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Homecoming - The Unari Experiment Book 1
Drowning in a sea of scandal, U.S. President Harry Drummond is thrown an unexpected lifeline—a proposal for a trade agreement from not one but two alien species, the Thunerians and Unarians. All they want is the son of Unari's Queen, left behind during a visit 55 years ago to save his life. Genetically disguised as a human, Byron Hollington was raised by surrogate parents, completely unaware of his true origins. He's content with his life and family… which are ripped away when Drummond trades him to the Unarians for a new energy source. Abducted by an alien operative, Byron, now addressed as Thundercloud, wakes aboard a spacecraft crewed by beings out of mythology. His Unarian DNA has already been activated: He's now massive and quadrupedal. Already bitter, he despairs when his captors realize his transformation has misfired, leaving him without the instincts and telekinetic powers that are second nature to Unarians. Helpless and still mentally human, Thundercloud is just beginning to accept his fate as he reaches his new home… where he immediately runs afoul of a brutal conspiracy.
276 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 17, 2019
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April 12, 2020
Homecoming - The Unari Experiment Book 1 by Brian L. Harad is an enthralling tale about a man named Byron Hollington and being abducted by aliens. Turns out he is actually what is called a Unarian and has been disguised as a human on earth down to the DNA. Now, the queen of Unari needs him for a very important task. However, something seems suspicious and strange about these aliens. We get to learn about two types of aliens called Thunerians and Unarians and their interesting worlds.
I have many things that I loved about this book. First, I loved how you get a look into Hollington's mind and feel how he is feeling in this strange situation. I mean he believed he was human his whole life! until now. Anyone would freak out or have certain feelings. Harad did a great job of describing the thoughts and worries of his characters. I felt like I knew each person he described personally.
Second, I appreciate the use of mythology and how it ties into the aliens. It describes how they look, act, and live. It made me feel like I was watching an episode of Ancient Aliens play out as if it were real. In that show, they describe how different cultures deities or mythologies could be based on extraterrestrials. This was well done and adapted. Harad could have done basic adapting but he went so much further. you understand why those ancient people would think they are magic or deities.
Third, I enjoy the diversity of this story. We have a Muslim president, and there are people with disabilities. In stories, I hardly see this kind of diversity. I am glad.
Although, there were many things great about the story I do have a couple of comments on the negative. First, I felt sometimes things were over described or talked about. I felt that some thoughts or dialogue could be edited out. I felt that those over-described times dragged on and I wanted to skip that page, but I didn't. However, this is up to the reader. I just felt that things about the president didn't need to be described since the story is about Byron.
Second, I did notice some grammatical errors. other than that, the story was well edited.
Lastly, I do wish that Byron didn't curse so much. this is a personal opinion, but I felt he used the B-word too often towards a female character. This interrupted my enjoyment. I grow tired of men calling women B words and I prefer not to read about it either. I understand that Byron was in a weird situation when he found out about his identity. However, he continued to call the woman a B-word for no reason.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and thought it was very interesting. The ending left me hanging to the point I'd like to read the second installment. I would rate Homecoming - The Unari Experiment Book 3 out of 4. I enjoyed the book and I hope to read the second book soon. I decided to give it three stars rather than 4 is because of the B-word use and the over describing. don't let that stop you from reading it! This book is great!
I highly recommend this book to those who like sci-fi and fantasy. Also, recommend this book for those who like Ancient Aliens.
I have many things that I loved about this book. First, I loved how you get a look into Hollington's mind and feel how he is feeling in this strange situation. I mean he believed he was human his whole life! until now. Anyone would freak out or have certain feelings. Harad did a great job of describing the thoughts and worries of his characters. I felt like I knew each person he described personally.
Second, I appreciate the use of mythology and how it ties into the aliens. It describes how they look, act, and live. It made me feel like I was watching an episode of Ancient Aliens play out as if it were real. In that show, they describe how different cultures deities or mythologies could be based on extraterrestrials. This was well done and adapted. Harad could have done basic adapting but he went so much further. you understand why those ancient people would think they are magic or deities.
Third, I enjoy the diversity of this story. We have a Muslim president, and there are people with disabilities. In stories, I hardly see this kind of diversity. I am glad.
