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Enslaved (Exodus Chronicles, Book 1)

D. Robert Pease (Goodreads Author)

4.31 · Rating details · 39 ratings · 21 reviews

A mother’s secret. A son’s destiny.
Can humanity be delivered from certain extinction?

Cosette Sinclair, pregnant with an illegal second child, makes a discovery that will change the course of humanity. While on assignment to find a habitable planet for mankind’s first colony, she witnesses a tear in space—a gateway for a devastating alien invasion. Now she’s faced with the ...more

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Nov 21, 2017 Meenaz Lodhi rated it it was amazing

Leave my people alone. This could be said today, to ourselves, to the domineering, egocentric, greed for power evil and malevolent humans. Although this series is focused to a YA public, I think it goes very well for adults like me. The thought provoking argument, moral and philosophical is very pronounced for the reader. It reminds me of Asimov, Clarke and the Dune series( some of my fav classic authors), in a way.
It’s an easy read and very enjoyable and emotive at the same time. Fast paced, g ...more

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May 23, 2018 Lukas Lovas rated it did not like it

I don't mind bad books. When you find a bad book, you start reading and after a few pages, you know to put it down or else you'll regret it. This book however started well, and got bad only after about the first quarter. It would have been much better as a fantasy rather than a sci-fi, but in sci-fi genre, this book has failed miserably. I actually kept a list of things that made the book a bad one, that's how angry it made me that the book started well and got worse with every page.

Sorry for t I don't mind bad books. When you find a bad book, you start reading and after a few pages, you know to put it down or else you'll regret it. This book however started well, and got bad only after about the first quarter. It would have been much better as a fantasy rather than a sci-fi, but in sci-fi genre, this book has failed miserably. I actually kept a list of things that made the book a bad one, that's how angry it made me that the book started well and got worse with every page.

Sorry for the spoiler filled rant below - making myself finish the book so that I could review it in good conscience made me a bit more intense in my disappointment.

(view spoiler)[There were a lot of inconsistancies, especially in regards to technology. For example... you get pregnant from a government issued pill. That's pretty cool...however....with technology like that (approximate quote from the book, as a computers answer to a simple question from the character "is there anyone other than me and my child on this ship?" "based on your biometrics, only you and your child are present"). With tech like that...are there really no automatic paternity tests? How could the main character realize after 18 years or so, that her husband is not her daughters father? Completely blanking out on the fact she slept with someone else?

The author heard of nanites and thought they were cool, so he made them a central feature of the book....and then completely butchered the technology. I mean...."the time took it's toll on his nanites, so the links between them were weak"? Seriously? When you can replace individual nanites with new ones? And how exactly would cutting off a head, or stabbing affect a nanite based creature? Apparently, it would kill them :D Separating an ant hive in two....would kill all the ants. Right. No. And worse....he made the kids powers technology based, but wrote about it as if it was a willpower based thing....come on! As a fantasy, this would have been a 3 or 4 star book. As a sci-fi, it failed. If the bad guys were demons, the dyson sphere a different reality, or plane of existence and the main character used magic rather than tech - it would have made sense without going against common sense.

Advanced alien culture - is not at all advanced? The way it was described the society as it was is unattainable and will collapse. You can make some outlandish suggestions in sci-fi, but you have to think the consequences through and here, they were not. This social philosophy had a good base (strongest will survive only through competition) but it was badly explained and the more the author built on it, the worse it got. Again - demons would have been better. Tech society would collapse.

The main plot and the ending....killing is bad - but I have to do it now....but I shouldn't...but I want to...the main character changed his mind on a whim and made decisions like whether to kill the ruler of the universe in a way I decide which bowl of chips to eat from. There was no solid reasoning and it smacked of propaganda against killing rather than a well thought out argument. (hide spoiler)]

To sum up....this was a bad book and a waste of time, and I wish someone left a bad review on it to warn me off before I started. ...more

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Oct 26, 2017 Lois Welsh rated it it was amazing

I just finished reading this book.

I did not want it to end-I am hoping that there is a book after it.

This books has more twists and turns than a roller coaster.

I love the character development and the situations, there are surprises that pop up when you least expect it.

