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Rift Saga #3
Legacy
The Covenant has ensured global dominance, with one exception; Buchanan. The staunch defenders of liberty, who have stood up to the tyrannical Moon people for two centuries, are fighting a covert battle to remain independent, to protect their people from subjugation and slavery. Within the Covenant, the rivalry between the different factions is about to take a surprising turn, one that can end the protracted struggle with Buchanan, but at the same time tilt the delicate balance between powers, which has prevented all out war so far. Renee, a refugee from the North who has seen her people fall to the might of the Moon people is training to become an intelligence operator. While she wants to serve Buchanan, her adopted nation, she secretly yearns for revenge. Evan, the former Janissary Tacticus and newly minted head of one of the most prominent families of the Moon people has to make difficult decisions in order to see his vision through; to set his people free from fear and restrictions, to have them realize their true potential. Mark, the Moon people´s foremost advisor, has to take a step back from the main events, and he can only hope this will not result in his becoming redundant. While he fears what will happen while he is gone, he knows he has no choice in the matter. Sue, once a hero of the Covenant, has paid a high price for having discovered the secrets of the Moon people. She has lost much of her memory, and has been cast aside to live out her days in her old home town, a life of illness and depression. She has nothing to look forward to, until one night, when a stranger knocks on her door and triggers old memories. Dave has found a new life in Buchanan, free for the first time in his life. When events take a dramatic turn, he is stuck right in the center of events, and only he can save the lives of thousands. Get ready for the explosive conclusion to the Rift Saga. This time there´s no turning back...
227 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 20, 2016
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About the author
Andreas Christensen
32 books134 followersAndreas Christensen is a Norwegian science fiction and fantasy author. His most recently published work is Frostfall, an epic fantasy.
His popular series the Exodus Trilogy received rave reviews in both the U.S. and the U.K. and has been compared to classics such as Heinlein and Asimov. The Rift Saga is set approximately two centuries after the events of Exodus, and a reviewer described it as "Hunger Games on steroids". In a good way...
He is currently working on new projects, including a "second generation" story set in the Aurora universe, in addition to the Legionnaire Series.
Andreas Christensen has a degree in Psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and his professional background is mainly from public service. He has a weakness for cats, coffee and up until recently, books so heavy he'd need a separate suitcase in order to carry them every time he traveled. Luckily, the world has changed, and the suitcase has now been replaced by an e-reader.
You can find Andreas Christensen here:
Website and blog: christensenwriting.com
Twitter: @achr75
Facebook: facebook.com/christensenwriting
Get your FREE copy of ALIVE, the Exodus companion novella. Just go to christensenwriting.com to get started!
His popular series the Exodus Trilogy received rave reviews in both the U.S. and the U.K. and has been compared to classics such as Heinlein and Asimov. The Rift Saga is set approximately two centuries after the events of Exodus, and a reviewer described it as "Hunger Games on steroids". In a good way...
He is currently working on new projects, including a "second generation" story set in the Aurora universe, in addition to the Legionnaire Series.
Andreas Christensen has a degree in Psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and his professional background is mainly from public service. He has a weakness for cats, coffee and up until recently, books so heavy he'd need a separate suitcase in order to carry them every time he traveled. Luckily, the world has changed, and the suitcase has now been replaced by an e-reader.
You can find Andreas Christensen here:
Website and blog: christensenwriting.com
Twitter: @achr75
Facebook: facebook.com/christensenwriting
Get your FREE copy of ALIVE, the Exodus companion novella. Just go to christensenwriting.com to get started!
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September 17, 2016
Disclaimer - I received this as a free review copy.
This is the third book in the Rift Saga series about the survivors of an asteroid collision with Earth. Set several hundred years in the future, humanity is reliving history and refighting ancient wars of dominance and control. It's an interesting speculative fiction about how people would survive a cataclysm.
The story is fast-paced and told from multiple points of view. If you're read Christensen's earlier books, you should be comfortable with the rapid jumping between perspectives. I definitely enjoyed reading it and could not put it down.
