Ascension

Twin Stars

by Robyn Paterson

Chaos favors the brave.

Humanity’s first galactic civilization is dying, and the scramble for power has begun.

On the Rim, a young Star Guard Lieutenant and an ambitious pirate meet in a chance encounter that changes not only their own destinies, but that of billions.

Based on the Parsec Award Nominated Podcast, Twin Stars is an epic science fiction adventure story set during the dying days of humanity’s first Empire of the Stars. With the death of the Emperor, the Empire has begun to spiral toward a civil war, and a great struggle has begun between the military, the merchants and the former nobility over what will become of the fallen civilization. Into this situation is thrust the talented young military officer Albert Tysen and the ambitious space pirate Zhang Ping An. Each with a very different dream of what the dying Empire may become.

Humanity's future is in the hands of the Stars!

285 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2013

About the author

Rob is a teacher, writer and blogger based in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a teacher at Fanshawe College, head of Wiseman Educational Services, organizer of the Forest City Go Club, and the founder/producer of the Kung Fu Action Theatre audio drama group. He is married to his beautiful wife Connie, and owned by his dog Winston.

Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed it, I'm a fan of those space adventure stories and movies where there's a lot of tactical thinking between those in the battles and this book is full of that kind of thing. I'm familiar with this series from back when it was a serialized audio show and couldn't wait between episodes. Now I find myself doing the same thing for the book, really looking forward to the next one next year.

There are the occasional mistakes where it looks like a spellcheck corrected a word into a word that might be spelled right but isn't the word meant to be in the sentence and it seems to get more common the further you go in the book. But if you find yourself getting frustrated and nitpicking because of that, you're cheating yourself out of a great story. Well worth the read.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun romp of a space opera, featuring as the two main characters a young Lieutenant in the Imperial Forces, and a female pirate captain. The duty-and-rule-bound Lt must learn to think outside the box when faced with political reality, and the pirate is on a quest for power. A few points of logic I had questions about, and a fair number of improbabilities, but if you're willing to suspend disbelief it's a fun, suspenseful, exciting read. Will look for the sequel.