The end of Earth’s immunity period draws ever closer. The game board of grand space politics is set; pieces are down, lines are drawn.
Native Earth factions now stand to defend their shared homeworld, and with them shoulder to shoulder are Humans from other worlds, the Miyelonians, the Geckho, the Jarg, the Cleopians, the Cyanids, the Esthetes, and the Crystallids – all those Kung Gnat was able to persuade. But the enemy is also extremely powerful – the Meleyephatian Horde, Trillians, and Composite are about to join forces in order to smother this new and quickly progressing galactic force before it gets off the ground.
Will our planet be able to fight off the highly powerful and aggressive space invaders who wish to enslave the people of Earth and even totally destroy our world?
Read all about it in the final book of the Reality Benders series!!!
Michael Atamanov was born in 1975 in Grozny, Chechnia. He excelled at school, winning numerous national science and writing competitions. Having graduated with honors, he entered Moscow University to study material engineering. Soon, however, he had no home to return to: their house was destroyed during the first Chechen campaign. Michael's family fled the war, taking shelter with some relatives in Stavropol Territory in the South of Russia.
Having graduated from the University, Michael was forced to accept whatever work was available. He moonlighted in chemical labs, loaded trucks, translated technical articles, worked as a software installer as well as scene shifter for local artists and events. At the same time he never stopped writing, even when squatting in some seedy Moscow hostels. Writing became an urgent need for Michael, driving him to submit articles to science publications, news fillers for a variety of web sites and a plethora of technical and copywriting gigs.
Then one day unexpectedly for himself he started writing fairy tales and science fiction novels. For several years, his audience consisted of only one person: Michael's elder son. Then, at the end of 2014 he decided to upload one of his manuscripts to a free online writers resource. Readers liked it and demanded a sequel. Michael uploaded another book, and yet another, his audience growing as did his list. It was his readers who helped Michael hone his writing style. He finally had the breakthrough he deserved when the Moscow-based EKSMO - the biggest publishing house in Europe - offered him a contract for his first and consequent books.
I received a review copy of this book. The Battle for Earth is the final installment in this series, and for those of you who were waiting for an awesome conclusion to the series, you're going to most likely be disappointed. There's several loose ends left untied, some hand waving to get to the conclusion the main character wanted, and a (in my opinion) altogether unsatisfactory ending to the story. I'm hoping there will be some spin off series as a result of the conclusion of this one, perhaps many years in the future when earth has taken it's place among the races of the system. I can't see any alternative that would make the story continue from the point at which it was left. I am happy the series is finished, but I am sad at how badly the ending was handled. This series had loads of potential, and it was basically just swept under the rug. That's disappointing. I'm sure the author will write more books, hopefully some in this universe, but perhaps a brand new series that won't disappoint so much at it's conclusion. The ending is entirely satisfactory, it's just completely bereft of any future potential, as far as sticking to the threads that weaves these 12 books together. Oh well, perhaps we'll have more fun stuff to read from this author later. I'll keep an eye out for future offerings from this author, but I won't hold my breath on exciting conclusions for series in the future.