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Primal #2
Primal Darkness
Everything has changed.
Once the best hunter in his clan, Tev is on a journey he is only beginning to understand. He questions everything he once knew, and longs to return to a planet he might never see again.
Kindra wakes in the middle of the night, haunted by memories of the man she helped to kill. She begins to wonder if being a part of Fleet was ever the right choice for her.
Behind them, a threat once considered dormant stirs to life again with one last desperate grab for power. Their actions will threaten the fragile peace in the galaxy. Tev, Kindra, and the crew of the Destiny must compete in an interstellar race against a foe of staggering power.
Primal Darkness is the second short novel of the Primal Series, spanning centuries of conflict following first contact. Each novel tells a complete story in the ongoing saga of two cultures learning to explore the vastness of space together.
Once the best hunter in his clan, Tev is on a journey he is only beginning to understand. He questions everything he once knew, and longs to return to a planet he might never see again.
Kindra wakes in the middle of the night, haunted by memories of the man she helped to kill. She begins to wonder if being a part of Fleet was ever the right choice for her.
Behind them, a threat once considered dormant stirs to life again with one last desperate grab for power. Their actions will threaten the fragile peace in the galaxy. Tev, Kindra, and the crew of the Destiny must compete in an interstellar race against a foe of staggering power.
Primal Darkness is the second short novel of the Primal Series, spanning centuries of conflict following first contact. Each novel tells a complete story in the ongoing saga of two cultures learning to explore the vastness of space together.
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182 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 7, 2017
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December 21, 2019I am listening to the compilation of this series (#1-3), but I'm going to review the books as I finish them. (Otherwise I can never remember where one ends and the next begins.)
Not bad, but eventually I just got tired of listening to fight scenes. It's not that they're bad, just redundant. I feel like 75% of this book is descriptions of fights, or battles, or martial moves, etc. It started to just feel like warrior worship...or Tev worship, as he's apparently better at everything than everyone around him.
There is a bit of a plot, with the ship returning to Tev's home-world and the question of protecting it from the bad guys (that might not be as bad as thought). But it's buried so deep as to feel secondary to 'all hail the amazing Tev and the virtuous Kindra.' Honestly, the drive to simply do the right thing seems overly simple (as does the solution), when speaking in terms of intergalactic interests.
Still, though my interest is waning, it's not dead yet. I'm moving on to book three.
Not bad, but eventually I just got tired of listening to fight scenes. It's not that they're bad, just redundant. I feel like 75% of this book is descriptions of fights, or battles, or martial moves, etc. It started to just feel like warrior worship...or Tev worship, as he's apparently better at everything than everyone around him.
There is a bit of a plot, with the ship returning to Tev's home-world and the question of protecting it from the bad guys (that might not be as bad as thought). But it's buried so deep as to feel secondary to 'all hail the amazing Tev and the virtuous Kindra.' Honestly, the drive to simply do the right thing seems overly simple (as does the solution), when speaking in terms of intergalactic interests.
Still, though my interest is waning, it's not dead yet. I'm moving on to book three.
August 22, 2018
A good book, and a definite improvement over the first. Enjoyed the plot and the character development was really nice to see. Much less predictable than the first one and has set the finale up nicely. Despite being a short book it still feels like a complete story, with good action, sub-plots and characters. A solid read.
February 3, 2019
Interesting but shallow. Where's the larger meaning? Where are the explanations about what's going on with these strange humans out in this unexplored space? Will we get answers by the end of the last book? Ugh.
Also, what the hell is up with the epilogue? So, what? Our protagonist doesn't get the girl at all? Fucking hell, man. This last book better be out of the park.
Also, what the hell is up with the epilogue? So, what? Our protagonist doesn't get the girl at all? Fucking hell, man. This last book better be out of the park.
June 6, 2017
Good follow on
Although a short book, it is still a goody. Kept well to the initial plot in book one, tries hard not to be too predictable.
