Challenge of Steel

Memories of Earth #1

by James David Victor

In a world of genetic engineering, fantastic aliens, and faster than light travel, conspiracies and the quest for unlimited power can still tear the galaxy apart.
A Science Fiction adventure from Amazon All-Star author James David Victor

Anders Corsigon has spent his life bringing galactic criminals to justice. When a bizarre murder turns into a string of assassinations, he must find a killer who is protected by the highest levels of the empire. In a world where advanced genetic engineering can literally rewrite humanity, he must uncover a truth that could destroy the galaxy.

Challenge of Steel is the first book in the Memories of Earth space opera series. If you enjoy stories in fantastic worlds of aliens, space travel, and genetic engineering, the Memories of Earth series will be right up your alley.

Genres: Science Fiction, Aliens

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2019

About the author

James David Victor is the pen name used by science fiction and fantasy author David J. VanBergen Jr. for co-authored projects. It is his way of sharing more stories with you than he could write by himself.

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Reviews

[Richard J Gresham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite the Challenge

The only thing bad about this book was that it was over way too soon. My interest picked way up as Our intrepid hero found himself way over his head and, unbeknownst to him, in contradiction to the Throne. The book ends with more problems for our hero. I guess I will have to pick up "Into the Void" to read on.

[Allen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting future. Sadly very human

Murder and greed survive into the future, and the ancient thirst for blood and war come along for the ride. The Roman gladiator sport is updated, and one can only hope there's some semblance of real genuine caring and authentic love in this future time as well

[Dan Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great afternoon read.

Always author James Victor gives us an excellent story with intrigue action and deep plots.
Good work from a wonderful story teller

[Jim Managh · Rating 4 out of 5]

will it go the distance?

Seems like a familiar plot, although interesting so far, does it have the legs to make a series.
Time to read the second book and see

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Start to this new series

[Craig Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite being overstuffed with tropes, this detective space marine, with a not-AI, AI sidekick and a blue-blooded alien elf love interest manages to rip off the Hunger Games with enough breakneck pacing that the laughably one dimensional villains never pause on the page long enough to leave you marvelling at their similarity to a poorly dubbed manga - leading to a romp more inappropriately packed than a semi-legible run-on single-sentence paragraph.

Sometimes you just have to put the snobbery aside and enjoy the ride.

[C.A. Knutsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Survival skills

I like the way main character's experiences grew from his typical beat of stopping a bar fight to being thrust into a much broader arena. He wasn't so much a superhero as a determined officer of the law using what he had available to survive and pursue his objectives. I thought it was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to the next book.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing

I was sure this series beginning wouldn’t suck me in, but again I was wrong. The multiple traumas that assault the main character are too many to be believable, yet I still found myself holding my breath. Kudos to the authors.

[Susan Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting action packed read

Great book, full of suspense, fight scenes and drama. I enjoyed the characters and the plot. Anders started off investigating murder, found himself drafted into a death challenge tournament and then compelled into a war.