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Right Ascension
Set in the year 3040, Right Ascension examines mankind's place in the Universe, how we ascended to that lofty position, and the horrifying price of that ascension.Humanity's position of political and technological dominance within the galaxy is suddenly shattered when a sleek alien vessel arrives unexpectedly at Earth. Admiral Daniel Atgard and the crew of the Apocalypse embark on a mission to find these enigmatic aliens, but the focus of the mission quickly turns from finding answers to exacting revenge. Meanwhile, a belligerent species of reptilian warriors, seeking to avenge a previous defeat at the hands of the human-controlled United Confederation of Planets, takes this opportunity to plan an all-out assault on Earth. Faced with overwhelming odds and the terrible knowledge of mankind's most horrifying secret, Daniel must choose between honor ... and humanity's very survival.
216 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2000
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David Derrico
11 books3 followersDavid Derrico was born just north of Miami, Florida, and developed his appreciation for complex moral issues while receiving a degree in philosophy from the University of Florida in Gainesville. He wrote his first novel, Right Ascension, before attending law school at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Right Ascension was first published by Bookbooters Press in 2000, and garnered its inaugural eBook of the Year Award.
Derrico wrote his second novel, Declination, during law school, while he was probably supposed to be studying. Nonetheless, he graduated, passed the California Bar Exam, and worked as an attorney at a large, international law firm in Los Angeles for several years. While practicing law (all that practice actually made him pretty good at it), he managed to write some short stories and start work on his third novel, The Twiller.
Recently, Derrico retired from his “day job” as a big-firm attorney and moved back to South Florida, where he finished that third novel. The Twiller follows the (mis)adventures of an unlikely hero and his unique companion on a comic romp around the galaxy. Derrico maintains a website with reviews, excerpts, current news, a blog, and purchasing information for all of his novels and other works at www.davidderrico.com.
Derrico wrote his second novel, Declination, during law school, while he was probably supposed to be studying. Nonetheless, he graduated, passed the California Bar Exam, and worked as an attorney at a large, international law firm in Los Angeles for several years. While practicing law (all that practice actually made him pretty good at it), he managed to write some short stories and start work on his third novel, The Twiller.
Recently, Derrico retired from his “day job” as a big-firm attorney and moved back to South Florida, where he finished that third novel. The Twiller follows the (mis)adventures of an unlikely hero and his unique companion on a comic romp around the galaxy. Derrico maintains a website with reviews, excerpts, current news, a blog, and purchasing information for all of his novels and other works at www.davidderrico.com.
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July 26, 2016
-Opera prima centrada en la Space Opera militar.-
Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. En el siglo XXXI, Chad Steven es un teniente recién salido de la Academia y destinado junto a varios de sus compañeros al servicio de cazas de escolta de la nave más grande, famosa y poderosa de la flota, llamada Indomitable, responsable junto al resto del despliegue militar humano de la primacía de la Tierra y sus opiniones dentro de una confederación de planetas que engloba seres no humanos. El almirante Daniel Atgard, al mando de la poderosísima y secreta nave Apocalypse, es testigo de excepción del encuentro entre el grupo de la Indomitable y una desconocida nave alienígena. Primer libro de la serie Edge of Apocalypse.
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Género. Ciencia-Ficción.
Lo que nos cuenta. En el siglo XXXI, Chad Steven es un teniente recién salido de la Academia y destinado junto a varios de sus compañeros al servicio de cazas de escolta de la nave más grande, famosa y poderosa de la flota, llamada Indomitable, responsable junto al resto del despliegue militar humano de la primacía de la Tierra y sus opiniones dentro de una confederación de planetas que engloba seres no humanos. El almirante Daniel Atgard, al mando de la poderosísima y secreta nave Apocalypse, es testigo de excepción del encuentro entre el grupo de la Indomitable y una desconocida nave alienígena. Primer libro de la serie Edge of Apocalypse.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
January 9, 2011
David Derrico is a prime example of an underrated indie author. His first novel, Right Ascension, is masterfully brought to life by his ability to paint visions with is command of the English language. The book starts out with a couple of rookie pilots who have just graduated their training and have arrived at their first duty station. These characters are a very small part of the story (saying how small would be a spoiler). In the short time these characters appear, Derrico manages to make you care so much for their lives and relationships, you’d almost think the whole book was about them.
