The Antiverse: Apocalypse

by Liam Clay

➤ Over 10,000 Copies Sold➤ Hundreds of 5-Star ReviewsThe Antiverse Cycle is a science fiction epic that tells the story of humanity's future. Beginning in the shadows of a fading earth, it will travel to the furthest reaches of space and time. The Cycle's first arc has been collected here for one phenomenal price. This apocalypse mega box Deadzone The Complete SeriesTen years ago, a meteor storm strafed the earth with deep space shrapnel. In the aftermath, crash sites around the world went radio silent.Permanently.Most of these Deadzones were claimed by cartels and warlords. The low orbit corporates use others for weapons testing. And biosphere mutations have altered some beyond recognition.The Chain is a mercenary guild specializing in Deadzone ops. Its members bow to no country, have no commanding officers, and choose their own missions. The Chain only has one once you go in, you don't come out until the job is done.For two years, Blair has been stalking the margins of a notorious Deadzone, trying to find a way in. Now the guild is offering to get her over the border… for a price. A handful of missions is all they ask. Survive them, and Blair will get her shot. But she'd better decide fast, because the hoverboat is waiting.➤ Audiobook out now on Amazon and Audible----------9th The Complete SeriesI should be the perfect spy. Deployed in tank grown bodies, with no memory of my real life, I am incapable of naming my employer under torture. Even my true gender is just a guess. I’ve been a husband and a wife, fathered children and given birth to them, all in pursuit of corporate secrets. And when the job is done, I can return to my forgotten flesh, leaving another shattered family in my wake.But I am slipping. Once a master of the slowburn, I’ve come to dread each new seduction, each fresh lie and manipulated partner. And I can’t stop falling in love.So when I awaken in a soldier’s body adrift on the Mediterranean, the change of pace comes as a relief. Wet ops assignments have a brutal honesty to them, at least. The only problem is, my new mission would seem to call for the impossible.On this planet and above it, there is only one place no spy has ever infiltrated. PyramID. World’s largest mega-structure and only self-sustaining arcology. A floating technological marvel, closed off from the rest of humanity for 200 years. That is where I need to go - stepping over the backs of failed agents all the way.But the real trick, I’m beginning to suspect, will be getting back out again.----------Live The Complete SeriesA month from now, I will be a marine with a government camera in my eye. But today I sell drugs to plastic celebrities in the clouds. Not the most honest of professions, I know. But this world is broken, and although my city presents a glittering face to the ruins, surviving here is dirty work.Far below the movie sets and the body mod studios, another city exists. A place of flooded streets and tainted air. You wouldn't want to live there - no one does. So can you blame me for torching my morals in return for a glimpse of the sun?But I'm about to make a mistake. Crash the wrong party, sell a good time to bad people, implicate myself in an attack on high society. And the violence won't end there. The poor will be accused of revolt against the rich, and to atone for our supposed sins, we will be surgically altered and trained for battle.

Genres: Science Fiction

1856 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2021

Reviews

[MR D · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not finish as it was a struggle to even get to the end of the first novella. Highly derivative it feels more like fanfic of the movie edge of tomorrow.
It's clear the writer does not understand what some words mean and just uses whichever word sounds cool. The dialogue is terrible and mainly expository so the reader can get some insight into backstory of characters or to understand the scene rather than let the scene play out and give us the information. The technology just seems plain ridiculous. Imagine a gun strapped to your arm. Now imagine it is strapped to your upper arm and to aim you have to point your elbow at your target. Not at all practical. Then we have people who have lived a large portion of their lives in zero gravity, so they have low muscle mass, but can snap steel with their bare hands. Or the design of a dropship that has gun pods that stick out 5 metres from the hull (fine) but also 5 metres away from the gun pod is the engine. So either the gun pod is attached to the hull where the engine is or the engine sticks out from the hull towards the gun pod. If that isn't poor enough design choice there is a 400 foot long spaceship battle cruiser that has decks (as in plural) given over to casinos and others for water parks! Water parks on a battle ship. A battle ship 400ft long.
We have people who know all about dropships and technology but refer to a poisonous yellow dog as a demon. We have characters knowing things they couldn't possibly know. A bomb that is triggered by someone biting down on a tooth. But don't worry, the writer has remembered that radio signals don't work in the dead zone. Instead "a chemical" is released when they bite down on the tooth which travels through the air until it reaches the bomb which triggers it.
To circle back to the lack of radio signals in the 10 years these deadzones have been in existence no one has developed a form of communication to combat this. No hard-line communications, laser Comms, signal flares, carrier pigeons, smoke signals, air horns, flashes of light, semafore or even baked bean cans attached with string. The best they can do is send someone running. Apparently this universe never had ship-to-ship communications prior to radio.
I could go on, and I probably will cover this better at a later date, but suffice to say this is a load of rubbish. I can maybe understand someone giving this a 2 star review but anything higher should be considered a review bought and paid for.

[Chade66 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this collection. I did find the last series in the collection really played on my emotions, good job Mr. Clay!

If you like futuristic war/mercenary fiction, give this one a go. Warning, it does not let go of you easily and its a lot of pages. Having trouble starting something new.

[Mike Macon · Rating 5 out of 5]

EPIC.

At first the stories seem disconnected. Engaging, well-crafted, and worth reading, but disconnected. But by the end it all ties together in an immensely satisfying conclusion. WELL DONE. I only with it would have gone a bit farther, but I suppose that’s a hallmark of truly great storytelling: leaving the reader wanting more.

[Nate · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5. DNF. Not a very deep book based on the first 5 stories. It's still an interesting concept and moves well. Just lacks world building beyond the immediate settings and character pov jumping leaves 4/5 of the characters undeveloped each story.

[Nigel Frankcom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

An absolutely brilliant series. I picked it up after the artwork appealed to me and found a real gem.

Great stories and great characters make this very hard to put down. Highly recommended!

[Mary Hitchcock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good adventure

The characters are great colorful,diverse and quite believable,
The action is non stop,the descriptive scenes enable you to conjure the location in your mind with ease. Over all a good fun read.

[Daniel J. Berglund · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rarely do I rate a book with five stars but this is one.

This book is the most fun I've had reading in a long time. Highly imaginative with lots of twists and turns, and lots of action and humour, I had a hard time putting it down. Can't recommend it enough!

[Lee G. Raudenbush · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome Read

This is perhaps one of the very best books I have read. The journey of all the main participants of this story story are incredible.. I will not go into all the things to get to the point . Absolutely read this book. You won't regret it

[Janet Palmer/Jem Palmer]

Excellent box set.

The story arc is enthralling. I enjoyed it immensely.
Only minor criticism is that there are a good number of misspellings or typos. Of particular note are: flare/flair and taught/taut.

[David Laughlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

[Andrew Finlayson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this AAA+++

Really enjoyable, rare to find fresh tales like this, especially at such a good price
I’m off to hunt down anything else by the author.

[James A. Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

well I finished it anyway

I am a very slow reader but, I finally finished this long and convoluted story. I need five more words for this review to take so here they are plus a few.

[Antony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this series