This book effectively closes the Rift Saga chapter of his alternate universe. The author does a great job of weaving in the past two books early on so that it is not necessary to re-read the first two books to catch up.
Although Christensen's characters seem to lack a certain depth and completeness, his plot lines and integration of multiple storylines makes the read enjoyable. Characters never seem to be fully developed, though, and left me wondering more about the person's motivations and actions.
The Rift Trilogy and the Exodus Trilogy are neatly wrapped up leaving me wanting to know more about the next series Christensen can produce from his alternate universe. I'm looking forward to the next book!
This is the third book in the Rift Saga series about the survivors of an asteroid collision with Earth. Set several hundred years in the future, humanity is reliving history and refighting ancient wars of dominance and control. It's an interesting speculative fiction about how people would survive a cataclysm.
The story is fast-paced and told from multiple points of view. If you're read Christensen's earlier books, you should be comfortable with the rapid jumping between perspectives. I definitely enjoyed reading it and could not put it down.
This book effectively closes the Rift Saga chapter of his alternate universe. The author does a great job of weaving in the past two books early on so that it is not necessary to re-read the first two books to catch up.
Although Christensen's characters seem to lack a certain depth and completeness, his plot lines and integration of multiple storylines makes the read enjoyable. Characters never seem to be fully developed, though, and left me wondering more about the person's motivations and actions.
The Rift Trilogy and the Exodus Trilogy are neatly wrapped up leaving me wanting to know more about the next series Christensen can produce from his alternate universe. I'm looking forward to the next book!
October 25, 2016
Very disappointing. Reasonable premise, poor execution (even more so than the first 2 books). Extremely rushed ending. For a story about the (2nd) end of the world, not much happened. Not going to lie - It's boring. Very little character development. No connection with any characters at all - in fact I felt LESS connection with characters that had been introduced in the first two novels because of the lack of character development in this one. Won't be rushing out to read anything else by this author.
August 22, 2017
The writing in this one had definitely improved. However in the end the whole series just didn't work as well as it should have.
August 16, 2021
Legacy isn’t a terrible book but it’s also not great or excellent - thus the three stars (and provably more like 2.5 if we could half stars). Mostly the book just feels rushed. There was probably a solid story here but the author seemed to lack the patience to really bring it out. Even the use of nukes seems more like a device to avoid writing about a protracted military campaign than believable military strategy.
I get that with much speculative fiction you have to suspend disbelief but there was too much in Legacy that left me going really?
A few examples -
* the moon people don’t quite live forever but have the tech to live very long lives. The leadership council is comprised mostly of folks 100+ years old and yet, Evan, a true young adult, manages to outmaneuver all of them effortlessly.
* Councilor Mark is over 200 years old and is one of the most powerful people in the Covenant. Yet once he decides to undergo “the treatment” he has no idea what’s happening in Covenant anymore. Apparently he has no info network at all despite previously being able to arrange covert agents and airships.
* Despite being the inventor of the rejuvenation tech, one of the most powerful folks in the Covenant, and good friends with the head of the Council, apparently there have been huge advances in the rejuv tech that Mark knows nothing about. Huh? Implausible on so many levels.
* Evan is able to make huge military changes - changes in readiness, troop movements, etc - with apparently no one finding out. Not councilor Mark. Not Buchanan despite having their entire intelligence apparatus focused on their sole enemy.
* Speaking of Buchanan, the country has spent decades preparing for conflict with the Covenant. But when the day comes, the moon people take them out faster than they defeated the French (who were supposed to be far inferior). And how exactly did the Covenant conduct cyber ops against Buchanan? It’s not like there are internet hubs out in the waste land. The two systems would have been completely self contained. Oh and I guess the Covenant systems aren’t even inconvenienced when their capital is nuked. And how did they get so many covert forces in when previously even sneaking an agent or small patrol through was hard? You see my point here.
