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Humanity Ascendant #3
Humanity: Human Renegades Fighting for Survival in an Alien Empire
Gleb is lost but he should be dead. Transported across the galaxy to an unknown planet, he’s been torn from everyone and everything he knows. Narrowly escaping death in battle, he finds himself at a pivotal point in Humanity’s fate. But fate is fickle and she hasn’t exactly been on his side lately... With Humans declared renegade in the empire, old alliances can’t be trusted and there are more than a few who are willing to risk their wrath. Eth, designed to lead his fellow Humans, must decide where he’s leading them. With no lord to call the shots, he has to fill the void and find a way forward for a species facing annihilation. A way that might come from an unexpected direction. A way that the emperor can’t forgive...
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334 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2020
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July 30, 2024
Wow that was terrible
I am so disappointed in this series. It started out really well, I gave book one 4.5 stars. I saw a few small problems, and I assumed they would get better, not worse. In fact, the author even promised to fix the most glaring issue, and instead he just jumped all in to the disaster.
The disaster was having humans suddenly all have telekinetic, telepathic, mind-control abilities. It went from one or two who had been to a special place, to nothing more than a brief training session from someone else who had done it. Not only did it turn sci-fi into fantasy, but it also broke the series. Now humans are ridiculously overpowered, and even worse - the author now regularly ignores their powers when he needs to, and then abuses the powers in the next chapter when it suits him.
There is no longer any logical plot to the series. Honestly it is as if another writer has taken over!
Also, the book often reads like 1950’s sci-fi but with the dirty mind of a fifteen year old boy. The sex is absurd, between different species of aliens that are not described as being compatible and with the nuance of a pervy teenager’s imagination of how relationships might work.
Leaving that out, the plot holes are enormous. On Irth (or Earth) Gleb operates space ships in and out of orbit and never even once is noticed by the powers of the world.
Even worse than this, it takes mere minutes to convince people that they are not alone and that Gleb and his friends are from another galaxy or where ever and they just hop on board to his plans. A FIGHTER PILOT in the USNAVY just casually abandons her oath to the Constitution and hops in bed and on board with Gleb. She even convinces her fellow NAVY friends to do so as well.
Hundreds of humans who have been captured by aliens who apparently were where UFO abduction stories came from, just all get on board with the Empire Humans and agree - and the ones who don’t are just dumped behind convenience stores with some whiskey. ???
An author who made an effort to have his first book make sense with few plot holes has apparently decided that people are stupid and there is no sense in making an effort.
Relationships are unrealistic and amateurish. Some of the dialogue is cringe! A huge subplot where Gleb has an alter ego taking control of his body (this was in the last book, not a spoiler) is dismissed without having any purpose at all and with no real difficulty as a magic wand is waved and the condition is gone. It is bizarre how bad this book is compared to the first.
What happened Andrew? Kindle Unlimited is so strange, as if people start writing a book, some of which aren’t bad first efforts, then as their series go on, they get terribly sloppy and lose any coherence or logic.
If I didn’t know better from the published dates, I would think LLM AI was being used. Instead, I’m left to wonder what is happening because it is odd.
Anyway, book one was outstanding. Book two was showing huge cracks, and this - book three, is dismally bad.
Zero stars, but I always round up because I’m a nice guy.
I am so disappointed in this series. It started out really well, I gave book one 4.5 stars. I saw a few small problems, and I assumed they would get better, not worse. In fact, the author even promised to fix the most glaring issue, and instead he just jumped all in to the disaster.
The disaster was having humans suddenly all have telekinetic, telepathic, mind-control abilities. It went from one or two who had been to a special place, to nothing more than a brief training session from someone else who had done it. Not only did it turn sci-fi into fantasy, but it also broke the series. Now humans are ridiculously overpowered, and even worse - the author now regularly ignores their powers when he needs to, and then abuses the powers in the next chapter when it suits him.
There is no longer any logical plot to the series. Honestly it is as if another writer has taken over!
Also, the book often reads like 1950’s sci-fi but with the dirty mind of a fifteen year old boy. The sex is absurd, between different species of aliens that are not described as being compatible and with the nuance of a pervy teenager’s imagination of how relationships might work.
Leaving that out, the plot holes are enormous. On Irth (or Earth) Gleb operates space ships in and out of orbit and never even once is noticed by the powers of the world.
Even worse than this, it takes mere minutes to convince people that they are not alone and that Gleb and his friends are from another galaxy or where ever and they just hop on board to his plans. A FIGHTER PILOT in the USNAVY just casually abandons her oath to the Constitution and hops in bed and on board with Gleb. She even convinces her fellow NAVY friends to do so as well.
Hundreds of humans who have been captured by aliens who apparently were where UFO abduction stories came from, just all get on board with the Empire Humans and agree - and the ones who don’t are just dumped behind convenience stores with some whiskey. ???
An author who made an effort to have his first book make sense with few plot holes has apparently decided that people are stupid and there is no sense in making an effort.
Relationships are unrealistic and amateurish. Some of the dialogue is cringe! A huge subplot where Gleb has an alter ego taking control of his body (this was in the last book, not a spoiler) is dismissed without having any purpose at all and with no real difficulty as a magic wand is waved and the condition is gone. It is bizarre how bad this book is compared to the first.
What happened Andrew? Kindle Unlimited is so strange, as if people start writing a book, some of which aren’t bad first efforts, then as their series go on, they get terribly sloppy and lose any coherence or logic.
If I didn’t know better from the published dates, I would think LLM AI was being used. Instead, I’m left to wonder what is happening because it is odd.
Anyway, book one was outstanding. Book two was showing huge cracks, and this - book three, is dismally bad.
Zero stars, but I always round up because I’m a nice guy.
November 3, 2020
Robert's Review and Comments
Intriqueing plotline and awesome execution by the Humans. Great story and it is getting more interesting with each book in the series. Thanks for a GoodRead.
Intriqueing plotline and awesome execution by the Humans. Great story and it is getting more interesting with each book in the series. Thanks for a GoodRead.
September 24, 2020
Proved It.
Very very good as always Mr Claymore writes some of the best S.F. There is.This third volume of the rise of humanity just proves it.
Very very good as always Mr Claymore writes some of the best S.F. There is.This third volume of the rise of humanity just proves it.
June 20, 2022
Very good read
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like space opera and lots of action.
I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend this book to anyone who like space opera and lots of action.
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