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Oasis: Last World Volume I
In the wake of a brutal interstellar war, the defeated survivors race out into the stars looking for a sanctuary in deep space. They head off to a distant corner of the galaxy on a desperate journey, seeking out a planet they believe sterilized of human life back in antiquity, where they can begin anew. They limp along in crippled, battle-damaged warships, short on food, fuel and spare parts, in the hope they can make it to their lonely destination without perishing along the way.
It is a nearly hopeless endeavor where the fleet struggles with starvation, impossible decisions and spirits sinking into the pits of despair.
If they are lucky, perhaps a handful of them will ultimately survive to start over again.
This book is a second edition.
It is a nearly hopeless endeavor where the fleet struggles with starvation, impossible decisions and spirits sinking into the pits of despair.
If they are lucky, perhaps a handful of them will ultimately survive to start over again.
This book is a second edition.
372 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 26, 2024
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April 1, 2026
I was going to give this three-stars, but a strong finish rounds it up to four.
It starts off very slowly, very disjointed. Keep in mind that this story only really picks up in the final third. Up until then there's plenty of world and culture building.
A future humanity in another world, that is very similar to us. A civil war. Pompous aristocrats and politicians that are worse than useless. When you read about them, you really question who's side you're on. Considering the insurrectionists seem to be the ones who are right.
It was also a tad funny hearing Admiral Jenkins not remembering Captain Karga, who basically saved the entire fleet. Poor leadership to not remember.
We have the sudden suicide of said admiral. For no reason I could fathom. He was concerned over his fleet members, but then offs himself, which evidently was going to leave them in the lurch under the heel of some sycophant.
I found it humorous that the fleet were shocked that the planet Oasis was inhabited. When it was mentioned much earlier that this basically was a lost colony for millennia. One that nobody has bothered checking in on since that time. They even discuss how it was a major trading route at one point ten thousand years ago. Nobody ever said the people were killed, they were just abandoned.
Meanwhile, we have a WW1/2-ish era human civilization and characters that I took to far better. There wasn't anyone in the IC fleet that I cared much for. I quite liked the old British English type of speech too.
It then becomes a story of advanced civilization taking over a comparatively primitive civilization. There's lots of underhanded, evil and downright barbaric incidences. The author has plenty of conversational text which I found slowed down the story and were unneeded. He did, however, capture the combat portions brilliantly. One feels for the characters, and the horror they're experiencing. Especially those drafted into war. He writes the good vs evil very well.
It starts off very slowly, very disjointed. Keep in mind that this story only really picks up in the final third. Up until then there's plenty of world and culture building.
A future humanity in another world, that is very similar to us. A civil war. Pompous aristocrats and politicians that are worse than useless. When you read about them, you really question who's side you're on. Considering the insurrectionists seem to be the ones who are right.
It was also a tad funny hearing Admiral Jenkins not remembering Captain Karga, who basically saved the entire fleet. Poor leadership to not remember.
We have the sudden suicide of said admiral. For no reason I could fathom. He was concerned over his fleet members, but then offs himself, which evidently was going to leave them in the lurch under the heel of some sycophant.
I found it humorous that the fleet were shocked that the planet Oasis was inhabited. When it was mentioned much earlier that this basically was a lost colony for millennia. One that nobody has bothered checking in on since that time. They even discuss how it was a major trading route at one point ten thousand years ago. Nobody ever said the people were killed, they were just abandoned.
Meanwhile, we have a WW1/2-ish era human civilization and characters that I took to far better. There wasn't anyone in the IC fleet that I cared much for. I quite liked the old British English type of speech too.
It then becomes a story of advanced civilization taking over a comparatively primitive civilization. There's lots of underhanded, evil and downright barbaric incidences. The author has plenty of conversational text which I found slowed down the story and were unneeded. He did, however, capture the combat portions brilliantly. One feels for the characters, and the horror they're experiencing. Especially those drafted into war. He writes the good vs evil very well.
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March 9, 2025
Kind of mid; it’s hard to identify a main character or figure out who to root for.
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