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Brink of Distinction #3
Purge of Prometheus
The final confrontation between the Alien Alliance and the Terran Empire begins in this exciting conclusion to the Brink of Distinction trilogy. One-by-one, the brilliant suns of Alliance space are disappearing, left cold and lifeless after exposure to the Terran biological epidemic. Trapped on one of the sunless worlds, Keryn Riddell, the ruthless Wyndgaart warrior, fights against both a frozen landscape and her Terran captors. As Keryn fights for her life, the psychic Yen Xiao leads the Alliance fleet in pursuit of the Terran Destroyers threatening the Alliance homeworlds. Yearning for leadership of the fleet, Yen begins to wonder just how far he'll go for the power he craves.
- GenresScience Fiction
333 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 28, 2012
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About the author
Jon Messenger
27 books304 followersJon Messenger (Born 1979 in London, England) serves as an United States Army Major in the Medical Service Corps. Since graduating from the University of Southern California in 2002, writing Science Fiction has remained his passion, a passion that has continued through multiple combat and humanitarian deployments. Jon wrote the "Brink of Distinction" trilogy, of which "Burden of Sisyphus" is the first book, while serving a 16-month deployment in Baghdad, Iraq.
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May 10, 2013
Phew…
Fantastic and heartbreaking end to my first venture into a science fiction series.
There no question that I love this series. There’s no denying that I cried throughout the first book. I held it together in the second, but this book was a rollercoaster, not necessarily for tears, but for hope that redemption could come.
***Warning Spoilers****
I fell in love with Eza from the first book, but Yen was a close second. Throughout book two I was a full on Yen supporter and I stayed that way through this book until about the 50% mark where my heart just started breaking. It should come as no surprise as I’m sure you’ve read Fall of Icarus, that Yen starts down a dark path. A path that he continues on in this book. And even I, as Yen became my favorite in the series, had to accept that some things can’t be forgiven and sometime things are so bad that there is no redemption left on the other side of certain acts. When you get to the 50% mark you’ll understand what I mean.
Keryn, Adam and Penchant were easy to enjoy, I liked Keryn in the last book but admittedly only slightly. As she comes to grips with what the “Voice” can truly be for her, I started to like her more. For me I had a hard time understanding her most of the time. Silly as it may sound all I could think was, “you stupid girl the Voice has Eza’s memories” ;) and seriously he was one kick ass solider. I feel like whispers of what would happen with Keryn and Adam played across my mind from time to time and I honestly was rooting for it.
Penchant was a sad moment for me. His strength and honor as a soldier was put to the test and I loved where Messenger took his character.
So because I refuse to spoil this book, though most of you will probably already have read the first 2 in the trilogy and already know if you will pick this one up (and you absolutely should) I want to say a few things about the actual writing. I’ve mentioned before that Messenger has a way with detail that is not easy. He does a fantastic job of making you feel and see what he’s envisioning as he puts words to paper. I won’t lie a few of these things I’d rather not visualize—there is definitely some gore!
The facts of war are blaring and brilliant, though often sad. This book deals with some sad subject matter, but one thing I’ve grown to admire about Messenger is he doesn’t sugar-coat what is happening in his books, he doesn’t hide or apologize for what happens to his characters and what the battles they fight in make of them. So all in all it’s a fantastic trilogy which I will absolutely recommend to anyone who will listen!
Fantastic and heartbreaking end to my first venture into a science fiction series.
There no question that I love this series. There’s no denying that I cried throughout the first book. I held it together in the second, but this book was a rollercoaster, not necessarily for tears, but for hope that redemption could come.
***Warning Spoilers****
I fell in love with Eza from the first book, but Yen was a close second. Throughout book two I was a full on Yen supporter and I stayed that way through this book until about the 50% mark where my heart just started breaking. It should come as no surprise as I’m sure you’ve read Fall of Icarus, that Yen starts down a dark path. A path that he continues on in this book. And even I, as Yen became my favorite in the series, had to accept that some things can’t be forgiven and sometime things are so bad that there is no redemption left on the other side of certain acts. When you get to the 50% mark you’ll understand what I mean.
Keryn, Adam and Penchant were easy to enjoy, I liked Keryn in the last book but admittedly only slightly. As she comes to grips with what the “Voice” can truly be for her, I started to like her more. For me I had a hard time understanding her most of the time. Silly as it may sound all I could think was, “you stupid girl the Voice has Eza’s memories” ;) and seriously he was one kick ass solider. I feel like whispers of what would happen with Keryn and Adam played across my mind from time to time and I honestly was rooting for it.
Penchant was a sad moment for me. His strength and honor as a soldier was put to the test and I loved where Messenger took his character.
So because I refuse to spoil this book, though most of you will probably already have read the first 2 in the trilogy and already know if you will pick this one up (and you absolutely should) I want to say a few things about the actual writing. I’ve mentioned before that Messenger has a way with detail that is not easy. He does a fantastic job of making you feel and see what he’s envisioning as he puts words to paper. I won’t lie a few of these things I’d rather not visualize—there is definitely some gore!
The facts of war are blaring and brilliant, though often sad. This book deals with some sad subject matter, but one thing I’ve grown to admire about Messenger is he doesn’t sugar-coat what is happening in his books, he doesn’t hide or apologize for what happens to his characters and what the battles they fight in make of them. So all in all it’s a fantastic trilogy which I will absolutely recommend to anyone who will listen!
April 25, 2014
This was the quickest read of the three and pulls the trilogy together. It isn't all cookie-cutter either. Messenger slams the door on characters, which is a bit refreshing. If you started the trilogy, it is worth finishing.
May 22, 2015
This was a good ending to the trilogy. I like the realistic consequences of character actions, the author is not afraid to kill off characters that you may like or dislike. Granted, the science involved in the interstellar warfare was questionable, still the story held my attention.
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