Legion in Exile

Imperium of Terra #2

by Evan Currie

The Earth has been the loving mother of humanity for thousands of years, but now humanity has left the cradle broken in its efforts to reach the stars. Those left behind have not fared well, but the efforts of the Conwin family and others have held the world together... oft time with an Iron Fist, but successfully nonetheless amid the strife since the lights went out.

Lian Conwin's assassination has changed everything, though, and the Imperium stirs from it's restless slumber. The cradle is shattered, but the steel Throne of humanity remains, and ambition is harder to kill than hope. Chaos and war engulf the Galaxy as the Imperium moves to take and hold what its new leadership believes to be theirs by sovereign right, fueled by the buried rage of billions.

Fleeing the coup, Jinsha Conwin and young Legionnaire Eryn Aubrey must seek allies if they want to survive... but for the likes of Conwin and Aubrey... survival will never be enough.

Genres: Science Fiction

419 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2022

Reviews

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are two distinct storylines in this book, the minor one follows Eryn and Jin as they try to escape the Empire and find somewhere to hide. The other one, that takes up far more pages, revolves around the Empire as it attacks various colonies and free people worlds. This involves numerous examples of space and ground combat, but my problem was, I didn’t care about any of these characters and even the outcome of the battles wasn’t very interesting.
It didn’t help that I found some of the science confusing.

The Empires secret weapon is to ‘project’ small amounts of dispersed anti-matter across space to erode the enemies space ships. Surely the solution to this is to put some ‘matter’ in its path so the two cancel each other. The numerous exploding missiles would scatter matter in the path of the anti-matter, so how effective could the anti-matter beams be with masses of material in their path?

I found the Eryn and Jin story much more interesting, up until the big battle at the end of the book, when the author started taking liberties trying to make the story more exciting e.g.

What idiot would rely only on the enemies transponders to identify a ship? They must have scanners of their own capable of identifying ships without transponders.
Secondly how could a whole Libation fleet get so close to the Station to mount an attack without being detected? Surely with such an important meeting they would have been scanning around the station well in advance of the meeting?
If possible I would have given 2.5 stars.

[J. M. Ochetti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast moving action

Excellent story line. Great character development. In a way a coming age story for the main 2 characters. Evan, this series needs to be more than 3 or 4 books. Right up there with Odyssey.

[Bruce Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is pretty good space opera but the lack of editing is really annoying. I came back to this series after a break in which I read the Suneater series so I’m trying not to measure this series against that. Our Mr Aubrey is no Hadrian Marlow after all. The first book set the scene for a grand adventure but Eryn and Jin’s current situation is a little bit too simple. The character of most interest is Sylban and his development hasn’t really moved forward. All the Terran officers are predictable and stereotyped so there is no real challenge to plumb Sylbans depths. The relationship between Eryn and Jinsha has also been left in the margins to the detriment of the story. Overall it’s good for a bit of time filling but I wouldn’t be going searching for a hard copy to add to my collection.

[Tad Dryden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non-stop thrills

This second installment of the Imperium series takes up nicely from book 1. The thrill pace of the book starts slow, but quickly picks up. Intrigue and suspense leave you wanting to keep reading as we find out where this love triangle between the Imperium, the Orions and the others takes us. Well, all I can say is that it ends with a BOOM! Now I’m having to wait for the next one…seems like I’m always hanging out waiting for the “next one”. Guess this is what a junkie feels like. I need another hit of Currie!

[Peter Megyeri · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun read. I liked the first part, too, and I'm looking forward to reading the next book when it gets published. I still really like the style of the author, and how there is that fast-paced storytelling whether it is a space fight or a negotiation. However, I have to agree with the other reviews that this book really needs a thorough editor, because it's full of typos, and sometimes redundant paragraphs. It's a minor nuisance, but still a nuisance. Other than that, I really recommend this to anyone, especially after they read the first one in the series.

[Linda Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eryn and Jinsha get away and have long hunt for her family.Many trials much heartbreak await.

Eryn take Jinsha and they run trying to keep ahead of the hunters and still get a chance to locate one of Jinsha’s family thats still alive. Due to Eryn’s learning they manage to even upgrade their life style, but they still are on the run. Still trying to find the why behind what is happening. Because something is wrong and even when they find help thecquestions aren’t answered.

[Steven Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

A notable improvement

Currie’s writing style is heavily steeped in creating a very in-depth and thought out universe, with much in the way of context and explanation of technology or policy. LIE is much better at condensing these ideas and not slowing down the story when compared to IWL. This leads to in my eyes a better reading experience altogether, allowing the characters to be the center stage instead of the world the characters reside in.

