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The Mystic Saga #1-5
The Mystic Saga Omnibus
Now you can buy the first FIVE volumes of the acclaimed sci-fi serial The Mystic Saga in one very affordable book. This omnibus contains Indentured, Legacy, Violation, Judgment, and the newest issue, Convergence!
Indentured introduces you to the crew of the USS Pioneer – the world’s first superluminal spacecraft. It eventually leaves you with a question as to what happened to the majority of the crew of that ship when it became stranded in the Beta Hydri system.
Legacy brings you the tale of those descendants of the original Pioneer colony in the Beta Hydri System, introducing for the first time, the Mystics. When Legacy is invaded by a fleet of spacecraft, the primitive colony, nine-hundred years in the making, reacts in the only way it knows how. When it comes to the Mystics, this reaction could be quite deadly.
Violation finishes up the overall “introduction” to the true Mystic Saga, bringing you the tale of about a dozen USSC assassins sent to a 1940’s Earth. Their sole purpose is to slip in, kill their list of targets, and slip out as quietly as possible. Unfortunately, a disgruntled soldier and a vengeful Mystic raise a significant amount of ruckus along the way.
Judgment introduces us to Cyan – an IX7 unit embodied by a triune of souls from the once primitive race living beneath Legacy. Elix has been returned safely to his people on Legacy. Unfortunately for him, his abductors returned him to an era far before his own lifetime. Fortunately, however for his people, Elix offers a plethora of knowledge about the future invaders and their technologies. He offers a fighting chance for his people.
Convergence brings all four of the previous books together in 1940’s New York where the world itself may be on the brink of destruction. Apparently some laws are written into the very fabric of the universe, and breaking these laws can bring about some serious consequences.
Indentured introduces you to the crew of the USS Pioneer – the world’s first superluminal spacecraft. It eventually leaves you with a question as to what happened to the majority of the crew of that ship when it became stranded in the Beta Hydri system.
Legacy brings you the tale of those descendants of the original Pioneer colony in the Beta Hydri System, introducing for the first time, the Mystics. When Legacy is invaded by a fleet of spacecraft, the primitive colony, nine-hundred years in the making, reacts in the only way it knows how. When it comes to the Mystics, this reaction could be quite deadly.
Violation finishes up the overall “introduction” to the true Mystic Saga, bringing you the tale of about a dozen USSC assassins sent to a 1940’s Earth. Their sole purpose is to slip in, kill their list of targets, and slip out as quietly as possible. Unfortunately, a disgruntled soldier and a vengeful Mystic raise a significant amount of ruckus along the way.
Judgment introduces us to Cyan – an IX7 unit embodied by a triune of souls from the once primitive race living beneath Legacy. Elix has been returned safely to his people on Legacy. Unfortunately for him, his abductors returned him to an era far before his own lifetime. Fortunately, however for his people, Elix offers a plethora of knowledge about the future invaders and their technologies. He offers a fighting chance for his people.
Convergence brings all four of the previous books together in 1940’s New York where the world itself may be on the brink of destruction. Apparently some laws are written into the very fabric of the universe, and breaking these laws can bring about some serious consequences.
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548 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 12, 2012
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About the author
Scott McElhaney
73 books64 followersScott's first novel, Mommy's Choice, was originally published in paperback under the pseudonym Scott Curtis. In under a year on the bookshelves, that novel won the National Christian Choice Book Award for romantic suspense. When Scott moved to a different publisher and started making his novels available to Kindle readers, he returned to his real name and reduced the prices to the absolute minimum allowed by Amazon.
Scott McElhaney currently resides in Ohio with his wife and two sons. He's a Desert Shield veteran of the US Navy, having served on the USS South Carolina CGN-37. Although his books didn't become available to Kindle readers until December 2011, over 250,000 digital copies have been purchased to date and he still maintains a position in the top 100 worldwide in the "Sci-fi Space Opera" category.
Scott McElhaney currently resides in Ohio with his wife and two sons. He's a Desert Shield veteran of the US Navy, having served on the USS South Carolina CGN-37. Although his books didn't become available to Kindle readers until December 2011, over 250,000 digital copies have been purchased to date and he still maintains a position in the top 100 worldwide in the "Sci-fi Space Opera" category.
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February 24, 2014
Intriguing.....
A somewhat odd assortment of stories about cause and effect with time travel, travelling interstellar space and a number of people that become successfully intertwined by then of book 5. A good read!
A somewhat odd assortment of stories about cause and effect with time travel, travelling interstellar space and a number of people that become successfully intertwined by then of book 5. A good read!
March 11, 2015
What a vivid imagination.
