Destiny: Here Comes Earth, Book 2

Here Comes Earth #2

by William Lee Gordon, Jeffrey Kafer (narrator)

How did our long-lost ancestors affect our past? More importantly, how will they affect our future?

Mark and Julie are brilliant scientists and Major Reagan has kept them and others alive to this point, but the most dangerous confrontations will not be with the Noridians, it will be with the Lower Houses of The Accord.

Destiny is a thought-provoking journey that will cause you to inspect your basic values. From what it really means to be human to wondering if there's room in the universe for God, it's also a fun listen.

Genres: Science Fiction

Audible Audio

First published March 26, 2015

About the author

Science Fiction allows an author to opine on all aspects of the society we live in, from the unfairness of racial, gender, or age discrimination, to the dishonesty of political leaders, to the questions of religion and a spirit that never dies.

It also allows us to explore how future technology might find answers for all of these questions.

Such are the thoughts and worlds of William Lee Gordon.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Usually I finish a series once I start regardless of if I like it or not. I just can’t do it with this one. I finished the first book and although it wasn’t very good (in my opinion) it kept me entertained.

The second book took a hard turn into what was only hinted at in the first book. The author loves his right wing / libertarian doctrine. Don’t get me wrong. I could care less. If I read only people who I agreed with I wouldn’t read half of what I have. The issue here is the sanctimonious way it is delivered along with delivering it as fact. 2/3 of the way through this book we get a diatribe about taxes and government which was just about the stupidest and reality free lecture I have had to read. all of this delivered in the book by a Harvard professor as pure fact of course. In the real world, where the rest of us live, none of this is the consensus majority opinion outside a CPAC gathering. Combine this with his childish statements in the book that reveal well known facts as something “most people don’t know “ as some sort of great revelation by a character. It gets tiring and makes the story just not believable or worth reading.

If you want to get a good idea of this book think Of a far (FAR) less creative Robert Heinlein on his worst day mixed liberally with Ayn Rand at her most deranged and there you have it.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

With these books I finally gain an understanding of why some people like Twilight. These books were fun pulpy novels. Nothing more, nothing less. Every character is a Mary Sue. Every. Single. Character. It's sci-fi and even the human race is a Mary Sue- absolutely unique in the universe and while there are species that are technologically more advanced it's obvious that we're the best at everything. The entire galaxy is watching our birth into the stars. The heroes are without flaw and the villains are obviously evil and stupid. The women are gorgeous and the men are handsome. The main protagonist (the book is 1st person but rotates characters every chapter) is brilliant, right about everything, and no woman can resist his charms and he beds them within 24 hours. Seriously, even Ian Fleming would tell this author to tone it down a bit. I'd quit if the story weren't actually pretty interesting but no amount of suspension of disbelief will make you forget you're reading a book. 95% of it is really cool universe and an extremely well thought out political system and religion. 5% is weird neck-beard views on romance and libertarian rants.

[Brandon Wiltzius · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have pretty mixed feelings. The book had some cool stuff going on intellectually, but if you thought the first one was a bit short on "action" I think this one is even worse. One reviewer on the first book said it felt like a lot of talking heads sitting around discussing things, and I think this one is even more of that.

Also, although there good ideas in here, and some interesting connections, it seems weakened by the way it is presented. It just doesn't flow quite as well as I wished.

Fair warning, this tries really hard to reconcile some of the most common religious beliefs on earth by giving it new history at a universal scale. Its fun and interesting and painful all at the same time.

I think ill read the third one, which i suppose is a good sign. I'm interested enough to see how the trilogy ends, but i'm not sure i'd feel comfortable giving recommendations for this series.

[Sameer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Couldn't do it.... Too much importance nonsense of humans being supreme being and everything and everyone is irrelevant. This isn't scifi, its trying to justify our own self as being the best and naivete "god's chosen people"

[Jared McIntyre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible addition to the series

I loved the first book and I binged straight through the second one!! This book answers a lot of questions from the first book. What I like about it is it’s so different from normal Science-fiction but it’s an interesting twist on religion and history