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Exodus Earth #2
Lost Ship
Newly reinstated Captain Deborah Allen Riker (a.k.a. Admiral Dare) has been called many things over the years. Risk-averse is not one of them.
When she and her badly crippled starship found themselves lost in the middle of an ocean of uncharted stars… with the fate of the galaxy on the line… facing enemies from the past, present and future… she did what any Riker would do...
She attacked.
Book 2 in the Exodus Earth Military Sci-Fi Series from Amazon Bestseller Andrew Beery. It's perfect for fans of Rick Partlow, Christopher G. Nuttall, and Mark Wayne McGinnis.
When she and her badly crippled starship found themselves lost in the middle of an ocean of uncharted stars… with the fate of the galaxy on the line… facing enemies from the past, present and future… she did what any Riker would do...
She attacked.
Book 2 in the Exodus Earth Military Sci-Fi Series from Amazon Bestseller Andrew Beery. It's perfect for fans of Rick Partlow, Christopher G. Nuttall, and Mark Wayne McGinnis.
- GenresScience Fiction
187 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 31, 2021
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About the author
Andrew Beery
56 books49 followersI am a geek with a passion for God [I am a fulltime Presbyterian Pastor/Retired computer programmer.]
I'm an unrepentant technologist with over 25 years in the "Information Technology" field -much of it as a Senior Manager of Research and Development.
I have a wonderful wife named Lori, and two fantastic daughters... CJ and Jackie. CJ is ten years the elder and is in college (Muskingum University, New Concord Ohio).
All four of us love Science Fiction, Scuba Diving and good food. Lori and the girls share a passion for music and the piano - regrettably I have absolutely no skills in this area. I do have a passion for Notre Dame and Green Bay Packer Football.
About my writing...
My current passion is a pure Science Fiction series following the adventures of a future "Horatio Hornblower" style character called "Admiral Catherine Kimbridge". I have also co-authored a fantasy series with my eldest daughter (CJ) called "The Ways of Mages"
PLEASE NOTE: All of the proceeds from the first book in each series goes to funding food banks and homeless ministries... So enjoy an inexpensive read and know that you are helping someone else in the process!
Blessings
Pastor Andy
I'm an unrepentant technologist with over 25 years in the "Information Technology" field -much of it as a Senior Manager of Research and Development.
I have a wonderful wife named Lori, and two fantastic daughters... CJ and Jackie. CJ is ten years the elder and is in college (Muskingum University, New Concord Ohio).
All four of us love Science Fiction, Scuba Diving and good food. Lori and the girls share a passion for music and the piano - regrettably I have absolutely no skills in this area. I do have a passion for Notre Dame and Green Bay Packer Football.
About my writing...
My current passion is a pure Science Fiction series following the adventures of a future "Horatio Hornblower" style character called "Admiral Catherine Kimbridge". I have also co-authored a fantasy series with my eldest daughter (CJ) called "The Ways of Mages"
PLEASE NOTE: All of the proceeds from the first book in each series goes to funding food banks and homeless ministries... So enjoy an inexpensive read and know that you are helping someone else in the process!
Blessings
Pastor Andy
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November 2, 2022
Getting better and better !
Wow, right in the middle
of all that action!
As I said on my review of the first book of this trilogy this second one once again shows Andrew Beery the author contains an unlimited beautiful science fiction imagination which makes you want to forget about eating or sleeping and just move on and keep all the way to the ending with the third and last book of this amazing trilogy story.
Dave Cruse narrating was just as perfectly done as the first book !
Absolutely
Recommended !!!
Oded Ostfeld.
Wow, right in the middle
of all that action!
As I said on my review of the first book of this trilogy this second one once again shows Andrew Beery the author contains an unlimited beautiful science fiction imagination which makes you want to forget about eating or sleeping and just move on and keep all the way to the ending with the third and last book of this amazing trilogy story.
Dave Cruse narrating was just as perfectly done as the first book !
Absolutely
Recommended !!!
Oded Ostfeld.
