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The Space Orphan #1
The Eons-Lost Orphan
Jane Doe remembered nothing about her past when she awoke naked in a park. She was unhurt and seemed 14 years old, a small pretty blond.
In the hospital and later in an orphanage her intelligence was found to be so high it could not be measured. She liked people and made friends easily. She was also incredibly agile and tough.
She was adopted by a professor and his retired school-principal wife. She liked them and was happy. But sometimes she'd look up at the night-time sky and think she must have come from there. And she decided she must return there.
This story is about how she did it.
In the hospital and later in an orphanage her intelligence was found to be so high it could not be measured. She liked people and made friends easily. She was also incredibly agile and tough.
She was adopted by a professor and his retired school-principal wife. She liked them and was happy. But sometimes she'd look up at the night-time sky and think she must have come from there. And she decided she must return there.
This story is about how she did it.
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Published July 15, 2018
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October 28, 2019
Pure fantasy
This is readable like Harry Potter is readable, but Hogwarts is not USAFA, and broomsticks are not airplanes. There is no way I want anyone to think that USAFA operates anywhere close to that depicted in the book. There is no way I want anyone to think that airplanes are flown in the manner depicted in this book. There is a complete lack of understanding of the structure of rank which the author goes on about in painful detail. The details that he endlessly goes on about regarding the Academy are completely wrong and fantastical, e.g., the difference between a doolie and a Firsty. The author may have engineered airplanes, but he doesn't know how to do a short field landing, and landing on a highway is a definite no no. The author seems to have read Jaynes, but his understanding fails after the technical details. His character has a mouth on her that is unbecoming of an officer, and would put off anyone she's trying to influence. The grammar is better than most especially with the use of pronouns, but there are weird errors involving mostly prepositions. There's either an extra one or one missing. I'm left with the impression that the book is written by someone not entirely comfortable with the English language.
This is readable like Harry Potter is readable, but Hogwarts is not USAFA, and broomsticks are not airplanes. There is no way I want anyone to think that USAFA operates anywhere close to that depicted in the book. There is no way I want anyone to think that airplanes are flown in the manner depicted in this book. There is a complete lack of understanding of the structure of rank which the author goes on about in painful detail. The details that he endlessly goes on about regarding the Academy are completely wrong and fantastical, e.g., the difference between a doolie and a Firsty. The author may have engineered airplanes, but he doesn't know how to do a short field landing, and landing on a highway is a definite no no. The author seems to have read Jaynes, but his understanding fails after the technical details. His character has a mouth on her that is unbecoming of an officer, and would put off anyone she's trying to influence. The grammar is better than most especially with the use of pronouns, but there are weird errors involving mostly prepositions. There's either an extra one or one missing. I'm left with the impression that the book is written by someone not entirely comfortable with the English language.
April 11, 2019
Jane, Genius at Everything...Sigh
Reality is MIA. It gets really tedious that Jane can do every challenge including inventing and leadership in only a few days. The premise of being an alien child with robot in her head assisting and protecting her was good. But even for a YA story the plotting is ridiculous. Needs a lot of work and grounding in some reality.
Reality is MIA. It gets really tedious that Jane can do every challenge including inventing and leadership in only a few days. The premise of being an alien child with robot in her head assisting and protecting her was good. But even for a YA story the plotting is ridiculous. Needs a lot of work and grounding in some reality.
April 18, 2019
Just boring
Not what I hoped for. Lots of potential initially but then no challenges. The key character can do anything and is awesome and people love her and she can just keep moving through the cadet system while being super at sport and music and science and maths and an alien. Just boring.
Not what I hoped for. Lots of potential initially but then no challenges. The key character can do anything and is awesome and people love her and she can just keep moving through the cadet system while being super at sport and music and science and maths and an alien. Just boring.
May 3, 2020
I enjoyed the start of the book as we get to know Jane, but I was beginning to get worried that the author was going a bit too far over the top.
I discovered that to enjoy this book I had to just let some things wash over me and accept that some aspects of the story are nonsensical.
Overall this was an interesting read and I was happy to give three stars.
