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Wayward Trilogy #1
Star Force: Lost Destiny
My name is Esna and I'm a scavenger. Me and my brother, when not doing farm chores for our adoptive parents, go out into the wilds and look for technology from before the fall. Apparently there was a big civilization on this planet before now, then something bad happened and everything got destroyed...or buried. The buried part is what's interesting, because things can be unburied and sold.Our real parents are dead, and everyone else on this world is a different race. We're not allowed to go to town without wearing our full armor, because our father made my adoptive parents promise that we wouldn't show our face to anyone with his dying words. They were his business partners, and he managed to land our ship here and entrust us to them before his wounds from a deal gone bad ended him.We were just little kids then, and don't remember much, but we're not like anyone else on the planet. Little did we know, we're from the race that built the great ruined cities. A race that nobody knows about nowadays, but the fear is still there. They're blamed for everything that happened to the planet and its current poverty-stricken, violent state. 'Humans' they call them, though nobody knows what they are or look like.But the day I found out I'm one of them. That's when everything went from bad to apocalyptic worse...
299 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2016
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Aer-ki Jyr
243 books265 followersAer-ki Jyr is one of the top 20 science fiction authors on Amazon due to his extremely long and ongoing space opera epic STAR FORCE, one of the longest military science fiction series ever written.
Check out his website and forum at www.aerkijyr.com
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May 2, 2016
The book was as good if not better than the other hundred i read plus better then a
Lot of other authors I read lately and I won't hesitant to read the next hundred books he writes in this series
Lot of other authors I read lately and I won't hesitant to read the next hundred books he writes in this series
June 9, 2016
Great
I have love the Star Force series and will continue to follow this series. This series gives me hope, and I wish we were there now.
I have love the Star Force series and will continue to follow this series. This series gives me hope, and I wish we were there now.
June 9, 2017
A decent read but not great. Technical errors abound and need a good line editor to sort them out. Not just proof reading errors, but narrative that is often jarring with extraneous words and lines that just need to read smoother. I liked the characters and the story and the writing for the most part is good. My biggest problem was narrative that often went in circles and was largely superfluous. The entire book would have been better served as the first half of the second book. There's a few things I assume about the author by reading this book. He's a vegan, likes to run (because he talks about running a lot. Like it was written by Forrest Gump) and he likes Dragonball Z. At the end of the book, these Archons come flying in, literally. They are the second highest in power called Piccolo level. Really? He also talks about "leveling up" in dialogue, which made for some eye-rolling moments.
October 17, 2017
I really like the narrator's performance. There are two main characters, the teen girl Esna and the 1204 year old Calavari Ramok. She does a great job personifying Esna, including her screams of fear, gasps of surprise, panting from out of breath, and excitement. I have no problem with her portrayal of Ramok, though he is more stoic and there's less of an emotional span. There was one segment where her portrayal wasn't as good as I was hoping, and that's the mortal kombat references. The phrases of "Choose Your Destiny", "Flawless Victory", and "Mortal Kombat" are just too iconic to replicate. Speaking of mortal kombat, there are a few references which felt out of place to me. I'm assuming it's a dragon ball (not z) reference when the strongest arcons are Piccolo level, but I could be wrong. And out of nowhere, there's a vicious armored T-Rex which jumps on top of a spaceship and holds on for dear life. (Can you imagine the tiny arms holding onto a spaceship?)
Unfortunately, I was less enthusiastic about the story. It starts off well; you have the typical hook as a prologue, a little world building, and you face the conflict. But that's when it starts to have pacing problems. I'll try to be vague to keep spoilers to a minimum. The operative word in the book's summary is "running". For reference, there are 29 audible chapters. From chapters 6 through 16, she's running from hideout to hideout to avoid capture. Literally, running. She occasionally uses a hover bike, rests, and learns about Star Force from Ramok. Then in chapter 17, she's joined by a third person, and they *continue* to run until chapter 22 when they're joined by a fourth person and *again* continue to run for a few more chapters when they finally reach their destination. Seriously, that's a lot of running. While you don't need to read anything else, I wouldn't describe it as a stand-alone book. The author spends a lot of time with world-building, describing how great Star Force is, specifically setting it up for future books. This gives the book a very slow pace where not much is happening for a really long time. A lot of the material between chapters 6 and 23 could be condensed if you were only interested in this book and not the sequels.
The author does dedicate time to voice his opinions. He describes Star Force more on the socialist side of Utopia. People don't have to work or contribute to the war and they'll still be provided for and live enjoyable lives. Ramok berates Esna for eating meat, making her feel guilty. Later on, one of the good guys says he really wants to kill a meat merchant if it didn't ruin their cover, devoting most of a chapter to her guilt from eating meat. I thought it was a little excessive, but YMMV.
I looked at the author's web page and he describes his universe as "Jurassic Park meets Star Wars". Well, that explained the T-Rex. I think it's an interesting premise for his universe, but this book is a bit too slow for my taste.
I received a free copy of the book. I left an honest voluntary review.
