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Legacy War #4
Marooned: Legacy War Book 4
A Ship in Crisis
While on a mission to deny their enemies a powerful artifact, the Gnosis is dragged to the surface of an alien world in a remote corner of the galaxy. As they evaluate their damage and attempt to discover what has happened, they discover they are not alone. Other ships have been stranded in the same way and their crews are desperate to escape. They converge on the Gnosis, ready to claim her as their own. The only hope seems to lie in an ancient facility built by the former inhabitants of the planet. With overwhelming odds and little to go on, the human crew must struggle to survive against the possibility they may be grounded for the rest of their lives.
While on a mission to deny their enemies a powerful artifact, the Gnosis is dragged to the surface of an alien world in a remote corner of the galaxy. As they evaluate their damage and attempt to discover what has happened, they discover they are not alone. Other ships have been stranded in the same way and their crews are desperate to escape. They converge on the Gnosis, ready to claim her as their own. The only hope seems to lie in an ancient facility built by the former inhabitants of the planet. With overwhelming odds and little to go on, the human crew must struggle to survive against the possibility they may be grounded for the rest of their lives.
- GenresScience FictionAliens
241 pages, Paperback
First published June 3, 2018
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John Walker
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June 12, 2018
Once again we see the crew of Gnosis, their ship has been pulled down to the plant they have come to investigate. But can they get out of this facing a battle of three different front. They must hold off the crews from two other crashed spaceships, as well has attempt to stop the force holding their own ship on the plant. Again a great read, looking forward to the next book.
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July 9, 2018
Excellent series, but the physics are weak.
When you stop an engine in space, you don’t slow down! Sir Isaac Newton figured this out A LONG TIME AGO! There is no air or road resistance to slow a spaceship down. From this, it also follows that there is no “maximum” speed in space (within reason), only acceleration.
When you stop an engine in space, you don’t slow down! Sir Isaac Newton figured this out A LONG TIME AGO! There is no air or road resistance to slow a spaceship down. From this, it also follows that there is no “maximum” speed in space (within reason), only acceleration.
May 28, 2019
I still don’t know
OK. 4 books now and what I’ve thought so far is that it’s like watching a bad Japanese Anime. It’s ridiculously written with the lack of true military discipline, which I find personally irritating, but it has just enough hooks in it to keep you coming back for more. Tune in next week, folks, to see if good triumphs over evil!!! Sad
OK. 4 books now and what I’ve thought so far is that it’s like watching a bad Japanese Anime. It’s ridiculously written with the lack of true military discipline, which I find personally irritating, but it has just enough hooks in it to keep you coming back for more. Tune in next week, folks, to see if good triumphs over evil!!! Sad
August 17, 2018
Just non stop
Another great read you won’t want to put this down. You find yourself engrossed and not sleeping because you don’t want to put the book down . Now for the next . I’ll get some sleep next week
Another great read you won’t want to put this down. You find yourself engrossed and not sleeping because you don’t want to put the book down . Now for the next . I’ll get some sleep next week
August 29, 2018
Multiple threads of action, good read
Liked this one better than the first three. Author kept multiple threads of exciting action going to keep the reader thoroughly entertained. Would say pg13 for blood and guts.
Liked this one better than the first three. Author kept multiple threads of exciting action going to keep the reader thoroughly entertained. Would say pg13 for blood and guts.
June 22, 2019
Great read
So far this series is interesting and exciting. Never know what will happen. Enjoying the many different characters and how they are interacting with each other. Different views all the way around.
So far this series is interesting and exciting. Never know what will happen. Enjoying the many different characters and how they are interacting with each other. Different views all the way around.
June 9, 2018
Lovin it
Great book. Love the Series .Hard to put the book down once you start reading it .
Can hardly wait for the next Book .
Great book. Love the Series .Hard to put the book down once you start reading it .
Can hardly wait for the next Book .
August 1, 2018
Brilliant
The rating was given because of the story continues to grow and develop onto new adventures which will be excellent to follow.
The rating was given because of the story continues to grow and develop onto new adventures which will be excellent to follow.
October 19, 2018
Robert's Review
Great read, it is now turning into a quest for eternal knowledge. I see the characters are maturing quite a bit more then in the beginning. Thanks for a GoodRead.