Great character description aside, this story is phenomenal. My favorite thing about science fiction is the idea of space travel and visiting other worlds. Derrico’s imagination and detail of the worlds explored by Daniel Atgard and his crew excited me to no end. This is definitely one of those books that keep you up late, night after night because you just don’t want to stop reading. After reading this, I immediately purchased the paperback version because I enjoyed it so much. I have also downloaded the second one on my kindle. Not because I don’t want the hard copy, but because I can’t wait to see what happens next and the shipping will take too long.
Great character description aside, this story is phenomenal. My favorite thing about science fiction is the idea of space travel and visiting other worlds. Derrico’s imagination and detail of the worlds explored by Daniel Atgard and his crew excited me to no end. This is definitely one of those books that keep you up late, night after night because you just don’t want to stop reading. After reading this, I immediately purchased the paperback version because I enjoyed it so much. I have also downloaded the second one on my kindle. Not because I don’t want the hard copy, but because I can’t wait to see what happens next and the shipping will take too long.
November 4, 2010
The book is a space opera. It shows in the plot, characters and science of the book. I enjoyed it but I can understand why some reviewers said that it was a Star Trek ripoff. There are a lot of similarities but just as many differences. Sometimes, these similarities hurt the story.
The writing style is good but there are parts where the story bogs down. Most of these occur when the author does more telling than showing. I found myself skipping or glossing over some of these sections.
The characters, especially Admiral Daniel, are larger than life. For this kind of story, it works. I found myself wanting to know more about several crew members of the Apocalypse and the main antagonist. In some cases, I had to go back and read through a section I had skipped or skimmed over.
The plot, though multi-layered, is easy to follow. There is one anti-climatic moment involving the main antagonist that could have been handled better.
The minor problems I pointed out did not ruin my enjoyment of the book. I will probably pick up the next book in the series.
The writing style is good but there are parts where the story bogs down. Most of these occur when the author does more telling than showing. I found myself skipping or glossing over some of these sections.
The characters, especially Admiral Daniel, are larger than life. For this kind of story, it works. I found myself wanting to know more about several crew members of the Apocalypse and the main antagonist. In some cases, I had to go back and read through a section I had skipped or skimmed over.
The plot, though multi-layered, is easy to follow. There is one anti-climatic moment involving the main antagonist that could have been handled better.
The minor problems I pointed out did not ruin my enjoyment of the book. I will probably pick up the next book in the series.
May 17, 2019
Right Ascension (Edge of Apocalypse) By David Derrico
I won't say I loved this and I won't say I hated it. It sort of falls between and definitely falls short of what I expected from the description. And unfortunately it's one of a few that I have to agree with the assessment of many that it seems like a rewrite of some of the popular Sci-Fi out there. But if you enjoy the lighter softer side of Sci-Fi it can be an enjoyable read.
Perhaps the biggest problem for many people who found objection is that it doesn't quite live up to the standards of those softer lighter Sci-Fi and even the description it gives itself.
I think also it was a bit jarring to have it start the first chapter with two characters that were probably the most engaging characters and then kill them off immediately. (That's a bit of a spoiler and I'm sorry, but this is an important difficulty with this story.) Chad and Krystal have this thing; two hotshot pilots that are almost on opposite ends of some dipole and yet have this potential chemistry. I got invested in these two and felt really bad when the rug was pulled. Having that happen somehow negated the sympathy I should have felt for the characters who lost these two people. (Well in this case the one who lost Chad since there is no back or forward story involving Krystal.)
