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Ambassador #11
The Forgotten War
Cory has made several commitments to members of the Asto inner circles. He needs to spend time with Thayu's son. He has also been asked to give a favour to a boy of the Azimi clan.
What better to do with a couple of pre-teens than to visit the theme parks that are historic relics from the 21st century on Earth?
Of course he has a hidden agenda. On a previous trip to the south of Barresh, Cory and his team found disturbing evidence that people from the former Southern California Air Corps made it to Ceren about fifty years ago. He needs to find out about them.
Except this is 2125, and the former city of Los Angeles is in Mexico, and the interesting places are across the heavily guarded and impenetrable border in America Free State.
While he's investigating, while he's being shadowed and occasionally threatened, while the kids are having old-fashioned fun going on rides and starting rebellions (oops), something is about to come to a spectacular crash.
It's not that the highly armed rebels of America Free State want to take back land that they consider theirs, although they do.
It's not the fact that Nations of Earth president Simon Dekker hates Cory and the fact that he's poking around in what Dekker considers his territory, although he does.
It's that the Southern California Air Corps is about to pull a very large and nasty surprise.
What better to do with a couple of pre-teens than to visit the theme parks that are historic relics from the 21st century on Earth?
Of course he has a hidden agenda. On a previous trip to the south of Barresh, Cory and his team found disturbing evidence that people from the former Southern California Air Corps made it to Ceren about fifty years ago. He needs to find out about them.
Except this is 2125, and the former city of Los Angeles is in Mexico, and the interesting places are across the heavily guarded and impenetrable border in America Free State.
While he's investigating, while he's being shadowed and occasionally threatened, while the kids are having old-fashioned fun going on rides and starting rebellions (oops), something is about to come to a spectacular crash.
It's not that the highly armed rebels of America Free State want to take back land that they consider theirs, although they do.
It's not the fact that Nations of Earth president Simon Dekker hates Cory and the fact that he's poking around in what Dekker considers his territory, although he does.
It's that the Southern California Air Corps is about to pull a very large and nasty surprise.
- GenresScience Fiction
347 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2021
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Patty Jansen
429 books296 followersAuthor of Science Fiction and fantasy and non-fiction.
Author of the Ambassador series, the Icefire Trilogy, For Queen And Country series and the Return of the Aghyrians series.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
June 29, 2026
The idea that there could be another player in the power struggle in the universe never occurred to Cory, until it did. Then the ugly reality of the situation became evident as Cory and his team investigate what they first believe to be localized attacks only to discover that the issue is global and the perpetrator may have been home grown.
The Forgotten War confronts financial and racial disparities in the search for justice, but without promising clear resolutions to layered and difficult problems. The action keeps the reader vested in the outcome.
The Forgotten War confronts financial and racial disparities in the search for justice, but without promising clear resolutions to layered and difficult problems. The action keeps the reader vested in the outcome.
July 7, 2021
Everyone is out the West Coast way.
Cory, Thayu and daughter Emilu had been to the west coast supposedly on a tour of the old world playgrounds. When actually Cory was trying to get hold of President Dekker. Then strange things came down from the sky blowing up old places.
Read and enjoy.
Cory, Thayu and daughter Emilu had been to the west coast supposedly on a tour of the old world playgrounds. When actually Cory was trying to get hold of President Dekker. Then strange things came down from the sky blowing up old places.
Read and enjoy.
October 17, 2021
Here I am, returning to an old favourite 😍 I’ve been reading this series for years and I’m not sure how to accurately describe it. I found the earlier ones more interesting, in terms of plot and world development but 2 things still hold true - cliffhangers and Cory still running around like a headless chicken, trying to solve the latest interplanetary disaster.
June 7, 2021
I have followed the Ambassador series from the beginning and I can honestly say I have enjoyed them all. I look forward to the next book from the moment I finish reading the last one. I think the books would make an excellent mini series.
June 5, 2024
Great setup
This novel is primarily a setup for the one to follow. But the action is good, and quite varied. The editing took a backslide in this novel. Wrong words, word misspellings, and incorrect usage were all noted.
This novel is primarily a setup for the one to follow. But the action is good, and quite varied. The editing took a backslide in this novel. Wrong words, word misspellings, and incorrect usage were all noted.
May 24, 2021
Ambassador Cory Wilson visits Earth to solve a mystery. He brings a large group of his Association with him including family and other children who want to experience a theme park. Things start downhill almost immediately upon arrival. The United States has fractured into four countries and Nations of Earth is ineffective. The leaders cannot come to any agreement, don’t understand what they’re up against, and don’t want to talk to Cory. Fascinating story which includes a fairly realistic view of what our future could look like.
I loved the story and the characters!
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader copy of this book.
I loved the story and the characters!
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader copy of this book.
October 18, 2024
Excellent as always. Ended with a cliff hanger but I have the next book so it's fine.
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