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OMEGA #4
Conscript
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The fourth book in the exciting OMEGA series! A conscript will only fight just hard enough to survive. If your entire family had been conscripted, would you put in every effort and risk it all to protect them and win their freedom? Follow along as our band of heroes stumbles headlong into an unjust war where the weapons in use are axes, swords, mauls and maces!
Also available from this author:
SODIUM Series
A six-book series that takes Man from his first encounter with aliens all the way to a fight for our all-out survival. Do we have what it takes to rule the galaxy?
AMP Series
Cast a thousand years into the future beyond SODIUM. This eight-book series chronicles the struggles of Don Grange, a simple package deliveryman, who is thrust into an unimaginable role in the fight against our enemies. Can we win peace and freedom after a thousand years of war?
OMEGA Series
Cast a thousand years into the future beyond AMP. The Alliance is crumbling. When corruption and politics threaten to throw the allied galaxies into chaos, Knog Beutcher gets caught in the middle. Follow along as our hero is thrust into roles that he never expected or sought. Espionage, intrigue, political assassinations, rebellions and full-on revolutions, they are all coming to Knog Beutcher's world!
HADRON Series
HADRON is a modern day story unrelated to the SODIUM-AMP-OMEGA trilogy series. After scientists using the Large Hadron Collider discover dark matter, the world is plunged into chaos. Massive waves of electromagnetic interference take out all grid power and forms of communication the world over. Cities go dark, food and water supplies are quickly used up, and marauders rule the highways. One group of citizens takes a stand. Can they make a difference? And the devastating EM waves, where are they coming from? After months of starvation, a benevolent species arrive in their spaceships to rescue the Human race. Only, are they really so benevolent?
ARMS Series
ARMS is set in the future after Earth was nearing an apocalyptic event. Two competing colony ships were built, taking five million inhabitants each through a wormhole to a pair of newly discovered planets. The planets were settled and not long after the colonies looked to the surrounding star systems for ownership and expansion, which led to a centuries long war between them. A truce was declared after the aggressor side began to lose ground.
Tawnish Freely and Harris Gruberg are genetically engineered Biomarines. Their lives have been dedicated to fighting the war. They find themselves struggling to find work among a population that fears them. Work is found only by delving into the delivery of illegal arms to the outer colonies. Things go awry when they discover their illicit dealings may just be the catalyst that brings back the Great War. They are determined to prevent that from happening.
The fourth book in the exciting OMEGA series! A conscript will only fight just hard enough to survive. If your entire family had been conscripted, would you put in every effort and risk it all to protect them and win their freedom? Follow along as our band of heroes stumbles headlong into an unjust war where the weapons in use are axes, swords, mauls and maces!
Also available from this author:
SODIUM Series
A six-book series that takes Man from his first encounter with aliens all the way to a fight for our all-out survival. Do we have what it takes to rule the galaxy?
AMP Series
Cast a thousand years into the future beyond SODIUM. This eight-book series chronicles the struggles of Don Grange, a simple package deliveryman, who is thrust into an unimaginable role in the fight against our enemies. Can we win peace and freedom after a thousand years of war?
OMEGA Series
Cast a thousand years into the future beyond AMP. The Alliance is crumbling. When corruption and politics threaten to throw the allied galaxies into chaos, Knog Beutcher gets caught in the middle. Follow along as our hero is thrust into roles that he never expected or sought. Espionage, intrigue, political assassinations, rebellions and full-on revolutions, they are all coming to Knog Beutcher's world!
HADRON Series
HADRON is a modern day story unrelated to the SODIUM-AMP-OMEGA trilogy series. After scientists using the Large Hadron Collider discover dark matter, the world is plunged into chaos. Massive waves of electromagnetic interference take out all grid power and forms of communication the world over. Cities go dark, food and water supplies are quickly used up, and marauders rule the highways. One group of citizens takes a stand. Can they make a difference? And the devastating EM waves, where are they coming from? After months of starvation, a benevolent species arrive in their spaceships to rescue the Human race. Only, are they really so benevolent?
ARMS Series
ARMS is set in the future after Earth was nearing an apocalyptic event. Two competing colony ships were built, taking five million inhabitants each through a wormhole to a pair of newly discovered planets. The planets were settled and not long after the colonies looked to the surrounding star systems for ownership and expansion, which led to a centuries long war between them. A truce was declared after the aggressor side began to lose ground.
Tawnish Freely and Harris Gruberg are genetically engineered Biomarines. Their lives have been dedicated to fighting the war. They find themselves struggling to find work among a population that fears them. Work is found only by delving into the delivery of illegal arms to the outer colonies. Things go awry when they discover their illicit dealings may just be the catalyst that brings back the Great War. They are determined to prevent that from happening.