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Mar 28, 2018 Scott rated it really liked it · review of another edition

“Enslaved” is the first, and at the time of this review, only book available in audio format in the “Exodus Chronicles” series. The book is written by D. Robert Pease with the audiobook narration performed by David S. Dear. Mr. Pease has a few other books available on Audible, however this is the first one I have listened too. I am familiar with many of the narrator’s other works and have enjoyed listening to him. The book is a contemporary science fiction story that not only spans space, but it “Enslaved” is the first, and at the time of this review, only book available in audio format in the “Exodus Chronicles” series. The book is written by D. Robert Pease with the audiobook narration performed by David S. Dear. Mr. Pease has a few other books available on Audible, however this is the first one I have listened too. I am familiar with many of the narrator’s other works and have enjoyed listening to him. The book is a contemporary science fiction story that not only spans space, but it also covers a large amount of time. Overall, I found the book enjoyable and the story interesting. There were a few bumps along the way, but they were few and far between. If you are looking for a new series and you like science fiction, I think you will enjoy the journey Enslaved takes you on.

I found the opening chapter of the book both confusing and powerful at the same time. The listener is dropped into a traumatic situation requiring one to ask what is happening. Right away, you begin asking who are these people, what is the significant of the teddy bear, why are they on a space ship, etc.? At times it was a bit perplexing, but the opening events are revealed to the listener as the book progresses. The story and all the details are well unwrapped throughout the entirety of the book. Once we are placed back on earth, we are not presented with the same planet we live on today; not at all. Instead we find an earth that is overpopulated, government controlled, and lacks the necessary resources for people to survive. The government even has control over the number of children a person can have, and when one is born illegally, the government steps in and makes a decision on next steps. Not a very fun and friendly place to live.

One thing that sets this book apart from others in the genre is the ability for a person to have their memories downloaded into the next generation of living descendants and even one’s ability to selectively download specific events or remove others. Think of all the things you would want to exclude passing down to your children or grandchildren from your own experiences; which sight, feeling, smell, and all other senses would you want included? In the book this is called “transferring” and a person’s memories can only be inserted into one other individual. The other limitation is that a person can only receive a transfer from one other person such as their mother or father; but not both. Doing so simply overwrites the earlier transfer with the newer. I would have like to have had the author spend more time covering this technology as it was quite fascinating. I hope more time is given to it in future books in the series.

A few areas that I would have like to have seen changes was around the communication between younger alien characters. The pokes and jabs they threw at one another reminded me of an earthly school yard, but (sorry for the pun) it seemed alien that aliens would communicate the same way. Their phrasing was more young adult including some slang that for met just did not fit the characters or culture. It simply seemed to earth-like. I’m not sure how the author would be able to correct it, but it just seemed not alien enough to be believable.

One of our main characters had the responsibility to locate and chart a path to a new habitable planet as the population became too much to sustain itself. During her research, she discovers a shocking event that will change and speed up the expected launch in a hope to save some, but not all. The earth is really in a grim state and science is doing all it can to come up with a solution, but it is too late? At times I found the switching from one time to another somewhat confusing and I think it would have been better to have some means of transition, but as you listen you get used to this about a quarter of the way in. Just stick with it, as you will enjoy the entire story.

Regarding the book narration, I enjoy listening to Mr. Dear’s as he has a very rich and clear tone. He gives the book a more dark and gloomy feeling based on his tone, yet he is also able to easily voice the female and child characters quite well. Nothing like having them voiced by character of the same gender or age, but Mr. Dear’s does a fine job. If I had one criticism, it would be that at times I would have liked to have had more inflection used. Other than that, the recording was professionally done, and the narration was clean of any issues.

For parents and younger readers. I do not recall, nor did I make note of any use of profanity in this book. Often, I catch these, but I do not recall any. There are a few graphic scenes of violence and some adult subject matter, including state forced abortion, that may not be appropriate for all audiences.

In summary, I found the book quite fascinating and the worlds the author created engaging. Although there were a few times I was confused by what was going on, the author often took the extra time to put me back on the right track. When I really think about the book, it is a coming of age story with a few other elements sprinkled in making it even better. If you are looking for a new series, I would recommend you pick up this book and give it a try. If you are not a person who like series, be aware that this book does leave a few open-ended plotlines but based on those I think the next book in the series will also be a good one.

