Ark One: Exodus

by Richard Davis

Kate assumed her parents had a plan to survive Earth’s end, but it turns out they need help. NASA designed ships that can reach another solar system on a voyage that will take years. Kate must compete with genetically enhanced candidates to be selected as part of the crew. Grus leads Alpha platoon that is forced to take a new recruit late in their training cycle. A final training exercise in the Nevada desert will determine the final crew for the four Ark Ships.

Genres: Science Fiction

215 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 30, 2018

Reviews

[Ruth York · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you Goodreads for the free Kindle copy. An interesting sci-fi story about the end of Earth, and humanity's fight for survival. First off, I might have given it one more, or even possibly two more, stars, except that the book lacked editing. Several typos, and the worst for me, the differing verb tenses and objectivities. While mostly in third person, every now and then, the writer would switch to first person, with no link as to how we got there. It made havoc on my OCD in regard to these things. However, overall, there is a good basis for a story here. And if the author can improve on the discrepancies, the sequel might be entertaining.

[No, David! No! · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won the Kindle version through Goodreads.

The book takes place in the near future, with the Earth facing destruction from a rogue planet/asteroid. The story follows the characters involved with trying to save humanity in a race to the stars. Think a combination of "Enders Game" and "Across the Universe".

The story flowed pretty well, and I thought it was a fast read. Some of the science is a little questionable, but overall it is easy to suspend any disbelief.

The writing I found a little uneven, with the author often repeating information that had already been clearly stated. I believe it is the author's first novel, and that shows a little. I enjoyed it though, and hope that the second book will be even better.

[Read Ng · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a GoodReads giveaway win of a Kindle Edition ebook. For an ebook, it was good. I just need to read better books that happen to also be available as ebooks.

My biggest issue so far. It's the Marine CORPS, not Cores. That is a obvious proof reading error.

There were a few technology issues, but just because it is not possible today with what we know, doesn't make this book complete nonsense. I know when to just look the other way and enjoy the story. Overall, I liked this story. It tried to stay within the realm of hard science. The book is book one of a series, but it had an ending of its own. Not a real cliff hanger. I was a bit disappointed that the human villain was not a bit smarter, but that would have led to a longer book and a likely continuation into book 2.

This was a GoodReads.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

While there was nothing really ground-breaking as an approach to the genre, it has a solid story, good pacing, coherent plot. The biggest problems I had with it were things that a good copy-editor would help resolve. Fortunately, while I do notice them, things like typos, tense mismatches, etc do not prevent me from enjoying the story. I would certainly be willing to read the sequel.

[Veronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slow start (things don’t start happening until about 45% in) and a little clinical/dry but I enjoyed it overall. Will read the next one. Hope next one has more character development and less descriptions. I think we’ve read enough about how everything works in the first half of the book lol

[Patricia Kaniasty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but very technical. Felt like I was reading a medical or a technical college manual. A little overwhelming.