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Broken Worlds #1
The Awakening
THEY WENT TO SLEEP ON EARTH, BUT WHERE DID THEY WAKE UP?
Darius Drake is desperate to save his daughter, Cassandra. So desperate he’s willing to risk their lives in Cryo-sleep to give her a future. But the dark, freezing vault where he wakes up is nothing like the luxurious Florida hospital he remembers. Everything about this place is alien to him, even the language. Little does he know how alien it really is.
Darius and his daughter go exploring their new surroundings with a few others from the cryo pods, and they soon discover frozen, mutilated bodies everywhere. The dead are wearing strange uniforms, and they seem to have used some kind of energy weapons to defend themselves, but it wasn’t enough. Adding to the mystery, all the doors of the facility have been ripped open, and there are claw marks around them--but what could shred through reinforced metal like paper?
The answer to that question proves more terrifying than any of them could have guessed. There’s a war raging, and they've woken up in the middle of it.
Darius Drake is desperate to save his daughter, Cassandra. So desperate he’s willing to risk their lives in Cryo-sleep to give her a future. But the dark, freezing vault where he wakes up is nothing like the luxurious Florida hospital he remembers. Everything about this place is alien to him, even the language. Little does he know how alien it really is.
Darius and his daughter go exploring their new surroundings with a few others from the cryo pods, and they soon discover frozen, mutilated bodies everywhere. The dead are wearing strange uniforms, and they seem to have used some kind of energy weapons to defend themselves, but it wasn’t enough. Adding to the mystery, all the doors of the facility have been ripped open, and there are claw marks around them--but what could shred through reinforced metal like paper?
The answer to that question proves more terrifying than any of them could have guessed. There’s a war raging, and they've woken up in the middle of it.
592 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 17, 2018
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August 20, 2023Very bad
I do not think that I could finish whatever it is. Rating: minus 5
This book has moved up the queue for a revision. In my original I had been very polite to the Allie commenter, when I had the patience still. I admit belatedly that I was motivated more by pity than any ability to understand or empathize with an undemanding twit. This was very early days on this site but now after many, many, many dozens of these unwanted and unrequested idiotic comments, I feel the need to be more direct, clear and organized in my reviews and revisions. Consequently I do revisions and I aim to misbehave.
I am visiting YouTube before continuing this revision as has become my habit. This revision has been brought to you by Female Warriors -Teresatessa, Historia Militum, Annie's Literary Empire, Mia Mulder, Acollierastro, Owen Jones, Lily Alexandre, Sarah Z, Mandy -Web series, British Museum, May Moon Narrowboat, The Generalist Papers, Ro Ramdin, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Answer in Progress, Jean's Thoughts, Verilybitchie, Alt Shift X, History with Kayleigh, Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Autumn's Boutique, Karolina Zebrowska, Cynthia Zhou, The Bands of HM Royal Marines.
As Allie below demonstrated, many readers are wedded to the overtly racist narrative that the US can easily by themselves alone "conquer the galaxy". When an American reader (and Allie, obviously is) can accept lack of character development, an absence of world building, a plot without path or purpose (other than to promote the tired, overused underlying theme) and unedited (hopefully) prose, Goodreads as a source for recommendations of good fiction is shown to be another fiction.
With bad books, I always begin and sometimes end with the abysmal world building. Before scanning other reviews I expected that there would be a general agreement that all fiction needs a setting and context for characters and story. Since 2018, I have been chastised by commenters and read reviews by science fiction fans who disagree. That did explain why almost all books on Amazon/Goodreads garner 0% of one star reviews, some few 1% of one star ratings, rarely 2% of one star ratings and none more than 2% of one star ratings. Statistically such a large selection of books, many of which are effectively unedited or authored by writers flaunting a decided lack of talent, producing that result was stunning. I am not including more literary fiction, ebooks or paper titles which I own and print library loan titles. My anecdotal evidence is based on more than 1000+ books in science fiction and related genres.
I feel confident that I am the only reader who has noticed, let alone written about the implications of this phenomenon.
The background universe is uninteresting. I was stunned by the first several dozen examples of the US hegemonic theme but eventually realized that it was a new standard for bad US science fiction. The summary for these books begins with the human race being replaced by America, not figuratively but overtly as the first element of the background. The only named characters or hero cast members all are given what Americans consider proper American names, which all owe their origins to Yorkshire or Devonshire. The challenge will be to overcome the alien menace without assistance, which they will handle almost effortlessly. The characters will not have developed, just as they have no meaningful history because apparently they are born perfect. The main character is always a hero and a male, unless they are ineffective, subservient or sociopathic females bearing a remarkable similarity to their male counterparts.
The galaxy as a whole is just not described, whether unexplored, divided into various polities or whatever. There are bad aliens, there are good aliens and there are the Americans. The factions are described and identified essentially just as described. There is no logic to this galactic mess and no structure is given. The characters are seemingly tossed into space by the writer and told to have an exciting time.
There are six named characters by 30% into the book. The humans are insane cartoons, who express anger and .... anger because they are men. The female characters are as usual, so lacking in agency that I have seen much more individuality in anime. Their attention was more focused on sex, sexual roles, sexual identity and nudity. For mad libertarians they are so worried about their rights, it gives the lie to their belief which can be distilled to "To the powerful alone, does freedom belong".
The dialogue in these books can only be clunky, awkward or juvenile because the writers have not learned to write real emotions, real interactions or real motivations. They can not have not been directed by an editor to write real human beings, which makes those flaws inevitable. No character depth, no need or use for dialogue and the rest. Advanced aliens hunting humans for no sane reason and with no explanation is gripping adventure to this writer. Good aliens are good because .....? This is the framework of a tension filled adventure at the low end of US science fiction.
Sadly I have had exchanges with readers who do not even realize that there is a low end. It was as if I was trapped in a strange alternate reality, forced to converse with a Philomena Cunk level intellect and discovering that she is considered an intellectual. 😑
I need to visit YouTube again before continuing. This next bit was brought to you by the YouTube channels - Second Thought, Chris and Shell, Mauler, Mom on the Spectrum, Sarah Millican, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Kristen Dirksen, Bizarre Beasts, Geo Girl, Planarwalker, Gutsick Gibbon, Morgan Donner, Heather Dale, Daisy Viktoria, Dominic Noble, Adiemus - Carmina Slovenica, NerdForge, Fran Blanche, Meidas Touch, Andrewism.
I am unsure that the writer actually planned a plot of any kind. If so, they failed. If the publisher's editor thought this was good storytelling, they are passively aggressively responding to being grossly underpaid. They could of course be that incompetent and are grossly overpaid. That question is far more interesting to me than this book but then so is watching Koi frolicking or pedestrian foot traffic in a smallish village.
There is an audience for this sort of rubbish. As I think on it, they will be 30+ males usually and some few females of a certain nationality (American for certain values of American) and almost certainly white (for certain very limited parameters of white). Their dimness is almost always equalled by their arrogance. They are none of them particularly clever, thoughtful or self-aware from my experience. Their outstanding trait seems to be satisfaction with the poorly written as a staple and an inability to imagine that any sane reader could possibly disagree. Goodreads may serve a purpose after all, as the basis for a sociological study. My apologies, I digress. 🤗
This standard background universe is repeated in hundreds of these efforts, if such they can be labelled. The USA is the centre of the universe and Americans are portrayed literally as the entirety of the real human race. I originally questioned and later mocked this bizarre world building, now I just note it as it occurs. I received many, many, many comments from outraged members that stunned me.
