hero, the warrior, the palladian, the rougue, and the wizard (AI). They're force together to deal with one situation after another, and despite all odds, they make it. Odd enough, the weakest character in the book was also the one that was most developed, Charlie. He went from being a 1980's pre-college man, to space hero in a matter of days after being woken up from stasis.
Like every other hero out there, his background in basic military training was the only thing that saved his rear end. The troupe is so often used, that the moment ROTC was mentioned, i knew to expect some training or some exercise he did that would come in handy at.the most opportune time. The alien AI could not abduct you average factory worker, or local insurance adjuster. But that would have been a different kind of book, and Tom Stranger would have been the hero of that tale.
It was this unlikely hero Hero story that might have missed the mark with me. Been there, done that, and honestly, i think I'm over it for the time being. Think I'll take a break from Chaney's books, they're all starting to blend together.
...not sure if i will get into it. Similar to Backyard Spaceship and Sliprunner, the characters in this book seem to be the typical D&D party make-up, the hero, the warrior, the palladian, the rougue, and the wizard (AI). They're force together to deal with one situation after another, and despite all odds, they make it. Odd enough, the weakest character in the book was also the one that was most developed, Charlie. He went from being a 1980's pre-college man, to space hero in a matter of days after being woken up from stasis.
Like every other hero out there, his background in basic military training was the only thing that saved his rear end. The troupe is so often used, that the moment ROTC was mentioned, i knew to expect some training or some exercise he did that would come in handy at.the most opportune time. The alien AI could not abduct you average factory worker, or local insurance adjuster. But that would have been a different kind of book, and Tom Stranger would have been the hero of that tale.
It was this unlikely hero Hero story that might have missed the mark with me. Been there, done that, and honestly, i think I'm over it for the time being. Think I'll take a break from Chaney's books, they're all starting to blend together.
September 14, 2023
GREAT READ - GREAT SETUP TO A NEW SERIES
J.N. CHANEY & Rick Partlow have done it again in creating a great story and the start of what's hopefully a great new series. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
J.N. CHANEY & Rick Partlow have done it again in creating a great story and the start of what's hopefully a great new series. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
April 6, 2024
It’s really weird to read a book that starts out almost like your own life started. I mean I’m reading about Charles (Charlie) Travers, a young almost college graduate getting ready to report to his Field Artillery Officer Basic Course (FAOBC) in about a month. He just completed ROTC and was disappointed about not getting an Active Duty slot for the Infantry. Now he was headed to be an Army National Guardsman and a Field Artillery Officer. This also meant that he had to find a better job than waiting tables at the DeLucas’ small diner in Florida.
The pizza place and the DeLucas’ felt like the family that Charlie really never had. He had left home at 18 on an ROTC scholarship when his Dad declared that he’d be paying room and board if he stayed home and went to school. Charlie thought about going to California and seeing how life was vastly different from his home town of Columbus, Ohio. But, now his plans were in a mess and he had to do some thinking.
So, he goes for a walk around 3 am in the woods/park not far from his room above the pizza place. He liked to get out from all the city lights and just look at the stars. That’s when he noticed one star that seemed to be moving a little too much. It also was getting bigger and bigger while he was standing there looking up. Charlie’s life is about to change and only time will tell if it’s for the better!
He has become an alien abductee. He kind of figures this when he remembers that the “star” turned out to be a kind of round spacecraft that lifted him up from the ground. The next thing he knows is that he’s waking up but he’s in a clear box very similar to a coffin in a strange room. The box or coffin is barely large enough for him. He certainly can’t move much, but he can bend his arm, make a fist and bang against the top of the coffin lid. It doesn’t move much, but he did notice that it did move. So, using both hands, including the one that now hursts, he manages to pry open the lid. Once jumping out of the coffin, he notices he’s in a brightly lit room with a lot of other coffins. Just what the heck is going on?
Charlie hers some banging around in one of the other coffins only to notice what appears to be an antelope pushing the lid of its coffin up with its horns. It jumps out and seems to be in a panic since it starts running wildly about the room. He also hers a load roar and then see a full grown lion springing from another coffin. The lion doesn’t appear to be happy, but he also appears to be hungry. It has a choice between the antelope and Charlie, so Charlie needs to find a way out of this room.