I picked this series, simply because I had nothing else in my library that caught my interest (out of the several hundred l have), and I'm glad I did. This is such a fun read and yet a very technical and imaginative story. This writer to just enjoy did not try to convey any realism to this story giving the reader a chance to just enjoy the story. These five books took me back in time to my comic book days. I would like to know what happens once the 5 years have expired.
I picked this series, simply because I had nothing else in my library that caught my interest (out of the several hundred l have), and I'm glad I did. This is such a fun read and yet a very technical and imaginative story. This writer to just enjoy did not try to convey any realism to this story giving the reader a chance to just enjoy the story. These five books took me back in time to my comic book days. I would like to know what happens once the 5 years have expired.
August 17, 2012
A great work of hard sci-fi. I originally read a few of the books out of order, but then read this which gives all 5 books in correct order. Each story stands alone, but they tie together to each other in some way (to be discovered as you read) and it seems like books 4 and 5 tie the whole saga together the best. Great price for something that could easily sell for typical 9.99 Kindle prices
April 9, 2018
This is easily one of the best science fiction novels of the past decade. I'm glad to see it's finally come available in paperback on Amazon. Quite an imagination. You've got time travel, cloning, interstellar colonization, vengeance, assassins, and almost a touch of superheroes in one amazing novel.
September 19, 2018
Confusion reigns extreme
This is a strange book with strange characters. Quite honestly I had some problems following the action. But I’m old so that’s OK. I liked the book. It only got four stars because if you use the Queen’s English as an author, you better damn use it right. Needs editing.
This is a strange book with strange characters. Quite honestly I had some problems following the action. But I’m old so that’s OK. I liked the book. It only got four stars because if you use the Queen’s English as an author, you better damn use it right. Needs editing.
September 24, 2024
Each book is completely different. The first book is intriguing and starts to pull you in then suddenly you're in the next book which has a completely different tone. Repeat this over a few times and by the end it feels like the ending is delivered out of left field with no hints or foreshadowing.
April 15, 2018
Very good books, interesting but confusing handling of the time travel paradox
Good story with interesting characters. A little confusing at times to keep track of the different stories. Try it if you like time travel, sci-fi and adventure.
Good story with interesting characters. A little confusing at times to keep track of the different stories. Try it if you like time travel, sci-fi and adventure.
March 27, 2019
This set includes all five books in the Mystic Saga series. You really need to read these books in the order written and this set makes that easy to do so. The first two books in the series were interesting. But then the storylines became unbelievable and I had a hard time finishing the books.
December 11, 2019
Good read
A book that starts off a little slow but draws you in as you go through and makes you want to be there with the characters as they go on their adventures
I recommend this book to my family and my friends may not be for all but I certainly enjoyed it
A book that starts off a little slow but draws you in as you go through and makes you want to be there with the characters as they go on their adventures
I recommend this book to my family and my friends may not be for all but I certainly enjoyed it
November 24, 2017
Great book!!!
I really liked these books. The time travel, multiple story lines, make this an interesting and involving story. Are there more?
I really liked these books. The time travel, multiple story lines, make this an interesting and involving story. Are there more?
February 22, 2018
Intriguing and confusing
Rather involved I had to refer back once or twice but I stuck it out and I think I understood it in the end.
Rather involved I had to refer back once or twice but I stuck it out and I think I understood it in the end.
October 15, 2018
The best series I've read in years.
This has been by far the most enjoyable series that I've read for years.
Science fiction at it's absolute best.
This has been by far the most enjoyable series that I've read for years.
Science fiction at it's absolute best.
December 8, 2019
Enjoyed this series, even though I got lost a bit in book 5.
February 21, 2024
Comprised of:
Indentured (1):
Legacy (2)
Violation (3):
Judgement (4):
Convergence (5):
Indentured (1):
Legacy (2)
Violation (3):
Judgement (4):
Convergence (5):
December 12, 2024
McElhaney has some clever, well developed science fiction ideas in here and he does a great job of integrating these with a few other well trod genres/tropes - such as the super hero/super villain. This all makes a decent story and an entertaining read. However there are rather a lot of jarring leaps forward in the plot, which defy common sense and really would be more suitable in another sparser genre than novel form - perhaps graphic novel. Also the writing style itself is rather more comic-like than suitable for text based prose. It is almost like McElhaney needed to slow down and space things out with more description and more gradual plot development.
I wonder whether the way it comes out is deliberate for the E reader market to make for pulp consumption - or is this simply his writing style? The book appears to be a decent read, but in the Amazon print-to-demand format I actually read this in, frankly there were so few words per page that it was ridiculous and I was certainly expecting a lot more content than I got. The other aspect I was hoping for was decent Christian Science Fiction - but although McElhaney proclaims his faith there is really no evidence in the writing apart from avoiding premarital sex - although certainly there is no actual morality in evidence herein either.
