Engines of Dawn

by Paul Cook

The great engines of the Enamorati have enabled humanity to travel the stars, but at what cost?

Little is known of the jealously guarded engines while a complacent humanity slowly losses its edge and becomes increasingly dependant on mysterious alien technologies.

However, when an engine failure strands a university ship, Professor Ben Bennet and a group of students challenge the status quo and start discovering hidden secrets that threaten the future of humanity itself.

"A lot of contemporary SF satisfies but doesn't excite. Cook's latest delivers everything you could want...One of the reasons I look forward to new titles by Paul Cook is that he captures the spirit of the SF I learned to love in the 1960's and 1970s" -- Science Fiction Chronicle

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ebooks

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1999

Reviews

[Hillary]

my favorite mormans in space book

[Sic Transit Gloria · Rating 3 out of 5]

A surprisingly okay sci-fi college story about a college kid stumbling into a vast web of conspiracies about alien spaceships and their mysterious means of propulsion. Probably best for those people who are actually in college.

Gotta admit I was not expecting the slight focus on sexuality or the involvement of a loli as a side character (page 30) but here we are.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is solid space-opera, but light reading for the most part.

Some readers may not like the way the dominant religion (which is similar to some denominations of Christianity) is portrayed.

[Rodney Bond · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. Somewhat predictable using a few ideas borrowed from other stories. Overall a good read with a good pacing.

[Brandon Mehl]

Organized religion supports aliens who have bargained existence by allowing giant aliens to be used as engines while they feed on life forces, the students of a university ship result

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a decent book that moves rapidly to a startling ending.

It is written in a style reminiscent of a 1950 Heinlein novel where the main protagonists are mostly young college age kids and a junior lecturer. You have a series of mysteries that the protagonists confront that really are engrossing.

The only issue is that these aliens (and their religious zealot followers) that murder dissenters, use weapons that are considered war crimes, and exterminate civilizations seem to be cowed by pointing lawyers at them for a few seconds. It moves the story along, but it seems kind of bizarre.

[Ken · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another vacation book--it could have been very good except for 2 things. It is way too profane and Paul Cook obviously has too much hatred for organized religion in general and Mormons in particular.

[Foxtower · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good!

[Mike Franklin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent idea, plot and storytelling let down by some clumsy writing and/or sloppy editing. Occasionally pushing the bounds of belief.

[Koos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Amusing, not fantastic

[Foxtower · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good!