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Crimson Worlds Refugees #6
Crusade of Vengeance
Earth Two is a world almost consumed by dangers, on the brink of civil war between the cloned “Tanks,” the “Natural Borns” and the hybrid “Mules.” The only thing that has prevented actual fighting, a conflict that may destroy the young planet, is the existence of an even worse enemy, one that sees the three groupings as part of the same infection. The Regent and the deadly threat of the First Imperium’s robot warriors has provided sufficient fear and incentive to force the human groupings together, to hold off their own contest.
- GenresScience Fiction
356 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 7, 2021
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March 5, 2021
After 10 books in the main series and this 5 book spin-off series I was looking forward to a great finish to the overall story line. Sadly I was greatly disappointed by this book. Overall the book seemed like the writer just rushed it out to put an end to the series and get it over with. The main cliffhanger at the end of the last book was never mentioned at all in this book and went unresolved. Most of the book is told from the viewpoint of 5 main characters and they spend almost all of the book rehashing and repeating the same things over and over. I found myself skimming whole paragraph and pages
to gleam the few sentences that advanced the story forward. I guess I have to say recommended just to get to the end of the story if you started the series but it is a 2 star read.
to gleam the few sentences that advanced the story forward. I guess I have to say recommended just to get to the end of the story if you started the series but it is a 2 star read.
February 27, 2021
Great story
Wow what a great ending to a great storyline been waiting for this one for quite a while and I have totally enjoyed reading this one. Well worth 5 stars
Wow what a great ending to a great storyline been waiting for this one for quite a while and I have totally enjoyed reading this one. Well worth 5 stars
December 10, 2021
To much wasted thoughts.
Way to much repetition of thoughts. Over and over again. You really.get the feeling that the unneeded rehashing of the same thoughts, by almost all the characters, is about trying to meet a word count. I understand the need to dwell on a characters internal struggles, but this was to adnausium.
Way to much repetition of thoughts. Over and over again. You really.get the feeling that the unneeded rehashing of the same thoughts, by almost all the characters, is about trying to meet a word count. I understand the need to dwell on a characters internal struggles, but this was to adnausium.
March 5, 2021
I think this is the first time I've rated one of Jay Allan's books less than 5 stars! But, I certainly did this time. Oh, this book was just fine, but can he every drag out a story! My goodness! If everyone did the kind of sole-searching, re-thinking, and self-doubt that everyone, including the computers, did in this book, nothing would ever get done! And that's what this book is about. Every little doubt of action that anyone takes is thought about and thought about with people asking themselves constantly, "Should I have done that?". It really got to the. point that I was reading very fast hoping to eventually get to the end of the story!
What this book is about, is the end of either the civilization on Earth Two or the end of the dreaded enemy, the Regent. Max Harmon is the self imposed dictator of Earth Two since as long as anyone can remember. He is the leader of a very maddening bunch of people who had decided to split themselves in numerous different camps. I won't go into explaining all the various factions, you'll read about them in the book, but it really boils down to when the Mules, the highly intelligent, built to order humans, will take over and rule the planet. It seems that Max Harmon is constantly waiting for someone to dispose him and he thinks it will be the Mules led by Achilles, his Mule friend and current leader of the Mules. But, of course, Achilles has no intention of taking over and even if he did, he wouldn't do so until they had defeated the Regent. Still, Achilles was worried about the younger Mules who was slipping out from his control. He didn't know if they were planning on overthrowing Max Harmon in the immediate future or if they were going to put something right at the most inopportune moment. So, he fretted about this constantly, over and over.
Now, back to Max Harmon. If he wasn't worrying about the Mules taking over, he was worrying about the Regent and when he would attack Earth Two or if they would be able to find the Regents home planet so they could destroy him/it. He also worried if he was treating his wife, Mariko, fairly by not stepping down from his position. He kept saying he would some day, but she knew he wasn't going to until he probably died. I didn't read about Max Harmon doing anything but sitting around worrying! I he also kept repeating that he was very old. That must have been written over a hundred times in this book. Every time he did something, it was noted that he was very old, yet towards the end of the book, he was doing better than a lot of his highly trained warriors.