I discovered that to enjoy this book I had to just let some things wash over me and accept that some aspects of the story are nonsensical.
Overall this was an interesting read and I was happy to give three stars.
October 3, 2018
This was in many ways similar to Quicker by Lawrence Dahners, and several other books by Mr. Dahners. The prose was bit a clunky (as were the early Dahners books), and the main heroine certainly has Mary Sue-like qualities. She was not excessively modest, but other people discussing her remarkable abilties were over the top (and a common sign of Mary-Sue-dom).
But, I still found the young superwoman's coming of age to be enjoyable, and her combination of nice girl with occasional bouts of temper appeal to me as a reader.
I plan to read more of Laer Carroll's books.
But, I still found the young superwoman's coming of age to be enjoyable, and her combination of nice girl with occasional bouts of temper appeal to me as a reader.
I plan to read more of Laer Carroll's books.
August 5, 2018
Needs a good conflict to make the reader care
This story lacks a central conflict to give the heroine something to overcome. Without this, the heroine has success after success to the point that I no longer cared. The secondary characters are not given a chance to develop and support the story. A strong main character needs an equally strong set of challenges to give the story tension.
Given the central premise, more mystery about the origins of Jane could have been included. There was a major lack of curiosity from Jane, the doctors, or her adoptive parents. This could have provided needed tension. Government curiosity about her demonstrated capabilities could have been added. The mention espionage but never build on it.
A lot of possibility was never developed, leaving me unsatisfied at the end of the book.
This story lacks a central conflict to give the heroine something to overcome. Without this, the heroine has success after success to the point that I no longer cared. The secondary characters are not given a chance to develop and support the story. A strong main character needs an equally strong set of challenges to give the story tension.
Given the central premise, more mystery about the origins of Jane could have been included. There was a major lack of curiosity from Jane, the doctors, or her adoptive parents. This could have provided needed tension. Government curiosity about her demonstrated capabilities could have been added. The mention espionage but never build on it.
A lot of possibility was never developed, leaving me unsatisfied at the end of the book.
April 21, 2019
This is an extremely frustrating book that I wanted to like.
I occasionally don't mind a Wunderkind protagonist who does everything right, but this book just doesn't do it well at all.
First off the author is a big fan of tell don't show. Saying Jane is kind-hearted or humble. There is no demonstration of this and occasionally the opposite. Jane can't seem to do anything wrong, even when she's doing something wrong; it's as if the world warps around her rather than let her not have her way. She's also just really obnoxious.
None of the other characters are anything more than one dimensional throwaways.
On top of the book itself there is something fishy going on with it's ratings. When I got the book is was a 4.25 on Goodreads and a 3.5 on Amazon which is a bigger swing than I've ever seen before (outside of brand new books).
I occasionally don't mind a Wunderkind protagonist who does everything right, but this book just doesn't do it well at all.
First off the author is a big fan of tell don't show. Saying Jane is kind-hearted or humble. There is no demonstration of this and occasionally the opposite. Jane can't seem to do anything wrong, even when she's doing something wrong; it's as if the world warps around her rather than let her not have her way. She's also just really obnoxious.
None of the other characters are anything more than one dimensional throwaways.
On top of the book itself there is something fishy going on with it's ratings. When I got the book is was a 4.25 on Goodreads and a 3.5 on Amazon which is a bigger swing than I've ever seen before (outside of brand new books).
September 2, 2018
Okay
Very stilted. Multiple mistakes. College freshmen and sophomores just out of high school aren't old enough for alcohol. Jets utilize outside air, therefore there's no such thing as a "space jet". That's a rocket engine. I realize what's described doesn't really require fuel but still..... The Air Force demonstration squadron is the Thunderbirds and should have been described as such.
Very stilted. Multiple mistakes. College freshmen and sophomores just out of high school aren't old enough for alcohol. Jets utilize outside air, therefore there's no such thing as a "space jet". That's a rocket engine. I realize what's described doesn't really require fuel but still..... The Air Force demonstration squadron is the Thunderbirds and should have been described as such.
