Renaissance: The Limit of Infinity

The Limit of Infinity #1

by Caleb Fast

Clive Ranger was born into a war that has raged on for generations.Across the galaxy, families have been torn apart and cities have been razed. But Clive may be the one who shifts the tide of the rebellion that has risen up against the evil Coalition. 

The Coalition has locked away countless men and women utilizing them as slave labor across the galaxy. Clive is one of these unfortunate souls. However, he isn’t alone. Most everyone in the prison has their own scores to settle against the Coalition.

After all, it was the Coalition that killed their families, friends, and everyone they once knew. Clive has a plan, and followers who have nothing to lose.Can they finally retake their freedom?Can they end the war they were all born into?

Renaissance is the first book in the action-packed The Limit of Infinity Sci-Fi Epic. Delve into this fascinating universe that is full of thrilling science fiction action. Join Trix Callaghan, Clive Ranger, and Richardson as they fight back against the Coalition, the Galactic Empire everyone dreads. Partake in the final days of the civil war that has divided the galaxy for generations. 

All the Space Marines who put their lives on the lines as Space Fleets battled in the heavens would roll in their graves if they saw what the Coalition was doing in the not-so-far future of 2290.

This is the Sci-Fi military fiction book you've been wanting. If you loved Ender's Game, Hunger Games, or Battlestar Galactica, you're sure to love  The Limit of Infinity. It's time we see this dystopian government topple!

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318 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2019

About the author

Caleb Fast is the author of a growing collection of Science Fiction titles. His series The Battle for Allegra is his most popular by far, and is the focus of most of his efforts of late. His flagship series, The Limit of Infinity is still growing as well, as is its following. He enjoys writing on a range of science fiction subjects, and can't go too long without writing some sort of battle. However, Caleb does a lot more than writing. He also enjoys going on long hikes, long drives, and is a devout bookworm. In addition to all of that, Caleb runs his own antique bookstore and a few other gigs too.

Caleb currently resides in the Pacific Northwest, just outside of Portland, Oregon.

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The Limit of Infinity
-Renaissance: The Limit of Infinity
-Escapade: A Price to Be Paid
-Overcomer: No Man Left Behind
-Wayward: Long Way from Home

The Battle for Allegra
-The Battle for Allegra: Conscripted
-The Battle for Allegra: First Kill
-The Battle for Allegra: The Hunt
-The Battle for Allegra: Relegated
-The Battle for Allegra: Retrieval
-The Battle for Allegra: Sanctuary
-The Battle for Allegra: Secured
-The Battle for Allegra: Harborage
-The Battle for Allegra: Revelations
-The Battle for Allegra: Promotion
And a whole lot more!

Reviews

[Angela R. Watts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun novel! Looking forward to the next installment.

[Jesse James · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to say upfront that I didn't finish this book, I got to about 50% before I decided that I couldn't go on any longer.

I'm really sorry Caleb, I really, really really wanted to enjoy this book because the same author had given me praises and a high review for my own but there were a lot of noobish mistakes which kept halting the story for me.

I tried and I tried to push on but eventually I just.... I had to move on, this was holding me up and preventing me from finishing other books and completing my 50 books a year challenge! So anyway, what was the problem?

I don't want to bash the author outright and not leave him with any actionable or constructive criticisms, but before I get to that I'm talk about what I did like: The concepts, a prison run by a megalomaniac, the characters and the scenario. I'd also like to say that I don't think the author is a bad author, not at all, he certainly has the potential there and that's what frustrated me I think but I just think that he, like myself, have a lot to learn and could do with reading a lot more books.

My biggest problem with this book is the REDUNDANCIES. I'll explain. We get introduced to the character of Clive, and we're constantly, and I mean CONSTANTLY told that he is a GOOD MAN with a conscious and he's sickened by the actions of... Jennifer? I don't know he had two primary female characters with J names that were similar and I got them confused which is another thing but anyway, the problem with the way the characters were handled was that we were constantly told what they were.

Especially Clive and the other good guy prison guard we're like constantly told through exposition that they're GOOD GUYS and then the characters say it like "THEY GOOD GUYS" and then the characters do good things and we can see that they're good but here's the thing: we only need to see it.

Also, the way the guard says that he's going to be putting his life on the line for everyone else during the meeting rubbed me the wrong way, nobody would say something like that the way that he said it I just idk I just didn't feel it. Good people don't tell everyone else that they're good people: narcissists do that, and they're not good people.

Anyway, your audience isn't stupid Caleb, so stop treating them like they are. There's nothing wrong with your characters or how they're written them but for gods sake please stop telling us over and over and over about who they are, I could have finished the book already if you had of cut out all of the needless exposition and some of that needless dialogue.

*Actions speak louder than words*

It's okay to have other characters talk about how other characters are, in certain situations, I mean it happens irl like "hey that guy Dream he's a nice guy why don't you go out with him" and you did that yes but I also felt that some of the dialogue was redundant. What I am saying is, at the very least, cut it out of the exposition please, we don't need to be told in exposition, dialogue AND actions what the characters are.

See how I repeated myself there a few times with the same information? Annoying, right?

Alright so the second thing was the pacing, Jesus Christ. It's not that you can't write, you can, you made me feel some shit but it was all over the place.

The way you introduced the head bitch of the prison was for my taste anyway, way too much too fast, I get it you want to setup your villain but it was just... I don't know man I had to put the book down whilst reading that, it's not that I can't take that sort of stuff I just felt like it was too... I don't even really know what my problem was with that, it's super hard to put my finger on. You punched me in the gut too quickly I think.