Although, there were many things great about the story I do have a couple of comments on the negative. First, I felt sometimes things were over described or talked about. I felt that some thoughts or dialogue could be edited out. I felt that those over-described times dragged on and I wanted to skip that page, but I didn't. However, this is up to the reader. I just felt that things about the president didn't need to be described since the story is about Byron.
Second, I did notice some grammatical errors. other than that, the story was well edited.
Lastly, I do wish that Byron didn't curse so much. this is a personal opinion, but I felt he used the B-word too often towards a female character. This interrupted my enjoyment. I grow tired of men calling women B words and I prefer not to read about it either. I understand that Byron was in a weird situation when he found out about his identity. However, he continued to call the woman a B-word for no reason.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and thought it was very interesting. The ending left me hanging to the point I'd like to read the second installment. I would rate Homecoming - The Unari Experiment Book 3 out of 4. I enjoyed the book and I hope to read the second book soon. I decided to give it three stars rather than 4 is because of the B-word use and the over describing. don't let that stop you from reading it! This book is great!
I highly recommend this book to those who like sci-fi and fantasy. Also, recommend this book for those who like Ancient Aliens.
April 16, 2020
This book is terrible. Don't waste your time reading it, and certainly don't waste your money to buy it. I had to force myself to finish this book. If I hadn't been reading a free copy in exchange for writing a paid review, I would have DNF'd it and returned this book on the same day I started reading it.
First of all, this attempt at sci-fi was so unoriginal that the author actually described the spaceship (the main setting for the majority of the book) as, "what a star destroyer should look like in Star Wars." He put an entire forest ecosystem in the spaceship, but he couldn't come up with a description for his spaceship. The world-building was incredibly lazy. The author borrowed from Greek mythology for the Pegusi, and from Egyptian mythology for an Anubis-like race, but specifically denied the connections in the book. Why would you borrow from such rich source material, only to ignore the parts that could have bolstered the world-building where it was clearly lacking?
Second, the characters were so poorly and unrealistically developed that I couldn't be bothered to sympathize or care about any of them. Even the main character, who was abducted from his life of 55 years as a human, turned into a unicorn Pegasus against his will, told he would be expected to procreate with his mother, aunt, and another random unicorn Pegasus, and then brutally sexually assaulted. I was shocked at how difficult it was to connect with any of the characters.
While there are many more things wrong with this book, likely stemming from the author's failure to have it properly edited, the final point I'll make is that the dialogue was infuriating to read. My fiance forbid me from reading character lines outloud to him because they were so awful. The characters spoke almost exclusively in monologues, and everything was told, rather than shown. In fact, this author was so devoted to telling instead of showing that he frequently described the same things more than once from the same character's perspective.
First of all, this attempt at sci-fi was so unoriginal that the author actually described the spaceship (the main setting for the majority of the book) as, "what a star destroyer should look like in Star Wars." He put an entire forest ecosystem in the spaceship, but he couldn't come up with a description for his spaceship. The world-building was incredibly lazy. The author borrowed from Greek mythology for the Pegusi, and from Egyptian mythology for an Anubis-like race, but specifically denied the connections in the book. Why would you borrow from such rich source material, only to ignore the parts that could have bolstered the world-building where it was clearly lacking?
Second, the characters were so poorly and unrealistically developed that I couldn't be bothered to sympathize or care about any of them. Even the main character, who was abducted from his life of 55 years as a human, turned into a unicorn Pegasus against his will, told he would be expected to procreate with his mother, aunt, and another random unicorn Pegasus, and then brutally sexually assaulted. I was shocked at how difficult it was to connect with any of the characters.
While there are many more things wrong with this book, likely stemming from the author's failure to have it properly edited, the final point I'll make is that the dialogue was infuriating to read. My fiance forbid me from reading character lines outloud to him because they were so awful. The characters spoke almost exclusively in monologues, and everything was told, rather than shown. In fact, this author was so devoted to telling instead of showing that he frequently described the same things more than once from the same character's perspective.
April 25, 2020
Wonderful book but the last chapter was rough to say the least and came with no warning. Check out the link below for my full review and summary;
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November 24, 2019
I did not expect the ending, it was brutal. The book ended with a a cliffhanger. I can't wait for Book 2.
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