Then there was the Regent, a machine, a very highly intelligent machine that was obviously insane. His or its main objective was to wipe out these inferior humans so he could reign supreme over the entire universe of...nothing? Not sure what it really figured it would do once the humans were gone. It did build a large fleet and thousands of robots, but that was only to defeat the humans in this universe. If he did when, what then? Well, it actually didn't worry much about that, but it did worry about every action it did and was going over every one of those actions constantly second-guessing that it should have done something different. This is a machine. I doubt that it would be wasting computing power to worry about what it had already done!
So that's what the book is mostly about. Worrying. Well, there are some pretty significant battles taking place. It just so happens that the humans and the Regent find each other's home planet at about the same time. Now, it's a race to see which can destroy the other first. I think the humans would have had an easier time of it, if they had simply carried some hand grenades with them to the Regents home planet. Apparently they didn't because all they seemed to use were their rifles and pistols. Not have hand grenades was stupid and got a lot of people killed needlessly! Then there's the missing "super weapons" that the Mules were supposed to have been working on at the end of the last book. I believe it was mentioned that they had developed a new rail gun which would out distance the Regents current weapons. Why wasn't it placed on any of the new humans starships? There were other secret developments made by the Mules, but other than the cloaking device, we didn't seem much of that either. It think the humans were about to advance their technology a lot faster than the Regent, but it didn't show up in the books.
Still, I liked the story, but I knew how it would end and that probably was why it seemed to drag on forever. Jay Allan is a great writer and I won't ding him for one book out of the many, many he has written. If you read through the first five books in this series, you're just going to have to read this book, but get ready for an epic, long drawn-out affair. That's all there is to it!
What this book is about, is the end of either the civilization on Earth Two or the end of the dreaded enemy, the Regent. Max Harmon is the self imposed dictator of Earth Two since as long as anyone can remember. He is the leader of a very maddening bunch of people who had decided to split themselves in numerous different camps. I won't go into explaining all the various factions, you'll read about them in the book, but it really boils down to when the Mules, the highly intelligent, built to order humans, will take over and rule the planet. It seems that Max Harmon is constantly waiting for someone to dispose him and he thinks it will be the Mules led by Achilles, his Mule friend and current leader of the Mules. But, of course, Achilles has no intention of taking over and even if he did, he wouldn't do so until they had defeated the Regent. Still, Achilles was worried about the younger Mules who was slipping out from his control. He didn't know if they were planning on overthrowing Max Harmon in the immediate future or if they were going to put something right at the most inopportune moment. So, he fretted about this constantly, over and over.
Now, back to Max Harmon. If he wasn't worrying about the Mules taking over, he was worrying about the Regent and when he would attack Earth Two or if they would be able to find the Regents home planet so they could destroy him/it. He also worried if he was treating his wife, Mariko, fairly by not stepping down from his position. He kept saying he would some day, but she knew he wasn't going to until he probably died. I didn't read about Max Harmon doing anything but sitting around worrying! I he also kept repeating that he was very old. That must have been written over a hundred times in this book. Every time he did something, it was noted that he was very old, yet towards the end of the book, he was doing better than a lot of his highly trained warriors.
Then there was the Regent, a machine, a very highly intelligent machine that was obviously insane. His or its main objective was to wipe out these inferior humans so he could reign supreme over the entire universe of...nothing? Not sure what it really figured it would do once the humans were gone. It did build a large fleet and thousands of robots, but that was only to defeat the humans in this universe. If he did when, what then? Well, it actually didn't worry much about that, but it did worry about every action it did and was going over every one of those actions constantly second-guessing that it should have done something different. This is a machine. I doubt that it would be wasting computing power to worry about what it had already done!
So that's what the book is mostly about. Worrying. Well, there are some pretty significant battles taking place. It just so happens that the humans and the Regent find each other's home planet at about the same time. Now, it's a race to see which can destroy the other first. I think the humans would have had an easier time of it, if they had simply carried some hand grenades with them to the Regents home planet. Apparently they didn't because all they seemed to use were their rifles and pistols. Not have hand grenades was stupid and got a lot of people killed needlessly! Then there's the missing "super weapons" that the Mules were supposed to have been working on at the end of the last book. I believe it was mentioned that they had developed a new rail gun which would out distance the Regents current weapons. Why wasn't it placed on any of the new humans starships? There were other secret developments made by the Mules, but other than the cloaking device, we didn't seem much of that either. It think the humans were about to advance their technology a lot faster than the Regent, but it didn't show up in the books.