Although a short book, it is still a goody. Kept well to the initial plot in book one, tries hard not to be too predictable.
May 1, 2024
I really liked it.
February 8, 2019
Primal Darkness Shakes One's Head
Primal Darkness is the second book of the Primal series by Ryan Kirk. Some times I just want to scream while reading someone's writing. Ryan spells everything out for us in the second book, and not in a good way.
Part of the issue I had with the work is the lack of a firm point of view. The work is written in 3rd person removed, but let's get a little more sensory information coming in. And please boost the writing to that of more than a fifth grader. And about three quarters of the way through it, I give up. Nice cover art can only get you so far.
Let me break something down for you, and hopefully the author understands. In a time of war, you will do whatever it takes to win. And if the enemy needs a jump ship to make it around, that is the first thing you take out. Period.
History Lesson
I look back in history, when knights on mounted horses were captured and ransomed back to their families. Then, a smart general put his ground troops at the front and started to kill the them. The knights were royalty, and huge assets to the country. The action made war more even when the aristocrats no longer were saved, but killed. It was a way of winning wars when the rich and highly trained fighters fell never to rise again. The surfs loved it. They killed royalty and nothing happened to them for the royalty was the enemy. This destroyed the moral of the other side. It is how you win wars.
It's hard to believe that Tez, a step above a cave man, is brought on board and takes his place among the elite worriers of the Fleet. To top that off, he gets to wear combat armour that elevates his abilities.
Logic lost
Lets look at something logical. One of the characters in the first book was injured and, while wearing a suit, picked up Tez and took him back to the drop ship. In the drop ship, Tez is placed in the hospital unit with a whole in his belly. He heals in two days and can take a suit out to kill one of the party who trained in the suit for years. The person who brought Tez to the ship takes weeks to recover from less serious wounds. Why? come on, let's get a little more logic in the story.
There are more reasons why I dropped the book besides being in primal darkness during the read, but the main ones are the narrative became demeaning, the writing stilted, and the characters unbelievable.
Sorry, this one is a did not finish.
Primal Darkness is the second book of the Primal series by Ryan Kirk. Some times I just want to scream while reading someone's writing. Ryan spells everything out for us in the second book, and not in a good way.
Part of the issue I had with the work is the lack of a firm point of view. The work is written in 3rd person removed, but let's get a little more sensory information coming in. And please boost the writing to that of more than a fifth grader. And about three quarters of the way through it, I give up. Nice cover art can only get you so far.
Let me break something down for you, and hopefully the author understands. In a time of war, you will do whatever it takes to win. And if the enemy needs a jump ship to make it around, that is the first thing you take out. Period.
History Lesson
I look back in history, when knights on mounted horses were captured and ransomed back to their families. Then, a smart general put his ground troops at the front and started to kill the them. The knights were royalty, and huge assets to the country. The action made war more even when the aristocrats no longer were saved, but killed. It was a way of winning wars when the rich and highly trained fighters fell never to rise again. The surfs loved it. They killed royalty and nothing happened to them for the royalty was the enemy. This destroyed the moral of the other side. It is how you win wars.
It's hard to believe that Tez, a step above a cave man, is brought on board and takes his place among the elite worriers of the Fleet. To top that off, he gets to wear combat armour that elevates his abilities.
Logic lost
Lets look at something logical. One of the characters in the first book was injured and, while wearing a suit, picked up Tez and took him back to the drop ship. In the drop ship, Tez is placed in the hospital unit with a whole in his belly. He heals in two days and can take a suit out to kill one of the party who trained in the suit for years. The person who brought Tez to the ship takes weeks to recover from less serious wounds. Why? come on, let's get a little more logic in the story.
There are more reasons why I dropped the book besides being in primal darkness during the read, but the main ones are the narrative became demeaning, the writing stilted, and the characters unbelievable.
Sorry, this one is a did not finish.
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