March 26, 2021
I read books 1-3, but I'm finding I don't have time to review every single book I read, so this is about the series.
This story is, in many ways, a retelling of the Superman story, except for the protag being female, most (if not all) of her super-human abilities having an origin in higher technology, and not able to move the moon out of its orbit or turn back time...at least by the end of Book 3. It is written in a "cozy" style of SF (I didn't see this term used anywhere in the description, but it feels like this style of story), with "Mary Sue" elements, as with all the works by this author I've read to date.
I like the author's view of science and speculation on science, and it was interesting to watch where he went with his guesses as to where all of development would most likely end up. He provides a somewhat different approach to what a Galaxy-wide society might look like, with all the various civilizations and species having reached, more or less, the epitome of technology, and how they would deal with a species of up-and-coming Earthlings, and how much of their own star system they actually own and have rights to.
I was disappointed that the protag never really faced a challenge.
Even where she had to interact with primitive Earth humans--who are talented at being perverse in all kinds of ways and tend to add chaos to each other's plans and goals, whether they want to or not--her worst opposition, people or tech-wise, was hardly a bump in her path. Not just that she is smarter, faster, and stronger than anyone else, but people just tend to bend in the direction she wants them to, treat her extremely well, and let her get away with a number of behaviors that would land anyone else in deep doo-doo. The few times she has to actually fight anyone over anything are just blips she breezes through. If this person were real, she'd be damned scary, and I think I would be moving to a desolate area where no one else had any reason to be, just so I didn't cross her path...except that I would, no doubt, be brain-washed, just like everyone else in her life.
I kept expecting some alien to show up with similar augmentation or deeper designs or something, or humans out of her normal sphere of influence to create dastardly plans to do away with her, but that never showed up. I waited for human enemies--not part of the world-wide Jane Fan Club--to kidnap someone she cared about, so she could figure out who did it and how to rescue her loved one...with all her powers and perception, this might have been a challenge. Nope, nothing happened. She didn't even have to deal with her movie producer boyfriend--who had demonstrated a history of sleeping with every floozy under the sun prior to the protag's relationship with him--sleeping with even ONE other woman while she was gone for extended periods of time. The novels don't mention it, but I'm betting she subconsciously brain-washed him into monogamy, with an ability she wasn't aware of yet.
In any case, I would think her life would be extremely boring TO HER, except that she's probably designed to not ever be bored.
I would have liked to have found out, during the course of the story, that she was designed to be a monstrous space-battleship-in-the-size-of-a-person, from a civilization that threatened to atrociously conquer the rest of the galaxy, and that she managed to escape destruction at the hands of the rest of the galaxy's species, all working together to end the threat, only for them to find out that There's Still ONE Left That We Have To Destroy! Now THAT would be a challenge! ...Didn't happen, but it would have been cool.
I would like to thank the author for not giving in to his compulsion to use camel-back notation (NewYorkCity) for most of his proper nouns in these stories (it was present for a few, but not many). Not sure what the point of that was, but it was moderately irritating in other novels, and I hope his proofreader/editor smacked him with a rolled-up newspaper over it. :)
Overall, these were not *bad* novels, but I found myself often waiting for climactic events that never really occurred.
This story is, in many ways, a retelling of the Superman story, except for the protag being female, most (if not all) of her super-human abilities having an origin in higher technology, and not able to move the moon out of its orbit or turn back time...at least by the end of Book 3. It is written in a "cozy" style of SF (I didn't see this term used anywhere in the description, but it feels like this style of story), with "Mary Sue" elements, as with all the works by this author I've read to date.
I like the author's view of science and speculation on science, and it was interesting to watch where he went with his guesses as to where all of development would most likely end up. He provides a somewhat different approach to what a Galaxy-wide society might look like, with all the various civilizations and species having reached, more or less, the epitome of technology, and how they would deal with a species of up-and-coming Earthlings, and how much of their own star system they actually own and have rights to.
I was disappointed that the protag never really faced a challenge.