The danger of this drivel is equivalent to a child demanding to eat nothing but McDonalds burgers. That child knowing but not caring that these are empty calories and their diet having negative health outcomes. The child then throwing a tantrum that another should bypass a McDonalds because they prefer more substantial and healthier meals. When knowing they are being abetted by the association of McDonalds owners, they still carry out a crusade against any customer not choosing McDonalds. Lastly they organize to prosecute a genocide against all customers daring to even whisper that McDonalds might not be nutritious. They occasionally pause to look back for reassurance that the McDonald Owners are pleased, which they are. They do this without thinking that perhaps they should ask for the occasional free hamburger because they know that would be beyond the pale. End of tale.
Current US science fiction print is in a dismal state. Publishers print, Goodreads shills and Amazon ships. I admit that I watch more than read my fiction at the moment. When I read science fiction, fantasy and related novels, they are classics, the current top tier and Indie writers. They are more easily borrowed from Public libraries or are worth the purchase to me and most Amazon loans are not worth the price of the loan. YouTube channels DUST, Omeleto and others deliver really good short science fiction films. The streaming services offer more interesting stories and the worst are better written than the worst print.
I first visited YouTube About two years ago for good fiction recommendations, especially science fiction. I found the Shorts and commentary before wandering through the lifestyle, educational and hobby channels. The essayist channels were the best find until I stumbled upon the book channels. 😍 These channels foster friendly, thoughtful communities of readers excited by the world of bookish things. I feel that any reader will enjoy a visit to several of them and have listed some below. I promise that they are a very different experience to that of Goodreads. From the educational and essayist channels, I was directed through sponsor spots to the educational video sites. Nebula, Wondrium and others are all modestly priced and worth a look.
About eighteen months ago, I wrote a short negative review of Powers of the Earth, a poorly written salute to the January 6, 2021 hero by Travis Corcoran, a self-described libertarian and vocal advocate for the return of chattel slavery - of course, a US veteran, supporter of Putin's Russia and employee of an unnamed US agency. There followed close to a year and pages of comments regarding the evil of socialism, the virtues of slavery, that libertarianism rocks and other madness led by the Corcoran himself.
After I wiped the original and wrote a more brutal review, Claes Rees Jr/cgr710 wrote a comment declaring that They had "won" (?). With help and some thought, I discovered that They had launched an almost year long flood of foul racist and sexual comments against channels, which I mentioned. It seems that They no longer felt the need to continue their campaign. The early teen boater and her mother, the Oxford astrophysicist, the Swedish essayist and many other female creators were unimpressed. Besides increasing the world's store of unpleasantness, They delivered to a multinational audience a better portrait of the twisted American man-child than I could ever have. Goodreads discourse at its finest. ???
My YouTube picks of the moment.
Ben and Emily, AllShorts, Mia Mulder, Philosophy Tube, Malinda, Baltic Empire. Female Warriors, KernowDamo, Second Thought, No Justice MTG, Viva La Dirt League, Wayward Winchester, Owen Jones, Tom Nicholas, Books and Lala.
About Amazon/Goodreads, I suggest that you might consider treating this as a potentially hostile site. 😐
Ominous music begins. 🙂 I gave above an example (extreme but only in scale) of science fiction fans among the members. I and a number of others have received numerous little comment clouds from the same little groups following us, it seems. That is all bad but Amazon/Goodreads themselves are a more dangerous source of threat.
Goodreads have masked (sometimes unmasked and remasked 🙂) commenter names, made it extremely difficult to upload reviews for weeks at a time, have removed the Community Reviews tab on many books which I review and even interrupted kindle services with no response to queries until I add these odd actions to the first review which I do manage to upload. At that point the blockages, interruptions, restrictions disappear. Again no response. There are other actions taken by them but for those see my reviews of "Dark Horse", a good novel by Diener, Marine by Dalzelle or Powers of the Earth by Corcoran.
More importantly these employees and members are completely mental. My limited message history was used to allow Australian Intelligence services at Pine Gap to attempt an interrogation of my friend for personal information about me. My friend feared for my safety. Whether you are confident that you will never be targeted, I can only hope you are not.
However as a precaution, consider minimizing profile information, removing any lurkers (those who monitor but never post), remaining wary of the messaging and screenshot the odd and the ugly. It costs little to implement if not needed but to not might do. A reminder, these cowardly morons which I referenced, both members and site employees alike have no morality, little restraint and are American. Ominous music ends.🙂
May we all find Good Reading! 🤗
I do not have the most familiarity with YouTube but these entertained, taught or brought me joy. Some of my favourite channels.
Biz Barclay, Ben and Emily, Sabine Hossenfelder, Tara Mooknee, Some More News, Owen Jones, Tulia, May, Northern Narrowboaters, ThePrimeChronus, Munecat, Books and Lala, iWriterly, Lily Simpson, Tom Nicholas, Crow Caller, Abby Cox, Jean's Thoughts, DW News, Books with Chloe, What Vivi did next, Double Down News, Oliver Lugg, Tibees, Books with Chloe, Roomies Digest, Renegade Cut, Fortress of Lugh, Karolina Zebrowska, J. Draper, The Chloe Connection, Morgan Donner, Lady Knight the Brave, The Confused Adipose, The Little Platoon, Autumn's Boutique, Cruising Crafts, Cruising Alba, Shelves with Samantha, Kazachka, May, Verilybitchie, IzzzYzzz, Jabzy, Kathy's Flog in France, History with Kayleigh, Between the Wars, Elina Charatsidou, Engineering with Rosie, Lilly's Expat Life, A Life of Lit, Up and Atom, Abney Park, Mythic Concepts, Lily Alexandre, Kidology, Mrs Betty Bowers, Cass Ellis, Rachel Maksy, Eleanor Morton, Gutsick Gibbon, Planarwalker, Adiemus -Carmina Slovenica, May, Adult Wednesday Addams - 2 seasons, Narrowboat Pirate, Alt Shift X, Sound of Music Flashmob, Lives and Histories, Real Time History, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Bovington Tank Museum, Jake Broe, Ukraine Matters, Prime of Midlife, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Brickcrafts, The Leftist Cooks, Harbo Wholmes, RobWords, Geo Girl, Travelling K, JuLingo, Physics Girl, Cambrian Chronicles, Viva La Dirt League, iiLuminaughtii, Rebecca Watson, Eileen, Wdebeam and Wellingtons, Certifiably Ingame, Mia Mulder, James Somerton, Alizee, The Clockwork Reader, No Justice MTG, The Shades of Orange, OrangeRiver, KernowDamo, Dominic Noble, Eckharts Ladder, NerdForge, Philosophy Tube, Real Engineering, Kaz Rowe, Bernadette Banner, Snappy Dragon, Sci-Fi Trek, Paleo Analysis, Cynthia Zhou, Veritasium, Heather Dale.
I wish you a glorious morning, a splendid afternoon, a pleasant evening, a wonderful night and may we all continue learning.
A person allowing Another to speak in their name unchallenged, adopts Another's sins.
My Grandmother
I do not think that I could finish whatever it is. Rating: minus 5
This book has moved up the queue for a revision. In my original I had been very polite to the Allie commenter, when I had the patience still. I admit belatedly that I was motivated more by pity than any ability to understand or empathize with an undemanding twit. This was very early days on this site but now after many, many, many dozens of these unwanted and unrequested idiotic comments, I feel the need to be more direct, clear and organized in my reviews and revisions. Consequently I do revisions and I aim to misbehave.
I am visiting YouTube before continuing this revision as has become my habit. This revision has been brought to you by Female Warriors -Teresatessa, Historia Militum, Annie's Literary Empire, Mia Mulder, Acollierastro, Owen Jones, Lily Alexandre, Sarah Z, Mandy -Web series, British Museum, May Moon Narrowboat, The Generalist Papers, Ro Ramdin, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Answer in Progress, Jean's Thoughts, Verilybitchie, Alt Shift X, History with Kayleigh, Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Autumn's Boutique, Karolina Zebrowska, Cynthia Zhou, The Bands of HM Royal Marines.
