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The Sentinel Trilogy #2
Dragon Quadrant
After Captain Tolvern and the sentinel battle station fight off a ferocious Apex assault, Admiral Drake sends her into Hroom territory to repair the wounded HMS Blackbeard and collect a fleet of Hroom warships.
While Drake probes the deep void searching for the main enemy force, Tolvern and the Hroom spaceyards are assaulted by a massive Apex battleship that intends to harvest Hroom and human alike for its bloody rituals.
While Drake probes the deep void searching for the main enemy force, Tolvern and the Hroom spaceyards are assaulted by a massive Apex battleship that intends to harvest Hroom and human alike for its bloody rituals.
237 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2016
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July 12, 2018
Excellent Sci-fi Series
There are all kinds of aliens fighting the evil Apex empire. Characters are developing well as the series goes forward. Can't wait for the next book in this series.
There are all kinds of aliens fighting the evil Apex empire. Characters are developing well as the series goes forward. Can't wait for the next book in this series.
May 16, 2017
Can't wait to read the final book
Awesome read, has all the twists and turns, action and excitement that I could ask for. Can't wait to read the next one!
Awesome read, has all the twists and turns, action and excitement that I could ask for. Can't wait to read the next one!
January 10, 2021
better the first book in the series seemed to be a set up for the rest of the series its moving along nicely seeing some old friends from the first series
March 2, 2022
Excellent read
A will written Sci-Fi thriller. The adventure of the Blackbeard continues. Enjoy Reading 2019
A will written Sci-Fi thriller. The adventure of the Blackbeard continues. Enjoy Reading 2019
November 2, 2017
This is the next continuation in the series as Drake and his forces continue their battle against the Apex.
The Apex are this bird like species, and trust me, after you read some of the stuff that they do to people, you will never look at birds the same way again. They are a truly evil race. The Apex are ‘Apex Predators’, who take particular pleasure in not just hunting their prey, but then capturing their prey so that they eat them in the most gruesome way possible, piece by slow little piece. This is probably a good time to warn some people that this book is not for those who are a bit squeamish.
However, there are several things that do happen within this book. The war with the Apex begins to heat up, it is like a complex chess game, with Tolvern and the Blackbeard being like a Knight, and the Hroom are a combination of Pawns and Rooks/Castles depending on which ships they are. Although Drake is obviously the Queen for the Albion forces, with the power of Dreadnaught, he is not around to help, still coming (or so Tolvern hopes). Added to this, the Albion side have almost a 2nd Queen in the Sentinel station, like a converted Pawn. With the secret weapon within its hull, the Apex have no idea what might hit them.
However, as the chess pieces move about, it is like they are being controlled by 3 or 4 separate players who haven’t played the game before.
On the other side, the Apex know exactly what they are doing, and move to take both the Station, the Hroom fleets, and Blackbeard.
Dragon Quadrant is a book that is full of dramatic little battles, and the moving of all the pieces into place for the final showdown in the final book. However, whilst it does mean that you have to read the 3rd book for the obvious conclusion, this book provides some good insight into the Hroom (finally), the fate of the Singaporean Empire, how they split from the original empire all that time ago and what became of them, and even more fascinating, it gives a very good insight into the hierarchy and structure, even some of the culture of the Apex.
Wallace has done an incredible job of bringing to life this alien race that is a violent, predatorial species with that seeks to be the greatest apex predator in the galaxy, and has set about not just conquering any other species they have met, but annihilating them, devouring the bodies of their victims, and salvaging what the fleet needs to move on to its next conquest. They have multiple ship classes for just this use, from smaller craft, right up to enormous ‘harvester’ class vessels that are used to scour every living being off the planet.
This is a really good book, a brutal look at how hard war is, the true struggle that each of the crew has to face to survive against an unforgiving and relentless enemy that will stop at nothing.
The character work is very clever again, especially that about those that have worked on the Sentinel station for too long, have become set in their ways, as people would.
It is incredibly realistic, making this a very good read, adding a level of depth to it.
This was a brilliant sequel not just to this series, but to the overall series, and is a must read. It sets up the final for Shattered Sun beautifully, making this an outstanding set of books.
The Apex are this bird like species, and trust me, after you read some of the stuff that they do to people, you will never look at birds the same way again. They are a truly evil race. The Apex are ‘Apex Predators’, who take particular pleasure in not just hunting their prey, but then capturing their prey so that they eat them in the most gruesome way possible, piece by slow little piece. This is probably a good time to warn some people that this book is not for those who are a bit squeamish.