Unfortunately, I was less enthusiastic about the story. It starts off well; you have the typical hook as a prologue, a little world building, and you face the conflict. But that's when it starts to have pacing problems. I'll try to be vague to keep spoilers to a minimum. The operative word in the book's summary is "running". For reference, there are 29 audible chapters. From chapters 6 through 16, she's running from hideout to hideout to avoid capture. Literally, running. She occasionally uses a hover bike, rests, and learns about Star Force from Ramok. Then in chapter 17, she's joined by a third person, and they *continue* to run until chapter 22 when they're joined by a fourth person and *again* continue to run for a few more chapters when they finally reach their destination. Seriously, that's a lot of running. While you don't need to read anything else, I wouldn't describe it as a stand-alone book. The author spends a lot of time with world-building, describing how great Star Force is, specifically setting it up for future books. This gives the book a very slow pace where not much is happening for a really long time. A lot of the material between chapters 6 and 23 could be condensed if you were only interested in this book and not the sequels.
The author does dedicate time to voice his opinions. He describes Star Force more on the socialist side of Utopia. People don't have to work or contribute to the war and they'll still be provided for and live enjoyable lives. Ramok berates Esna for eating meat, making her feel guilty. Later on, one of the good guys says he really wants to kill a meat merchant if it didn't ruin their cover, devoting most of a chapter to her guilt from eating meat. I thought it was a little excessive, but YMMV.
I looked at the author's web page and he describes his universe as "Jurassic Park meets Star Wars". Well, that explained the T-Rex. I think it's an interesting premise for his universe, but this book is a bit too slow for my taste.
I received a free copy of the book. I left an honest voluntary review.
May 20, 2017
Interesting, but flawed
It read pretty well. Some proofreading errors (insure/ensure is the most memorable at the moment). A very complex universe.
It got a bit preachy when talking about food. Then it used flawed logic and got tiresome. There was also a vague sense of holier-than-thou about the civilization.
More should have been done to make the commando a bit off. 800 years alone on the corpse of a planet should have left him a little edgier. And she should have been more troublesome.
I may try the next book. This wasn't bad, it just wasn't excellent.
It read pretty well. Some proofreading errors (insure/ensure is the most memorable at the moment). A very complex universe.
It got a bit preachy when talking about food. Then it used flawed logic and got tiresome. There was also a vague sense of holier-than-thou about the civilization.
More should have been done to make the commando a bit off. 800 years alone on the corpse of a planet should have left him a little edgier. And she should have been more troublesome.
I may try the next book. This wasn't bad, it just wasn't excellent.
November 27, 2021
An interesting side story
While it was a little slow to start the ending made it all worth it. I thought it was kind of interesting seeing a perspective of those who aren't part of the ongoing conflict. How their lives are impacted when these things more or less fall into their doorsteps .
At one point it got a little preachy, but seeing how the character associates with all of it and how Star Force can bring in an outsider was super interesting.
While it was a little slow to start the ending made it all worth it. I thought it was kind of interesting seeing a perspective of those who aren't part of the ongoing conflict. How their lives are impacted when these things more or less fall into their doorsteps .
At one point it got a little preachy, but seeing how the character associates with all of it and how Star Force can bring in an outsider was super interesting.
November 5, 2017
“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author." Through AudiobookBoom
The story was interesting and I had fun listening to it, as I mentioned before the only major problem I found was with the narrators handling of all those questions Esna had one after another after another, they sounded very similarly and it got on my nerves. But that just might be me.
The story was interesting and I had fun listening to it, as I mentioned before the only major problem I found was with the narrators handling of all those questions Esna had one after another after another, they sounded very similarly and it got on my nerves. But that just might be me.
November 3, 2021
Yeah - not just the bad guys
Spoiler alert
Great to know Star Force has not been completely wiped out
Esna did a great job surviving
I had forgotten about commandos, glad they made it
Really enjoyed the story
Spoiler alert
Great to know Star Force has not been completely wiped out
Esna did a great job surviving
I had forgotten about commandos, glad they made it
Really enjoyed the story
May 24, 2017
Wow, what an adventure!
Thank you Aer-ki Jyr for this exciting adventure in the Star Force series. Not sure on the reading order. A fan!
Thank you Aer-ki Jyr for this exciting adventure in the Star Force series. Not sure on the reading order. A fan!
December 17, 2018
Good fantasy
Lots of action with a nice fantasy mixed in. If the fantasy ends here it was good, if it continues it could be great.
Lots of action with a nice fantasy mixed in. If the fantasy ends here it was good, if it continues it could be great.
December 27, 2018
Full review to come
November 2, 2019
Exciting, then mushy
Good action, good story. Will probably be the end of Esmay, because the training stories have been done already. Word
Good action, good story. Will probably be the end of Esmay, because the training stories have been done already. Word
November 29, 2020
Great installment!
January 14, 2021
Happy to be back with Star Force!
I thought the last few books were interesting with the Viks, but was definitely more into the book from the Star Force side.
I thought the last few books were interesting with the Viks, but was definitely more into the book from the Star Force side.
September 9, 2023
Place holder for the audio version that doesn't seem to have a Goodreads page.
October 4, 2016
800 years after the attack on earth, the area of alien control centered around Earth is a devastation zone.
We are introduced to the war and Star Force through the eyes of a teenage human, on a scavenger planet in this devastation zone.
This is a very good fugitive story.
We are introduced to the war and Star Force through the eyes of a teenage human, on a scavenger planet in this devastation zone.
This is a very good fugitive story.
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