Disclaimer: I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator. ...more

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Mar 02, 2018 Jason rated it really liked it

This is a rather interesting story, told from in two different parts, one from the point of view of a woman, Cosette, who is feeling very trapped by her life, she is mid-pregnancy with her 2nd child in a world where you can only have a single child due to population control, living with a husband who was the one who basically forced her to get pregnant (not physically but emotionally), and is now not being very supportive. This world has an amazing piece of technology that allows for one (and on This is a rather interesting story, told from in two different parts, one from the point of view of a woman, Cosette, who is feeling very trapped by her life, she is mid-pregnancy with her 2nd child in a world where you can only have a single child due to population control, living with a husband who was the one who basically forced her to get pregnant (not physically but emotionally), and is now not being very supportive. This world has an amazing piece of technology that allows for one (and only one) of the parents to pass on their memories and life experiences to the child (and thus the experiences they carry of previous relatives, so in this case Cosette has the memories of her Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, but they are all like living personalities in her head, able to interact with her when she needs, providing information, memories, she can speak the languages they spoke, and understands the fields of knowledge that they did, without ever having to learn them.
Humanity has created a way to pass down knowledge from one person to the next, without ever losing it, the perfect knowledge transference. Of course, it is only one-sided, and every family can only have one child, so a choice is made at conception to have a male or female – keeping the population balanced, and knowledge balanced. Cosette’s story tells of how she is struggling to finish a project, of a great starship, about to leave Earth with 150,000 people to go and colonise another planet, and try and help Earth, which is struggling with the burden of so many people. It is during her story that we learn that her baby is not all that it seems, and worse, Earth and the Solar System are under attack by an alien race of unknown type, seeking to destroy everything.
The 2nd story is about a young human boy, Moshie, the last human alive, or known to exist in a universe in which all human life was destroyed. An alien Empress came to Earth and destroyed it, but her destruction of Earth was seen as a failure. As a race of shape-shifters, the Empress is forced to take the form of a human, and to take responsibility of the last human, Moshie. Unbeknownst to her, and most everyone else, Moshie is kind of different, he has some special gifts. He is super intelligent, able to assimilate languages at incredible speeds, and learn things beyond the capabilities of normal humans. By the time he is a toddler, he knows hundreds of the languages spoken on the strange planet that he now lives on with his strange ‘step-mom’.
However, he is still a weakling in the eyes of most of the other races, and is bullied constantly.
The two stories evolve, moving forward at a rapid pace, each giving us a deep insight into not just our main characters and the struggles that they are having to face on a daily basis, but the struggles of those around them as well. For Cosette, this relates to her friends and family facing the impending end of their planet, and for poor little Moshie, this is the constant bullying, harassment, and the realisation that he may not survive much longer.
I don’t want to give too much more away, events that go beyond this will give away spoilers, and this is a story that is well worth reading, as it is both exciting, interesting, and at times, a clever thriller with some surprising, and gripping outcomes that you don’t necessarily see coming.
Pease has created a fascinating backdrop for his characters to play in (both Cosette and Moshie). The future on Earth is one that is not uncommon in a lot of different Sci-fi stories, quickly becoming a place that will be unliveable for humanity due to our treatment of the planet. In a rather interesting contrast, the world that Moshie finds himself dumped onto is one that is in a state of careful flux to maintain it. However, it is also one that is not natural by any means, so none of the natural beauties that we so take for granted exist.
This is a story of just mind-blowing technology, some fascinating, contrasting characters, and two storylines that have a lot more in common than you originally realise.
This isn't just Sci-Fi, this is a techno-thriller, a brilliant character story, and a story with a lot of similarities to Enders Game. Don’t Miss it. ...more

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Nov 01, 2017 Topsues added it

Wow !!! I very rarely give 5 stars for a book, as I always think it's a rare find, but in this instance the originality alone deserves them. I will admit for the first few pages I was slightly confused but then it didn't take long for it to click with me what was going on. D.Robert Pease has excelled his imagination with this one. It was brilliant how he used the past, present and future all at once to create a storyline with so many twists and turns. I thought I knew all the answers and underst ...more

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Nov 05, 2017 Shawn Dvorak rated it really liked it

Just as mankind is about to make their first move out into the stars, aliens suddenly appear in the solar system. Unlike the Vulcans in Star Trek: First Contact, these aliens are definitely not here to help usher us into galactic society. It quickly becomes clear that the alien force is overwhelmingly powerful and bent on conquering earth, and man's first starship is launched with just a few people aboard. The ship is quickly captured and taken to the aliens' "world." The story follows the life ...more

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Mar 21, 2018 Robin rated it it was amazing

Sooo, this book was sooo awesome that I read it in 2 days! Intriguing story line. It's like I have a tendril of a thought to a similar type book or movie but that it eludes me is a testament to it's originality. I often become frustrated when each chapter alternates between the present and past. Here we spliced that with 2 individual characters.

Oh my, I just made a couple of connections between the Egyptians/Ra & the Bible. Getting to experience Cossette & Moishe's lives was amazing. Ug ...more

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Apr 23, 2018 Bikram rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I received audiobook version of this book for free from the narrator in exchange for an unbiased review.