This is only the first problem Charlie Travers will face in his new life. It seems that, yes, he’s been abducted by a robot programmed (AI) to collect different species for the Anguilar who like to put these different species in their zoos. He also finds out that this spaceship he’s on is deep in space a long, long way from Earth. He will soon meet a few other “captives” that have broken out of their coffins, one of which isn’t that friendly. He also will get to have a session with the robot and finds out that the spaceship has broken down and the robot isn’t an engineer and doesn’t know how to fix it.
Then Charlie and his fellow captives, which now include a female name Laranna, and a cyborg (part bug and part metal) call Brazzo. This is just the beginning of the strange people/creatures Charlie of Earth will soon meet. Still, he and his captives want nothing more than to go back home. And then the AI (robot) tells them something they didn’t want to hear. This ship they are on has been broken down for a long time, a very long time.
A pretty good start to an exciting new series, one that I like very much. Charlie’s not the bravest or strongest of the aliens on this ship, but he’s a quick learner and can think on his feet. He’s going to need those talents if the ever wants to get back to Earth, then again, he might not want to go back and stay. More will definitely follow in book 2, “War of the Liberator”, not available on Amazon.
The pizza place and the DeLucas’ felt like the family that Charlie really never had. He had left home at 18 on an ROTC scholarship when his Dad declared that he’d be paying room and board if he stayed home and went to school. Charlie thought about going to California and seeing how life was vastly different from his home town of Columbus, Ohio. But, now his plans were in a mess and he had to do some thinking.
So, he goes for a walk around 3 am in the woods/park not far from his room above the pizza place. He liked to get out from all the city lights and just look at the stars. That’s when he noticed one star that seemed to be moving a little too much. It also was getting bigger and bigger while he was standing there looking up. Charlie’s life is about to change and only time will tell if it’s for the better!
He has become an alien abductee. He kind of figures this when he remembers that the “star” turned out to be a kind of round spacecraft that lifted him up from the ground. The next thing he knows is that he’s waking up but he’s in a clear box very similar to a coffin in a strange room. The box or coffin is barely large enough for him. He certainly can’t move much, but he can bend his arm, make a fist and bang against the top of the coffin lid. It doesn’t move much, but he did notice that it did move. So, using both hands, including the one that now hursts, he manages to pry open the lid. Once jumping out of the coffin, he notices he’s in a brightly lit room with a lot of other coffins. Just what the heck is going on?
Charlie hers some banging around in one of the other coffins only to notice what appears to be an antelope pushing the lid of its coffin up with its horns. It jumps out and seems to be in a panic since it starts running wildly about the room. He also hers a load roar and then see a full grown lion springing from another coffin. The lion doesn’t appear to be happy, but he also appears to be hungry. It has a choice between the antelope and Charlie, so Charlie needs to find a way out of this room.
This is only the first problem Charlie Travers will face in his new life. It seems that, yes, he’s been abducted by a robot programmed (AI) to collect different species for the Anguilar who like to put these different species in their zoos. He also finds out that this spaceship he’s on is deep in space a long, long way from Earth. He will soon meet a few other “captives” that have broken out of their coffins, one of which isn’t that friendly. He also will get to have a session with the robot and finds out that the spaceship has broken down and the robot isn’t an engineer and doesn’t know how to fix it.
Then Charlie and his fellow captives, which now include a female name Laranna, and a cyborg (part bug and part metal) call Brazzo. This is just the beginning of the strange people/creatures Charlie of Earth will soon meet. Still, he and his captives want nothing more than to go back home. And then the AI (robot) tells them something they didn’t want to hear. This ship they are on has been broken down for a long time, a very long time.
A pretty good start to an exciting new series, one that I like very much. Charlie’s not the bravest or strongest of the aliens on this ship, but he’s a quick learner and can think on his feet. He’s going to need those talents if the ever wants to get back to Earth, then again, he might not want to go back and stay. More will definitely follow in book 2, “War of the Liberator”, not available on Amazon.
July 19, 2025
This was a delightful little wild ride through the stars!
Charlie is a great lead character, and Laranna and Brazzo are a fun supporting duo, despite Charlie's continual obsession with the former. The idea of being abducted for an alien menagerie ship isn't exactly a new sci-fi trope, but the idea of waking up and having to battle your way through just to stay alive at the beginning was pretty wild.