Even where she had to interact with primitive Earth humans--who are talented at being perverse in all kinds of ways and tend to add chaos to each other's plans and goals, whether they want to or not--her worst opposition, people or tech-wise, was hardly a bump in her path. Not just that she is smarter, faster, and stronger than anyone else, but people just tend to bend in the direction she wants them to, treat her extremely well, and let her get away with a number of behaviors that would land anyone else in deep doo-doo. The few times she has to actually fight anyone over anything are just blips she breezes through. If this person were real, she'd be damned scary, and I think I would be moving to a desolate area where no one else had any reason to be, just so I didn't cross her path...except that I would, no doubt, be brain-washed, just like everyone else in her life.
I kept expecting some alien to show up with similar augmentation or deeper designs or something, or humans out of her normal sphere of influence to create dastardly plans to do away with her, but that never showed up. I waited for human enemies--not part of the world-wide Jane Fan Club--to kidnap someone she cared about, so she could figure out who did it and how to rescue her loved one...with all her powers and perception, this might have been a challenge. Nope, nothing happened. She didn't even have to deal with her movie producer boyfriend--who had demonstrated a history of sleeping with every floozy under the sun prior to the protag's relationship with him--sleeping with even ONE other woman while she was gone for extended periods of time. The novels don't mention it, but I'm betting she subconsciously brain-washed him into monogamy, with an ability she wasn't aware of yet.
In any case, I would think her life would be extremely boring TO HER, except that she's probably designed to not ever be bored.
I would have liked to have found out, during the course of the story, that she was designed to be a monstrous space-battleship-in-the-size-of-a-person, from a civilization that threatened to atrociously conquer the rest of the galaxy, and that she managed to escape destruction at the hands of the rest of the galaxy's species, all working together to end the threat, only for them to find out that There's Still ONE Left That We Have To Destroy! Now THAT would be a challenge! ...Didn't happen, but it would have been cool.
I would like to thank the author for not giving in to his compulsion to use camel-back notation (NewYorkCity) for most of his proper nouns in these stories (it was present for a few, but not many). Not sure what the point of that was, but it was moderately irritating in other novels, and I hope his proofreader/editor smacked him with a rolled-up newspaper over it. :)
Overall, these were not *bad* novels, but I found myself often waiting for climactic events that never really occurred.
November 1, 2020
Reads like a bad book report
I have just finnished reading this and can only say that its flat to the extreme. The idea was great bit the execution was a miss. The plot is too long and complex for the length of the book, it strictly shows rather than tells and is almost completely devoid of feeling. How am I supposed to remember all there characters, never mind empathise with them, when all we get is what souls like a BOLO description and some dialogue to introduce them.
It's a shame because the idea really was there. I was so exited to jump in but I got an incident report rather than a story. No emotions or even any difficulties for the protagonist. There was nothing to ever overcome and she didn't grow so it was hard to empathise with her. Overall I wouldn't recommend or reread.
I have just finnished reading this and can only say that its flat to the extreme. The idea was great bit the execution was a miss. The plot is too long and complex for the length of the book, it strictly shows rather than tells and is almost completely devoid of feeling. How am I supposed to remember all there characters, never mind empathise with them, when all we get is what souls like a BOLO description and some dialogue to introduce them.
It's a shame because the idea really was there. I was so exited to jump in but I got an incident report rather than a story. No emotions or even any difficulties for the protagonist. There was nothing to ever overcome and she didn't grow so it was hard to empathise with her. Overall I wouldn't recommend or reread.
August 29, 2021
Carroll, Laer. The Eons—Lost Orphan. Space Orphan No. 1. Kindle, 2018.
So, yes, bad title. Do we really need eons? In the series title, how about something less banal than space. The rest of the book is a bit better. We have a routine alien super-girl YAF. And, yes, such things are now routine. An eons-old spacecraft uses its last gasp to deposit a naked 14-year-old alien girl with temporary amnesia in an urban park. Soon discovered to be prodigy, she is adopted by a physics professor and his wife who respect her intellect and nurture her gradual assimilation into human culture. With the help of an implanted or inbred artificial intelligence, she begins to remember that she has a mission to save humanity from an alien menace. Fifth Element, anyone? Even so, the girl is likeable, and I was mildly entertained. 3 stars.