The writing is not bad. There is always room for improvement, but honestly it was not anything I felt needed massive amounts of work. It was good and solid with some half way fleshed out characters and some interesting ideas. But I would also agree with people that there are elements too familiar in the makeup of the crew that keep steering the mind to known characters of known Sci Fi.
Also we have a, to be blunt, death-star only owned by the supposed good guys and of course this is a key point in the plot because it is supposedly the death-star that has garnered some superior alien attention. The massive ship Indominable with the doomsday weapon (the omega cannon) that destroys entire planetary systems. Since it's existence causes the mysterious alien race to attack Earth it's key to the plot.
There are a number of elements of this story that are familiar to Sci-Fi fans so the real meat for this novel is the issue of the Moral part. The question of what if everything you have been told about the war with the Korgian Star System was not quite true? What if heroes in the war had to make judgement calls and they weren't the best calls? What if the heroes that saved the day come out smelling a bit tainted? This is what makes this story unique and better. The problem is that it's glossed over too quickly and never fully addressed and then the holier than though people who are taken aback do something later that might actually seem almost but not quite as bad as their predecessors. And that transgression seems to go right over their heads.
We won't even mention that so far as the reader is told these aliens who attack might not know what has been done with this weapon and are only concerned about what it might be used for. And a bit later we do have to ask the question of why they waited 40 years to do something.
If felt like many plot possibilities were missed and many glossed over too quickly for this to come out well as a moral tale. This might be disappointing to people expecting the moral tale to be the bulk of the originality of the story. Perhaps book two will delve into this issue with more clarity.
Sci-Fi fans who like the soft side and don't mind close resemblance to popular fiction should enjoy this as light Sci-Fi and Fantasy. It could have been better and might be in book two, I'm just uncertain where the author is headed with the plot and moral issues. The only way to know for certain is to read the next one.
It is a shame to see some people have left reviews saying they couldn't finish the book, I didn't find it to be bad enough to throw it down and not finish.
J.L. Dobias
I won't say I loved this and I won't say I hated it. It sort of falls between and definitely falls short of what I expected from the description. And unfortunately it's one of a few that I have to agree with the assessment of many that it seems like a rewrite of some of the popular Sci-Fi out there. But if you enjoy the lighter softer side of Sci-Fi it can be an enjoyable read.
Perhaps the biggest problem for many people who found objection is that it doesn't quite live up to the standards of those softer lighter Sci-Fi and even the description it gives itself.
I think also it was a bit jarring to have it start the first chapter with two characters that were probably the most engaging characters and then kill them off immediately. (That's a bit of a spoiler and I'm sorry, but this is an important difficulty with this story.) Chad and Krystal have this thing; two hotshot pilots that are almost on opposite ends of some dipole and yet have this potential chemistry. I got invested in these two and felt really bad when the rug was pulled. Having that happen somehow negated the sympathy I should have felt for the characters who lost these two people. (Well in this case the one who lost Chad since there is no back or forward story involving Krystal.)
The writing is not bad. There is always room for improvement, but honestly it was not anything I felt needed massive amounts of work. It was good and solid with some half way fleshed out characters and some interesting ideas. But I would also agree with people that there are elements too familiar in the makeup of the crew that keep steering the mind to known characters of known Sci Fi.
Also we have a, to be blunt, death-star only owned by the supposed good guys and of course this is a key point in the plot because it is supposedly the death-star that has garnered some superior alien attention. The massive ship Indominable with the doomsday weapon (the omega cannon) that destroys entire planetary systems. Since it's existence causes the mysterious alien race to attack Earth it's key to the plot.
