Extinction

by Tony Teora

Ace Archer is a Brooklyn man who has the guts and fighting skills to make an elite Earth Command Marine team called the 'Big Guns'. His body is enhanced for a special intergalactic mission. He suspects it might be a final mission—for him, his crazy team, and humanity!

An interstellar war with the alien Greys has destroyed man’s nascent voyage into space. Ace and his team must save a group of scientists holed-up at a secret base doing studies on a virus they think can save mankind. But the virus is discovered to have an intriguing twist and the power destroy mankind.

Can Ace and his unique ragtag Special Forces team fight off multiple enemies and overwhelming odds to save humanity? With a team comprised of a bipolar Russian who speaks to a teddy bear, a woman telepath and a partial cyborg--anything is possible.

Genres: Science Fiction

302 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2014

About the author

Tony Teora is the author of six books. His first, MAD WORLDS COLLIDE (2004), is a unique science fiction comedy with a plot based mostly in Tokyo, Japan. Some of its fictional story—worldwide surveillance—was proven to be true with the subsequent Snowden revelations. Coincidentally, the hacker in MAD WORLDS COLLIDE, who disclosed the worldwide surveillance, is named ‘Eddy’.

Teora also wrote the comedy SF story SMART PILLS. Midwest Book Review: "Smart Pills for Dummies" is highly recommended for community library science fiction collections and for anyone who wants the save the universe plot with a healthy dose of humor introduced into it.

Teora later moved into military science fiction co-authoring ALIEN ENIGMA with the prolific Darrell Bain and then writing his best seller: EXTINCTION: EXTRATERRESTRIAL EMPIRE.

Teora currently lives in Sapporo where he’s now writing full time. His latest project is a three book dystopian series: THE UTOPIAN CONSPIRACY. The first book, THE RISE OF AEON NOUS, is on schedule for release in December 2020. Book two, DARKNESS DESCENDS is in the works and scheduled for release in March of 2021.

On living in Japan: "The Japanese culture really helped me gain different perspective on life. I'd like to think that these unique and interesting experiences are reflected in my writing."

On life: "The world is filled with too much trouble to take it seriously. Work hard, have fun and don't take life too seriously because the irony of life is that none of us will get out of it alive." For more information please go to the author's homepage: www.tonyteora.com

Reviews

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won this book in a goodreads drawing.

Space marines get sent to a planet of what is supposed to be a search and rescue mission, but things don't add up. Before long, they're battling giant spiders and worms and alien grays.

A lot like a video game novel.

[Valery · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extinction by Tony Teora gets off to a good start. Ace Archer is the lead character and sometimes seems to good to be true. He does seem to mature though throughout the book. The story starts off pretty well, but the dialogue and story seem ultimately a little unbelievable and trite, however the plot seems to hold on and develop somewhat. There are the requisite aliens, Earth coming to an end, and seemingly the endless musings of the males, always thinking about sex. If you can get past that, the book is pretty interesting, with a little bit of tongue in cheek humor, with a lot of potential for further development. Maybe there could have been a more in depth look at the history of the story or the backstory in a way. A good start to what could be a fun and interesting series.

[Read Ng · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a GoodReads giveaway win of a Kindle ebook.

I was not a fan. It was a bit overly stereotypical young male centered. There was quite a bit of action, but I like more plot. Our hero seems to get to bed anything with a set of boobs. I wanted to give up on this book several times, but did not think I was giving the author a chance to wow me if I quit too early.

I am going to let Teora work on his skills a bit more before I try another of his stories.

Have a GoodReads.

[Laz the Sailor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love scifi adventures, but this one didn't work for me.

[Carmen Bruce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting story, though a bit repetitive. I thought the main character needed to man up and be a little less girly ( emotionally). In fact a few of the characters were a little girly, considering they are supposed to be elite fighters, etc.