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New Hope Chronicles #1
Dragon Flame
Alin is running away, as far and as fast as he can, but the galactic thugs chasing him won’t give up. The truth is he’s got an ugly secret—a couple, in fact. He takes a lowly position aboard the ES New Hope starship, hoping it will carry him to the far side of the galaxy where he can hide forever. But someone knows exactly where he is and sends him a most unusual gift—a large, mysterious egg. The egg hatches, the bad guys catch up and all hell breaks loose.
Torn out of hiding and dragged into the heart of interplanetary conflict by a brutal enemy, and haunted by his secrets, the fate of kingdoms rests in his unwilling hands.
His only hope for survival is a deity he doesn’t believe in—and doesn’t want to. Through the terror of deadly consequences, he discovers an age-old truth ... you can’t outrun destiny.
Dragon Flame – an epic war, an epic love story, an epic hero is forged.
Faith-based fantasy/scifi with heart, the entire Dragon Flame tome is included in one ebook volume. (No waiting for a sequel to find out how it ends.)
Torn out of hiding and dragged into the heart of interplanetary conflict by a brutal enemy, and haunted by his secrets, the fate of kingdoms rests in his unwilling hands.
His only hope for survival is a deity he doesn’t believe in—and doesn’t want to. Through the terror of deadly consequences, he discovers an age-old truth ... you can’t outrun destiny.
Dragon Flame – an epic war, an epic love story, an epic hero is forged.
Faith-based fantasy/scifi with heart, the entire Dragon Flame tome is included in one ebook volume. (No waiting for a sequel to find out how it ends.)
- GenresDragons
727 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 27, 2012
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April 12, 2013
The book starts with you wondering what the hell he's running from. In that way, it immediately gets you hooked. Not to mention, a bunch of men dressed in black decide to board a ship wielding guns.
The author has this cheeky humor I just loved. I was laughing on and off throughout the entire book. At least, in between the heart pounding action scenes and death defying stunts. Alin is always getting into trouble and I find it hilarious that he's the best pilot on the entire ship… and yet he's working in the kitchen. Which, of course, leads to much hilarity.
New Hope Chronicles is a long book. Long, long book. It's over 700 pages. I can't remember the last time I read a book that long. It was like trying to watch a TV series. And in ways, it reminded me a little of Star Trek, though don't ask me how because I haven't watch that in years. Just a feeling I got from the book. The book is long and complex and at times I was a little frustrated with the chapters it sometimes took to get back to Alin, the main character. But I can't see how any of that could have been cleared out. It was vital to the story.
The only problem I really had with the story was the ending. After the primary conflict ends, the author takes a long time (probably around fifty pages) finalizing everything. While, yes, I wanted to know these things and read them, I feel like they took away from the book. I think they should have been supplementary tales. Maybe bonus material after the book or on the author's website, which I would have been more than happy to click over to read. It kind of had the feel like when a song ends, but you know it has several minutes of silence at the end before the next part of the song picks up. Which is true here, since the very last scene sets you up for the next book.
Ordinarily, I'd say, "Oh my God, 6.99 for an eBook," and shun the stupid author. However, like I said, this book is huge. Frankly, $6.99 is a bargain considering how much story you're getting here. You will be sucked in by the story. You won't be able to put it down. I know I couldn't.
The author has this cheeky humor I just loved. I was laughing on and off throughout the entire book. At least, in between the heart pounding action scenes and death defying stunts. Alin is always getting into trouble and I find it hilarious that he's the best pilot on the entire ship… and yet he's working in the kitchen. Which, of course, leads to much hilarity.
New Hope Chronicles is a long book. Long, long book. It's over 700 pages. I can't remember the last time I read a book that long. It was like trying to watch a TV series. And in ways, it reminded me a little of Star Trek, though don't ask me how because I haven't watch that in years. Just a feeling I got from the book. The book is long and complex and at times I was a little frustrated with the chapters it sometimes took to get back to Alin, the main character. But I can't see how any of that could have been cleared out. It was vital to the story.
The only problem I really had with the story was the ending. After the primary conflict ends, the author takes a long time (probably around fifty pages) finalizing everything. While, yes, I wanted to know these things and read them, I feel like they took away from the book. I think they should have been supplementary tales. Maybe bonus material after the book or on the author's website, which I would have been more than happy to click over to read. It kind of had the feel like when a song ends, but you know it has several minutes of silence at the end before the next part of the song picks up. Which is true here, since the very last scene sets you up for the next book.
Ordinarily, I'd say, "Oh my God, 6.99 for an eBook," and shun the stupid author. However, like I said, this book is huge. Frankly, $6.99 is a bargain considering how much story you're getting here. You will be sucked in by the story. You won't be able to put it down. I know I couldn't.
March 28, 2016
I really did enjoy this book and I liked how it was pretty much a series in itself, due to its length and contents, which meant you didn't have to worry about any annoying cliff-hangers or having to buy the next book. The plot was interesting and kept you gripped throughout. I really liked the character development, especially Alin's. I liked how the beginning was quiet ambiguous as it kept me reading as I really wanted to know what would happen next. The only strong criticism I have is that the writing at time was a little amateur, some of the events that could have been developed were sort of listed and rushed.
Overall, I did enjoy it and look forward to reading New Hope Chronicles Book Two upon its release.
Overall, I did enjoy it and look forward to reading New Hope Chronicles Book Two upon its release.
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