[C Hastings · Rating 2 out of 5]

So many misspellings

Great story. Fun ride, too.
Enjoyed the character development, and the characters, too.
The misspellings made reading tough.
Some of the Military things, too. Its as tho the author used talk to text, then didn't check for editing, AND listened to military podcasts while making assumptions.
Still... Read the book.

[Donald Crain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story 5 stars, Editing 1 star

Evan Currie is an amazing storyteller who needs to fire his editor. His works in the digital age have contained myriad wrong word errors that cannot be caught by running spell checker. Sometimes the wrong words render a sentence, or even the occasional paragraph, nonsensical.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story, needs an editor

Classic Evan Currie, so it's good military sci-fi. Really, seriously needs an editor and should at the very least have a run through a grammar and spell checker (yes, a little pedantic – blame an early career in copy editing, proofreading, and QA).

Totally worth reading, all the same.

[John Wargo · Rating 3 out of 5]

good story, but somewhat boring

Lots of typos in the book, clearly rushed out without a thorough edit. Writer clearly wanted one or more books out of this so deliberately droned on about politics and such to the point where nothing conclusive happens here. Disappointed.

[Daniel Fedko · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great 2nd book

This was a great story with great characters I only hope that there is 3rd book in this series coming. All of Evan Carrie's books that I've read have been great.

[Tim Runyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story line and the character development. The one thing I honestly found frustrating and irritating was the spelling, grammer and word usage. I am use to an occasional lapse by the proof reader, but almost every other page had errors. Good story, sloppy proofing.

[Russ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, needs editing

The story is good, moved along at a good pace, but was frequently broken by the sheer number of editing issues. Words missing that can be inferred, spelling issues, etc. Another few days or a week of cleanup would have improved the experience.

[Mark Faulhaber · Rating 5 out of 5]

An engrossing tale

Gripping space battles. Likable hero's. Dastardly villains. Evan Currie 's fans will enjoy this one

Not quite a cliffhanger ending,but close. Can't wait for the finish.

[Thomas H. jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Good Read

This was a real page turner. Kept me riveted to my seat. One fault that detracted slightly was that there were numerous typos. A good proofreading should correct this.

[Thomas P. Uncini · Rating 4 out of 5]

spelling

There are a lot of spelling errors and some of the sentences are just weird and hard to understand. The story is difficult to follow because of odd sentence structure, but it is a good story even if it has similarities to Star Wars.

[john l miley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spelling

I understand the occasional use of the wrong word being used out of context. But this novel is chock full of them. It's annoying and distracting at best. Closer attention to proofreading please!!

[Jim Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

great follow up in the series

Okay. I’m hooked. I’m embarrassed how quickly I went through this one, as well as “I was Legion”

Great writing even if the story seems improbable in timing of the Earth’s naval development. (Can’t wait for the last book though)

[Aaron Anderson]

I apparently forgot to rate this book when I read it 6 weeks ago (approx). I think it wasn't horrible but wasn't great, so I think I'll just leave it without stars.
I think I'll try the next book in the series, but I'm not enthused as I often am for series by Evan Currie.

[James Gordon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story but a crazy amount of spelling and punctuation mistakes

Good story. Feels like the storytelling needs to mature a bit, many of the plot lines feel rushed.

What is frustrating is the sheer amount of spelling, punctuation and grammar errors throughout. There are 100’s of them and it really detracts from the story.

[don w creger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Need an editor

I enjoyed the story. I look forward to the next in the series. There were far too many spell checker mistakes. Wrong words were a distraction. Surely you know people who would read and edit a good story for free.

[juliette dempsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thrilling military sci-fi novel.

Absolutely brilliant sci-fi action. Murder and betrayal, on a galactic scale.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action.
I look forward to the next one.

[Bill.Rhydygwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Could benefit from proper proof reading.

Not a bad yarn even if elements are "derived" from people like David Weber. Kind of feels like it was AI written too. The names of characters mutate, for example Carmine becomes Carmione in the last chapter.

[Dale (Aus) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

A really good read. Lots of tension and
then plenty of action follow up. Was really worth getting back into this story line.

[Terrence P. Cescon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine new series

Please don't just stop at 2or 3 books Evan. This is such a great setup to go long! Fun book;can't wait for next one!

[John Huzinec · Rating 5 out of 5]

great series

I really like this authors work and this series is one of his best in my opinion. I would highly recommend it.

[Maciek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Running deeper into the free colonies we get a view of their smaller outposts and broader politics. Story hints some future plot points and ends in more action.

[Mreibling · Rating 3 out of 5]

So Many Typos

A great book ruined by way too many typos. More typos than pages in the book. Very unprofessional. Get a new editor!

[Witzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Enjoying series.
The edit is ... not so good.