There are a number of elements of this story that are familiar to Sci-Fi fans so the real meat for this novel is the issue of the Moral part. The question of what if everything you have been told about the war with the Korgian Star System was not quite true? What if heroes in the war had to make judgement calls and they weren't the best calls? What if the heroes that saved the day come out smelling a bit tainted? This is what makes this story unique and better. The problem is that it's glossed over too quickly and never fully addressed and then the holier than though people who are taken aback do something later that might actually seem almost but not quite as bad as their predecessors. And that transgression seems to go right over their heads.
We won't even mention that so far as the reader is told these aliens who attack might not know what has been done with this weapon and are only concerned about what it might be used for. And a bit later we do have to ask the question of why they waited 40 years to do something.
If felt like many plot possibilities were missed and many glossed over too quickly for this to come out well as a moral tale. This might be disappointing to people expecting the moral tale to be the bulk of the originality of the story. Perhaps book two will delve into this issue with more clarity.
Sci-Fi fans who like the soft side and don't mind close resemblance to popular fiction should enjoy this as light Sci-Fi and Fantasy. It could have been better and might be in book two, I'm just uncertain where the author is headed with the plot and moral issues. The only way to know for certain is to read the next one.
It is a shame to see some people have left reviews saying they couldn't finish the book, I didn't find it to be bad enough to throw it down and not finish.
J.L. Dobias
September 18, 2017
I judge my science fiction on a modified version of the Baen criteria: the scientific advances / future technology needs to be somewhat believable, if there are aliens they need to be presented in some realistic format with names I can pronounce in my head while I read, and must have some type of plot with circumstances - good or bad - with their resolution I can get my head around, believe, and be interested in turning to the next page to learn more; that's quite a mouthful, but we've all read a lot of bad science fiction over the years.
With all that being said, this book hits it on most fronts - I can't pronounce the names of the alien races.
I literally had a hard time putting this one down and stayed up really late one night to finish it and paid for it the next day. The author does a great job of explaining in somewhat layman's terms the gadgets and technological advances, the dialogue between the characters is to the point without a lot of fluff, and I found myself daydreaming a couple of times about the spacecraft and technology and what I would like to do if that was available now.
With all that being said, this book hits it on most fronts - I can't pronounce the names of the alien races.
I literally had a hard time putting this one down and stayed up really late one night to finish it and paid for it the next day. The author does a great job of explaining in somewhat layman's terms the gadgets and technological advances, the dialogue between the characters is to the point without a lot of fluff, and I found myself daydreaming a couple of times about the spacecraft and technology and what I would like to do if that was available now.
June 5, 2012
Right Ascension by David Derrico is an action-packed science-fiction novel that takes place in the year 3040. Chad Atgard recently graduates from the Confederation Academy and his excitement and pride extends to his family, especially to his father, Admiral Daniel Atgard. Chad, and certain cadets from the Academy, board the Indomitable - the largest, fastest, most powerful starship in the galaxy. The fact that it is so has kept peace in space, at least as it so appears...
Something unthinkable happens, and then Daniel Atgard becomes determined to stop an alien species that wants to destroy Earth. Daniel leads his team of flight officers through the universe to discover the origin of the aliens, as well as to find them, in order to keep them from achieving their goal. Daniel and his team experience many adventures on their way to finding out the truth about the aliens, so that they can try to eliminate the aliens’ spaceship.
Right Ascension is full of action and adventure and is a natural page-turner. It is realistic in the sense that rarely anything happens as planned, which also makes it an exciting read. The unique qualities of the book - being in the faraway future and having both friendly and evil aliens - make it a one-of-a-kind book. The characters are unique individuals that have charisma and loyalty. This book is well-written and entertaining, and the haphazard action is easy to follow.
I definitely recommend Right Ascension to all science-fiction book lovers. If you are interested in space travel, the future, memorable characters and relationships, and politics, this book is for you.
Something unthinkable happens, and then Daniel Atgard becomes determined to stop an alien species that wants to destroy Earth. Daniel leads his team of flight officers through the universe to discover the origin of the aliens, as well as to find them, in order to keep them from achieving their goal. Daniel and his team experience many adventures on their way to finding out the truth about the aliens, so that they can try to eliminate the aliens’ spaceship.