So, yes, bad title. Do we really need eons? In the series title, how about something less banal than space. The rest of the book is a bit better. We have a routine alien super-girl YAF. And, yes, such things are now routine. An eons-old spacecraft uses its last gasp to deposit a naked 14-year-old alien girl with temporary amnesia in an urban park. Soon discovered to be prodigy, she is adopted by a physics professor and his wife who respect her intellect and nurture her gradual assimilation into human culture. With the help of an implanted or inbred artificial intelligence, she begins to remember that she has a mission to save humanity from an alien menace. Fifth Element, anyone? Even so, the girl is likeable, and I was mildly entertained. 3 stars.
April 26, 2019
All Too Easy
I enjoyed reading this book because we all dream of being something special and the main character is way beyond ordinary. And she's easy to like and to identify with. Often, however, things were just too easy for her link with my being able to identify was broken. Kind of like when a singer becomes a national idol. The description of life at the Air Force Academy is convincing enough to me to believe Carroll has personal experience. A great change from normal Sci-Fi. Still, when things are THAT easy there is no challenge, and challenge is what makes the human experience.
I enjoyed reading this book because we all dream of being something special and the main character is way beyond ordinary. And she's easy to like and to identify with. Often, however, things were just too easy for her link with my being able to identify was broken. Kind of like when a singer becomes a national idol. The description of life at the Air Force Academy is convincing enough to me to believe Carroll has personal experience. A great change from normal Sci-Fi. Still, when things are THAT easy there is no challenge, and challenge is what makes the human experience.
June 18, 2020
Author has some weird hangups, but it’s a good read in spite of them
I really have to wonder if the author has a pee fetish, because the number of times peeing is mentioned crosses over the borderline of borderline creepy.
That said, it’s a *very* slow burn, with absolutely no conflicts or action “on-screen”, as it were, until the very last pages of the book. I’ll give it a pass on that because I hope it’s all meant as a setup for a much faster-paced second entry in the series.
I will say this though - the MC, Jane Kuznetsov, isn’t just a Mary Sue. She is who Mary Sue wants to be when she grows up.
I really have to wonder if the author has a pee fetish, because the number of times peeing is mentioned crosses over the borderline of borderline creepy.
That said, it’s a *very* slow burn, with absolutely no conflicts or action “on-screen”, as it were, until the very last pages of the book. I’ll give it a pass on that because I hope it’s all meant as a setup for a much faster-paced second entry in the series.
I will say this though - the MC, Jane Kuznetsov, isn’t just a Mary Sue. She is who Mary Sue wants to be when she grows up.
January 14, 2021
Fast Paced, Interesting, and Entertaining
The authors background is evident in his formulation of this entertaining tale. I found it as much fun to read as it was interesting. I’ve a partial background similar to the author and read these types of stories purely for entertainment and found that and more within this first volume. To cover someone over a span of several years, four of which entailed graduating from the Air Force Academy while introducing several highly technical scientific concepts isn’t easy. Especially when the timing required leaving detail to the imagination. Great book and I highly recommend it to those who enjoy good fiction.
The authors background is evident in his formulation of this entertaining tale. I found it as much fun to read as it was interesting. I’ve a partial background similar to the author and read these types of stories purely for entertainment and found that and more within this first volume. To cover someone over a span of several years, four of which entailed graduating from the Air Force Academy while introducing several highly technical scientific concepts isn’t easy. Especially when the timing required leaving detail to the imagination. Great book and I highly recommend it to those who enjoy good fiction.
September 10, 2018
Wow a great read. This book starts out strong and keeps on going. Unique story line. What would life be like for a forgotten alien human with super abilities ( i.e. very smart and very fast and very talented)? This was an exciting read for both myself and my wife. Now I want to read more books by this author. Warning: the last 20% of the book seems rushed and not as well detailed as the first 80% of the book. The author could have easily split this book into 4 full books with a lot more story.