I guess frustrating is the best word for the book. Many of the issues I highlighted above could have been explained or eliminated in a longer book. Since this is the concluding book in the trilogy, if you made it this far, you’re probably going to read the end and I am not saying you shouldn’t, merely that you should be prepared.
I get that with much speculative fiction you have to suspend disbelief but there was too much in Legacy that left me going really?
A few examples -
* the moon people don’t quite live forever but have the tech to live very long lives. The leadership council is comprised mostly of folks 100+ years old and yet, Evan, a true young adult, manages to outmaneuver all of them effortlessly.
* Councilor Mark is over 200 years old and is one of the most powerful people in the Covenant. Yet once he decides to undergo “the treatment” he has no idea what’s happening in Covenant anymore. Apparently he has no info network at all despite previously being able to arrange covert agents and airships.
* Despite being the inventor of the rejuvenation tech, one of the most powerful folks in the Covenant, and good friends with the head of the Council, apparently there have been huge advances in the rejuv tech that Mark knows nothing about. Huh? Implausible on so many levels.
* Evan is able to make huge military changes - changes in readiness, troop movements, etc - with apparently no one finding out. Not councilor Mark. Not Buchanan despite having their entire intelligence apparatus focused on their sole enemy.
* Speaking of Buchanan, the country has spent decades preparing for conflict with the Covenant. But when the day comes, the moon people take them out faster than they defeated the French (who were supposed to be far inferior). And how exactly did the Covenant conduct cyber ops against Buchanan? It’s not like there are internet hubs out in the waste land. The two systems would have been completely self contained. Oh and I guess the Covenant systems aren’t even inconvenienced when their capital is nuked. And how did they get so many covert forces in when previously even sneaking an agent or small patrol through was hard? You see my point here.
I guess frustrating is the best word for the book. Many of the issues I highlighted above could have been explained or eliminated in a longer book. Since this is the concluding book in the trilogy, if you made it this far, you’re probably going to read the end and I am not saying you shouldn’t, merely that you should be prepared.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2021
As I read a lot of free kindle books, many are self-published, and many are the result of writing competitions. When that happens, I find it interesting to see how common starting points can result in totally differing books. Now, I don't know if that has happened with Rift, but there are definite initial similarities to The Hunger Games: Once a year a group of newly graduated (from High School) students get selected for Service to the State. The students don't get a choice in where they serve, or whether they serve, but get taken from their home towns and villages for the greater good.
Yeah yeah, I know that my two favourite genres are fantasy and dystopia, so when I come across a book that starts a series I will get absorbed and buy the whole series. I know that it will be of no surprise to you to discover that has happened again, and I ended up buying and reading Covenant and Legacy too, but it had to be done - honest!!
So, Rift follows the story of Sue. She is well educated and wants to go into Service so she can eventually become a Citizen and help her family have a better life. She becomes an initiate to the Janissaries - military service designed to keep the English and the Moon people safe from the French and other outsiders, thankful to have avoided service to the Corpus - chain gangs used to mine the earth for raw materials often resulting in illness and death.
During her time with the Janissaries, Sue becomes captured by the French and is treated humanely in a hospital - nothing like the monsters and imagery that she has been fed with. She discovers more corruption and starts to question everything to do with the Covenant and the Moon people - the saviours and masters of the English.
An amazing series. The author is really good at conveying the emotion, thrilling, cliff-hangers and menace as you get your head around this future dystopia for Earth. Loved it.
I hadn't actually realised that this series is a sequel to The Exodus Trilogy, and not having the previous knowledge, did not distract from this series at all. I have added the previous series to my wishlist.
Yeah yeah, I know that my two favourite genres are fantasy and dystopia, so when I come across a book that starts a series I will get absorbed and buy the whole series. I know that it will be of no surprise to you to discover that has happened again, and I ended up buying and reading Covenant and Legacy too, but it had to be done - honest!!