Still, I liked the story, but I knew how it would end and that probably was why it seemed to drag on forever. Jay Allan is a great writer and I won't ding him for one book out of the many, many he has written. If you read through the first five books in this series, you're just going to have to read this book, but get ready for an epic, long drawn-out affair. That's all there is to it!
March 8, 2021
Will Vengeance Succeed?
The story of two leaders each set on a Crusade of Vengeance. One a human dictator set on saving his people. The other an artificial intelligence set on exterminating all biological life in vengeance for the destruction of its predecessor. Which will survive? Or will they achieve mutual destruction? Jay Allen weaves a tapestry with words, a tapestry which depicts the move of history, starships, people and machines. There are a few unresolved events from earlier in the series which are left hanging. However, I recommend this book and this series.
The story of two leaders each set on a Crusade of Vengeance. One a human dictator set on saving his people. The other an artificial intelligence set on exterminating all biological life in vengeance for the destruction of its predecessor. Which will survive? Or will they achieve mutual destruction? Jay Allen weaves a tapestry with words, a tapestry which depicts the move of history, starships, people and machines. There are a few unresolved events from earlier in the series which are left hanging. However, I recommend this book and this series.
June 27, 2021
I liked the book but sometimes a little repetition in descriptions of why characters were acting as they were. Surprised me on the number of misspellings. Need to look at a new editor. Did enjoy the read a lot.
Liked the book a lot. Sometimes was a little repetition in why characters were acting as the did. May want to look for a new spell and word checker. When referring to a female charater would refer to them as he did something. Also,surprised at mispellings. . Did enjoy the read a lot. Have been enjoying Jay as an author. Keep up the good work and story lines.
Liked the book a lot. Sometimes was a little repetition in why characters were acting as the did. May want to look for a new spell and word checker. When referring to a female charater would refer to them as he did something. Also,surprised at mispellings. . Did enjoy the read a lot. Have been enjoying Jay as an author. Keep up the good work and story lines.
February 14, 2021
I loved this book! Jay, you've done it again. It was good to refer to some characters from previous books in the series so that, if it's a while since reading the last book, you can quickly pick up the thread of the story again. It is always sad if a favourite character is killed off (no spoilers) but it helps to move the story along and makes it more realistic. So, what's next?
February 19, 2021
Good Conclusion
Good ending to the Series. Lots of action, some of it unnecessary and not as well done as the initial books in the ground action. Space battles were good. Politics was well done.
I disagree with the idea the mules could not figure out how to reproduce, but it’s the author’s fait accompli.
Good ending to the Series. Lots of action, some of it unnecessary and not as well done as the initial books in the ground action. Space battles were good. Politics was well done.
I disagree with the idea the mules could not figure out how to reproduce, but it’s the author’s fait accompli.
February 23, 2021
Crusade of Vengeance
This book was well done and had errors throughout. The plot and characters developed slowly and was somewhat predictable. I did expect more as a whole, but was still fun to read. The characters had a lot of dought and it dragged on a but too long. The plot seemed rushed on and off throughout the book. It is also a cliffhanger for a new series.
This book was well done and had errors throughout. The plot and characters developed slowly and was somewhat predictable. I did expect more as a whole, but was still fun to read. The characters had a lot of dought and it dragged on a but too long. The plot seemed rushed on and off throughout the book. It is also a cliffhanger for a new series.
July 4, 2021
Epic End
Humanity fights for survival against an artificial intelligence determined to eliminate the living.
The hunt for the regent rises to a desperate gamble on the future of the failing human fleet One man, Max Harmon must lead the force struggling to destroy the enemy of all living beings. A nail biter to the end, the reader is in for a thrilling adventure.
Humanity fights for survival against an artificial intelligence determined to eliminate the living.
The hunt for the regent rises to a desperate gamble on the future of the failing human fleet One man, Max Harmon must lead the force struggling to destroy the enemy of all living beings. A nail biter to the end, the reader is in for a thrilling adventure.
September 7, 2024
Did not finish. I found the story boring and repetitive. Its the same story as the previous two books in this series. The different species of humans are at each other again, the Regent is out to destroy the humans, Harmon is trying to maintain hold of the colony and unite everyone in a fight against the Regent. Same story over and over again.
November 2, 2024
Did not finish
I'm not sure who wrote this book, but the endless character inner monologue navel gazing is ridiculous, and simply doesn't match the earlier books. It's just as terrible as the end Jay's Blood on the Stars series, and so off-putting I'll never pick up another one of his books.