September 26, 2018
Interesting premise
While I think this will be a good series, some of the explanations could be shorter. WE, the readers, are not all scientists and I don't have the background to know if all the inventions are plausible. The story is complex enough to keep you interested, but not so much to make you lose yourself. I don't think the Academy is quite as democratic as it is portrayed, but the Air Force does do things a bit different than the rest of the military. A good read for those more into SCIENCE fiction that space operas and fantasy.
While I think this will be a good series, some of the explanations could be shorter. WE, the readers, are not all scientists and I don't have the background to know if all the inventions are plausible. The story is complex enough to keep you interested, but not so much to make you lose yourself. I don't think the Academy is quite as democratic as it is portrayed, but the Air Force does do things a bit different than the rest of the military. A good read for those more into SCIENCE fiction that space operas and fantasy.
November 26, 2018
It reminds me a lot of the El Donsaii series. Lots of similarities in plot but I will be interested to see where the author goes with this particular series. The writing is average and it could do with a professional editor going over it however the actual story is very readable and enjoyable. Its simple and that is what makes it a fun afternoon read. There is no thinking involved and the character is likeable. All up I would recommend it for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
The cover picture is awful though....
The cover picture is awful though....
May 8, 2019
Smooth ride.
I'll just second the positive reviews content. They pretty much say what I would. Sometimes a book provides a pleasant place to spend time. I love that and those are the books I tend to read multiple times. This is one.
Have to say the way that military personnel are represented is respectful and encouraging. People like that truly do deserve our profound thanks. Also, I'd really like to think that there are truly so many best and brightest students out there. Color our futures: Better?
I'll just second the positive reviews content. They pretty much say what I would. Sometimes a book provides a pleasant place to spend time. I love that and those are the books I tend to read multiple times. This is one.
Have to say the way that military personnel are represented is respectful and encouraging. People like that truly do deserve our profound thanks. Also, I'd really like to think that there are truly so many best and brightest students out there. Color our futures: Better?
March 12, 2020
Reading IT the second time
Reading this book for the second time was just as enjoyable as the first. I don't critic any books for the simple reason is that I am but one person who's tastes are probably different from many others. The only reason I have for what I am doing now is first to let the author know I enjoyed it and hopes he or she will continue with the series and secondly to possibly comment about a portion which distracted me from the main story line. This book falls into the first category as do both the second and third which are on my calendar to Read next.
Reading this book for the second time was just as enjoyable as the first. I don't critic any books for the simple reason is that I am but one person who's tastes are probably different from many others. The only reason I have for what I am doing now is first to let the author know I enjoyed it and hopes he or she will continue with the series and secondly to possibly comment about a portion which distracted me from the main story line. This book falls into the first category as do both the second and third which are on my calendar to Read next.
September 13, 2018
The main character is different from the typical teenager, if that exists even. The other characters only exist in her orbit, out of sight, etc. That's not bad and may be realistic but if the main character had a past, it would block a lot of opportunities to look into her mind. Since she's a blank slate, that isn't as much of an issue.
The story seems to be written for preteens because of the lack of detail and dialogue. The book covers about seven years of her life and everything she sets out to do, just happens. She reminds me of "Buckaroo Banzai".
Other than speed of the storytelling, it might not be a bad story to read to a preteen.
The story seems to be written for preteens because of the lack of detail and dialogue. The book covers about seven years of her life and everything she sets out to do, just happens. She reminds me of "Buckaroo Banzai".
Other than speed of the storytelling, it might not be a bad story to read to a preteen.
September 26, 2018
I like books with strong female protagonist so this was, for me, a no brainer! Also, the plot was something I hadn't read before and I am a voracious reader. There are other authors who also write about strong heroines such as: Laurence Dahners, C R Daems, P G Allison, and Jacques Antonio to name a few. I didn't mind errors other reviewers mentioned as they didn't diminish the story. I can't wait to read the next one.
October 5, 2018
Good story but....