- GenresScience Fiction
265 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 4, 2015
66 people are currently reading
29 people want to read
About the author
Stephen Arseneault
156 books75 followersI came to this planet sixty some odd years ago. After exiting my mother's portal, the doctor slapped me around until I started breathing the oxygen. I'll admit, at the time, I had no idea what I was doing or where I was. Being an infant Human, I was completely reliant on the responsible actions of others. It was a time that I have largely forgotten.
I reside in Central Florida with the wife and children. After thirty years in engineering, my time is now spent chronicling the adventures of fictitious heroes. They are off-world, fighting the good fight. For me? I'm stuck here on this planet in this feeble existence that we Humans are all forced to endure.
So, I ask you this... do you wish to escape the bonds of this surly planet we call Earth? Are you looking for a bit more adventure than what the grocery store has to offer? Do you worry about being enslaved by alien androids or six-eyed alien goats with lasers? Pew, pew, pew!
Yeah, that's what I thought. Asking yourself those questions and getting back an answer is the first hurdle to cross in the race to get off this world. Sounds like you are ready to venture out, to put this place behind you.
So crack open one of my books. Take to the heavens and let me shout this out to those who remain: "Watch out universe! Another Human is on the loose!"
Take care and I hope you have a great day!
Stephen
I reside in Central Florida with the wife and children. After thirty years in engineering, my time is now spent chronicling the adventures of fictitious heroes. They are off-world, fighting the good fight. For me? I'm stuck here on this planet in this feeble existence that we Humans are all forced to endure.
So, I ask you this... do you wish to escape the bonds of this surly planet we call Earth? Are you looking for a bit more adventure than what the grocery store has to offer? Do you worry about being enslaved by alien androids or six-eyed alien goats with lasers? Pew, pew, pew!
Yeah, that's what I thought. Asking yourself those questions and getting back an answer is the first hurdle to cross in the race to get off this world. Sounds like you are ready to venture out, to put this place behind you.
So crack open one of my books. Take to the heavens and let me shout this out to those who remain: "Watch out universe! Another Human is on the loose!"
Take care and I hope you have a great day!
Stephen
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
March 9, 2018
Good adventure continues. Marches toward more reality, where the best laid plans go astray. Moreover, can't say I agree with the direction the main characters are going. When there are more people involved in the planning, the strategy starts to diminish. Knowing that Knog, Garrett and Go will eventually right the ship is what I expect in future books.
June 7, 2017
Another great one by Stephen
After each book I am definitely looking forward to the next.
I say again the main character Knog Bueucher is always surprising you.
I am thoroughly enjoying Stephen's story telling
After each book I am definitely looking forward to the next.
I say again the main character Knog Bueucher is always surprising you.
I am thoroughly enjoying Stephen's story telling
February 2, 2019
Okay so now Knog is conscripted deliberately so he can find his family (the whole planet got conscripted). Pitchforks and knives against blasters anyone?
December 7, 2022
A great book
I highly recommend this book four in this set of books. I can't wait to start book five. I loved it.
I highly recommend this book four in this set of books. I can't wait to start book five. I loved it.
July 3, 2025
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August 15, 2015
Great read similar to earlier books in the series
I'm thoroughly enjoying the OMEGA series and this book is no exception. Without spoiling anything, this book follows the same structure of story as the previous books. Knog and team pull of an amazing feat very early in the story to have things come crashing down, with the rest of the book building up to either a cliff hanger or a plot climax.
If you enjoyed the earlier books in the series, this one falls right in line. The story is still interesting with character development, new twists, and plenty of action.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the OMEGA series and this book is no exception. Without spoiling anything, this book follows the same structure of story as the previous books. Knog and team pull of an amazing feat very early in the story to have things come crashing down, with the rest of the book building up to either a cliff hanger or a plot climax.
If you enjoyed the earlier books in the series, this one falls right in line. The story is still interesting with character development, new twists, and plenty of action.
October 30, 2015
I really enjoy these pulp space operas. I'm gonna read them all, because I like Knog Beutcher and his merry gang.
What I don't like is when I trip over these word choices:
populous instead of populace
grizzly instead of grisly
It takes me right out of the story. Please, dear author, have someone read and correct these malaprops in the ebooks on Amazon!
What I don't like is when I trip over these word choices:
populous instead of populace
grizzly instead of grisly
It takes me right out of the story. Please, dear author, have someone read and correct these malaprops in the ebooks on Amazon!
May 18, 2016
Better than the last one
I liked it better than the last one it had more of the back story that was kind if interesting
I liked it better than the last one it had more of the back story that was kind if interesting
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