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Blue Sun Armada #2
Crisis
Fleeing from the vengeful King Gerard and his allies, Ron Marlboro takes a desperate gamble. The half-finished, sabotage-plagued armada is unprepared for either fight or flight. With supplies of everything running dangerously low, they stop at an abandoned space station to salvage anything they can find.
The Exactas Meridias mining facility has a secret no one could have guessed. With his best troops locked in a deck to deck battle for survival, Ron and his allies will encounter an alien presence while simultaneously defending against the vengeful assault of the Gildain fleet.
Can he retrieve his people and secure the resources he needs for a journey across the galaxy? Will the Talgar demand a price he can’t pay? Has his feud with King Gerard doomed them all?
The Exactas Meridias mining facility has a secret no one could have guessed. With his best troops locked in a deck to deck battle for survival, Ron and his allies will encounter an alien presence while simultaneously defending against the vengeful assault of the Gildain fleet.
Can he retrieve his people and secure the resources he needs for a journey across the galaxy? Will the Talgar demand a price he can’t pay? Has his feud with King Gerard doomed them all?
261 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 28, 2021
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Scott Moon
155 books222 followersScott Moon loves audio books, especially the works of George R.R. Martin, Patrick O'Brian, and Michael Connelly. He has been writing fantasy, science fiction, and urban fantasy thrillers most of his life and aims to read or listen to 100 books a year. Currently, he is a commissioned police officer serving in a street level counter drug and gang unit. Some of his most rewarding and heartbreaking work was as a detective in the Exploited Missing Child Unit. His favorite assignment is SWAT, primarily for the eighty pounds of tactical gear he gets to wear in the blazing summer heat. In 2005, he helped arrest a serial killer who had been at large for over thirty years.
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August 11, 2021
Duke Ron Marlboro has taken what is previously intended exploration fleet away from the planet Gildain and King Gerard. He had good reasons to do so with the latest involving his daughter, Fortune. The King wanted to arrange a marriage between himself and Fortune only because he thought the genetic mix would produce superior offspring for as his heir. He was not asking for her hand in marriage, but almost attempting to kidnap her and force her to submit to his will. Fortune isn't that kind of timid young lady to do such a thing and when her Father found out, it was the last straw, so to speak.
Duke Marlboro had garnered a lot of popularity during the recent Zezner war which Gildain won. While Duke Marlboro was very instrumental in the win, his King didn't like all the adulation his people were giving the Duke. He attempted to downplay Duke Marlboro's substantial efforts, but that was some what thwarted when a Redion Axst of the Quest, a Zezner Prince, was assigned by his King as a bodyguard/protector to Duke Marlboro. That's the position Ron accepted him in, not as an indentured slave as the Zezner expected. Redion has almost become a family member of the Marlboro house. Anyway, the Duke took his small incomplete fleet away from Gildain after a fierce land battle with the King's forces. Now they were just outside an astroid belt and looking to take the derelict starship Exactas Meridias with his fleet to eventually try to find Earth.
The Exactas Meridias was much more than a starship. She was a floating city of a million inhabitants that had to be abandon during the Zezner War. She had all the industrial facilities that the Blue Sun Armada was ever going to need to process all the materials their long voyage was going to require. The only thing the Duke and his people needed to do was get it operational. That was going to be a huge problem. It was infested with some kind of intelligent creature that had created a giant rat-like animal which had been doing some kind of maintenance on the starship. These creatures were not set to fighting any of the Duke's people that landed on it. They were almost unlimited in numbers are were serious threatening the first group lead by Victor, the Duke's youngest Son. It got so bad that Fortune had to go after her brother and provide as much assistance as she could. They were fighting against millions of these rat creatures with a few human-like creatures that showed up to kind of direct this rat army. If the Marlboro people can't kill this infection to the Exactas Meridias, their chance of surviving the long voyage ahead of them wasn't looking good.