As Allie below demonstrated, many readers are wedded to the overtly racist narrative that the US can easily by themselves alone "conquer the galaxy". When an American reader (and Allie, obviously is) can accept lack of character development, an absence of world building, a plot without path or purpose (other than to promote the tired, overused underlying theme) and unedited (hopefully) prose, Goodreads as a source for recommendations of good fiction is shown to be another fiction.
With bad books, I always begin and sometimes end with the abysmal world building. Before scanning other reviews I expected that there would be a general agreement that all fiction needs a setting and context for characters and story. Since 2018, I have been chastised by commenters and read reviews by science fiction fans who disagree. That did explain why almost all books on Amazon/Goodreads garner 0% of one star reviews, some few 1% of one star ratings, rarely 2% of one star ratings and none more than 2% of one star ratings. Statistically such a large selection of books, many of which are effectively unedited or authored by writers flaunting a decided lack of talent, producing that result was stunning. I am not including more literary fiction, ebooks or paper titles which I own and print library loan titles. My anecdotal evidence is based on more than 1000+ books in science fiction and related genres.
I feel confident that I am the only reader who has noticed, let alone written about the implications of this phenomenon.
The background universe is uninteresting. I was stunned by the first several dozen examples of the US hegemonic theme but eventually realized that it was a new standard for bad US science fiction. The summary for these books begins with the human race being replaced by America, not figuratively but overtly as the first element of the background. The only named characters or hero cast members all are given what Americans consider proper American names, which all owe their origins to Yorkshire or Devonshire. The challenge will be to overcome the alien menace without assistance, which they will handle almost effortlessly. The characters will not have developed, just as they have no meaningful history because apparently they are born perfect. The main character is always a hero and a male, unless they are ineffective, subservient or sociopathic females bearing a remarkable similarity to their male counterparts.
The galaxy as a whole is just not described, whether unexplored, divided into various polities or whatever. There are bad aliens, there are good aliens and there are the Americans. The factions are described and identified essentially just as described. There is no logic to this galactic mess and no structure is given. The characters are seemingly tossed into space by the writer and told to have an exciting time.
There are six named characters by 30% into the book. The humans are insane cartoons, who express anger and .... anger because they are men. The female characters are as usual, so lacking in agency that I have seen much more individuality in anime. Their attention was more focused on sex, sexual roles, sexual identity and nudity. For mad libertarians they are so worried about their rights, it gives the lie to their belief which can be distilled to "To the powerful alone, does freedom belong".
The dialogue in these books can only be clunky, awkward or juvenile because the writers have not learned to write real emotions, real interactions or real motivations. They can not have not been directed by an editor to write real human beings, which makes those flaws inevitable. No character depth, no need or use for dialogue and the rest. Advanced aliens hunting humans for no sane reason and with no explanation is gripping adventure to this writer. Good aliens are good because .....? This is the framework of a tension filled adventure at the low end of US science fiction.
Sadly I have had exchanges with readers who do not even realize that there is a low end. It was as if I was trapped in a strange alternate reality, forced to converse with a Philomena Cunk level intellect and discovering that she is considered an intellectual. 😑
I need to visit YouTube again before continuing. This next bit was brought to you by the YouTube channels - Second Thought, Chris and Shell, Mauler, Mom on the Spectrum, Sarah Millican, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Kristen Dirksen, Bizarre Beasts, Geo Girl, Planarwalker, Gutsick Gibbon, Morgan Donner, Heather Dale, Daisy Viktoria, Dominic Noble, Adiemus - Carmina Slovenica, NerdForge, Fran Blanche, Meidas Touch, Andrewism.
I am unsure that the writer actually planned a plot of any kind. If so, they failed. If the publisher's editor thought this was good storytelling, they are passively aggressively responding to being grossly underpaid. They could of course be that incompetent and are grossly overpaid. That question is far more interesting to me than this book but then so is watching Koi frolicking or pedestrian foot traffic in a smallish village.
There is an audience for this sort of rubbish. As I think on it, they will be 30+ males usually and some few females of a certain nationality (American for certain values of American) and almost certainly white (for certain very limited parameters of white). Their dimness is almost always equalled by their arrogance. They are none of them particularly clever, thoughtful or self-aware from my experience. Their outstanding trait seems to be satisfaction with the poorly written as a staple and an inability to imagine that any sane reader could possibly disagree. Goodreads may serve a purpose after all, as the basis for a sociological study. My apologies, I digress. 🤗
This standard background universe is repeated in hundreds of these efforts, if such they can be labelled. The USA is the centre of the universe and Americans are portrayed literally as the entirety of the real human race. I originally questioned and later mocked this bizarre world building, now I just note it as it occurs. I received many, many, many comments from outraged members that stunned me.
The danger of this drivel is equivalent to a child demanding to eat nothing but McDonalds burgers. That child knowing but not caring that these are empty calories and their diet having negative health outcomes. The child then throwing a tantrum that another should bypass a McDonalds because they prefer more substantial and healthier meals. When knowing they are being abetted by the association of McDonalds owners, they still carry out a crusade against any customer not choosing McDonalds. Lastly they organize to prosecute a genocide against all customers daring to even whisper that McDonalds might not be nutritious. They occasionally pause to look back for reassurance that the McDonald Owners are pleased, which they are. They do this without thinking that perhaps they should ask for the occasional free hamburger because they know that would be beyond the pale. End of tale.
Current US science fiction print is in a dismal state. Publishers print, Goodreads shills and Amazon ships. I admit that I watch more than read my fiction at the moment. When I read science fiction, fantasy and related novels, they are classics, the current top tier and Indie writers. They are more easily borrowed from Public libraries or are worth the purchase to me and most Amazon loans are not worth the price of the loan. YouTube channels DUST, Omeleto and others deliver really good short science fiction films. The streaming services offer more interesting stories and the worst are better written than the worst print.
I first visited YouTube About two years ago for good fiction recommendations, especially science fiction. I found the Shorts and commentary before wandering through the lifestyle, educational and hobby channels. The essayist channels were the best find until I stumbled upon the book channels. 😍 These channels foster friendly, thoughtful communities of readers excited by the world of bookish things. I feel that any reader will enjoy a visit to several of them and have listed some below. I promise that they are a very different experience to that of Goodreads. From the educational and essayist channels, I was directed through sponsor spots to the educational video sites. Nebula, Wondrium and others are all modestly priced and worth a look.
About eighteen months ago, I wrote a short negative review of Powers of the Earth, a poorly written salute to the January 6, 2021 hero by Travis Corcoran, a self-described libertarian and vocal advocate for the return of chattel slavery - of course, a US veteran, supporter of Putin's Russia and employee of an unnamed US agency. There followed close to a year and pages of comments regarding the evil of socialism, the virtues of slavery, that libertarianism rocks and other madness led by the Corcoran himself.
After I wiped the original and wrote a more brutal review, Claes Rees Jr/cgr710 wrote a comment declaring that They had "won" (?). With help and some thought, I discovered that They had launched an almost year long flood of foul racist and sexual comments against channels, which I mentioned. It seems that They no longer felt the need to continue their campaign. The early teen boater and her mother, the Oxford astrophysicist, the Swedish essayist and many other female creators were unimpressed. Besides increasing the world's store of unpleasantness, They delivered to a multinational audience a better portrait of the twisted American man-child than I could ever have. Goodreads discourse at its finest. ???
My YouTube picks of the moment.