And then things ACTUALLY started going crazy. You get to meet bizarre aliens on strange planets, and the double- and triple-crossing plots start heating up. Every time you think you have an idea of what might happen, another insane things happen. In fact, it was just one wacky explosion of chaos after another, to the point where it became difficult to reconcile exactly what was happening at any given time.
I don't know why setting things in the '80s is so popular right now; nostalgia is STRONG and apparently that was the the time that people of my generation need to latch on to, but the references were easy to understand and Charlie ended up being a fairly adaptable guy. Even though he was "just another grunt", he caught enough sheer dumb luck to make things work when they needed done.
This was a really good book that I whipped through really fast. I look forward to the next installment.
Good reading to you!
Charlie is a great lead character, and Laranna and Brazzo are a fun supporting duo, despite Charlie's continual obsession with the former. The idea of being abducted for an alien menagerie ship isn't exactly a new sci-fi trope, but the idea of waking up and having to battle your way through just to stay alive at the beginning was pretty wild.
And then things ACTUALLY started going crazy. You get to meet bizarre aliens on strange planets, and the double- and triple-crossing plots start heating up. Every time you think you have an idea of what might happen, another insane things happen. In fact, it was just one wacky explosion of chaos after another, to the point where it became difficult to reconcile exactly what was happening at any given time.
I don't know why setting things in the '80s is so popular right now; nostalgia is STRONG and apparently that was the the time that people of my generation need to latch on to, but the references were easy to understand and Charlie ended up being a fairly adaptable guy. Even though he was "just another grunt", he caught enough sheer dumb luck to make things work when they needed done.
This was a really good book that I whipped through really fast. I look forward to the next installment.
Good reading to you!
March 18, 2024
4 What's The Maximum Effective Range For An Excuse Cadet Travers? Stars
Taken to the Stars is the first book in the series by J. N. Chaney and Rick Partlow.
I find myself pleasantly surprised as I finish this story off. Not that I enjoyed it, but how little has truly occurred in these over such a short amount of time. It was all fascinating and action-packed. Which allowed the story to flow at such a fast pace. I can't remember taking a break since picking it up.
There are certainly interesting questions to answer.. Mostly, regarding Lenny and his true intentions. This honestly feels like some psychological experiment being conducted on this set of random captives. Especially when you consider the information Charlie discovered about Xandor's own abduction.
I absolutely can not get enough of space odyssey style revolutions. These five intrepid aliens are about to take the fight to the Anguilar Empire and attempt to rescue Lennara's people from their tyranny.
I find myself excited to discover other future species and perhaps chance upon other humans. There are so many different worlds to let my mind wander through are hopefully on the menu.
Taken to the Stars is the first book in the series by J. N. Chaney and Rick Partlow.
I find myself pleasantly surprised as I finish this story off. Not that I enjoyed it, but how little has truly occurred in these over such a short amount of time. It was all fascinating and action-packed. Which allowed the story to flow at such a fast pace. I can't remember taking a break since picking it up.
There are certainly interesting questions to answer.. Mostly, regarding Lenny and his true intentions. This honestly feels like some psychological experiment being conducted on this set of random captives. Especially when you consider the information Charlie discovered about Xandor's own abduction.
I absolutely can not get enough of space odyssey style revolutions. These five intrepid aliens are about to take the fight to the Anguilar Empire and attempt to rescue Lennara's people from their tyranny.
I find myself excited to discover other future species and perhaps chance upon other humans. There are so many different worlds to let my mind wander through are hopefully on the menu.
November 22, 2023
This was a fun light read. It starts of, as the blurb says, with Charlie being abducted by an alien robot. Always a good start. I like these whisked away into space slash first contact science fiction adventures. Unfortunately many of them are botched up after the first chapter.
This one is not bad. It is not wow fantastic but it is a quite decent swashbuckling adventure. There is the the main character, Charlie, of course. There is the cool, kick-ass (alien) lady. There’s the somewhat snarky robot. There’s a scoundrel. There’s some bad guys. A whole galaxy of bad guys actually, including good old pirates. Finally there’s a whole sequence of unlikely events and voila, team Charlie has been formed.
If I should describe this book in few words it would be science fiction adventure. I would say that this first book would be a good pilot episode for a TV show.