I just think it was too much, too soon, and I also couldn't give a shit about who she was killing also. Like yeah it was coming across that she's a sadistic bitch but why should I care?

This was the other problem which is what eventually led to me putting the book down: too many damn characters squashed into such a small space, and I can't keep track of or care for all of them, this is related to pacing issues as well.

I learned very quickly in my journey into being an author that characters take up SPACE. You need to remember that Caleb it's very bloody important.

Every time you introduce a character into your story you need to give them a name, a personality that's distinct, a backstory which you probably should hold off on telling until later unless details of it are relevant to the plot, you need to describe the character, and last of all but certainly not least they need to have a place in the plot doing things

This all takes up space, their image in your readers minds eye, that's space, their name that they have to remember, space, their personality traits and gimmicks, space, then there presence in the story also TAKES UP SPACE!

You can't and definitely should not just be lobbing people all over the place!

I have the capacity to care for about maybe 6 people in the story, this excludes the villains, unless it's a big story or an ongoing saga or universe which keeps introducing new characters but if your book is this short Caleb... just cut your cast down mate, don't go exactly six either I'm just giving general guidelines. The "five man band" trope exists for a reason, give this a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmNu...

So yeah you had too many people in too small of a space.

In the end all of this culminated together to me having trouble connecting with the story.

I think one more thing I'm going to add to this is I found the world to be... pretty unrealistic, in some circumstances

The way you setup this Coalition, it's like Warhammer 40K it just would not exist in real life. If a Government treats it's citizens THAT badly it would be overthrown very bloody quickly, and rebellions would be so common that it'd be basically happen every other week

I *sort of* gave this a little bit of a pass because well, you showed that that kind of DOES happen lol, a lot of the Prisoners in there were people who rebelled against the Coalition which gave the impression that yeah people are reacting to this how they should, but the head bitch torturing and executing prisoners the way she does... and the prison cullings.... do they really have that big of a population that they can do that all of the time?

Also, it's obvious this is hampering productivity.

As I read this I just kept thinking "why doesn't someone higher up get this bitch out and put someone in who's competent and will treat the prisoners better, and thus get better results/higher productivity from the prisoners?"

Because at the end of the day she's in charge of a mining operation.

It was just one of those things that rubbed me wrong, if it were me I'd have made it a bit more believable by not having the bad guys be as ridiculously, ludicrously bad as they were, I feel like the author has a (I'm sorry man) very cartoonish understanding of sociopaths and what they are, even a Sociopath won't treat you as bad as these characters did, these were sadistic sociopaths which irl are very rare and a dangerous combination yeah but like even most bad people will accept that if you keep treating the people like this, the way they were in the story, there's going to be constant issues, rebellions and lo and behold that's what happens I mean just...

Just moderate some of the stuff a bit, they can still be sadistic arseholes who make life hell but maybe they could be more clever with it? I don't know, this last part was more personal opinion but there were pacing issues with this that I couldn't just quite put my finger on so I'm trying my best here to explain what I think didn't work.

I'm sorry that I didn't finish it, I stopped just before the end of chapter 5 but maybe I'll come back and give it a re-read if you do some revisions because you do have something here that isn't shit, it's just you don't have all of the tools you need yet to construct a story properly, yet.

Your biggest issues are structure related, plot and pacing. You have the talent and the passion, I can see it there, and with that you will make it but in my opinion you're going to need to study up your skills first man.

Don't bite off too much at once, try cutting down your cast and see how that works.

[Anne Merryweather Dixon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, it got me thinking about what the world (or galaxy) would be like under a crazy totalitarian regime like the NAZIs or Communists. Sadly, book four isn't out yet, but I'm waiting for it. If you liked Ender's Game or any of Jude Watson's Star Wars books then this book is worth checking out!

[Francine Bates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, I loved this book! I loved all the different characters, especially Trix! Trix is quite the strong female role model that I love to see in sci-fi!

[Cair-Paravel Emyth Brenn De Luney Morrow · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I only received a free sample of the book, it was intriguing, well written and definitely a pageturner. It was good. I enjoyed it immensely.

I received a free sample from the author in return for an honest review.

[Clinton Sites]

A tale to be told

I found it slow going for most of the novel - but finished it because the situations the characters find themselves and their backgrounds.
The first third was the most difficult for me due to spelling and grammar errors that I kept stumbling over. The storyline up to that point was choppy to me.

Once you reach that point in the story though the pace picks up and the characters interactions become more personal and interesting.
Would I say pick up a copy? Yes - and I plan to pick up the rest of the series to follow the survivors and to see how the author handles his characters (or how they handle the author!)

For disclosure - I picked up a free copy from a book giveaway.

[PAR]

This was my first read by Caleb Fast. I had a hard time with the lack of editing, or the poor editing. Wading through the type-o's and the grammar distracted from the sense of the novel. I had to sit down and read it a second time. Why did I bother to do that - well because underneath the physical distractions there was an impressive novel. A prison planet where any infraction may result in death. How do they survive? Is there a way they can take a hold of their own lives? Can they rebel? How will they survive? I received this novel free through BookFunnel. This is my honest review. Would I read more by this author? Definitely!

[TaniaRina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately, child soldiers are waaay too common in the present day. I started reading this the day before Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), so the parts about labor camps was especially difficult (my later father-in-law was in three of them during his teens).
On the flip side, it’s refreshing to know that there are people out there who will stand up against tyranny. May we all learn from them and join the fight!