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Sic Transit Terra #5
The Cockroach Crusade: Sic Transit Terra Book 5
The Corvou are swarming, and they’re headed for Earth.
When a botched first contact at Daisy Hub results in a declaration of war against Humanity by an alien race, battle lines are drawn. Not that they’re likely to be respected by an enemy determined to wipe out every Human they can find. As the Terran government scrambles to prepare for an attack they fear no one will survive, Drew Townsend and his crew of maverick geniuses set to work, trying to find a way to prevent it. Fortunately, the fiercest warriors in the galaxy will be fighting on their side. But will that be enough to save the Human race from annihilation?
When a botched first contact at Daisy Hub results in a declaration of war against Humanity by an alien race, battle lines are drawn. Not that they’re likely to be respected by an enemy determined to wipe out every Human they can find. As the Terran government scrambles to prepare for an attack they fear no one will survive, Drew Townsend and his crew of maverick geniuses set to work, trying to find a way to prevent it. Fortunately, the fiercest warriors in the galaxy will be fighting on their side. But will that be enough to save the Human race from annihilation?
306 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 27, 2019
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Arlene F. Marks
24 books15 followersBorn and raised in Toronto, Arlene F. Marks found her muse at the age of 6. Her first written story was a fantasy about a tiny boy who did everything backwards and rode around on a dragonfly. She has been writing and sharing her stories ever since.
Arlene's dual passions are writing and teaching, and she has indulged them both liberally over the years, chalking up publishing credits in multiple fiction and nonfiction genres between stints in the high school classroom. She retired officially from teaching in 2012 and now devotes herself full-time to writing (and teaching writing workshops), which is keeping her even busier than she was before.
Currently working on Sic Transit Terra, a series of space opera novels set at the turn of the 25th century, Arlene F. Marks lives with her husband on the shore of Nottawasaga Bay, where she happily reads, crochets, works logic problems and collects owls of every description.
Arlene's dual passions are writing and teaching, and she has indulged them both liberally over the years, chalking up publishing credits in multiple fiction and nonfiction genres between stints in the high school classroom. She retired officially from teaching in 2012 and now devotes herself full-time to writing (and teaching writing workshops), which is keeping her even busier than she was before.
Currently working on Sic Transit Terra, a series of space opera novels set at the turn of the 25th century, Arlene F. Marks lives with her husband on the shore of Nottawasaga Bay, where she happily reads, crochets, works logic problems and collects owls of every description.
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June 11, 2019
This is the fifth book in the excellent Sic Transit Terra series from Arlene F. Marks. This is the book where many of the plot threads that were left hanging in the earlier books start being tied up, and so it will be very helpful to have read the other books before reading this one.
This book includes a countdown clock to doomsday, which immediately drew me into the story. It is a wonderful rhetorical device used to convey immediacy, and you can feel the suspense ramping up as doomsday goes from over a year, to months, to hours.
Overall, this is an excellent story and a worthy fifth instalment in the series. I am looking forward to book 6.
This book includes a countdown clock to doomsday, which immediately drew me into the story. It is a wonderful rhetorical device used to convey immediacy, and you can feel the suspense ramping up as doomsday goes from over a year, to months, to hours.
Overall, this is an excellent story and a worthy fifth instalment in the series. I am looking forward to book 6.
June 3, 2019
Great Characters and Story
The story world continues to evolve and the characters grow with it. This episode shows how the best intentions can lead to war.
The story world continues to evolve and the characters grow with it. This episode shows how the best intentions can lead to war.
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