I wonder whether the way it comes out is deliberate for the E reader market to make for pulp consumption - or is this simply his writing style? The book appears to be a decent read, but in the Amazon print-to-demand format I actually read this in, frankly there were so few words per page that it was ridiculous and I was certainly expecting a lot more content than I got. The other aspect I was hoping for was decent Christian Science Fiction - but although McElhaney proclaims his faith there is really no evidence in the writing apart from avoiding premarital sex - although certainly there is no actual morality in evidence herein either.
July 24, 2015
In general it was pretty decent, but I had a few complaints. I did like the overall premise and that we got to learn new things about new characters in the 5 stories (and while they were often about different people/times, they all interconnected). I also really liked the indentured sub-plot of the first story - it was really interesting. My complaints are that time travel isn't really dealt with in a consistent manner - first, how did they get to the planet in the first place if they didn't get the signal and second, once they knew about time travel, why didn't more people try to change the past. Also the overall ending was a bit off for me and could have been done better. I also didn't really get why they lied to the indentured in the first book - that didn't make a lot of sense to me.
August 17, 2012
An example of hard sci-fi that's also a fun and easy read (not sure how to mesh the two, but this is how it is). It starts on modern day Earth where a man basically blinks and wakes up 300 years into the future on a colonial establishment cruiser near Beta Hydri. Sifting through the lies, he starts to realize something odd is going on. Book two (or chapter two now that they are in one volume) picks up on the planet in the Hydri system, but at a different era and with different characters, but it explains a lot of what happened to the original colonists. Book three is where the action starts and that is where I will leave off on this review. Suffice to say, it's an exciting book and I'm in awe at the price and hope there's more to come.
April 8, 2014
I found the omnibus version to be an enjoyable read even though each story was very short. It was hard at first to move away from the initial characters of book one and pick up with new characters in book two, but I eventually got used to that being the way this set was going to go. I felt like a couple of the character sets could have been used to create full novels of their own, but in the end, I guess you find out there was a plan all along.
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September 11, 2012Not sure where the good reviews for this one come from. Got to the end of the first book, waiting for it to make sense, then the next book is 1000 years later so gave up!
The sample sucked me in. The basic plot (saving memories & personalities from MRIs) is good. but the way they were used, the conflicts, the secrecy, the indentured part - could not make head nor tail of it.
The sample sucked me in. The basic plot (saving memories & personalities from MRIs) is good. but the way they were used, the conflicts, the secrecy, the indentured part - could not make head nor tail of it.
March 19, 2015
a fun ride
This series has a little bit of everything sci fi and weaves it all together with engaging ease -- spinning threads that link notions of Roswell, comic book superheroes and villains, time and space travel, alien species, and intelligent machines into a tale with humor, romance, and complex relationships. Worth every cent and more.
This series has a little bit of everything sci fi and weaves it all together with engaging ease -- spinning threads that link notions of Roswell, comic book superheroes and villains, time and space travel, alien species, and intelligent machines into a tale with humor, romance, and complex relationships. Worth every cent and more.
October 10, 2015
E.joyable romp through time
This is a fast read with interesting characters. It was good to get all five of the books in this edition as they are fairly short_- together they are a decent novel length. The story is interesting though complicated at times. I would recommend this for a fun read and wonder if future volumes may come.
This is a fast read with interesting characters. It was good to get all five of the books in this edition as they are fairly short_- together they are a decent novel length. The story is interesting though complicated at times. I would recommend this for a fun read and wonder if future volumes may come.
April 18, 2016
So, the book was't horrible. There are some interesting ideas there. But I think it could use a better editing to fix some of the flow issues, as it felt like it got really convoluted with the various time travel streams.
August 17, 2012
Great read at a more than reasonable price. A+ science fiction originally published in five volumes.
September 28, 2013
Good read at a great price. It's a bit complicated at times but hang in there, the saga ties up nicely with an easy read incorporating hard scifi.
March 25, 2014
Surprisingly enjoyable. I did feel a little sad that some of the stories ended so soon. But as I read on I could see how they related.
Very cleverly weaved together.
Great job.
Very cleverly weaved together.
Great job.
February 15, 2014
Pretty weak science fiction. The price was right but the writing was not.
February 21, 2014
Joyless, boring, poorly paced, unimaginative, over-wrought, incoherent, and pretentious.
January 8, 2015
This is a really terrific story. It has a lot off action and suspense. The characters are interesting, complex and understandable.
March 13, 2015
these were an awesome 5 books . i read them all in a week . i wish there would be more
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