Rogue Planet

by Steven M. Moore

Survey ships explored and cataloged these faraway planets as suitable for future colonization centuries earlier, but groups with a special interest in ensuring a homogeneous and often despotic society didn’t bother applying for permission to colonize. Following the ITUIP (Interstellar Trade Union of Independent Planets) Protocol, ships are restricted to observe and maintain a hands-off policy for these rogue planets, even when there is great temptation to intervene. Moreover, they are quarantined. Eden, where a theocracy rules with an iron fist, is such a planet. A group of rebels struggles to end the oppressive regime to forge a new future.


Set in the same universe as the “Chaos Chronicles Trilogy” and the Dr. Carlos stories, this saga, mixing the best of hard sci-fi and swashbuckling fantasy elements, once again explores the never-ending battle between good and evil so prominent in the author’s works. It’s another surprising and entertaining addition to his already extensive collection of sci-fi, mystery, and thriller tales.


What reviewers said about some of the author’s previous sci-fi


Survivors of the “…Moore has a way of describing his characters that really makes them come to life…. Through some pretty varied characters, you get to see the vast and detailed setting that the author envisioned, sometimes through some pretty unexpected plot twists.”—Kellie Sheridan, Sift Book Reviews


More than The Mensa “…kept me turning pages after I should have put the book down…. I found the characters well developed and the plot fresh. I was reminded of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy.”—Debra Miller

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Published April 2, 2016

About the author

Hi there. First a reader, but also an author, yet I'll be brief: I'm a native Californian, former Colombian resident, and now living in the Northeast. For more bio info, please see my author profile and/or website.
Books are my life right now. While I am a full-time writer, I read a lot, and not just in the genres I write in. Those are mystery, thriller, and sci-fi, by the way...and you'll find them in short stories, novellas, and novels. My latest novels are Rembrandt's Angel (Penmore Press), Goin' the Extra Mile (Carrick Publishing), and The Last Humans (Black Opal Books)--yeah, I'm now a mongrel, although I was never 100% DIY before either.
While I don't give away free novels (they're sometimes on sale at Smashwords for my email newsletter subscribers), I give away my short fiction. So does my collaborator A. B. Carolan. See my blog categories "Steve's Shorts," "ABC Shorts," and my list of PDFs free for the asking on my webpage "Free Stuff & Contests" at my website.
I'm a member of International Thriller Writers.
Around the world and to the stars!
In libris libertas!

Reviews

[Kami · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really interesting book. Groups of people migrating to different planets getting cut off from the rest of humanity so that their culture evolves with ancient religions, archaic and superstitious customs. The first tribe and the second tribe are at war. One planet Paradise is an ice planet, the other one Eden is temperate. Kaushal's family is murdered and he is sold into slavery. This book had a really good beginning and I was enjoying it a whole lot. Then I got really bored in the middle and had to force myself to finish reading. Kind of disappointing. I like the under dog on a quest type books usually. But I would read for awhile then do something else then read for awhile. I do like rebel forces taking down the Man but at times the writing wasn't very strong. I really liked the beginning but the middle not so much. 3 stars.

[Merrytoad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sorry I got completely lost with this book, I loved the concept of human planets being lost from the main stream of humanity, but the connection of the watchers and traders still there. But the story for me didn't really go any where.


I read about 3/4 of the book and then gave up.

[InD'tale Magazine · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5.0

A complex universe is presented in this novel - a universe that includes some intriguing characters, such as Tristan and Chobi.

Read full review in the 2017 April issue of InD'tale Magazine.