Great read, it is now turning into a quest for eternal knowledge. I see the characters are maturing quite a bit more then in the beginning. Thanks for a GoodRead.
November 30, 2018
Star Trek with Marines?
Nice to have an exploration vessel with a competent military component. And not Red Shirts! Good story that is a good read.
Nice to have an exploration vessel with a competent military component. And not Red Shirts! Good story that is a good read.
May 30, 2019
When all hope is lost, humanity WINS!!
Great last ditch effort saves the day when the crew is stranded on a world that holds them prisoners crew and spaceship alike.
Great last ditch effort saves the day when the crew is stranded on a world that holds them prisoners crew and spaceship alike.
October 2, 2020
Enjoyable space opera.
May 17, 2019
The Gnosis, Earth’s one and only starship, has been sent out on another mission. They are to find additional artifacts or at least make sure that the Tol’An or the Kalrawv Group doesn’t manage to get them. Then, while cruising by a seemingly peaceful planet, the Gnosis is captured by a powerful tractor beam and is pulled down to the planet's surface. They barely managed to land the Gnosis safely, but there was considerable damage that would have to be repaired. Their power had gone out including scanning ability and weapons.
The crew is working frantically to get numerous systems up and running, but they do notice a steady power drain on everything in the ship. The engineers quickly identify all the critical systems and attempt to put some kind of shielding around those systems to slow the power drain.
They finally get scanner up and Captain Desmond Bradford is notified that there are other ships down around them; most of those have crashed badly. There is one Tol’An ship and what appears to be some kind of pirate ship. Neither ship seems to have power, but they do contain crews who appear to be massing for an attack against the Gnosis.
At the same time, Special Agent Alexander identifies a potential source of the power drain and the tract beam which is still holding the Gnosis on the planet. Captain Bradford assembles a team, including his Executive Officer, Agent Alexander and two Marine NCOs, to go and enter the suspected building and deactivate whatever is causing their problems. This doesn’t turn out to be an easy task.
While that team is gone, the rest of the Marines and the crew are fighting battles against two enemies, the pirates and the Tol’An. They’re both making strong attacks in different directions, but the Gnosis engineers manage to get a few of their weapons on-line and that deters the attacks for awhile. With the power drain, those weapons won’t be on-line for long.
So the Gnosis is in trouble again. Can’t seem to stay out of trouble. If they were smart, the Earth ship wouldn’t go anywhere without a Pahxin starship as cover. Pahxin starships are much more advanced and powerful than anything Earth has built, but Pahxin starships are now needed to help defend Earth.
This is a pretty interesting read since it involves on one circumstance. There’s not much of anything going on except the fighting around the Gnosis and the team trying to find the source of the power drain and the tractor beam. I think you’ll enjoy the book as I did.
The crew is working frantically to get numerous systems up and running, but they do notice a steady power drain on everything in the ship. The engineers quickly identify all the critical systems and attempt to put some kind of shielding around those systems to slow the power drain.
They finally get scanner up and Captain Desmond Bradford is notified that there are other ships down around them; most of those have crashed badly. There is one Tol’An ship and what appears to be some kind of pirate ship. Neither ship seems to have power, but they do contain crews who appear to be massing for an attack against the Gnosis.
At the same time, Special Agent Alexander identifies a potential source of the power drain and the tract beam which is still holding the Gnosis on the planet. Captain Bradford assembles a team, including his Executive Officer, Agent Alexander and two Marine NCOs, to go and enter the suspected building and deactivate whatever is causing their problems. This doesn’t turn out to be an easy task.
While that team is gone, the rest of the Marines and the crew are fighting battles against two enemies, the pirates and the Tol’An. They’re both making strong attacks in different directions, but the Gnosis engineers manage to get a few of their weapons on-line and that deters the attacks for awhile. With the power drain, those weapons won’t be on-line for long.
So the Gnosis is in trouble again. Can’t seem to stay out of trouble. If they were smart, the Earth ship wouldn’t go anywhere without a Pahxin starship as cover. Pahxin starships are much more advanced and powerful than anything Earth has built, but Pahxin starships are now needed to help defend Earth.
This is a pretty interesting read since it involves on one circumstance. There’s not much of anything going on except the fighting around the Gnosis and the team trying to find the source of the power drain and the tractor beam. I think you’ll enjoy the book as I did.
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