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Galactic War #1
End of the Innocent
The music on the radio suddenly stopped. The announcer came on, “We are bringing you breaking news. Large flying ships have come from behind the moon, out of the sky and are dislodging black clad warriors who are attacking…” The invasion had begun. A backward society found itself at war against an advanced, space traveling race. The fighting would envelop the whole society tearing nations and families apart. Pethran and his two sons struggle with a new reality not of their making. One son fights the aliens, the other is captured and forced into the galactic navy. The father struggles to carry life on without them. This is truly the end of the innocent.
- GenresScience Fiction
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 26, 2015
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September 10, 2017
Not a bad premise going in, that an alien invasion tears apart society and leaves the survivors fragmented and attempting to survive in their own way, but ultimately End of the Innocent fails to deliver. At the start, I was pulled in thinking that there would be a deeper presentation of the depths needed to survive during a military occupation, but the length, coupled with the myriad of overlapping stories, took away from the experience.
Worldbuilding was weak to non-existent as the aliens who were invaded, as well as the ones doing the invading, were carbon copies of humans, aside from mixed-up names that didn't stand out from each other. The invaded ones, still called 'men,' lived in a 20th century agricultural world with radios, airplanes, firearms, etc. The invaders were assembled like a normal navy with familiar power squabbles and spoke to those they subjugated with perfect English. I held on to the end, thinking that there might be a twist where both races were human, but alas, that was not the case.
A copy editor is needed as well. Naming conventions were followed only loosely and I found several errant grammar mistakes which didn't help. Beyond that, the writing style felt extremely simple: 'Greten was stiff when he got up. He then turned to Hal to shake him awake. It was then he remembered that Hal wasn't there. The realization made him sad.' ...sorry, the heartstrings aren't exactly being pulled.
Worldbuilding was weak to non-existent as the aliens who were invaded, as well as the ones doing the invading, were carbon copies of humans, aside from mixed-up names that didn't stand out from each other. The invaded ones, still called 'men,' lived in a 20th century agricultural world with radios, airplanes, firearms, etc. The invaders were assembled like a normal navy with familiar power squabbles and spoke to those they subjugated with perfect English. I held on to the end, thinking that there might be a twist where both races were human, but alas, that was not the case.
A copy editor is needed as well. Naming conventions were followed only loosely and I found several errant grammar mistakes which didn't help. Beyond that, the writing style felt extremely simple: 'Greten was stiff when he got up. He then turned to Hal to shake him awake. It was then he remembered that Hal wasn't there. The realization made him sad.' ...sorry, the heartstrings aren't exactly being pulled.
September 1, 2020
Good first story in the Galactic War Series. Most of the story revolves around a family dealing with the invasion of an alien species.
Many of the people in the story have euphemisms of English speakers. I wish the author did more world building around the different cultures, instead of giving the different aliens the culture of humans from different eras.
Many of the people in the story have euphemisms of English speakers. I wish the author did more world building around the different cultures, instead of giving the different aliens the culture of humans from different eras.
April 28, 2019
Low B Grade
Not too bad for free but would never pay for it. Reads like it was written for a 7th grader. Interesting idea but poorly executed.
Not too bad for free but would never pay for it. Reads like it was written for a 7th grader. Interesting idea but poorly executed.
April 20, 2021
A good sci-fi story
This is a well written sci-fi book. It has some good characters the story follows a family after there world is conquered.
This is a well written sci-fi book. It has some good characters the story follows a family after there world is conquered.
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