FROM A USA TODAY bestseller and Audie-nominated A thousand years ago, an alien invasion set humanity back to the Iron Age. Slowly, we recovered, colonizing the Solar System in peace. And discovered that an unknown force is stopping us from exploring any farther. But before the cause can be discovered, a slow-burning conspiracy threatens to explode into System-wide war. With enemies at home and in the darkness beyond, a team of unlikely heroes—a janitor, a mercenary, an asteroid miner, and a pirate—are the only ones who can avert a second apocalypse. This set includes the first three books of the newly-finished REBEL STARS series.
Ed is the author of the post-apocalyptic Breakers series and the epic fantasy series The Cycle of Arawn. A former New Yorker and Idaho-guy, he currently lives in the LA area. His short fiction has appeared in a whole bunch of magazines and anthologies.
Previous books by this author were more readable and believable. In this one there remains some good writing and good insights but they are diluted by near-impossible leaps in time, distance, motivation and physics - even by fantastical science fiction standards. It contained a fe dozen too many “and then a miracle happened” moments for my tastes.