Ben and Emily, AllShorts, Mia Mulder, Philosophy Tube, Malinda, Baltic Empire. Female Warriors, KernowDamo, Second Thought, No Justice MTG, Viva La Dirt League, Wayward Winchester, Owen Jones, Tom Nicholas, Books and Lala.
About Amazon/Goodreads, I suggest that you might consider treating this as a potentially hostile site. 😐
Ominous music begins. 🙂 I gave above an example (extreme but only in scale) of science fiction fans among the members. I and a number of others have received numerous little comment clouds from the same little groups following us, it seems. That is all bad but Amazon/Goodreads themselves are a more dangerous source of threat.
Goodreads have masked (sometimes unmasked and remasked 🙂) commenter names, made it extremely difficult to upload reviews for weeks at a time, have removed the Community Reviews tab on many books which I review and even interrupted kindle services with no response to queries until I add these odd actions to the first review which I do manage to upload. At that point the blockages, interruptions, restrictions disappear. Again no response. There are other actions taken by them but for those see my reviews of "Dark Horse", a good novel by Diener, Marine by Dalzelle or Powers of the Earth by Corcoran.
More importantly these employees and members are completely mental. My limited message history was used to allow Australian Intelligence services at Pine Gap to attempt an interrogation of my friend for personal information about me. My friend feared for my safety. Whether you are confident that you will never be targeted, I can only hope you are not.
However as a precaution, consider minimizing profile information, removing any lurkers (those who monitor but never post), remaining wary of the messaging and screenshot the odd and the ugly. It costs little to implement if not needed but to not might do. A reminder, these cowardly morons which I referenced, both members and site employees alike have no morality, little restraint and are American. Ominous music ends.🙂
May we all find Good Reading! 🤗
I do not have the most familiarity with YouTube but these entertained, taught or brought me joy. Some of my favourite channels.
Biz Barclay, Ben and Emily, Sabine Hossenfelder, Tara Mooknee, Some More News, Owen Jones, Tulia, May, Northern Narrowboaters, ThePrimeChronus, Munecat, Books and Lala, iWriterly, Lily Simpson, Tom Nicholas, Crow Caller, Abby Cox, Jean's Thoughts, DW News, Books with Chloe, What Vivi did next, Double Down News, Oliver Lugg, Tibees, Books with Chloe, Roomies Digest, Renegade Cut, Fortress of Lugh, Karolina Zebrowska, J. Draper, The Chloe Connection, Morgan Donner, Lady Knight the Brave, The Confused Adipose, The Little Platoon, Autumn's Boutique, Cruising Crafts, Cruising Alba, Shelves with Samantha, Kazachka, May, Verilybitchie, IzzzYzzz, Jabzy, Kathy's Flog in France, History with Kayleigh, Between the Wars, Elina Charatsidou, Engineering with Rosie, Lilly's Expat Life, A Life of Lit, Up and Atom, Abney Park, Mythic Concepts, Lily Alexandre, Kidology, Mrs Betty Bowers, Cass Ellis, Rachel Maksy, Eleanor Morton, Gutsick Gibbon, Planarwalker, Adiemus -Carmina Slovenica, May, Adult Wednesday Addams - 2 seasons, Narrowboat Pirate, Alt Shift X, Sound of Music Flashmob, Lives and Histories, Real Time History, Agro Squirrel Narrates, Bovington Tank Museum, Jake Broe, Ukraine Matters, Prime of Midlife, Overly Sarcastic Productions, Brickcrafts, The Leftist Cooks, Harbo Wholmes, RobWords, Geo Girl, Travelling K, JuLingo, Physics Girl, Cambrian Chronicles, Viva La Dirt League, iiLuminaughtii, Rebecca Watson, Eileen, Wdebeam and Wellingtons, Certifiably Ingame, Mia Mulder, James Somerton, Alizee, The Clockwork Reader, No Justice MTG, The Shades of Orange, OrangeRiver, KernowDamo, Dominic Noble, Eckharts Ladder, NerdForge, Philosophy Tube, Real Engineering, Kaz Rowe, Bernadette Banner, Snappy Dragon, Sci-Fi Trek, Paleo Analysis, Cynthia Zhou, Veritasium, Heather Dale.
I wish you a glorious morning, a splendid afternoon, a pleasant evening, a wonderful night and may we all continue learning.
A person allowing Another to speak in their name unchallenged, adopts Another's sins.
My Grandmother
February 14, 2018
DNF'd at 26%
I picked up this book because it sounded stellar. Right after cryo, there's a lot of great tension that gets built up, then the characters all stop in the hallway for several pages of earth history. It derailed the story, and after that point rushes through. So unfortunate, because I like this author's other works.
I picked up this book because it sounded stellar. Right after cryo, there's a lot of great tension that gets built up, then the characters all stop in the hallway for several pages of earth history. It derailed the story, and after that point rushes through. So unfortunate, because I like this author's other works.
February 3, 2019
Totally disagree with other high reviews
Half way through the book there still was not an interesting or compelling reason to read the book. Plenty of plot turns, but none of the adult characters had depth or interest.
Half way through the book there still was not an interesting or compelling reason to read the book. Plenty of plot turns, but none of the adult characters had depth or interest.
January 26, 2022
I don't think I really liked this book very much. The conversations were kind of dumb and the swear words were just stupid: fek, kakkers, and shit like that. I can't see me moving on with the rest of the series. But, mostly I hated when one of the main characters was killed off. I mean, the Deliverance, the spaceship they were on, and about 1000 people in cryo, were all frozen because they all had terminal diseases and were waiting for a cure to be found, for whatever was killing them, at least they thought they were on the ship for that reason. Then Gatticus, the android, cured them, only to be killed off. Yeah, that's not for me.
No sex and no swearing, except stupid words.
As for the narration: Jonathan Todd Ross mostly just read the book. He didn't have much when it came to emotions. AND I think he didn't have the right voice for this book.
No sex and no swearing, except stupid words.
As for the narration: Jonathan Todd Ross mostly just read the book. He didn't have much when it came to emotions. AND I think he didn't have the right voice for this book.
May 12, 2024
Great story, can't wait to read the rest of the series.
April 26, 2018
Man, I really *want* to like Jasper Scott's work. I keep coming back for another try - but in the end, it never works out.
Again, I really wanted to like this one, but...Oh. My. God. My GF had to take me to the ER because I sprained my eyes rolling them while reading this book.
First: Everyone aggregated into in Cryo 1000 years in the past is Anglo - Well, all the characters are - including the Android, and the Space Pirates, AND EVEN THE BUG-LIKE ALIENS feel like Texans!
Beyond that, all the characters are super flat and one dimensional, and (holy schnikes) just not believable. Example: "I just witnessed an antimatter bomb detonate where (other major character) was, creating a crater the size of Manhattan (Kansas, if not New York). I MUST GO BACK FOR THEM. THEY MUST STILL BE ALIVE!" Cue ridiculous "closure" subplot that goes on for about 1/4 of the book, and changes nothing, aside from removing a couple of characters from the primary arc of the story (which is actually fine - it was getting crowded).
Here's the Way Better Edit:
"Dude, they just nuked the city where was with antimatter bombs. Yes, that's as bad as it sounds."
"F-bomb. F-ing Mother N'n, F-bomb! OK. F- those guys. I want revenge. How can I help?"
Cuts a ton of crap out of the book, makes the third act more powerful, and reduces eyerolling to a non-emergency-room status. Just put some ice on it, it'll be fine.
Again, I really wanted to like this one, but...Oh. My. God. My GF had to take me to the ER because I sprained my eyes rolling them while reading this book.
