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In the 1980s, physicists at a lab in the Soviet Union find traces of strange data in the cosmic background radiation. Because powerful forces in the military believe these findings can be turned into a weapon for use in the cold war, the information gleaned by the physicists is kept under strictest secrecy. The scientists are limited to primitive 1980s’ technology, but what they find has roots in much, much older times. They finally try an experiment that they hope will win the world over for communism. But will they be able to maintain control over an enormous power that has its own, dangerous plans? Hard Science Fiction.
374 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 15, 2020
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Brandon Q. Morris
135 books465 followersBrandon Q. Morris is a physicist and space specialist. He has long been concerned with space issues, both professionally and privately and while he wanted to become an astronaut, he had to stay on Earth for a variety of reasons. He is particularly fascinated by the "what if” and through his books he aims to share compelling hard science fiction stories that could actually happen, and someday may happen. Morris is the author of several best-selling science fiction novels.
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May 27, 2020
Science Fiction in the past...
I'm a big fan of Morris' books. I believe I've read all he's published electronically. So please take my advice whether this is your first BQM novel, or you've read many. Stick with it. I almost out of aside a few times, and now I'm grateful I didn't.
Was this book necessary in the series? Well, no. But I'm happy it was written, as I believe there is more to this story and that it will be written.
It was a fun look at the past, but that past is why I came close to not finishing the book.
If you liked the series to this point, it's a must read.
I'm a big fan of Morris' books. I believe I've read all he's published electronically. So please take my advice whether this is your first BQM novel, or you've read many. Stick with it. I almost out of aside a few times, and now I'm grateful I didn't.
Was this book necessary in the series? Well, no. But I'm happy it was written, as I believe there is more to this story and that it will be written.
It was a fun look at the past, but that past is why I came close to not finishing the book.
If you liked the series to this point, it's a must read.
March 7, 2021
Best book of the series
Doesn’t take place in the future but in 1980’s. The first two books are set in the distant future or the distant past. You don’t know until the third book. You have to read the first two books to understand the third. Nice little series. Reads fast
Doesn’t take place in the future but in 1980’s. The first two books are set in the distant future or the distant past. You don’t know until the third book. You have to read the first two books to understand the third. Nice little series. Reads fast
July 5, 2020
Very enjoyable - with a bit of a twist!
April 23, 2021
This book was a bit disappointing.
Anyone who had read the first two books in the series, upon seeing that this final volume was set in the 1980s and was called "Rebirth", would jump to certain exciting conclusions. I don't want to say what they were, because that would contain spoilers. But suffice it to say, I was eager to jump into this third book because of what that title and setting implied about some characters from the previous books.
If the titular rebirth had come near the beginning of the novel... say... within the first 20% or so, that could have then led to a very fulfilling climax for the series. Even if it had come a bit later, or even in the first half, there would still have been room for exciting plot lines to play out. But the author chose instead to focus almost the entirety of this novel on the efforts of a few new characters to bring about the rebirth, which was nowhere near as exciting as what I was hoping for. It finally did happen, but at that point the story was almost 80% told, and there just wasn't enough of it left to do much with.
I'm sure there are people out there who preferred this offering to what I was hoping for... I'm just not one of them.
Anyone who had read the first two books in the series, upon seeing that this final volume was set in the 1980s and was called "Rebirth", would jump to certain exciting conclusions. I don't want to say what they were, because that would contain spoilers. But suffice it to say, I was eager to jump into this third book because of what that title and setting implied about some characters from the previous books.
If the titular rebirth had come near the beginning of the novel... say... within the first 20% or so, that could have then led to a very fulfilling climax for the series. Even if it had come a bit later, or even in the first half, there would still have been room for exciting plot lines to play out. But the author chose instead to focus almost the entirety of this novel on the efforts of a few new characters to bring about the rebirth, which was nowhere near as exciting as what I was hoping for. It finally did happen, but at that point the story was almost 80% told, and there just wasn't enough of it left to do much with.
I'm sure there are people out there who preferred this offering to what I was hoping for... I'm just not one of them.
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