The story was pretty good, however I found it hard to empathize with the character. The author put so much into making the character an Android, that the reader cannot really form a connection with them. Lots and lots of details, not so much that it becomes a hindrance to the story, however a bit much it kind of felt like I was reading an after-action report as opposed to a fiction book. I'm not sure if I will buy the sequel or not.
The story was pretty good, however I found it hard to empathize with the character. The author put so much into making the character an Android, that the reader cannot really form a connection with them. Lots and lots of details, not so much that it becomes a hindrance to the story, however a bit much it kind of felt like I was reading an after-action report as opposed to a fiction book. I'm not sure if I will buy the sequel or not.
November 15, 2018
Cool book!
This story has a great deal of interesting info about a young girl and her journey an Air Force cadet. I suppose though the beginning of her life on earth is just as interesting but this book doesn't explain it. Perhaps the next book does. Regardless, the story was quite interesting and fun learning what the girl can do. It would have been a five star book if it didn't have so many errors in it. It appears as if nobody edited the book.
This story has a great deal of interesting info about a young girl and her journey an Air Force cadet. I suppose though the beginning of her life on earth is just as interesting but this book doesn't explain it. Perhaps the next book does. Regardless, the story was quite interesting and fun learning what the girl can do. It would have been a five star book if it didn't have so many errors in it. It appears as if nobody edited the book.
December 13, 2018
Ok
I found the pacing on this story a bit varied and rushed at times. Similar to other books I have read this centres around a massively overpowered hero. I don’t mind that but the issue of the origin is not addressed and I find that wired. I am sure that subsequent novels may address it. There were also many typos and incomplete sentences that were a little jarring. I will look out for any sequels though.
I found the pacing on this story a bit varied and rushed at times. Similar to other books I have read this centres around a massively overpowered hero. I don’t mind that but the issue of the origin is not addressed and I find that wired. I am sure that subsequent novels may address it. There were also many typos and incomplete sentences that were a little jarring. I will look out for any sequels though.
January 25, 2019
An easy read
If you're looking for fast action you won't find it here. Think of book 1 as an intro to the story. It's leading up to exciting space travel and action but so far just ground work. While this maybe boring for some , I found it to be of nice detail. In later books this detail may prove to be an excellent boost to the series. I look forward to reading more of this " universe "!
If you're looking for fast action you won't find it here. Think of book 1 as an intro to the story. It's leading up to exciting space travel and action but so far just ground work. While this maybe boring for some , I found it to be of nice detail. In later books this detail may prove to be an excellent boost to the series. I look forward to reading more of this " universe "!
March 22, 2020
The “Terminator” is back! A loving young genius Air Force Academy cadet who is also a fierce warrior.
Great plot, action, characters and character development. This story has it all! I couldn’t put it down. Already urgently wanting and needing to read book two. Keep up the great work Laer!!
Great plot, action, characters and character development. This story has it all! I couldn’t put it down. Already urgently wanting and needing to read book two. Keep up the great work Laer!!
August 12, 2018
Everything is too easy for Jane, but for some reason it held my interest enough to finish it. Not sure whether I’ll bother reading the sequel when it is available, and I don’t plan to ever reread this book.
August 24, 2018
Interesting Read
This is the first book that I have read by this author. I found the story very interesting and I'm hoping that there are more books written that will developers story.
This is the first book that I have read by this author. I found the story very interesting and I'm hoping that there are more books written that will developers story.
August 30, 2018
Well, this book was like reading a Ell Donsai book on steroids, the heroine is almost a Mary Sue but is a "realist". The author is scheming something with the first book, you can see him building something with what Jane give to the world.
It is really worth the read!
It is really worth the read!
August 30, 2018
Nice
Pilot genius dancer composer heroine = yes. Human -not exactly. Hard work and supportive foster parents help turn a teenage blank slate into charismatic inventor of superbattery and antigravity devices. Eli Dunsaii fans will like.
Pilot genius dancer composer heroine = yes. Human -not exactly. Hard work and supportive foster parents help turn a teenage blank slate into charismatic inventor of superbattery and antigravity devices. Eli Dunsaii fans will like.
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