At the same time this was going on, King Gerard had gathered his remaining loyal Dukes and they were in hot pursuit of Duke Marlboro. Most of the other nobility with Duke Marlboro thought the King's fleet would soon halt and no longer force the pursuit. They didn't believe the King really wanted any of them back, but it didn't appear that was the case. The King's fleet was coming full on and the Blue Sun Armada was definitely out gunned. Then the Talgar showed up!
The Talgar were supposedly the race of previously unknown aliens that set the Zezner up to fight Gildain. They were a serious mysterious to the Zezner, even revered like gods, which they weren't. Still, they were an unknown even to Redion who had never seen a Talgar nor was he allowed to look upon one if he did have the chance. His chance came when a Talgar ship showed up in close proximity to the BSA flagship Indomitable. They asked specifically to speak with Duke Ron Marlboro! No one had a clue as to how this conversation was going to turn out. Was this a new enemy or could they become allies. Read and find out.
There will be more books in this series, but the title or publication date has not been identified. We'll just have to watch for it.
Duke Marlboro had garnered a lot of popularity during the recent Zezner war which Gildain won. While Duke Marlboro was very instrumental in the win, his King didn't like all the adulation his people were giving the Duke. He attempted to downplay Duke Marlboro's substantial efforts, but that was some what thwarted when a Redion Axst of the Quest, a Zezner Prince, was assigned by his King as a bodyguard/protector to Duke Marlboro. That's the position Ron accepted him in, not as an indentured slave as the Zezner expected. Redion has almost become a family member of the Marlboro house. Anyway, the Duke took his small incomplete fleet away from Gildain after a fierce land battle with the King's forces. Now they were just outside an astroid belt and looking to take the derelict starship Exactas Meridias with his fleet to eventually try to find Earth.
The Exactas Meridias was much more than a starship. She was a floating city of a million inhabitants that had to be abandon during the Zezner War. She had all the industrial facilities that the Blue Sun Armada was ever going to need to process all the materials their long voyage was going to require. The only thing the Duke and his people needed to do was get it operational. That was going to be a huge problem. It was infested with some kind of intelligent creature that had created a giant rat-like animal which had been doing some kind of maintenance on the starship. These creatures were not set to fighting any of the Duke's people that landed on it. They were almost unlimited in numbers are were serious threatening the first group lead by Victor, the Duke's youngest Son. It got so bad that Fortune had to go after her brother and provide as much assistance as she could. They were fighting against millions of these rat creatures with a few human-like creatures that showed up to kind of direct this rat army. If the Marlboro people can't kill this infection to the Exactas Meridias, their chance of surviving the long voyage ahead of them wasn't looking good.
At the same time this was going on, King Gerard had gathered his remaining loyal Dukes and they were in hot pursuit of Duke Marlboro. Most of the other nobility with Duke Marlboro thought the King's fleet would soon halt and no longer force the pursuit. They didn't believe the King really wanted any of them back, but it didn't appear that was the case. The King's fleet was coming full on and the Blue Sun Armada was definitely out gunned. Then the Talgar showed up!
The Talgar were supposedly the race of previously unknown aliens that set the Zezner up to fight Gildain. They were a serious mysterious to the Zezner, even revered like gods, which they weren't. Still, they were an unknown even to Redion who had never seen a Talgar nor was he allowed to look upon one if he did have the chance. His chance came when a Talgar ship showed up in close proximity to the BSA flagship Indomitable. They asked specifically to speak with Duke Ron Marlboro! No one had a clue as to how this conversation was going to turn out. Was this a new enemy or could they become allies. Read and find out.
There will be more books in this series, but the title or publication date has not been identified. We'll just have to watch for it.
