Ancient

Ancient Earth #1

by David Edward

Ancient is the electrifying new first book in the military science fiction series ‘Earth 50,000 BC’ from writer D. Edward, author of the critically acclaimed western Alamosa.

Betrayal!

For the arrogant Truth-Tellers, guardians Logan and Odessa are an inconvenience. A problem with a simple brutal solution. But not everything is as it seems; not every path leads to salvation.

Navigating a web of lies and with the odds squarely stacked against them, the guardian’s survival depends on their ability to unravel an ancient mystery on the far away mining planet Alethia.

Thrust into a desperate gambit, Logan and Odessa must fight not for themselves, but to recover the ones they guard.

Set in a richly imaged military science fiction universe, Ancient is the thrilling first book in the Earth 50,000 BC series.

Book two, War Machine, releases July 2021.

171 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 17, 2021

About the author

D. Edward served as a Special Agent in the US Army in the 1980's and 1990's and is a veteran of multiple overseas combat tours. He was the Special Agent in Charge of the 1990 Panama Canal counter-terrorism threat assessment report to the US Congress.

Edward is a graduate of the United States Army Intelligence School where he studied advanced HUMINT (Human Intelligence) and battlefield counterintelligence; also completing training at the Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama, Central America. He holds advanced degrees in engineering including a Ph.D. from NCU, three related M.Sc. degrees (MBA, MSIT, MSIM), and has an undergraduate degree in business (BSBA).

His books typically reach the Amazon Kindle top 10 upon release in their genre. 'End of Reason' was his first work to reach #1 on Amazon in its category, on June 22, 2021. 'Unreasonable' reached #1 as a pre-order and held the spot for over a month upon release.

You can follow his publication schedule here: https://d-edward.com or email him at his first name, the at sign, the first three letters of the word Florida, a dot, and the word cloud.

He did have a twitter account but then he thought it was stupid so he canceled it.

Reviews

[Samantha Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would make a great movie, it is very visual in style. The story is interesting and well planned. A really good balance of world building and character development. The ending is bonkers and fun. Can't wait for the second one to see what happens.

[Austin Allred · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a really good spacey SciFiy story.
I would have been served better to have this story in physical copy, having a hard time switching to the glossary, or having to remembering what exactly was happening. I would have done better with the physical copy. But that doesn’t have anything against the story.
If you are into sci fi novels or space novels, this series is going to be a good one to check out.
Got a little confused with the names, but once I got that down it was smoother to read and follow.
X7 E7 E2, it got kinda confusing in parts.

Excited to check out the rest of the series

[Randy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Generally an interesting plot with lots of networking beings and hints of an interesting political and social hierarchy. But a lot falls apart with overexplaining and a linear style battle ending (this happened then this happened then this happened). The ending felt underdeveloped and all the characters became automatons with little emotional depth in my opinion. Another 30 to 50 pages of story depth would likely have improved things.

[William Ringold · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was an excellent story, well edited. The characters were fun and the ending was a surprise. It was kind of like Isaac Asimov writing War Hammer 40k in the best possible way. I have preordered the next two already.

[Mark Sneed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the idea of Ancient. The idea of a futuristic mining job seems pretty simple. What is wonderful about this book is that nothing is as it seems. It is well-written. It is interesting. I continued reading looking for answers. Like that as a reader I had to figure out the twists as they appeared. Very compelling. There are a few heavy narration sections that slow the story a bit. There are a few confusing sections as well that you have to plow through to get to the good part of the story. Really enjoyed the discussions of the guardians and the ethereal, but at times it was a little longer than necessary. There are some really great parts to the novel. Love the descriptions. Love the character development. As a reader I liked trying to figure out the story before the end. I also liked the whole robot, android and human interaction. For a first part of a planned three book series kudos to the author. Looking forward to the next selection. Wondering where it heads after such an interesting beginning.