October 5, 2021
Got to say this seemed like a very short book. I usually don't pay attention to the length of a book, just how long it takes me to read it, and this one was done in two short nights of reading. Still, it was a very interesting story and a good continuation of the events that happened in the first book, "Survey Ship". As you'll recall, Captain Deborah Allen Riker is in command of the starship, ISS Edmund Fitzgerald. It had been caught in some kind a space anomaly which is also where Survey One was located. Through some remarkable engineering, they managed to free themselves from this anomaly and get into deep space. Where they are not sure, but they are at least away from the dreaded anomaly. But, in doing so, they had to leave the Edmund Fitzgerald behind, but got Survey One on the move!
So now, Captain Riker finds herself in command of this city-sized ship trying to figure out where they were. And, during their breakout from the anomaly, one other ship made it and that one belonged to the Trans-Matshuta Industries and was commanded by an Admiral that was very definitely hostile towards Captain Riker and her efforts. That other ship was only partially free from the anomaly. It was actually sheared in half and wasn't doing very well on it's own. By the time Captain Riker's crew realized they had a neighbor, the crew of the Matshuta ship had boarded a shuttle and were heading for Survey One.
Captain Riker didn't know if her crew could prevent a hostile boarding by a well armed company of soldiers. So, she decided to separate the city-dome from the slip-drive of Survey One and attempt to thwart the Matshuta's hostile boarding that way. It didn't necessarily work as planned and her and her small crew find themselves crashed on a pretty nice planet with one huge artifact. So here's where the story gets kind of confusing. I'm not going to write what exactly happened, just say it's very interesting and things kind of work out although not the way you'd expect. One of the semi-main characters does get killed. Which one is up to you to read and find out.
Again, I'll repeat, this seemed like a pretty short book, but the writing is so smooth that I seem to be reading the book really fast. Sometimes it goes like that if the writing is really good. I did enjoy what I read and definitely will continue reading this series even thought it has a female leading character. The dialogue in the story probably matches what I could image people around me saying when I was in the military although this book doesn't use anywhere near the foul language that I heard in real life!
It looks like the third book, "Battleship" will be available on Amazon on 2 November 2021. I'm going to put it on my reading list.
So now, Captain Riker finds herself in command of this city-sized ship trying to figure out where they were. And, during their breakout from the anomaly, one other ship made it and that one belonged to the Trans-Matshuta Industries and was commanded by an Admiral that was very definitely hostile towards Captain Riker and her efforts. That other ship was only partially free from the anomaly. It was actually sheared in half and wasn't doing very well on it's own. By the time Captain Riker's crew realized they had a neighbor, the crew of the Matshuta ship had boarded a shuttle and were heading for Survey One.
Captain Riker didn't know if her crew could prevent a hostile boarding by a well armed company of soldiers. So, she decided to separate the city-dome from the slip-drive of Survey One and attempt to thwart the Matshuta's hostile boarding that way. It didn't necessarily work as planned and her and her small crew find themselves crashed on a pretty nice planet with one huge artifact. So here's where the story gets kind of confusing. I'm not going to write what exactly happened, just say it's very interesting and things kind of work out although not the way you'd expect. One of the semi-main characters does get killed. Which one is up to you to read and find out.
Again, I'll repeat, this seemed like a pretty short book, but the writing is so smooth that I seem to be reading the book really fast. Sometimes it goes like that if the writing is really good. I did enjoy what I read and definitely will continue reading this series even thought it has a female leading character. The dialogue in the story probably matches what I could image people around me saying when I was in the military although this book doesn't use anywhere near the foul language that I heard in real life!
It looks like the third book, "Battleship" will be available on Amazon on 2 November 2021. I'm going to put it on my reading list.
February 27, 2023
This time the characters are in a colony ship running away from some bad guys and then there are also saboteurs. It began to feel a bit like Battlestar Galactica (the new series, not the old one). The characters haven't changed or grown in any way and now there is a love triangle.... I didn't really enjoy the humour because it had grown old from book 1. There is also a fair amount of telling about what has happened, rather than showing it happening. I was hoping the style of the book would improve from that of book 1 but that was not to be.
I received a free copy of this book and chose to write a review.
I received a free copy of this book and chose to write a review.
December 17, 2021
A good book in the series.