December 5, 2021
Anyone who has read Blue Sun Armada will know the main protagonists in this story and understand the consequences of the war that the Gildainians have fought for decades. Duke Uron (Ron) Marlboro was the general who fought and beat the alien Zezners. He was deliberately humiliated by the king at the end of the war and, slowly came to the conclusion that he needed to move his family out of danger. One humiliation that backfired on Gerard was the giving of the defeated Prince of the Zezners, and his people, to House Marlboro. Prince Redion becomes a sworn vassal to Marlboro and his friend. He and his people have much to give if he wishes it.
Ron, and others, don’t understand why the Zezners call them near-humans. They are actually augmented since they all carry nanites in their blood but they are different from House to House. Intermarriage can change and improve the nanites and one such improvement has resulted in Ron’s daughter, Fortune, a void pilot. The king’s scientists have told him that a child of theirs would make them the ruling house on Gildain forever. So he kidnaps her, not to marry but to use her as a broodmare! He even tells Ron this!
This is the incident that has House Marlboro and their allies fighting the king and making a break for the docks where the Blue Sun Armada fleet is waiting. Unfortunately, very few of the ships are ready for a (possibly) generations long voyage.
It is known that there was a mining station situated by the asteroid belts and Ron, having been advised that pursuit is unlikely, takes the fleet there to explore and get equipment that will help them finish ships and build new. The Exactus Meridias is far more than they had expected though.
What he hadn’t taken into account was that EM was controlled by something evil and they would need to fight for every inch.
In addition to this, and against everything that the captain of his ship expected, they were being pursued by the king and his allies, all who had better ships than the BSA. A battle against these forces doesn’t look to have a good outcome.
What more could happen but for another alien race to make itself known. The Talgarth have been known to the Zezners who view them as practically gods and are not allowed to speak of them or the Quest. What advantage Ron may gain from them are unknown.
Ron has always prided himself on being politically astute but it becomes apparent that he isn’t. While he was fighting for his world’s freedom his enemies were stealing the materials that should have gone to the BSA ships and built their own fleets.
One of the great things about this book is the closeness of Ron and his family. Their unity and charisma is what draws others to them. The fact that Ron, a ground general, manages to understand and excel at space tactics, draws the fleet personnel’s admiration and respect. But it is far from certain that they will be allowed to leave peacefully.
Ron, and others, don’t understand why the Zezners call them near-humans. They are actually augmented since they all carry nanites in their blood but they are different from House to House. Intermarriage can change and improve the nanites and one such improvement has resulted in Ron’s daughter, Fortune, a void pilot. The king’s scientists have told him that a child of theirs would make them the ruling house on Gildain forever. So he kidnaps her, not to marry but to use her as a broodmare! He even tells Ron this!
This is the incident that has House Marlboro and their allies fighting the king and making a break for the docks where the Blue Sun Armada fleet is waiting. Unfortunately, very few of the ships are ready for a (possibly) generations long voyage.
It is known that there was a mining station situated by the asteroid belts and Ron, having been advised that pursuit is unlikely, takes the fleet there to explore and get equipment that will help them finish ships and build new. The Exactus Meridias is far more than they had expected though.
What he hadn’t taken into account was that EM was controlled by something evil and they would need to fight for every inch.
In addition to this, and against everything that the captain of his ship expected, they were being pursued by the king and his allies, all who had better ships than the BSA. A battle against these forces doesn’t look to have a good outcome.
What more could happen but for another alien race to make itself known. The Talgarth have been known to the Zezners who view them as practically gods and are not allowed to speak of them or the Quest. What advantage Ron may gain from them are unknown.
Ron has always prided himself on being politically astute but it becomes apparent that he isn’t. While he was fighting for his world’s freedom his enemies were stealing the materials that should have gone to the BSA ships and built their own fleets.
One of the great things about this book is the closeness of Ron and his family. Their unity and charisma is what draws others to them. The fact that Ron, a ground general, manages to understand and excel at space tactics, draws the fleet personnel’s admiration and respect. But it is far from certain that they will be allowed to leave peacefully.