Right Ascension is full of action and adventure and is a natural page-turner. It is realistic in the sense that rarely anything happens as planned, which also makes it an exciting read. The unique qualities of the book - being in the faraway future and having both friendly and evil aliens - make it a one-of-a-kind book. The characters are unique individuals that have charisma and loyalty. This book is well-written and entertaining, and the haphazard action is easy to follow.
I definitely recommend Right Ascension to all science-fiction book lovers. If you are interested in space travel, the future, memorable characters and relationships, and politics, this book is for you.
April 7, 2013
well finished the book, and I liked it. It was good, well written, good language. the plot was interesting as it was more of a moral iniquities style plot more than your average scifi novel, similar in vein to early star trek as has been mentioned in other reviews.. What I dont think is fair though is how some of these reviews have labelled it as obviously predictable.. if you pick up any sci fi or fantasy novel you can label it "predictable", obviously, as in the end the good guys win.. the difference is how they win, and how the author leads us to the "inevitable". Thats what stories are... Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by this book, considering the last free sci fi book I downloaded was nothing short of abysmal! I'm going to download the sequal asap, as I really want to see where David goes with this story. Thanks David for restoring my faith in emerging sci fi writers!
I will say that the book DID read very much like a transcript of a hollywood blockbuster. I wonder if that was deliberate or not. havig said that, I'd go and see it. Its not a particularly challenging book, but it was fun, and that is mainly why I read sci fi anyway, for the Entertainment value.. I just like my entertainment to be written by people that can string two sentences together without repeating themselves endlessly..
I will say that the book DID read very much like a transcript of a hollywood blockbuster. I wonder if that was deliberate or not. havig said that, I'd go and see it. Its not a particularly challenging book, but it was fun, and that is mainly why I read sci fi anyway, for the Entertainment value.. I just like my entertainment to be written by people that can string two sentences together without repeating themselves endlessly..
June 6, 2010
I have to say, I really didn't care for this book much. The theme of the ethics of using WMDs is a good idea but it was never really developed deeply. It was bad to use them against the Korgians even though they were attacking us, but okay to use them against the Lucani Ibron because they were attacking us. What?
I would go along for a while and be into the story and then something would happen to make me roll my eyes.
I found the chapter where they confront the evil traitor Le Jaunte just bizarre. I thought I had wandered into an Ian Fleming novel. I was waiting to hear "The name's Bond, Admiral James Bond." The evil megalomaniac taking over the world/universe, he won't kill the hero directly, so after telling him his evil plans, he sends the ship out to be destroyed by a conveniently passing comet. Seriously??
I liked the idea of the story but I didn't enjoy this enough to read the sequel.
I would go along for a while and be into the story and then something would happen to make me roll my eyes.
I found the chapter where they confront the evil traitor Le Jaunte just bizarre. I thought I had wandered into an Ian Fleming novel. I was waiting to hear "The name's Bond, Admiral James Bond." The evil megalomaniac taking over the world/universe, he won't kill the hero directly, so after telling him his evil plans, he sends the ship out to be destroyed by a conveniently passing comet. Seriously??
I liked the idea of the story but I didn't enjoy this enough to read the sequel.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 16, 2011
I thought this was a pretty darn good book, well written and an interesting story line with a few unexpected plot twists.
The author took an interesting approach at the start, introducing a character, getting you thinking that this was going to be the main character, one you'd follow as they grew into their new career as a space fighter jock... Then he's killed. With his father watching on... It's the father that's the main character.
I kept thinking that maybe the "killing" was something else, that maybe the kid would come back somehow, but nope. Dead as in dead.
The father fights a number of against all odds battles, kicking ass in a very Capt. Kirk like manner and saves the day in the end...