First: Everyone aggregated into in Cryo 1000 years in the past is Anglo - Well, all the characters are - including the Android, and the Space Pirates, AND EVEN THE BUG-LIKE ALIENS feel like Texans!
Beyond that, all the characters are super flat and one dimensional, and (holy schnikes) just not believable. Example: "I just witnessed an antimatter bomb detonate where (other major character) was, creating a crater the size of Manhattan (Kansas, if not New York). I MUST GO BACK FOR THEM. THEY MUST STILL BE ALIVE!" Cue ridiculous "closure" subplot that goes on for about 1/4 of the book, and changes nothing, aside from removing a couple of characters from the primary arc of the story (which is actually fine - it was getting crowded).
Here's the Way Better Edit:
"Dude, they just nuked the city where was with antimatter bombs. Yes, that's as bad as it sounds."
"F-bomb. F-ing Mother N'n, F-bomb! OK. F- those guys. I want revenge. How can I help?"
Cuts a ton of crap out of the book, makes the third act more powerful, and reduces eyerolling to a non-emergency-room status. Just put some ice on it, it'll be fine.
July 12, 2019
Not the worst sci-fi I’ve ever read. A little clunky with the dialogue, and it hits all the usual tropes. I’m getting a Star Trek feel (“Captain Riker” May be adding to that), mixed with some “Jedi” from Star Wars. The premise of the USO is pretty neat. I’ll probably read this again, when I’m in the mood for something that’s fun, but not “hard” sci-fi.
-Edit: I was probably kinder to this book than it deserved when I wrote my original review. After diving back into the works of Card, Heinlein, Asimov - heck, Even James A. Corey and Andy Weir - among others, the flaws here are far more apparent. The differences in world-building, character development, and story are so great, that I honestly will never return to this series. I’ve already forgotten basic tenets of the storyline, and I wouldn’t be willing to reread this to figure them back out.
So... I should probably drop my rating to at least two stars. I don’t think it’s a fair comparison to place this author next to someone like Asimov or Heinlein though, so I’ll leave it as-is.
-Edit: I was probably kinder to this book than it deserved when I wrote my original review. After diving back into the works of Card, Heinlein, Asimov - heck, Even James A. Corey and Andy Weir - among others, the flaws here are far more apparent. The differences in world-building, character development, and story are so great, that I honestly will never return to this series. I’ve already forgotten basic tenets of the storyline, and I wouldn’t be willing to reread this to figure them back out.
So... I should probably drop my rating to at least two stars. I don’t think it’s a fair comparison to place this author next to someone like Asimov or Heinlein though, so I’ll leave it as-is.
May 21, 2019
Aliens ripping and tearing people apart for sport - yes!. And they mastered FTL travel! Not a bad story line, but it suffers from a lot of card board characters.
March 17, 2018
Good story but ...
I enjoyed this story and await the next episode. I do have a problem with authors who have a character oblivious to all the people he is getting killed in his single minded obsession to protect someone he loves. Particularly when ever third chapter is devoted to a recap of the obsession. I guess all the other people he gets killed don't matter to him as he never feels remorse.
I enjoyed this story and await the next episode. I do have a problem with authors who have a character oblivious to all the people he is getting killed in his single minded obsession to protect someone he loves. Particularly when ever third chapter is devoted to a recap of the obsession. I guess all the other people he gets killed don't matter to him as he never feels remorse.
June 24, 2018
Few people frozen in cryo in 21st century due terminal illness awaken on a space ship far in the future. Then we discover new alien species, current political and cultural state and the dangers that causes to them. Main character has family issues, which makes him annoying at times.
Story is an ok action, gaining pace near the end. With the introductions done next chapters in the series might be better.
Story is an ok action, gaining pace near the end. With the introductions done next chapters in the series might be better.
October 27, 2018
A space opera well written but a so so plot increasingly harder to believe.
A fast paced space opera. The idea seemed interesting even if not very original. The plot becomes becomes increasingly harder to believe. Twists and turns introduced to add drama are not very logical and there is very little effort to justify them.
You would be entertained if you can suspend disbelief, but do not expect too much out of it.
A fast paced space opera. The idea seemed interesting even if not very original. The plot becomes becomes increasingly harder to believe. Twists and turns introduced to add drama are not very logical and there is very little effort to justify them.
You would be entertained if you can suspend disbelief, but do not expect too much out of it.
February 13, 2018
The synopsis for this book combined with a sample led me to believe that this would be along the lines of Greg Bear’s Hull Zero Zero One. Sadly it ended up being a much shallower experience marred by the dreaded info dump.
February 9, 2018
It just fell short. I couldn't feel for the characters.
June 22, 2018
Train of events
Enjoyed the story but felt there were too many bad things in row. Would like to see the good guys win a few more times.
Enjoyed the story but felt there were too many bad things in row. Would like to see the good guys win a few more times.
January 3, 2019
This book started pretty good but after reading the 2nd & third book in the series I was disappointed. See the review for book three for more details
October 24, 2019
I thought this would be the next Ender's Game...I was wrong.
When I started reading this book, I was hooked. The beginning was a five star read. It was line-edited very well. There were no grammatical errors, and the plot was very intriguing. I had to know more.
The story starts out with a man who wakes up from cryo. There's a prologue that doesn't waste time with too much exposition. It shows us the main character's struggles and backstory without going overboard on useless details like what kind of jobs he had dozens of years ago, or what school his daughter went to.
After the prologue, the man wakes up from cryo sleep. There are perhaps hundreds of thousands of cryo tubes stacked hundreds or thousands high. I don't want to spoil it for you, but if you like reading about well developed aliens, I feel like this author has done a good job creating a rich alien culture that is not a ripoff of Aliens vs. Predator aliens. The aliens are sort of like if Aliens and Predators were combined into one, which is very interesting to read about. The author said he is a fan of Star Wars and other science fiction, and it shows in his writing.
While the author wrote aliens very well, I feel like he failed in regards to consistency, character development, and plot elements.
Don't get me wrong. I didn't hate the main character. He was a man trying to protect his daughter and worried about her safety. Good enough for me. I was having a good time reading the story until it got to the middle. In the middle, the plot took a sharp turn.
An action packed and mysterious beginning turned into a rescue mission. A rescue mission, you say? That sounds like something you'd find in science fiction, right? Not if you leave a world, then within the next two chapters, have to go back to the world. Not if the main character accidentally kills a character with a rock, a character who went berserk when he thought his children died, a character who had no reason to go berserk to try to kill the third person in their group even though this character had more than ten years of experience as a captain in a space ship, and had many years of experience living on a brutal alien world where they kill humans and other aliens for sport.
The plot slowing down was the first thing that did it for me. The second thing that ruined the story for me was to write such a strange plot element, an accidental killing. The space suit should have withstood rocks. There are rocks in space, so your space suit should have at least a little bit of armor. Even if it doesn't, at least knock the guy out. While I agree characters should change and grow, in positive or negative ways, this could have been written better. The character that died had more potential to grow. He did not take actions that were consistent with his background.
The last story element I didn't like was the "supernatural" element. One character could reach across vast distances in space - maybe lights years - and control people's minds, maybe through their implants. This kind of spoiled it for me because this science fiction series ended up being a little too convenient and magical.
The author also invented a new version of the "f" word, which is not the same as the fake swear word invented in Battlestar Galactica, but that is very very similar. It's also similar to another word he created in the Dark Space series. He could have written with a little more variety in that regard.
I'm not a fan of mystery, but I do like military science fiction. I would say this reads more like military science fiction. If you like that, then this is for you, if you don't mind a strange mystery that isn't even really mysterious and a book where the plot and characters are not very consistent halfway through the book.