August 3, 2021
Space fleet life has similarities to ground fighting for the Marlboro family - 3.5 stars
Escaping the realm of a crazed king, the loose collection of augmented humans finds an abandoned mining station inhabited by aggressive unfriendly life forms.
No stranger to new opportunities for extracting resources for their space odyssey, Duke Ron, his wife, daughter and sons face many do-or-die situations against heavy odds. The Marlboro family finds ways to work separately toward a common goal. Duke Ron tries to make an alliance with an advanced alien culture, the Talgar.
The "ground pounder" fighting experiences have to be modified for space but are a great basis for tactics necessary for survival.
Now that the ways of the fleet have greater importance than the needs for family and clan support, it is still necessary to make sure that fellow spacers get relieved and rescued.
The best storytelling is of flying craft with heart-stopping maneuvers and one-on-one fighting that alter the survival possibilities.
Escaping the realm of a crazed king, the loose collection of augmented humans finds an abandoned mining station inhabited by aggressive unfriendly life forms.
No stranger to new opportunities for extracting resources for their space odyssey, Duke Ron, his wife, daughter and sons face many do-or-die situations against heavy odds. The Marlboro family finds ways to work separately toward a common goal. Duke Ron tries to make an alliance with an advanced alien culture, the Talgar.
The "ground pounder" fighting experiences have to be modified for space but are a great basis for tactics necessary for survival.
Now that the ways of the fleet have greater importance than the needs for family and clan support, it is still necessary to make sure that fellow spacers get relieved and rescued.
The best storytelling is of flying craft with heart-stopping maneuvers and one-on-one fighting that alter the survival possibilities.
August 2, 2021
I was lucky enough to score an ARC copy and this is an honest review of "Crisis: A Military Scifi Epic (Blue Sun Armada, Book2)". I highly recommend reading Book 1 first. It will really bring you up to date on everything that's going on which will make book 2 more enjoyable. I found Book 2 even more fun than Book 1. An excellent story, world-building, characters, use of tech, and human interactions that I have come to expect from Scott Moon. I would say this book has it all, perfectly meshed and doled out. Whenever I had to stop reading I couldn't wait to get back to it. Great writing Scott, Thanks. (where's book 3?!)
April 29, 2022
Really good
So far, so good. Series has great potential, but a lot going on. If the author can keep it all straight, it should be outstanding. But we cannot have things like multiple secret fleets showing up after half of book one spent telling us building such a fleet was impossible. Sorry, that was three secret fleets.
So far, so good. Series has great potential, but a lot going on. If the author can keep it all straight, it should be outstanding. But we cannot have things like multiple secret fleets showing up after half of book one spent telling us building such a fleet was impossible. Sorry, that was three secret fleets.
August 10, 2021
Great Story
Well another Great storyline with plenty of twists and turns and tons of blood and guts.. The Talgar weapons need to improve lol but slow on damage to shops and they don't seem to care who they hit lol
Well another Great storyline with plenty of twists and turns and tons of blood and guts.. The Talgar weapons need to improve lol but slow on damage to shops and they don't seem to care who they hit lol
August 26, 2021
Very exciting to read
Book 2 of the Blue Sun Armada was even more exciting to read then book 1. It is drawing out the characters and the series is really coming to life. I cannot wait for book 3.
Book 2 of the Blue Sun Armada was even more exciting to read then book 1. It is drawing out the characters and the series is really coming to life. I cannot wait for book 3.
April 5, 2022
Awesome Sci-fi
Another outstanding book in the series. The action was constant making it hard to catch a breath. All the characters were awesome and very believable. I really like this book and I highly recommend it.
Another outstanding book in the series. The action was constant making it hard to catch a breath. All the characters were awesome and very believable. I really like this book and I highly recommend it.
September 25, 2021
Excellent book
This series is an excellent read the kind of books that grabs a reader's attention and jerks him or her into the story !
This series is an excellent read the kind of books that grabs a reader's attention and jerks him or her into the story !
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