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Novum #3

by Joseph Rhea

In the undersea colony of Civica, the last descendants of Earth have finally given in to their fears, and civil war is spreading like a virus. Thousands have died and many more are threatened.

Captain Jacob Stone and the crew of the Rogue Wave have fled across Civica's protective border, and are attempting a dangerous one-way trip through uncharted waters in search of a new home.

Along the way, they will face sabotage, starvation, mutiny, and even the loss of a fellow crewmate. And, finally, they will come face to face with the terror of the deep, the monster of legends, the Novum.

This is the 3rd book in the NOVUM series.

133 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 22, 2015

About the author

Joseph Rhea is a scientist, novelist, game developer, and screenwriter whose work explores technology, survival, and human resilience. He is the author of the award-winning techno-thriller Cyberdrome and the five-book dystopian undersea saga Novum Chronicles. Joseph adapted the first Novum story into a feature screenplay that reached the Second Round (Top 20%) at the Austin Film Festival, then went on to write a second screenplay that became the foundation for his latest novel, Rogue Wave, expanding the Novum universe and its backstory. Learn more at JosephRhea.com

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

To start off, this is the third short story in a series. If you haven’t read the other two, the characters and situation won’t make much sense to you. The first book in the series can be found if you click the title here: Novum: (Novum Series, Book 1)

I’ve read the first two of the series and they were pretty good – I’ve waited a while for this one as it take the author one year to publish each short story. If you have enjoyed the first two of the series, this third installment takes a hard right turn and is almost as if it was written by someone else. Without having a spoiler, you jump back and forth between situations and wonder if you are in (a) reality, (b) a dream, (c) caught in a segment of another storyline that somehow was published as part three of a series. The ending was not very realistic and the entire episode was very strange to me.

While parts of it were good, readers of the first two stories in the series will probably be disappointed. At the end of this one, there is a mention to look forward to the continuing tales of the crew. After this installment, I will probably give it a pass.

[Jason Waseity · Rating 4 out of 5]

By far this was the best book in the series.. I like the technology and the change in the story..
I will definitely have to read the next book to see were the story goes...