You know how I like to whine about the science in space based science fiction? Well this one was okay. While it had me wondering a little, the story was good enough, the explanations good enough to help me suspend my disbelief and just enjoy the ride...
The author took an interesting approach at the start, introducing a character, getting you thinking that this was going to be the main character, one you'd follow as they grew into their new career as a space fighter jock... Then he's killed. With his father watching on... It's the father that's the main character.
I kept thinking that maybe the "killing" was something else, that maybe the kid would come back somehow, but nope. Dead as in dead.
The father fights a number of against all odds battles, kicking ass in a very Capt. Kirk like manner and saves the day in the end...
You know how I like to whine about the science in space based science fiction? Well this one was okay. While it had me wondering a little, the story was good enough, the explanations good enough to help me suspend my disbelief and just enjoy the ride...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 6, 2013
This book starts from the perspective of a newly christened pilot in Earth's Confederation. He's excited about his post and how his father, Admiral Daniel Atgard will be proud. Then an alien spaceship appears and vaporizes him, the moon-sized vessel on which he's based and threatens the very future of all humanity. The reader follows the exploits of a very pissed off Daniel Atgard and his crew as they attempt to neutralize the threat of annihilation. Turns out an ancient alien race has passed judgement on humans because they destroyed an entire alien race themselves with a very powerful and deadly weapon. No matter that it was war. This is a morality tale told through the perspectives of some very strong and well-developed characters. The battle scenes keep the pace fast-moving. Meanwhile, the more we learn of why this threat materialized, the more we understand that maybe after all this time, in the year 3040, the human race may be ending its reign.
August 12, 2010
I can't even begin to express how bad this book is so I will just list the problems. I don't think any of these are spoilers.
1. On the ship there is a rule breaking captain, an empathic officer and a logical non-human. Sound familiar? He should have been sued by Star Trek
2. Navigating a ship in 3d space only requires telling the navigator to "turn left" or "go up"? Huh? Relative to what? this is space.
3. The author makes everything up as he goes along and never justifies how it happened.
4. How about this quote (it's almost word for word) "I'm not worried about me, I'm worried about you. I don't want to wake up and be a widow." Wait, you are worrying about you.
5. Why are the crew carrying "phasers"?
Just don't buy this book. It's not just the money I wasted, it's the encouragement for this guy to keep writing and the precious hours of my life that are gone forever.
1. On the ship there is a rule breaking captain, an empathic officer and a logical non-human. Sound familiar? He should have been sued by Star Trek
2. Navigating a ship in 3d space only requires telling the navigator to "turn left" or "go up"? Huh? Relative to what? this is space.
3. The author makes everything up as he goes along and never justifies how it happened.
4. How about this quote (it's almost word for word) "I'm not worried about me, I'm worried about you. I don't want to wake up and be a widow." Wait, you are worrying about you.
5. Why are the crew carrying "phasers"?
Just don't buy this book. It's not just the money I wasted, it's the encouragement for this guy to keep writing and the precious hours of my life that are gone forever.
June 9, 2010
I enjoyed this book. I definitely found myself wanting to know what happens next. The writing itself seemed very solid. If I had any criticism it would be that the protagonist got out of too many impossible situations. It was necessary for the story to proceed but I might have limited this. Mr. Derrico is especially good at drawing alien characters as I really enjoyed how the alien crew members were written. Also he had a point to make/issue to examine and he stayed on message. While he's not Asamov *yet* this is a solid first novel and I will be reading the sequel.
October 22, 2010
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Reminded me a little bit of star trek. I really enjoyed the characters though I would have liked to learn more about them. Being that this is am ebook I'd also like to comment on the formatting. It was grrrrreat!! I think the way David formatted this to look & feel on the kindle was perfect. I appreciated the chapter marks at the bottom so I could see if I wanted to keep reading or had time too. Look forward to the sequel which I already have ready to go on the kindle. I'll be seeing fleet admiral Atgard & crew soon.
