Flames

Galaxy On Fire #2

by Craig Robertson

For Jon Ryan it always seems to be the hard way. But he likes it like that. When he finally wins it's all the more satisfying. A cataclysmic fight with his evil twin leaves Jon marooned on a desolate planet. He has no ship, no radio, and no one knows he's there. Meanwhile the shapeshifter teens are spirited to the court of the Adamant emperor himself. Malraff, his torture master, takes control of the teens and is bent on finding the secret of their ability to transform. She will do anything to find out the truth and she will revels in their suffering.
Somehow Jon must find his way out of his imprisonment and rescue the teens. But will there be anything left for him to save even if he can escape? A galaxy on fire with the destructive conquests of the Adamant empire still stands between Jon and any for chance of success. Without allies, recourses, or any reason for hope, his only path is to release the darkness that he is capable of. But can Jon triumph and and still be worthy of that victory?

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook, Space Opera

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2017

About the author

I claim three great accomplishments in my life: my family, my medical career, and my writing.  They are in, I am certain, their proper order.  My family, includes my perfect wife Karen, my wonderful children (adults now) Chris and Kim, my sweet grandson Jonathan. And now you! From family, I draw strength, love, and meaning.  What humbling gifts.  I am almost as proud of my incredible career as a physician (no, not that I'm incredible, it's that the journey was).  I'm an Internest and have worked in ER's, hospitals, clinics, homes, and most places between.  What a rush!  When I say it's an honor and a privilege to be a doctor, I truly mean it.  My writings, provide me a powerful creative outlet and so warms my soul directly.  In my wilder dreams, I hope my writing is of sufficient merit and so benefit you too in an impactful manner. 
Know me by what I love: Dickens, Orwell, and Bradbury; Milton, Donne, and Blake; Coltrane, Davis, and Desmond; Picasso, Michelangelo, and Renoir; Astronomy, Biology and Geology; Doctor Who, Star Trek (original TV), and Doctor Who (yeah, I love it that much); Avedon, Doisneau, and Arbus; burger and fries, coc au vin, and pizza-pizza-pizza.  Have I left anything important to me out?  Just one, the most important: God.  I'm an ex-Catholic wondering if churches are device of men and are necessary at all.  More importantly, I wish I spent more time seeing His wonder in the world (I'm not evangelizing, just passing along info; this is a bio, n'est pas?).  Oh, and this has never come up, but there used to be a series of magazine ads where sexy looking people were asked a series of questions about what they liked.  A standard query was: "What's your favorite word?"  So, this really stuck with me (I know, I need to get out more, don't I) and now I can tell someone, you, my favorite word.  Oneself!  I love it.  It means 'on your own' right, but it also refers to the elf you own!  Brilliant word.  Now, where'd I put that elf.......

Reviews

[John Cheeseman · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've given Craig Robertson's Galaxy on Fire books 2 chances but as this was even more stupid and annoying than the first I have now given up. We have never been so lucky as readers to have such a massive collection of classics and new authors to read so I'm not wasting any more time reading something so completely stupid and without merit.

[Karma Kimeleon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a review for the Galaxy on Fire series as a whole. The first two are included in Audible Plus, and I highly recommend them. Scott Aleijo does a great job with the narration with hilarious voices. The entire series is included with Kindle Unlimited so I read the rest of the series on my Kindle. I have to say I was imagining the voices as interpreted by Scott.
Overall it’s a fun, easy to read series. No hard science here, just action and snark. I like the deep time aspect even if it doesn’t really make sense his android body is still functional. These novels are not very long and can easily be completed in a day or two. Luckily there’s over twenty in the Ryanverse to keep you busy.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

More evil aliens (if you consider giant talking dogs aliens) and interesting friends. Between John's attempt to keep the changelings safe and avoiding his evil other-timeline self it continues to be a fresh series. And, in case you case needed more, there are plenty new odd and snarky A.I.'s to deal with. All in all, it's a good time.

[Tony Hinde · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series devolved into stream-of-consciousness nonsense pretty quickly. The author also loves his style of banter so much that page after page is devoted to it. The plot holes begin to stretch so large as to make the reader doubt their sanity.

[Jon Silvester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book love the story and the book narration can’t wait to listen to the next one I highly recommend this book and the rest of the series ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Carol Salter · Rating 5 out of 5]

loving this series. totally on my page (forgive the pun.) Now purchased whole series. Thanks Craig

[I R · Rating 2 out of 5]

I quite enjoyed the Forever series despite how sometimes the situations John finds himself in are ridiculous ( a bit like James Bond in space), but this story was beyond awful. It is almost as if the author is now being paid to churn out content only. DNF

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these books. I don’t think I have ever felt as sorry for an AI as I did for poor Gorilla Boy. My immature humour meant that I also found this book extremely funny when AL (another AI) became the jailer.
I also realised that this is a series set later on from the first so am on a mission to do the others and come back and finish this one

[Kevin Huff · Rating 5 out of 5]

The doggies are mean, Jon is a baddass, the teens are trapped, Al the AI get's married, and the story continues.