This is an out-n-out entertainer. There isn't any high-brow philosophy, overblown drama or sappy teen romance. The book sets out to entertain you from the very first chapter and keeps doing so throughout.

The book is told from two perspectives, at two different points in time.So, essentially you have to follow two different threads that keep interweaving with each other. The author manages to ...more

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Oct 13, 2017 Jonella Moore rated it it was amazing

The story that begins this series was very entertaining! The premise of the tale is that there is a woman scientist tasked with finding a new place for humans to survive, though she’s highly distracted by being pregnant with her second child- an illegal act. The hero is an alien in another dimension who has been raised to be ready to conquer and take over an alien civilization. When the heroine witnesses a tear in space which makes her Universe vulnerable she must makes difficult decisions. The ...more

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Oct 15, 2017 Susan rated it really liked it

Enslaved is the first book in the Exodus Chronicles series. This can be read as a standalone but it is open-ended for the next book. There is violence.

The book blurb adequately describes the storyline so I'm not going to repeat that all of that info here. The story, and series, is a SciFi story about the future of humans. This book and the characters are well written. Enslaved is a fresh take on the apocalyptic storyline with aliens mixed in. I look forward to reading more of this series.

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Nov 09, 2017 Curtis Johnson rated it it was amazing

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WOW What a Story mankind has been wiped out by an Alien empire without warning a single human child survives hes apawn in a power struggle within the alien empire he is humanity's only hope to survive. Will he succeed?? Will Humanity be reborn?This action Packed tale by D Robert Pease has everything action High technology betrayal romance allroleedup into a believable Spaceopera that willmake you not put the book down till the last page and leaves you wanting MORE MORE I Can't Wait for book 2 I ...more

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Nov 05, 2017 PJ Lea rated it really liked it

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The blurb describes the story well but doesn't give way its secrets, not by a long way. I love books that make you wonder about our future, about what might be out there in the galaxy and beyond, and this book delivers. It is mostly from the point of view of a boy as he grows up, but that doesn't mean it's for children. It kept my attention and left me keen to read more.

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Aug 02, 2019 Chris DeVere rated it really liked it · review of another edition

An epic tale of adventure, loads of fun!

At first I was skeptical but this turned out to be a great read and loads of fun! I enjoyed the characters and found myself to be surprisingly swept up in the story on more than a few occasions. My only disappointment is that the rest of the trilogy aren’t out there to jump right into! Well recommended!

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Oct 21, 2017 Susan rated it it was amazing

I enjoyed this book a great deal, it is a well written fast paced story that takes place in a complex world with well developed characters. This book was hard to put down once I started reading it, so make sure you leave yourself plenty of time when you open it and begin reading. I highly recommend this book and I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

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Oct 07, 2017 Elizabeth rated it it was amazing

Excellent story! Action packed, yet touching. This story dives into what it is that makes humans human. A great story that keeps you guessing to the end. Loved it! Can't wait to see where the story goes next.

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Oct 14, 2017 Veronica rated it really liked it

I found the alternate narration technique a little disorienting at first, however it's used effectively to weave a fascinating tale. Character development and the revealing of the past is cleverly done. I'm looking forward to reading Red Sea.

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Mar 09, 2018 Gary Carter rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Small bite of a story.

I found this taste has left me with many questions about the rest of the story. The opening chapter got my blood up and the remainder while interesting and well written ended. Like that. Gotta get the whole book. lol

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Nov 10, 2017 Carla rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Interesting read

I like how it goes back forth between the books time periods. Good character development and interaction. Would recommend to any Si-Fi readers.

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Apr 24, 2018 Jay Collins rated it it was ok

2 to 2.5 stars It was just okay, not sure if I will continue with the series.

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Nov 05, 2017 Norma rated it it was amazing

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"I am the right."
The works of Robert Pease have always been creative but with Enslaved he moves to a new imaginative level yet still manages to retain the humanity of his characters. Mostly written with interleaving chapters charting the early years of Moshie, also called Chaim, as he grows up in slave status within the Sphere, always determined to better his position, and alternately following his mother, Cosette, essentially from Chaim's conception until a few hours after his birth, a vivid pi ...more

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D. Robert Pease has been interested in creating worlds since childhood. From building in the sandbox behind his house, to drawing fantastical worlds with paper and pencil, there has hardly been a time he hasn't been off on some adventure in his mind, to the dismay of parents and teachers alike. Also, since the moment he could read, books have consumed vast swaths of his life. From The Mouse and th ...more