There is lots of surprise and discovery of course. Charlie was abducted by aliens after all. There is also a good deal of dialog, a lot of it fun and sometimes with a good deal of snark.
The story? Well, I guess we will have to see where it actually goes but most of this first book was spent on Charlie & Co saving their skins and trying to supply their ship with spare parts to get out of their little pickle.
If I should speculate I would say that Charlie & Co are eventually going to become a nuisance for these bad guys that seems to have taken over a good chunk of the neighborhood, including the home planet of the cool warrior lady.
I have to say that I quite liked this book. A fun, fast and rather light read. I especially liked that Charlie, although being but a clueless child in his new environment, he is far from incompetent and does not in any way shy away from picking up a gun and use it.
Needless to say I will continue to read this series.
This one is not bad. It is not wow fantastic but it is a quite decent swashbuckling adventure. There is the the main character, Charlie, of course. There is the cool, kick-ass (alien) lady. There’s the somewhat snarky robot. There’s a scoundrel. There’s some bad guys. A whole galaxy of bad guys actually, including good old pirates. Finally there’s a whole sequence of unlikely events and voila, team Charlie has been formed.
If I should describe this book in few words it would be science fiction adventure. I would say that this first book would be a good pilot episode for a TV show.
There is lots of surprise and discovery of course. Charlie was abducted by aliens after all. There is also a good deal of dialog, a lot of it fun and sometimes with a good deal of snark.
The story? Well, I guess we will have to see where it actually goes but most of this first book was spent on Charlie & Co saving their skins and trying to supply their ship with spare parts to get out of their little pickle.
If I should speculate I would say that Charlie & Co are eventually going to become a nuisance for these bad guys that seems to have taken over a good chunk of the neighborhood, including the home planet of the cool warrior lady.
I have to say that I quite liked this book. A fun, fast and rather light read. I especially liked that Charlie, although being but a clueless child in his new environment, he is far from incompetent and does not in any way shy away from picking up a gun and use it.
Needless to say I will continue to read this series.
December 5, 2023
J. N. Chaney and Rick Partlow each have a good track record in independently published science fiction. Chaney has had something of a hit with his Backyard Starship series, and Partlow has a substantial catalog of military SF. Taken to the Stars, a first-contact alien abduction story, seems a natural fit for their collaboration. It gets off to a good start. Charlie Travers is a guy who financed his way through college with an ROTC scholarship and is headed to OCS when he is abducted by aliens. He has a credible voice and an engaging backstory, so we are willing to root for him when he wakes up light years from home surrounded by aliens of various species and attacked by space pirates.
Unfortunately, once the action starts, the plot becomes more paint-by-numbers.
Unfortunately, once the action starts, the plot becomes more paint-by-numbers.
January 7, 2024
An interesting idea behind the story, but it suffers from the same problem as many of this author’s books. He just over describes everything, whether it’s the characters internal thoughts or just what is happening around them.
Perhaps this is something just personal to me, but I like to have enough information for me to understand what is happening, then I use my own imagination to fill in the minor details.
My other problem with the story is it is too frantic with just one disaster on top of another, it quickly degenerates into a bad SciFi action movie where only the action sequences matter, whether they make sense or not.
I am tempted to just cut my losses with this series, but I suspect I might try the next book, which is why I have given two stars instead of just one.
Perhaps this is something just personal to me, but I like to have enough information for me to understand what is happening, then I use my own imagination to fill in the minor details.
My other problem with the story is it is too frantic with just one disaster on top of another, it quickly degenerates into a bad SciFi action movie where only the action sequences matter, whether they make sense or not.
I am tempted to just cut my losses with this series, but I suspect I might try the next book, which is why I have given two stars instead of just one.
September 23, 2023
Shows Potential
While there is a lot of action in this first book, it doesn’t seem to amount to much at the end. Character development is acceptable, if a bit less than anticipated. There are multiple story threads in this first installment, several are resolved at book’s end, some are not. The expectation is these will be completed in a future installment, but there is not guarantee. At the end of this book we have a small cadre of sentient beings who appear to be ready to form an alliance, and no indication of how that’s going to work out for them.
