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Paul Cassel

Uneven Old Fashioned S.F.

Reviewed in the United States on 25 August 2020

This turned out to be a bit more stuffed in the pages than the book can hold. We have a sort coming of age for a new captain, a try at a bit of comedy, a nasty, annoying attempt at a battle of the sexes, a murder mystery, an alien hot chick in distress and more all wrapped up in a Star Trek sort of universe where all the beings are more or less human if not in form, then in function. Humans can even mate with at least a few of them.

The main issue is, besides too much in too few pages, the entire book is one hair on fire act with a few scenes. It's as if nobody sleeps at all but also seems to be ready for action forever. The one crew who does try to sleep gets attacked so never does - serves them right for doing what nobody else does.

The battle of the sexes isn't a battle but one side persistently behaving in a manner that no military would ever permit. It got tedious at first exposure and never let up to the point it grew to a major irritant. The mystery was solved in clumsily with the bad person obvious because the author, again clumsily, tried to lead the reader away from that person as a suspect.

It all leads up to a nasty infantry battle with the enemy led by an absurd villain that said more about the author's personal dislikes than a believable enemy. Well, we have a great setup for the next installment. The ending is a good combo of wrap up but also a lead into the next volume.

I hope the author hires a copy editor to remove phrases such as 'hair-brained' and others of that like.

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MarshallTown

Entertaining if a bit disjointed

Reviewed in the United States on 6 June 2020

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The premise is fairly simple. Little earth more or less just into space, good aliens, bad aliens, suspicious aliens. The action good. And for once while somewhat backward, the tellurian technology is not out right hopelessly outclassed. The protagonist is an executive officer-cum-captain (but doesn't want to be), thrust into the captain's chair by events. Some peculiar discontinuities that may or may not be addressed in a second book. As it stands there's a monumental continuity problem that will require considerable plotting to clear up, or careful sidestepping. It's an entertaining read though.

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John Kerich

1950 style universe

Reviewed in the United States on 26 July 2021

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The style of the plot is a 1950 type sci-fi book. The science is bad and the plot it's a universe full of aliens all next door to Earth. The author has split the plot between a murder mystery and space combat. I read the book to the end and bought the next in the series but this is only for light reading.

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Eric W

Starts out ok then gets weird. And then some.

Reviewed in the United States on 13 July 2020

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Some interesting bits interlaced with stuff that cannot be taken seriously. You expect that the protagonist will succeed because it's a book, right? But things just get weirder and weirder and everybody is playing is straight. Some of the writing can hold your interest, but I can't recommend the book.

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R. Peterson

The story did not pull me in

Reviewed in the United States on 22 August 2020

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While the story did have a few interesting points to it overall it felt very bland. I did not get very enthusiastic about the plot and this felt like another "me too" military sci-fi novel. I know that writing a book like this takes many hours of hard work, so I feel guilty about saying this but I cannot strongly recommend this book.

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Kindle Customer

Gah !

Reviewed in the United States on 8 June 2020

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Well written and edited. But...No possible way that idiot would be trusted as an XO . Their damage control is chaos. Bah !

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Norderwurm

Flawed but Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on 23 November 2021

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This a perfectly fine weekend read for some mindless action (really, don't think too hard)
It's generally fast paced and quite acceptable as a Amazon Unlimited title, but...

- All the characters are basically generic stereotypes. Serviceable, but don't expect any type of character development or nuance

- There are plot holes so huge, they require the arrival of a literal deus ex machina robot to fix

Don't hesitate to read if your just looking for some light action, but don't expect anything deeper

Tom Duffy

I’m of two minds...

Reviewed in the United States on 13 August 2020

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I remember the New York Times review of the movie, Armageddon. “Not a single believable moment in the whole movie.” Kind of sums up this book. Weak Science, flimsy plot, spurious sub plot, weird interpersonal relationships, etc. yet a very entertaining page turner. I look forward to the next book in the series.

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Kindle Customer

Easy read but not very developed.

Reviewed in the United States on 29 August 2020

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It was an okay story but it felt thinly developed. Plot, characters, science, politics, relationships, etc. All seemed to be just minimally thought about. It was still enjoyable, but the gaps made it disappointing.

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Luckywaterrat

Yay space opera

Reviewed in the United States on 23 September 2021

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I’ve missed this sort of story, with dogfights, missiles, and aliens. Could’ve done without some of the subplots but I really enjoyed it.

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