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Fringe #1-5
The Fringe Series: Books 1-5
The first five thrilling novels in the Fringe Series are now available in a convenient ebook bundle! Featuring galactic conspiracies, epic interstellar missions, and three rebel captains at the front of an interplanetary war, this explosive collection includes the following titles:
FRINGE RUNNER
FRINGE STATION
FRINGE CAMPAIGN
FRINGE WAR
FRINGE LEGACY
And the bonus short story, “The Teardrop that became a Torrent”
War looms on the horizon…
After the colonization of Mars and Europa, it took us fewer than five generations to reach beyond our solar system and discover new planets capable of supporting human life. Too far away to be governed under Earth law, the Collective was formed. Several hundred years later, the Collective has expanded to a system of six worlds. Power struggles and unequal rights have made interplanetary war all but inevitable. With rebellions arising across the Collective, three captains launch near-suicidal missions to free the oppressed fringe and reset equality across the stars.
A galactic war is coming, and only an old mail runner, a space pirate, and their ragtag crews can prevent it.
FRINGE RUNNER
FRINGE STATION
FRINGE CAMPAIGN
FRINGE WAR
FRINGE LEGACY
And the bonus short story, “The Teardrop that became a Torrent”
War looms on the horizon…
After the colonization of Mars and Europa, it took us fewer than five generations to reach beyond our solar system and discover new planets capable of supporting human life. Too far away to be governed under Earth law, the Collective was formed. Several hundred years later, the Collective has expanded to a system of six worlds. Power struggles and unequal rights have made interplanetary war all but inevitable. With rebellions arising across the Collective, three captains launch near-suicidal missions to free the oppressed fringe and reset equality across the stars.
A galactic war is coming, and only an old mail runner, a space pirate, and their ragtag crews can prevent it.
842 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 5, 2018
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About the author
Rachel Aukes
66 books408 followersRachel Aukes is the bestselling author of over forty books, including 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of the Year list. She writes in a number of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, and more. Her series includes Waymaker Wars, Space Troopers, Flight of the Javelin, Fringe, Deadland Saga, Colliding Worlds, and Guardians of the Seven Seals. Her novels have repeatedly been Amazon Top 100 bestsellers and #1 bestsellers in Horror, Post-Apocalyptic, Space Fleet, Space Marine, Galactic Empire, Colonization, Alien Invasion, and Cyberpunk. When not writing, Rachel can be found flying old airplanes with an incredibly spoiled dog over the Iowa countryside.
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July 8, 2019
Review originally published at: https://www.lomeraniel.com/audiobookr...
The human race has expanded their horizons and now their destiny is tied to six planets far from the Solar System. They are governed by The Collective, but only people from two of the six worlds are considered citizens. The colonists, who live in the other four planets are forced to pay high taxes to the Collective, while people on the main two planets live the good life.
This is the story of an old captain and his crew, who survived the old war, and get the wheels in motion to start a new revolution, perhaps giving a fair chance to the colonists.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series, which reminded me a lot of Firefly. I especially liked the political intrigues, the conspiracies, and the newly formed alliances. I think the cast of characters was also quite interesting, each one with their particular baggage.
There are five books in the series, and I enjoyed some more than others. It took me quite some to get into the story, and I think it was mainly due to the lack of descriptions. I think knowing more about the scenes and the characters would have helped me to get hooked more quickly. For instance, we know little about the characters’ appearance. We know that the captain may be old because we read again and again about the pain in his joins, but we only get to know his age in the third book. It is the same with the rest. One of the characters is in a wheelchair, and another one has terrible scars on his face, but we don’t know a lot about how any of the characters should look like. I don’t really need a lot of information, I know readers need to exercise their imagination, but I could have done with a couple of clear characteristics about each character to file them separately in my mind. It happened the same with places, situations, and actions. I think I needed to ‘see’ more clearly how things were and what was happening.
Probably because of this, I felt detached from the characters and events. There were situations of enormous emotion, but for the life of me, I could not feel it. I felt the rhythm a bit slow on occasions. I enjoyed the story, it was entertaining, but I did not find it gripping.