So, Rift follows the story of Sue. She is well educated and wants to go into Service so she can eventually become a Citizen and help her family have a better life. She becomes an initiate to the Janissaries - military service designed to keep the English and the Moon people safe from the French and other outsiders, thankful to have avoided service to the Corpus - chain gangs used to mine the earth for raw materials often resulting in illness and death.
During her time with the Janissaries, Sue becomes captured by the French and is treated humanely in a hospital - nothing like the monsters and imagery that she has been fed with. She discovers more corruption and starts to question everything to do with the Covenant and the Moon people - the saviours and masters of the English.
An amazing series. The author is really good at conveying the emotion, thrilling, cliff-hangers and menace as you get your head around this future dystopia for Earth. Loved it.
I hadn't actually realised that this series is a sequel to The Exodus Trilogy, and not having the previous knowledge, did not distract from this series at all. I have added the previous series to my wishlist.
July 9, 2022
Andreas Christensen is a decent storyteller, and as such the novel deserves more than one star. The reason we end up with this grading is because the writer is an amateur who doesn’t use a proofreader or an editor, and worse, he doesn’t master the tools of the trade. There are typos here that could have been avoided with a spellchecker, there’s lousy grammar, lots of repeated words, unimaginative language, and much more. For example, the writer doesn’t know how to use paragraphs, and he is unaware of the difference between a hyphen and a dash. The worst thing, though, is the fact that he uses an accent instead of an apostrophe. When such words end up at the end of a sentence, it often looks like this:
I
´m sorry.
Yeah, that’s right, they split up, because he has used an accent instead of an apostrophe. Unbelievable! This alone is so stupid that the book deserves no more than one star. I will never read anything by this author again. And I think this is the end of my review.
I
´m sorry.
Yeah, that’s right, they split up, because he has used an accent instead of an apostrophe. Unbelievable! This alone is so stupid that the book deserves no more than one star. I will never read anything by this author again. And I think this is the end of my review.
March 6, 2020
What a story!!!
I absolutely love how Andreas brings this story to life. From the first book to the last, it is full of twist and unexpected developments that take the story in an unforseen direction. Yet the way he develops the story, you fall in love with the characters and their stories!
I absolutely love how Andreas brings this story to life. From the first book to the last, it is full of twist and unexpected developments that take the story in an unforseen direction. Yet the way he develops the story, you fall in love with the characters and their stories!
June 17, 2022
Nuclear warfare is in the cards, so that Earth might again lose almost all of its people. The Moon people seemed poised for victory until two of their long lost ancestors, who had migrated to the distant planet of Aurora just before the rogue star hit Earth, return and intervene to save a few thousand members of the servant class.
Again, a long novel of many battles and few insights.
Again, a long novel of many battles and few insights.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 3, 2018
Good ending to a fun story.
I don't know if the author has written a series about what happens to the heros at the end of this story, but i'm going to find out. Good, crestive writing that was fun to read.
I don't know if the author has written a series about what happens to the heros at the end of this story, but i'm going to find out. Good, crestive writing that was fun to read.
September 7, 2022
A good read to the end. Without spoiling, there are not many surprises, but it's a pleasant read. The characters grow on you over the 3 volumes, and I certainly wished there was a fourth volume, which is a good sign I think :)
December 18, 2024
While still written over many perspectives, in short chapters, this book managed to capture my imagination and hold the storyline better than the second book.
Fast and conclusive; although there are some possibilities for a sequel set in the far future.
Fast and conclusive; although there are some possibilities for a sequel set in the far future.
June 13, 2017
Read all three books. Story felt a little light.
Some interesting characters, but never enough information to bind me to them. Needed a little more depth and detail, an okay read.
Some interesting characters, but never enough information to bind me to them. Needed a little more depth and detail, an okay read.
September 4, 2017
Bad ending
This was a real disappointment for a ending. No heroes, too many die for no real reason and an opening for the next book which I will skip.