When I started reading this book, I was hooked. The beginning was a five star read. It was line-edited very well. There were no grammatical errors, and the plot was very intriguing. I had to know more.
The story starts out with a man who wakes up from cryo. There's a prologue that doesn't waste time with too much exposition. It shows us the main character's struggles and backstory without going overboard on useless details like what kind of jobs he had dozens of years ago, or what school his daughter went to.
After the prologue, the man wakes up from cryo sleep. There are perhaps hundreds of thousands of cryo tubes stacked hundreds or thousands high. I don't want to spoil it for you, but if you like reading about well developed aliens, I feel like this author has done a good job creating a rich alien culture that is not a ripoff of Aliens vs. Predator aliens. The aliens are sort of like if Aliens and Predators were combined into one, which is very interesting to read about. The author said he is a fan of Star Wars and other science fiction, and it shows in his writing.
While the author wrote aliens very well, I feel like he failed in regards to consistency, character development, and plot elements.
Don't get me wrong. I didn't hate the main character. He was a man trying to protect his daughter and worried about her safety. Good enough for me. I was having a good time reading the story until it got to the middle. In the middle, the plot took a sharp turn.
An action packed and mysterious beginning turned into a rescue mission. A rescue mission, you say? That sounds like something you'd find in science fiction, right? Not if you leave a world, then within the next two chapters, have to go back to the world. Not if the main character accidentally kills a character with a rock, a character who went berserk when he thought his children died, a character who had no reason to go berserk to try to kill the third person in their group even though this character had more than ten years of experience as a captain in a space ship, and had many years of experience living on a brutal alien world where they kill humans and other aliens for sport.
The plot slowing down was the first thing that did it for me. The second thing that ruined the story for me was to write such a strange plot element, an accidental killing. The space suit should have withstood rocks. There are rocks in space, so your space suit should have at least a little bit of armor. Even if it doesn't, at least knock the guy out. While I agree characters should change and grow, in positive or negative ways, this could have been written better. The character that died had more potential to grow. He did not take actions that were consistent with his background.
The last story element I didn't like was the "supernatural" element. One character could reach across vast distances in space - maybe lights years - and control people's minds, maybe through their implants. This kind of spoiled it for me because this science fiction series ended up being a little too convenient and magical.
The author also invented a new version of the "f" word, which is not the same as the fake swear word invented in Battlestar Galactica, but that is very very similar. It's also similar to another word he created in the Dark Space series. He could have written with a little more variety in that regard.
I'm not a fan of mystery, but I do like military science fiction. I would say this reads more like military science fiction. If you like that, then this is for you, if you don't mind a strange mystery that isn't even really mysterious and a book where the plot and characters are not very consistent halfway through the book.
February 12, 2026
Cryogenically stored humans are the key to a galactic war of revenge - 5 stars
People hoping to be cured from deadly diseases in the twenty-first century are both pawns and saviors in a battle in space. When they start to awaken from cryogenic pods after being frozen for 1000 years, the survivors find that everything has changed. Certainly, medical science has improved, and cancer is no longer an issue. But because thousands of humans have been hauled into new-to-them galaxies in which all sentient species are far from equals, the tables have been turned. Some species enjoy killing for fun. One augmented humanoid is an expert negotiator. Faster-than-light travel is common. And, as expected, weapons have become more deadly as antimatter has become an energy staple. English and all other Earth-based languages have become obsolete.
The first few humans that exited cryogenic storage were slaughtered. As additional cryogenic pods lose power and open, we meet up with a father (Darius), daughter (Cassandra), and a variety of people with awkward personalities who find that an android (Gatticus Thedroux) has abilities that can explain what happened after they were put in storage and be of help in trying to stay alive when several non-humans attack. Gatticus is able to apply "magical" medical technology to cure diseases that were fatal 1000 years ago and even provide enhancements for health and learning.
Overcoming attackers, learning new skills, and trying to determine who will be helpful and who will be harmful becomes the apparent path to survival. One of the new leaders, who was not from Earth, turns out to have several special abilities that both harm and advance the surviving humans.
Warring aliens from different galaxies carry grudges. A wormhole (which allows shortcut space travel) is heavily guarded. Passing through the wormhole starts a massive battle in which the revived Earth survivors battle with heavy losses in order to rescue survivors who were captured and targeted to be trained to have special abilities. Virtually all of the awakened survivors who were recruited to fight the aliens guarding the wormhole were duped into fighting.
Many readers may choose to bond with survivors from Earth as I did. There will be more battles ahead - some for deciding leadership and some for determining if it is worth the cost. The story had characters that are easy to like as well as characters that are abrasive or even distasteful. The challenges of staying alive seem to be much more difficult than they were before space travel became common and multiple sentient cultures became known. The quest for power, influence, and survival has to play out. Human nature and cultural views are likely common to many sentient cultures. There are several more books in the series -- I am ready for more.
People hoping to be cured from deadly diseases in the twenty-first century are both pawns and saviors in a battle in space. When they start to awaken from cryogenic pods after being frozen for 1000 years, the survivors find that everything has changed. Certainly, medical science has improved, and cancer is no longer an issue. But because thousands of humans have been hauled into new-to-them galaxies in which all sentient species are far from equals, the tables have been turned. Some species enjoy killing for fun. One augmented humanoid is an expert negotiator. Faster-than-light travel is common. And, as expected, weapons have become more deadly as antimatter has become an energy staple. English and all other Earth-based languages have become obsolete.
The first few humans that exited cryogenic storage were slaughtered. As additional cryogenic pods lose power and open, we meet up with a father (Darius), daughter (Cassandra), and a variety of people with awkward personalities who find that an android (Gatticus Thedroux) has abilities that can explain what happened after they were put in storage and be of help in trying to stay alive when several non-humans attack. Gatticus is able to apply "magical" medical technology to cure diseases that were fatal 1000 years ago and even provide enhancements for health and learning.
Overcoming attackers, learning new skills, and trying to determine who will be helpful and who will be harmful becomes the apparent path to survival. One of the new leaders, who was not from Earth, turns out to have several special abilities that both harm and advance the surviving humans.
Warring aliens from different galaxies carry grudges. A wormhole (which allows shortcut space travel) is heavily guarded. Passing through the wormhole starts a massive battle in which the revived Earth survivors battle with heavy losses in order to rescue survivors who were captured and targeted to be trained to have special abilities. Virtually all of the awakened survivors who were recruited to fight the aliens guarding the wormhole were duped into fighting.
Many readers may choose to bond with survivors from Earth as I did. There will be more battles ahead - some for deciding leadership and some for determining if it is worth the cost. The story had characters that are easy to like as well as characters that are abrasive or even distasteful. The challenges of staying alive seem to be much more difficult than they were before space travel became common and multiple sentient cultures became known. The quest for power, influence, and survival has to play out. Human nature and cultural views are likely common to many sentient cultures. There are several more books in the series -- I am ready for more.
January 18, 2018
I've been a loyal fan of Jasper Scott and his books for many years. His ability to tell fantastic stories filled with leading-edge Science Fiction and make it feel so comfortable always impresses me. I read a lot of books, most of them Sci-If, and many of the other author's "Science" often feels unrealistic and unbelievable. Scott has a way of presenting the same "Science" but in a way that almost feels routine.
One great example of how Scott applies Logic to his Science Fiction is the following: in an early draft of this book, he was going to have all the Cryogenic beings stored in outer space theorizing this reduced storage cost would more than make up for the "Shipping & Handling" costs of doing so. But, when a sharp Beta Reader pointed out that, "that micro meteors are really far too serious a threat to consider storing cryo pods in space unless they’re either shielded or built like tanks", Scott modified his story to resolve this problem. I'm sure "Spock" would approve this Logic application.