September 3, 2013
I enjoyed Right Ascension. It is an awesome adventure in space, complete with mysterious alien races bent on destroying us, super-weapons that stretch the imagination, characters that find their true selves and then rise up to the occasion (love this part the most), surprising not only themselves, but the Readers. Good ending and prep for the next installment.
Nicely done David, sorry it took so long to get the review out. There have been several books I've read over the past year or so, yet have just been super busy. You deserve the review. Good job!
G. F. Smith
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Nicely done David, sorry it took so long to get the review out. There have been several books I've read over the past year or so, yet have just been super busy. You deserve the review. Good job!
G. F. Smith
www.gfsmithbooks.com
March 22, 2012
The book starts out by getting your attention from the get go. You are dragged into it deeper. You are introduced to a future that could happen due to humanities violence and exploration of space. This happen by introducing a new alien ship that destroys the planet Earth's largest ship that carries a few billion people on board and the response of the Earth towards this invader. You wish the author could continue the story by maybe writing more books. When you get to the end you don't want to stop reading.
March 24, 2014
It would have been 4 stars except I didn't like how one of the main antagonists was defeated. It was kind of jarring. One second there was the typical villain monologue and then BOOM the villain is dead. Had to reread it to understand what had happened and it still took the main character to confirm that said villain was dead a half a chapter afterward just to be clear.
Other than that small oversite I'd have to say that I enjoyed this book. It took a bit to find a groove and I almost gave up on it but it turned out to be a pretty good read.
Other than that small oversite I'd have to say that I enjoyed this book. It took a bit to find a groove and I almost gave up on it but it turned out to be a pretty good read.
August 24, 2011
It's not too bad of a book, pretty fast read. I'm not generally big into the outer-space/sci-fi genre, but it was a gift given to me quite a few years ago. From what little I know of Star Trek, it seemed kind of like another version of Star-Trek. However, like I said, I don't read much sci-fi, so that could be the norm and I wouldn't know it. I would actually be willing to read it again though, so that tells you how much I did like it, for what it was.
October 3, 2015
How To Beat An Idea To Death Became less a read and more of a 'spot the overdone idea' type of thing. Foreign-sounding villain? Check. Walking Cliche Hero? Check. Overblown plot, and clunky dialogue? Oh, yes. This started out really promising before becoming a Star Trek + Star Wars + Flash Gordon snore-fest. Too many 'borrowed' ideas, not enough originality.
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October 5, 2010So far a poor mix of adjectives in a failed attempt to be smart. "ferociously respected"? I have a hard time visualizing physically fierce respect.
Quick update - it's had to be critical when the author takes the time to reply to your failed attempt to be smartly critical. Now I have to finish reading it to either defend my comments or eat them.
Quick update - it's had to be critical when the author takes the time to reply to your failed attempt to be smartly critical. Now I have to finish reading it to either defend my comments or eat them.
August 18, 2011
This is an excellent book and I really enjoyed reading it. This is a true space adventure. The charactors were great and easy to relate to. The story was well developed and easy to follow. The action was continous with no long drawn out "boring" parts. I highly recommend this book.
November 23, 2012
Kindle freebie. Space-Opera par for the course of this genre. An unstoppable foe is stopped, a hero remains a hero, and life continues with the possibility of destruction; at least until the final chapter of the ensuing book(s) is written. Quick read. Enjoy.
June 25, 2010
a fast read and interesting concept, but characters aren't well developed and story goes all over the place. I am reading Declination next and based on reviews is a better read.
October 18, 2011
I've read better fan fiction.
March 8, 2012
I enjoyed it very much!
April 21, 2012
No narrative flow, unrealistic characters, plot inconsistencies...very disappointing all around.
June 28, 2016
A loved this series it was a good easy read ! And I loved the story line it would have also made a great b rated scifi but it is pretty generic space themed book. But I still loved it any way
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