This was a real disappointment for a ending. No heroes, too many die for no real reason and an opening for the next book which I will skip.
October 25, 2018
Oh how the mighty have fallen!
Another great book in the Rift saga. Or should it be called The Rise and Fall of the Moon People?
Another great book in the Rift saga. Or should it be called The Rise and Fall of the Moon People?
October 26, 2019
A Gripping, Quick Read
It pulled me in and didn't let go. A war, power, alien, humanity story that will make you think about things you normally don't consider.
It pulled me in and didn't let go. A war, power, alien, humanity story that will make you think about things you normally don't consider.
April 30, 2020
The rift sagas
I enjoyed the books. They kept my attention which is hard to do. Looking forward to more of these books
I enjoyed the books. They kept my attention which is hard to do. Looking forward to more of these books
February 18, 2022
I just wonder if the end was always intended or did he need a believable way to tie up the story?
Still, a good read.
Still, a good read.
September 8, 2024
Hated the ending, plus I could see it coming from a mile off.
May 26, 2017
Enjoyed this - am on a post apocalyptic run on books lately and this had some very interesting premises. Not as detailed as it could have been but as I went from book 1 to the next it wasn't a hinderance. Cool twist in book 3 that I didn't expect. This author has great potential!
March 19, 2017
A darn good read!
Likable and unlikeable characters! Well written! Starting with Exodus and ending with Rift.
A good sy/fy writer must have the gift of imagination to take us on a journey into the future, to keep us in a state of believing the plot, to keep the characters personal and not confuse me with too much technology.
Good job, Andreas!
Likable and unlikeable characters! Well written! Starting with Exodus and ending with Rift.
A good sy/fy writer must have the gift of imagination to take us on a journey into the future, to keep us in a state of believing the plot, to keep the characters personal and not confuse me with too much technology.
Good job, Andreas!
January 29, 2018
This lost 2 stars from me due to the absolute washout of an ending. Can't give details to avoid creating a spoiler—all I can say is, there's a certain natural expectation that's built up through the book, which is bitterly disappointed at the end. So be careful of what you expect!
March 11, 2017
This book was a disappointment to me. Not only was the Kindle version appalling especially in wrapping words like below (I can show screen shots if you wish):
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But that wasn't the worst thing but all of the sudden Evan had turned from a good guy to a total monster. This was touched on in the last book but up to this point it had all been that he had a heart for the "English". Now instead he's all about turning them into better slaves... oh but he still thinks he loves Sue and let her go after having murdered so many.
Really disappointed with the turn it took - it felt like a mess of a mix to me.
blah blah blaj'
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blah blah blah blah blaj'
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But that wasn't the worst thing but all of the sudden Evan had turned from a good guy to a total monster. This was touched on in the last book but up to this point it had all been that he had a heart for the "English". Now instead he's all about turning them into better slaves... oh but he still thinks he loves Sue and let her go after having murdered so many.
Really disappointed with the turn it took - it felt like a mess of a mix to me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 2, 2016
Don't want it to end!!
I have consumed Mr. Christensen's trilogies and companion story and savored them to the point now whereas I feel lost and abandoned that the saga has ended. Tied up neatly with a very gratifying ending, I find that I can hardly wait for what comes next from this gifted author.
I have consumed Mr. Christensen's trilogies and companion story and savored them to the point now whereas I feel lost and abandoned that the saga has ended. Tied up neatly with a very gratifying ending, I find that I can hardly wait for what comes next from this gifted author.
September 26, 2016
I love this series
Thank you. Not what I expected , that's what makes it such a good read. I stayed up all night reading once again
Thank you. Not what I expected , that's what makes it such a good read. I stayed up all night reading once again
September 28, 2016
The series is ok
Sue did nothing so why did the author constantly state how dangerous she was? And the good guys lost. I have to say am really getting sick of in modern novels.
Sue did nothing so why did the author constantly state how dangerous she was? And the good guys lost. I have to say am really getting sick of in modern novels.
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