In this first book in this new series, we have enormous spacecraft (a Ring-Ship with a radius of over five kilometers) capable of way over FTL speeds, Androids, Nanobots (that heal injuries and eliminate disease), and a variety of sentient Alien Beings. Some of these are powerful Predator species who promise to ensure peace for vast numbers of Star Systems as long as they pay Tribute to these Predator Rulers. This Tribute is in the form of a small percentage of the sentient inhabitants of these Star Systems who are sent to special planets where they will be used as prey for the Hunter-Predator Rulers. While it is a small percentage, it is still a significant number of Prey beings. They may understand that the peace obtained in this manner will result in fewer total losses but not all are willing to just accept this treatment.
By presenting all this in a manner that feels so acceptable, Scott allows the reader to focus on the story. And the story is so good I wish time-travel were possible so I could jump to a point in the future where the final book in this series was completed and I could read the entire series without interruption.
Review by THE HOLEY ONE
One great example of how Scott applies Logic to his Science Fiction is the following: in an early draft of this book, he was going to have all the Cryogenic beings stored in outer space theorizing this reduced storage cost would more than make up for the "Shipping & Handling" costs of doing so. But, when a sharp Beta Reader pointed out that, "that micro meteors are really far too serious a threat to consider storing cryo pods in space unless they’re either shielded or built like tanks", Scott modified his story to resolve this problem. I'm sure "Spock" would approve this Logic application.
In this first book in this new series, we have enormous spacecraft (a Ring-Ship with a radius of over five kilometers) capable of way over FTL speeds, Androids, Nanobots (that heal injuries and eliminate disease), and a variety of sentient Alien Beings. Some of these are powerful Predator species who promise to ensure peace for vast numbers of Star Systems as long as they pay Tribute to these Predator Rulers. This Tribute is in the form of a small percentage of the sentient inhabitants of these Star Systems who are sent to special planets where they will be used as prey for the Hunter-Predator Rulers. While it is a small percentage, it is still a significant number of Prey beings. They may understand that the peace obtained in this manner will result in fewer total losses but not all are willing to just accept this treatment.
By presenting all this in a manner that feels so acceptable, Scott allows the reader to focus on the story. And the story is so good I wish time-travel were possible so I could jump to a point in the future where the final book in this series was completed and I could read the entire series without interruption.
Review by THE HOLEY ONE
January 19, 2018
When Darius Drake arranges to Cryovac himself in a gamble to buy time for a cure to be discovered for his terminally ill daughter, Cassandra, he could not ever have imagined what that action would mean for them both!
For reasons they do not understand, both Darius and Cassandra have to face and react to a new reality that demands everything they have to give both mentally and physically but why was their entire Cryovac storage hanger transported to a far distant universe in a time past even Darius’s wildest dreams? Will they both be able to survive the brutal and inhuman society into which they and their fellow Cryovac inhabitants have been unloaded in mass? Why were the Cryovac inhabitants taken from their storage hanger on Earth to awake in a freezing cold, damaged ship hundreds of light years away? Why is the ship littered with dead crew members, and what killed them? How can Darius keep his daughter safe and get her the help she needs when he can’t even find clothing or a way to keep them from freezing?
Broken Worlds: The Awakening is a masterfully written first part of an epoch taking place in a post Earth universe, where world alliances, rebels, Cygnians, and Revenants all pose possible threats to Darius and his Daughter. With intriguing twists and turns, the reader, just like Darius and his daughter, will not be able to figure out who to trust or which group presents the greatest threat to their survival. Mr. Scott is a deft weaver of suspense and keeps the pace roaring through a thoroughly good read that leaves some critical questions unanswered to build links to the planned next books in the series, but answers others, which niggle the brain, with novel, unexpected realities. This is a Star Wars-like epoch that will both entertain and delight! I highly recommend this award-winning author’s newest Science Fiction Gem, Broken Worlds: The Awakening, because both adults and youths will fall in love with Scott’s flawed but admirable characters who possess the latent personal strength that none of their prior experiences could prepare them to meet.
For reasons they do not understand, both Darius and Cassandra have to face and react to a new reality that demands everything they have to give both mentally and physically but why was their entire Cryovac storage hanger transported to a far distant universe in a time past even Darius’s wildest dreams? Will they both be able to survive the brutal and inhuman society into which they and their fellow Cryovac inhabitants have been unloaded in mass? Why were the Cryovac inhabitants taken from their storage hanger on Earth to awake in a freezing cold, damaged ship hundreds of light years away? Why is the ship littered with dead crew members, and what killed them? How can Darius keep his daughter safe and get her the help she needs when he can’t even find clothing or a way to keep them from freezing?
Broken Worlds: The Awakening is a masterfully written first part of an epoch taking place in a post Earth universe, where world alliances, rebels, Cygnians, and Revenants all pose possible threats to Darius and his Daughter. With intriguing twists and turns, the reader, just like Darius and his daughter, will not be able to figure out who to trust or which group presents the greatest threat to their survival. Mr. Scott is a deft weaver of suspense and keeps the pace roaring through a thoroughly good read that leaves some critical questions unanswered to build links to the planned next books in the series, but answers others, which niggle the brain, with novel, unexpected realities. This is a Star Wars-like epoch that will both entertain and delight! I highly recommend this award-winning author’s newest Science Fiction Gem, Broken Worlds: The Awakening, because both adults and youths will fall in love with Scott’s flawed but admirable characters who possess the latent personal strength that none of their prior experiences could prepare them to meet.
January 22, 2019
Cryo future
As true to the genre, we are set in the future and in space. First, I like that Jasper gives an intro page explaining who and what each character is and a description of that character especially if they are not human.
We open in a relatively modern day, where cytogenetic sleep is possible when diagnosed with a terminal illness. Darius, a wealthy and assumingely influential man is speaking with a doctor after it has been determined that his teenage daughter is terminally ill and how he will be able to frozen along with her. They wake aboard a space ship along side Lisa and Blake. Shortly thereafter are greeted by an Android Gatticus, who’s memory file has been corrupted.
They leave the ship to the nearby planet to steal fuel and soon meet up with amongst others, a Dark Revnant, Tanik and his associates with one of the, being what is described as a very attractive available women, who has eyes for Darius as does Lisa.
This love triangle does not really take off, as Darius’s main concern is his daughter, especially after her abduction by the Cygnians, a race of nightmarish ghouls. The biggest search, aside from his daughter, is which side is he on and or fighting against and are those around as they seem since Darius has technically been asleep for a long long time.
As true to the genre, we are set in the future and in space. First, I like that Jasper gives an intro page explaining who and what each character is and a description of that character especially if they are not human.
We open in a relatively modern day, where cytogenetic sleep is possible when diagnosed with a terminal illness. Darius, a wealthy and assumingely influential man is speaking with a doctor after it has been determined that his teenage daughter is terminally ill and how he will be able to frozen along with her. They wake aboard a space ship along side Lisa and Blake. Shortly thereafter are greeted by an Android Gatticus, who’s memory file has been corrupted.
They leave the ship to the nearby planet to steal fuel and soon meet up with amongst others, a Dark Revnant, Tanik and his associates with one of the, being what is described as a very attractive available women, who has eyes for Darius as does Lisa.
This love triangle does not really take off, as Darius’s main concern is his daughter, especially after her abduction by the Cygnians, a race of nightmarish ghouls. The biggest search, aside from his daughter, is which side is he on and or fighting against and are those around as they seem since Darius has technically been asleep for a long long time.
August 18, 2019
So, something changes between now and 2045, where only people with terminal illnesses can get cryo'd - those poor rich people can't anymore. So everyone's all jealous of a dad who fakes cancer to get frozen with his daughter, who's dying.