I'm not sure who wrote this book, but the endless character inner monologue navel gazing is ridiculous, and simply doesn't match the earlier books. It's just as terrible as the end Jay's Blood on the Stars series, and so off-putting I'll never pick up another one of his books.
February 17, 2021
Fantastic series ending.
Was disappointed early on. I kept waiting to find out what happened to the crew that had been taken over by the Regents Nano’s. But as the story progressed I was drawn further into the story. A fitting end to a great series.
Was disappointed early on. I kept waiting to find out what happened to the crew that had been taken over by the Regents Nano’s. But as the story progressed I was drawn further into the story. A fitting end to a great series.
February 18, 2021
A decent end
It has been and exciting series that I throughly enjoyed reading. This “final” book brings closure to the series. Some chapters bogged down a bit and there weren’t any big unexpected surprises, yet it was a still a good read!
It has been and exciting series that I throughly enjoyed reading. This “final” book brings closure to the series. Some chapters bogged down a bit and there weren’t any big unexpected surprises, yet it was a still a good read!
March 10, 2021
Enjoyed this final episode. Did find some sections repeated in various chapters but the overall story kept flowing with twists and turns that kept all the different events active and captivating. A worthy finale.
March 17, 2021
Disappointing Ending to a Great Series
There was too much repetitive reflection by characters instead of new story development. I found this disappointing. However, it was still a good read and climax to the series.
There was too much repetitive reflection by characters instead of new story development. I found this disappointing. However, it was still a good read and climax to the series.
April 14, 2021
Win or Lose?
Jay Allan has a other hit! As th Regent looks for the home planet of the Human's on this side of the collapsed portal, the humans are searching for the Regent's home machine! Who will succeed?
Jay Allan has a other hit! As th Regent looks for the home planet of the Human's on this side of the collapsed portal, the humans are searching for the Regent's home machine! Who will succeed?
June 21, 2021
OMG what a series of books this one took the cake!
Such a perfect novel, well written, and with a plot that is so engaging and fun to read. I will not spoil your fun but do read this one, I am sure you will enjoy it!
Such a perfect novel, well written, and with a plot that is so engaging and fun to read. I will not spoil your fun but do read this one, I am sure you will enjoy it!
February 13, 2021
It was worth the wait.
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February 19, 2021Great read...
I really enjoyed this book and have read all of the other books in this series! I enjoyed the characters and their interactions with each other
I really enjoyed this book and have read all of the other books in this series! I enjoyed the characters and their interactions with each other
February 26, 2021
Great
This was another Great Book in the Crimson World Refugees Series. I am sad to see the Series come to an end.
This was another Great Book in the Crimson World Refugees Series. I am sad to see the Series come to an end.
February 28, 2021
Great read
I love Jay Allans books and this one really starts to tie things together. I truly recommend reading the rest of his series.
I love Jay Allans books and this one really starts to tie things together. I truly recommend reading the rest of his series.
March 12, 2021
Great series
This book is a great ending to an excellent series. I can thoroughly recommend this entire series to anyone with an interest in sci-fi.
This book is a great ending to an excellent series. I can thoroughly recommend this entire series to anyone with an interest in sci-fi.
March 19, 2021
Could have been a good story but for the consistent repeating all the way though the book deliberately designed to make the book far longer than the story warranted.
December 20, 2021
Endless brainfucking repetitions, not worth the time
December 31, 2021
This is a well written and developed characters. The story is catching and with the strong characters makes for a very enjoyable read. Great Reading Everyone!
January 20, 2022
Crusade of Vengeance
The characters in these novels are seriously introspective. There are pros and cons to that. But mainly I liked it.
The characters in these novels are seriously introspective. There are pros and cons to that. But mainly I liked it.
October 23, 2023
Ok, so heroic space operas seem to be my guilty pleasure. Jay Allen’s series are well worth the read as such. While the plot line can be a little predictable it’s still a fun read.
February 16, 2021
One of today's best!
Mr Allan has proven himself time and time again, he is no writer or author. He is an Artist! A true wordsmith. He has given us another awesome tale, hard to put down. More than worth the time to read.
Mr Allan has proven himself time and time again, he is no writer or author. He is an Artist! A true wordsmith. He has given us another awesome tale, hard to put down. More than worth the time to read.
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