A good second effort in the series. The book moves the plot forward with some interesting plot twists. There’s also some sci-fi technical development which gives a series it’s sci-fi name. Really don’t like the way the author spends the lives of the Marines. I know a lot of authors do this lately Marines are red shirts and I particularly do not like this aspect of a lot of series. Going on to read the next book.
A good second effort in the series. The book moves the plot forward with some interesting plot twists. There’s also some sci-fi technical development which gives a series it’s sci-fi name. Really don’t like the way the author spends the lives of the Marines. I know a lot of authors do this lately Marines are red shirts and I particularly do not like this aspect of a lot of series. Going on to read the next book.
September 8, 2021
7/10: Good solid read, something to get your teeth into.
There’s nothing like nearby explosions and impending death to raise one’s ardor.
I enjoyed this except for the chapters that jumped ahead timewise. They made it very confusing and lost a couple of stars on the final rating.
There’s nothing like nearby explosions and impending death to raise one’s ardor.
I enjoyed this except for the chapters that jumped ahead timewise. They made it very confusing and lost a couple of stars on the final rating.
September 4, 2021
Good sci fi adventure
I don't like love triangles , especially ones resolved by a massive plot twist. The worldbuilding is great, the body count is high, and the AIs might be my favorite characters.
I don't like love triangles , especially ones resolved by a massive plot twist. The worldbuilding is great, the body count is high, and the AIs might be my favorite characters.
February 14, 2022
Excellent reading.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. So far this has been a great series. The action has been enjoyable and entertaining. The science has been better than most series.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. So far this has been a great series. The action has been enjoyable and entertaining. The science has been better than most series.
May 15, 2022
Wasn't too sure about this after reading the preceding book, but I'm warming up to the main protagonist. The writing style is easy to read, moves quickly. Character development could use some work, but all-in-all, a good read.
June 26, 2022
Liked this one, a bit of time travel (without it actually being time travel of course), more nods to other scifi series, and a decent storyline to boot. Good stuff here. I'll of course read the next one too, interested to see where this one goes. It's a fun read.
May 23, 2022
The story continues in this second volume, and the same strengths that the first book showed are maintained. Thankfully the Star Trek references that filled the first book are toned down as well.
This is more military sci-fi than the previous book which was more sci-fi adventure, however, this is not to its detriment. The world-building opens up to a much wider scale throughout this book as well.
If anything I enjoyed this book more than the first, but not quite a 5-Star effort. As usual, my recommendation is to start with the first in the series before reading this.
This is more military sci-fi than the previous book which was more sci-fi adventure, however, this is not to its detriment. The world-building opens up to a much wider scale throughout this book as well.
If anything I enjoyed this book more than the first, but not quite a 5-Star effort. As usual, my recommendation is to start with the first in the series before reading this.
January 17, 2023
Performance: ***
Story: ***
This the second of a military sci-fi where the main characters trade up their starship to a colony ship and everybody gets promoted; except they are pretty much the same (with little to no character growth) … and now we get a perfunctory romance/love triangle that seemed awkward and out of place. The basic plot has the newly acquired colony ship running away from the bad guys while trying to keep flying while fighting off internal saboteurs (I don’t know about anybody else, but for me it was hard to avoid a comparison with Battlestar Galactica here). The sarcastic humor is still fun, but does start to wear thin by the end as it is typically used to hide exposition and brief data dumps within the story. The world-building within the military trope was very well done and makes the whole series a solid example of the genre.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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Story: ***
This the second of a military sci-fi where the main characters trade up their starship to a colony ship and everybody gets promoted; except they are pretty much the same (with little to no character growth) … and now we get a perfunctory romance/love triangle that seemed awkward and out of place. The basic plot has the newly acquired colony ship running away from the bad guys while trying to keep flying while fighting off internal saboteurs (I don’t know about anybody else, but for me it was hard to avoid a comparison with Battlestar Galactica here). The sarcastic humor is still fun, but does start to wear thin by the end as it is typically used to hide exposition and brief data dumps within the story. The world-building within the military trope was very well done and makes the whole series a solid example of the genre.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
#LostShip #ExodusEarth #FreeAudiobookCodes #KindleUnlimited
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