Poor Walt Disney.
So, they wake up, and it seems like no-one really felt the need to bring back any frozen cancer patients, as it's now a thousand years in the future, and alien monsters like to eat people. Well, just the people marked for death, or the people who aren't marked.
I mean, can the nanobots revive poor Walt's head?
So, yeah, there's some people from slightly in our future. They get their cancer cured, and then go on to get eaten by aliens, or otherwise screw up, except for the two main. They're special of course, and can do magic, sort of like a Jedi.
I gave it three stars, but as I write this I really wonder if maybe it ought to have been two.
Poor Walt Disney.
So, they wake up, and it seems like no-one really felt the need to bring back any frozen cancer patients, as it's now a thousand years in the future, and alien monsters like to eat people. Well, just the people marked for death, or the people who aren't marked.
I mean, can the nanobots revive poor Walt's head?
So, yeah, there's some people from slightly in our future. They get their cancer cured, and then go on to get eaten by aliens, or otherwise screw up, except for the two main. They're special of course, and can do magic, sort of like a Jedi.
I gave it three stars, but as I write this I really wonder if maybe it ought to have been two.
January 19, 2018
I was the editor of this book, but that doesn't mean I can't have an opinion. Scott is a talented writer, and he knows the craft better than most. His sale success proves the point. But his books are more than well crafted they make the reader think.
He respects the heritage of the classic Sci-Fi authors by using science in a realistic and believable manner. That's not to say he doesn't use faster than light travel (FTL), but I forgive him because the alternative of taking a thousand years to face an antagonist in battle would be BOOOOORING. Still, he deals with space travel as it would likely be--zero-g toilets and all.
Try Broken Worlds. I think you'll like it and will be searching for his earlier books when you finish it.
He respects the heritage of the classic Sci-Fi authors by using science in a realistic and believable manner. That's not to say he doesn't use faster than light travel (FTL), but I forgive him because the alternative of taking a thousand years to face an antagonist in battle would be BOOOOORING. Still, he deals with space travel as it would likely be--zero-g toilets and all.
Try Broken Worlds. I think you'll like it and will be searching for his earlier books when you finish it.
January 30, 2020
I'll start off by saying I am a fan of Mr Scott's work, and I love sci-fi. Now, this book sounded promising and I give it three stars due to me being unconvinced. It is fun in some respects, not terribly "hard" sci-fi, has some familiar elements from various space sci-fi shows, some terrible characters and a story that is somewhat jumbled. Personally, space 'magic' like Jedi's and the Force are not really my cup of tea, so when those aspects popped up I sort of lost interest. Darius is not a likeable hero, he is impulsive and doesn't fathom the death he causes, his sole interest is his daughter who is just as annoying. I feel that the story would have been better without the father/daughter dynamic or simply killing her off early on. I'm not sure if I would pick up the second book.
May 9, 2018
In space no-one can hear you scream- in frustration
Ive recently spent some time on the dark side of kindle; reading lit rpg. So much innuendo and adolescent level sex dreams made literature. It was very refreshing to read at the start of this book a 'parental rating' system.
A chapter in i hit the classic sci fi trope 'in space nudity doesn't matter' fortunately its dirtier brother trope 'in space we just orgy instead of having meaningful relationships' didn't make an appearance.
Hopefully book 2 does not make my concerns true.
10/10 would tell future girls to put on some clothes and stop sluzzing up the place.
Ive recently spent some time on the dark side of kindle; reading lit rpg. So much innuendo and adolescent level sex dreams made literature. It was very refreshing to read at the start of this book a 'parental rating' system.
A chapter in i hit the classic sci fi trope 'in space nudity doesn't matter' fortunately its dirtier brother trope 'in space we just orgy instead of having meaningful relationships' didn't make an appearance.
Hopefully book 2 does not make my concerns true.
10/10 would tell future girls to put on some clothes and stop sluzzing up the place.
September 29, 2018
An intriguing premise sure to tantalize sci/fi fans
Mr. Scott has created a unique universe in which his main characters, Darius and his daughter are people from our time who undergo cryogenic hibernation and wake up a thousand years in the future. In this time humans and assorted aliens co-exist, kind of. This first book centers mainly on learning to survive. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the story but will say I never would have come up with what Jasper T. Scott has. I'm a fan of his other books and so this was not a stretch to purchase. I was not disappointed and neither will you be. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Mr. Scott has created a unique universe in which his main characters, Darius and his daughter are people from our time who undergo cryogenic hibernation and wake up a thousand years in the future. In this time humans and assorted aliens co-exist, kind of. This first book centers mainly on learning to survive. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the story but will say I never would have come up with what Jasper T. Scott has. I'm a fan of his other books and so this was not a stretch to purchase. I was not disappointed and neither will you be. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
March 30, 2018
Length ★★★★★
Well paced with decent amount of pages.
Story ★★★★
Fantastic space adventure that seems to pull from a lot of classics.
Writing ★★★★★
Well written and edited. Not many mistakes to be found.
Characters ★★★★
Characters are decently fleshed out with an assortment of interesting sounding alien species.
Character Logic ★★★★
No real silly choices made. Characters stay within their described personalities. Stays within realistic expectations.
Worth The Kindle Price ★★★★★
Easily worth the current $0.99 price tag.
Well paced with decent amount of pages.
Story ★★★★
Fantastic space adventure that seems to pull from a lot of classics.
Writing ★★★★★
Well written and edited. Not many mistakes to be found.
Characters ★★★★
Characters are decently fleshed out with an assortment of interesting sounding alien species.
Character Logic ★★★★
No real silly choices made. Characters stay within their described personalities. Stays within realistic expectations.
Worth The Kindle Price ★★★★★
Easily worth the current $0.99 price tag.
April 24, 2018
I love the stories by this author. This one includes a group of great characters human and alien. It follows a father and daughter as they awake from cryo only to discover they are no longer on earth. They encounter several different alien species and discover the galaxy is ruled by aliens called phantoms. They meet a strange human called Tanik Gurhain who has strange powers and then the action really starts. Great page turner would recommend
December 20, 2018
Baby it's cold outside.
I promise I will never be cryogenicly frozen, not since I read about Ted Williams. So the story line is very good, you wake up somewhere your not supposed to be and you have not a clue. The characters are good and don't over power the main characters. So will there ever be normalized life for all those people, who knows but read the book because it is really is an exciting story and I'm getting ready to start the second one.
I promise I will never be cryogenicly frozen, not since I read about Ted Williams. So the story line is very good, you wake up somewhere your not supposed to be and you have not a clue. The characters are good and don't over power the main characters. So will there ever be normalized life for all those people, who knows but read the book because it is really is an exciting story and I'm getting ready to start the second one.
January 26, 2018
A really good read.
I grew up reading sci fi and Broken Worlds was like a trip into the past. A refreshing reminder of why I enjoyed this type of literature. I can commend Broken Worlds as suitable for readers of all ages and look forward to the continuation of this adventure in the next installment.
I grew up reading sci fi and Broken Worlds was like a trip into the past. A refreshing reminder of why I enjoyed this type of literature. I can commend Broken Worlds as suitable for readers of all ages and look forward to the continuation of this adventure in the next installment.
July 29, 2018
A good space Odyssey that keeps your attention in this fast paced thriller.
This book keeps your attention. I like a book when I want to read more....one more chapter or go to bed...one more chapter wins out. I would have liked more detail on the banshees and ghouls as well as the reverants.
This book keeps your attention. I like a book when I want to read more....one more chapter or go to bed...one more chapter wins out. I would have liked more detail on the banshees and ghouls as well as the reverants.
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