Galactic Frontiers - Second Edition

by Darrell Bain

The Galaxy is being colonized by well financed groups and nations but the UN is increasing its control of earth and now wants to control the colonies as well. A confederacy of ships bought by groups from the United States has a different idea about the type government they want and are willing to fight for it. Sage Gomez learns his parents are among them and that he will be leaving for the stars. He has no idea of how much trouble is waiting for them beyond earth. He is going to have to age awfully fast!

Genres: Science Fiction

204 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 17, 2008

About the author

I grew up in an extremely poor family that was dysfunctional in many ways. We lived in the old segregated south, an era many of my readers have no knowledge of. This and a hardscrabble existence as well as an addictive personality gene(s) that apparently runs in our family shaped my life and played a part in me finally realizing a life-long dream and becoming a writer when I was about fifty years old. This autobiography, now in print and ebook both was begun in response to fans wanting to know more about me, and eventually one of my publishers thought it might make an interesting book. Many members from Betty’s side of the family were amazed at all the things they hadn’t known about me. You can judge for yourself now whether my publisher had the right idea of me doing an autobiography. I hope you are both entertained and possibly that some of you will learn a number of life’s lessons that I discovered the hard way!

Reviews

[Scott S. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Loved his accurate portrayal of the current U.S./world political landscape and the accurate description of what the islamization of the world would bring about.

Ridiculous that the parents let the kid openly drink and cuss at 17 (Ok, it's later revealed that the new "adult" age is 17, if that makes it any better). Premarital sex is glorified. Having a dopey Leave it to Beaver narrator adds to the shock when he drops F-bombs. Main character is a crappy role model. Best form of govt. a benevolent dictatorship? Seriously?

This book went so far down hill so quickly. It sounds like it was written by a 14 year old obsessed with sex and what an Awesome McAwesome Pants he is. "Gosh, I didn't really think it was that big of a deal that I had single handedly saved the entire ship on multiple occasions, become the chief astronomer, captain of a ship, the sole ambassador to an alien species and slept with plenty of gorgeous women". Also, the two times he has saved the ship is now being referred to as saving the galaxy.

"Profanity is the last refuge of the truly ignorant." -Anonymous

The space battle that the entire story is allegedly building up to is over in about 4 seconds. Very Lame. If you want well done military style space battles check out The Lost Fleet Series.

I wanted to love this book as I do almost all sci-fi, but instead found myself hating it.

[Henrik Rostoft · Rating 2 out of 5]

A typical western just set in a space, a young man saves the day, several times.