While there is a lot of action in this first book, it doesn’t seem to amount to much at the end. Character development is acceptable, if a bit less than anticipated. There are multiple story threads in this first installment, several are resolved at book’s end, some are not. The expectation is these will be completed in a future installment, but there is not guarantee. At the end of this book we have a small cadre of sentient beings who appear to be ready to form an alliance, and no indication of how that’s going to work out for them.
December 22, 2024
The topic is not new; countless conspiracy theories and also a whole series of sci-fi novels have taken on the abduction of people by aliens. Here, a story is spun that is humorous, exciting, imaginative and, last but not least, contains interesting characters.
The author has also succeeded in the important principle of every good story: “make it believable.”
The protagonist acts comprehensibly and is likeable in his own way.
Conclusion: A good start to the series and something for fans of such stories.
The author has also succeeded in the important principle of every good story: “make it believable.”
The protagonist acts comprehensibly and is likeable in his own way.
Conclusion: A good start to the series and something for fans of such stories.
July 2, 2025
Taken to the Stars - even if you had other plans!
This is a very entertaining and quirky (in a good way) book. I loved it. Imagine waking up from cryo sleep - and you don't even know what cryo sleep is - yet! The characters are a diverse group of aliens and a robot with exceptional skills in avoiding a straight answer. I loved it. There is a lot of action, so not all fun and games. If you read any books by writers J. N. Chaney or Rick Partlow, you know it will be good. The audio book performed by John Pirhalla is excellent.
This is a very entertaining and quirky (in a good way) book. I loved it. Imagine waking up from cryo sleep - and you don't even know what cryo sleep is - yet! The characters are a diverse group of aliens and a robot with exceptional skills in avoiding a straight answer. I loved it. There is a lot of action, so not all fun and games. If you read any books by writers J. N. Chaney or Rick Partlow, you know it will be good. The audio book performed by John Pirhalla is excellent.
October 5, 2025
Take
Taken from his home planet and held in stasis for years Charley woke up to alarms and a large angry deer. The Deer was bad enough but then there was a lion. Being fairly certain to stay was death he found a door and ran for it. Getting out was bad but considering he was for1998 had just finished College and was set to go into the National Guard after Graduation he didn't know anything about automation. Now what on a space ship with unknown companion is a rude awakening. Good Read.
Taken from his home planet and held in stasis for years Charley woke up to alarms and a large angry deer. The Deer was bad enough but then there was a lion. Being fairly certain to stay was death he found a door and ran for it. Getting out was bad but considering he was for1998 had just finished College and was set to go into the National Guard after Graduation he didn't know anything about automation. Now what on a space ship with unknown companion is a rude awakening. Good Read.
September 28, 2023
Good read
Abducted by a glowing green light, waking up 35 years later only to find you’re on a spaceship, naked and you see other containers with weird things in them. What would you do? You think you found a door but how do you open it? What was that noise? No no no no! The other containers are opening up! What is inside are now trying to get out and they are what your worst dreams could never imagine!
Abducted by a glowing green light, waking up 35 years later only to find you’re on a spaceship, naked and you see other containers with weird things in them. What would you do? You think you found a door but how do you open it? What was that noise? No no no no! The other containers are opening up! What is inside are now trying to get out and they are what your worst dreams could never imagine!
November 14, 2023
Coming of oldf age
Pretty good start and certainly a believable start. The disconnect from their existing life for all the main characters worked fine for me and gave them opportunities in the universe that they wouldn't have had without it so I thought that was pretty good. The collection of aliens seem to bit more like old Star Trek as if almost everything was humanoid. Otherwise, a darn fun summer read.
Pretty good start and certainly a believable start. The disconnect from their existing life for all the main characters worked fine for me and gave them opportunities in the universe that they wouldn't have had without it so I thought that was pretty good. The collection of aliens seem to bit more like old Star Trek as if almost everything was humanoid. Otherwise, a darn fun summer read.
March 12, 2024
Incredibly familiar,
Incredibly familiar, there seems to be tidbits that could have come or at possibly inspired th Authors to expand on old by familiar themes. The Authors provide intricate but dimple events v to propel th plot along. There is no shortage o details to make the story progress but the story does flow in such s way to keep the reader doggedly reading th mountain of details provided. I. recommend Taken to the Stars!
Incredibly familiar, there seems to be tidbits that could have come or at possibly inspired th Authors to expand on old by familiar themes. The Authors provide intricate but dimple events v to propel th plot along. There is no shortage o details to make the story progress but the story does flow in such s way to keep the reader doggedly reading th mountain of details provided. I. recommend Taken to the Stars!
