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Parallel Extinction
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Near-global destruction could stay the meddling hand of man for only so long…
From a scarred but recovered Earth, the next great leap has begun: Colonize the stars to insure against extinction. But, behind the scenes of Humanity’s interstellar designs, the military has not only put mankind in the crosshairs, but our entire universe and a parallel one as well.
The Multi-Military Patrol receives word of a mysterious enemy and its attack on The Seeker, an assault which has morphed each ship crewmember into a fetus. Captain Garrison Bartell, military genius turned mercenary, and the cold and beautiful naval captain, Dominique Astra, are thrust together to investigate the fate of the remote pirate-capture vessel. They race through the galaxy in the military’s fastest ship, a two-person Light Skipper, only to find a lone scientist marooned on a planet of ice and phantasms. Does this man hold the key to diffusing the next Big Bang?
Near-global destruction could stay the meddling hand of man for only so long…
From a scarred but recovered Earth, the next great leap has begun: Colonize the stars to insure against extinction. But, behind the scenes of Humanity’s interstellar designs, the military has not only put mankind in the crosshairs, but our entire universe and a parallel one as well.
The Multi-Military Patrol receives word of a mysterious enemy and its attack on The Seeker, an assault which has morphed each ship crewmember into a fetus. Captain Garrison Bartell, military genius turned mercenary, and the cold and beautiful naval captain, Dominique Astra, are thrust together to investigate the fate of the remote pirate-capture vessel. They race through the galaxy in the military’s fastest ship, a two-person Light Skipper, only to find a lone scientist marooned on a planet of ice and phantasms. Does this man hold the key to diffusing the next Big Bang?
466 pages, Paperback
First published July 28, 2015
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December 22, 2017
The makings of a half- (or maybe third-) way decent story that is almost entirely derailed by the clumsiest of romance and sex storylines. It's so painfully bad it must surely have been written by a pubescent teenager.
April 19, 2023
I went back and forth on rating this one 2 or 3 stars. There were some really obvious science problems - and the character interactions seem to require sex: almost every "pairing" of male and female characters either ended up with them having sex, or having serious emotional issues because they didn't have sex. No one seemed capable of interacting with the other gender without sex being involved. (I suppose you should lump in some Deus Ex Machina as well.)
But despite the problems above, the story was interesting enough that I didn't have to force myself to keep reading.
But despite the problems above, the story was interesting enough that I didn't have to force myself to keep reading.
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July 21, 2025I'm halfway through the revised edition of this and there is significant improvement since the initial publication. I will return to rate and review once finished.
April 25, 2016
Well I read the whole thing and it was a long road... Unfortunately I can't say that I enjoyed it - I kept thinking more would be explained. Enough happened to keep me hoping for more, but I feel like my hopes were never fulfilled. There was a lot of esoteric crap bandied about and mysterious overbeings that had conversations with each other that made no sense nor added anything to the story.
The other thing that bothered me was the immaturity of most of the main characters. Seriously, a guy somewhere in his mid to late 30's has so little control over his emotions as to get hung up on a beautiful woman so much so that he can't hear what she's saying or speak coherently?? Or the woman who had something done to herself so that she is an adrenaline junkie, highly sexual, and a complete bitch?
In fact writing all this out got me to drop a star from the rating. I usually give up on a book this disappointing and it makes me mad that I finished this book and wasted so much of my time on it.
The other thing that bothered me was the immaturity of most of the main characters. Seriously, a guy somewhere in his mid to late 30's has so little control over his emotions as to get hung up on a beautiful woman so much so that he can't hear what she's saying or speak coherently?? Or the woman who had something done to herself so that she is an adrenaline junkie, highly sexual, and a complete bitch?
In fact writing all this out got me to drop a star from the rating. I usually give up on a book this disappointing and it makes me mad that I finished this book and wasted so much of my time on it.
May 13, 2016
Well, I finished it. It had an interesting concept, but muddled writing, excessively pointless gratuitous sex, and poor flow pretty much ruined it. Giving 3 stars cause I enjoyed the core plot of starship tech, but would not recommend.
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