However, there are several things that do happen within this book. The war with the Apex begins to heat up, it is like a complex chess game, with Tolvern and the Blackbeard being like a Knight, and the Hroom are a combination of Pawns and Rooks/Castles depending on which ships they are. Although Drake is obviously the Queen for the Albion forces, with the power of Dreadnaught, he is not around to help, still coming (or so Tolvern hopes). Added to this, the Albion side have almost a 2nd Queen in the Sentinel station, like a converted Pawn. With the secret weapon within its hull, the Apex have no idea what might hit them.
However, as the chess pieces move about, it is like they are being controlled by 3 or 4 separate players who haven’t played the game before.
On the other side, the Apex know exactly what they are doing, and move to take both the Station, the Hroom fleets, and Blackbeard.
Dragon Quadrant is a book that is full of dramatic little battles, and the moving of all the pieces into place for the final showdown in the final book. However, whilst it does mean that you have to read the 3rd book for the obvious conclusion, this book provides some good insight into the Hroom (finally), the fate of the Singaporean Empire, how they split from the original empire all that time ago and what became of them, and even more fascinating, it gives a very good insight into the hierarchy and structure, even some of the culture of the Apex.
Wallace has done an incredible job of bringing to life this alien race that is a violent, predatorial species with that seeks to be the greatest apex predator in the galaxy, and has set about not just conquering any other species they have met, but annihilating them, devouring the bodies of their victims, and salvaging what the fleet needs to move on to its next conquest. They have multiple ship classes for just this use, from smaller craft, right up to enormous ‘harvester’ class vessels that are used to scour every living being off the planet.
This is a really good book, a brutal look at how hard war is, the true struggle that each of the crew has to face to survive against an unforgiving and relentless enemy that will stop at nothing.
The character work is very clever again, especially that about those that have worked on the Sentinel station for too long, have become set in their ways, as people would.
It is incredibly realistic, making this a very good read, adding a level of depth to it.
This was a brilliant sequel not just to this series, but to the overall series, and is a must read. It sets up the final for Shattered Sun beautifully, making this an outstanding set of books.
August 19, 2016
Worse Than a Book 1-Which Was Pretty Bad
The banality of Book 1 is continued and expanded in Book 2. It's a poorly written, poorly conceived, immature, and talentless effort. The storyline is below comic book level-it is inanely moronic. The dialogue of characters is middle school level, and apparently ADS inflicted, as there is needless, constant repetition. The characters are not only shallow, one dimensional shells, they are just plain stupid. After "jumping" through space at FTL, the crew is constantly puking: on the floor, in their consoles, on themselves. It's a chronic issue, but NO ONE thinks of maybe putting some buckets around or airsickness bags before the "jump!" Nah, they just stew in puke and call for the ship's maintenance crew.
The lead character waxes poetically about duct tape, band aids, chewing gum, and super glue holding her vessel together. As the author sets the eBook centuries in the future, it illustrates his lack of total writing talent. As this the second (and last!) eBook that this reviewer has read of the author, it can only be concluded that he is a incompetent hack.
The eBook is NOT recommended.
The banality of Book 1 is continued and expanded in Book 2. It's a poorly written, poorly conceived, immature, and talentless effort. The storyline is below comic book level-it is inanely moronic. The dialogue of characters is middle school level, and apparently ADS inflicted, as there is needless, constant repetition. The characters are not only shallow, one dimensional shells, they are just plain stupid. After "jumping" through space at FTL, the crew is constantly puking: on the floor, in their consoles, on themselves. It's a chronic issue, but NO ONE thinks of maybe putting some buckets around or airsickness bags before the "jump!" Nah, they just stew in puke and call for the ship's maintenance crew.
The lead character waxes poetically about duct tape, band aids, chewing gum, and super glue holding her vessel together. As the author sets the eBook centuries in the future, it illustrates his lack of total writing talent. As this the second (and last!) eBook that this reviewer has read of the author, it can only be concluded that he is a incompetent hack.
The eBook is NOT recommended.
December 5, 2016
Great read
I really enjoyed reading this book. This is book 2 in (The Sentinel Trilogy ) and is right inline where book one left off . This is a war that I would not want to be apart of. The Apex as they are called are nasty buzzards like aliens that are very intelligent and keep advancing in their own levels and to make things worse there's more of them fighting and all they do is eat and destroy. Great read Mr Wallace.
I really enjoyed reading this book. This is book 2 in (The Sentinel Trilogy ) and is right inline where book one left off . This is a war that I would not want to be apart of. The Apex as they are called are nasty buzzards like aliens that are very intelligent and keep advancing in their own levels and to make things worse there's more of them fighting and all they do is eat and destroy. Great read Mr Wallace.
September 23, 2016
Better than the previous book in the Sentinel Trilogy, this book renews my interest in the universe of Albion and Apex. Looking forward to the final book in this trilogy.
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