October 20, 2024
Never go back (can't ever)
This would make a great series...... Lots of possibilities. One of the reasons for my never choosing novels of less than three hundred pages. If I bought , even half the novels I read, at what stores charge. ( even in paperback). I would lose a lot of weight, seek new residency in A packing crate, and unretire. Not a word. Go back to work. Still a good read.....
This would make a great series...... Lots of possibilities. One of the reasons for my never choosing novels of less than three hundred pages. If I bought , even half the novels I read, at what stores charge. ( even in paperback). I would lose a lot of weight, seek new residency in A packing crate, and unretire. Not a word. Go back to work. Still a good read.....
May 18, 2025
Recommend
This was a fun read. Charlie is in a pickle...well actually a zoo spaceship. And he's one of the "animals." Abducted by aliens and as soon as he wakes up from stasis, he is immediately running for his life from a lion.
So many weird crazy things going on. But Charlie turns into a reluctant hero. There's also a chance at romance with a green-skinned beauty.
Don't know how that will go, but this is a long series. So I'll strap in and enjoy the ride.
This was a fun read. Charlie is in a pickle...well actually a zoo spaceship. And he's one of the "animals." Abducted by aliens and as soon as he wakes up from stasis, he is immediately running for his life from a lion.
So many weird crazy things going on. But Charlie turns into a reluctant hero. There's also a chance at romance with a green-skinned beauty.
Don't know how that will go, but this is a long series. So I'll strap in and enjoy the ride.
May 29, 2025
When you unexpectedly travel to the stars, be thankful
An adventure for Charlie and others who have been collected for zoo display as they meet up with the evil creatures that exist from other worlds in places never noticed.
When forced to defend themselves and steal power cores to have a chance to escape and return home, things get complicated and much time has passed since capture.
An adventure for Charlie and others who have been collected for zoo display as they meet up with the evil creatures that exist from other worlds in places never noticed.
When forced to defend themselves and steal power cores to have a chance to escape and return home, things get complicated and much time has passed since capture.
September 13, 2023
In less than 8% of the book, the authors have already thoroughly started to emasculate the main character. I know Chaney has a weird hatred of men, and Partlow's last book written with Chaney was worse than a CW show about teenagers, but I was honestly hoping for something worth reading. Just glad I'm not out any money thanks to Kindle Unlimited
October 30, 2023
Genuinely a wonderful read
I can't tell you how many Jn chaney books I have enjoyed. Actually yes I can, all of them. And this one is no different, what an amazing start to a series! I can't wait to see what happens next. If you enjoyed any other Chaney series you will enjoy this. Do yourself a favor and just read it.
I can't tell you how many Jn chaney books I have enjoyed. Actually yes I can, all of them. And this one is no different, what an amazing start to a series! I can't wait to see what happens next. If you enjoyed any other Chaney series you will enjoy this. Do yourself a favor and just read it.
November 3, 2023
Good book
The book is good. I enjoyed it for what it is but some of the deceptive portions of the book were too long and winded. I had to skip right over them to get through to the action. I don't need to know every damn thought, memory or feeling that comes back to the character when he's in the middle of a fire fight. Otherwise it was good.
The book is good. I enjoyed it for what it is but some of the deceptive portions of the book were too long and winded. I had to skip right over them to get through to the action. I don't need to know every damn thought, memory or feeling that comes back to the character when he's in the middle of a fire fight. Otherwise it was good.
November 21, 2023
Abducted by alien stuff
This abduction genre books might seems the same to you, but this one is different : the characters are normal enough that you don't expect them to shed their anxiety and loneliness after abducted for so long. Instead they deal and make choices instead of them
This abduction genre books might seems the same to you, but this one is different : the characters are normal enough that you don't expect them to shed their anxiety and loneliness after abducted for so long. Instead they deal and make choices instead of them
March 11, 2024
What a charming book and an excellent start to a series that I'm sure I'll have to catch up on. I really liked this book. It had a little bit of a small town 80s vibe in the beginning, which is always a good thing for me. And then it quickly turned into a really entertaining romp through the galaxy. I haven't read any other Rick Partlow books but after this one, I'm quite certain I will.
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