James Anderson Foster’s narration was excellent. This is the second time I have the pleasure of listening to a book narrated by Foster, and he does a wonderful job interpreting the characters and using a compelling tone to keep the listener interested. Subtle variations helped to differentiate characters, and all in all, the narration improved the whole experience.
I would recommend this series to anyone into the genre, and also people nostalgic about Firefly. The worldbuilding was good but the story was not very original. Still a decent read.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
The human race has expanded their horizons and now their destiny is tied to six planets far from the Solar System. They are governed by The Collective, but only people from two of the six worlds are considered citizens. The colonists, who live in the other four planets are forced to pay high taxes to the Collective, while people on the main two planets live the good life.
This is the story of an old captain and his crew, who survived the old war, and get the wheels in motion to start a new revolution, perhaps giving a fair chance to the colonists.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series, which reminded me a lot of Firefly. I especially liked the political intrigues, the conspiracies, and the newly formed alliances. I think the cast of characters was also quite interesting, each one with their particular baggage.
There are five books in the series, and I enjoyed some more than others. It took me quite some to get into the story, and I think it was mainly due to the lack of descriptions. I think knowing more about the scenes and the characters would have helped me to get hooked more quickly. For instance, we know little about the characters’ appearance. We know that the captain may be old because we read again and again about the pain in his joins, but we only get to know his age in the third book. It is the same with the rest. One of the characters is in a wheelchair, and another one has terrible scars on his face, but we don’t know a lot about how any of the characters should look like. I don’t really need a lot of information, I know readers need to exercise their imagination, but I could have done with a couple of clear characteristics about each character to file them separately in my mind. It happened the same with places, situations, and actions. I think I needed to ‘see’ more clearly how things were and what was happening.
Probably because of this, I felt detached from the characters and events. There were situations of enormous emotion, but for the life of me, I could not feel it. I felt the rhythm a bit slow on occasions. I enjoyed the story, it was entertaining, but I did not find it gripping.
James Anderson Foster’s narration was excellent. This is the second time I have the pleasure of listening to a book narrated by Foster, and he does a wonderful job interpreting the characters and using a compelling tone to keep the listener interested. Subtle variations helped to differentiate characters, and all in all, the narration improved the whole experience.
I would recommend this series to anyone into the genre, and also people nostalgic about Firefly. The worldbuilding was good but the story was not very original. Still a decent read.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
April 8, 2019
Very enjoyable reading. Hard to put the book down as I was eager to see what would happen next. Imaginative story - recommended for those who enjoy action stories.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read and review these 5 books - very much appreciate it.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read and review these 5 books - very much appreciate it.
January 18, 2021
I actually believe it's worth 3.5 Stars.
This series is a great read and I really enjoyed the individual stories in each of the five books, and the overall story arc. So why only 3.5 stars?
The good –
I love the fact that each book is an individual story that is resolved (no cliff-hangers) with just a couple of minor plot threads that lead into the next book.
The not so good –
The stories need editing. There are the occasional typos which can be overlooked, but missing or incorrectly used words throwing me out of the story can’t be, and there’s also some structural issues with the stories. One of these issues had me going back over paragraphs to work out who was talking – a paragraph should only contain the actions, thoughts, or dialogue of one character. When a new character speaks, thinks, or does something it’s a new paragraph.
I also came across a minor character’s death being attributed to a main character that wasn’t present when the death occurred. Minor spoiler alert – Bree killed Axos, not Throttle.
This series is a great read and I really enjoyed the individual stories in each of the five books, and the overall story arc. So why only 3.5 stars?
The good –
I love the fact that each book is an individual story that is resolved (no cliff-hangers) with just a couple of minor plot threads that lead into the next book.
The not so good –
The stories need editing. There are the occasional typos which can be overlooked, but missing or incorrectly used words throwing me out of the story can’t be, and there’s also some structural issues with the stories. One of these issues had me going back over paragraphs to work out who was talking – a paragraph should only contain the actions, thoughts, or dialogue of one character. When a new character speaks, thinks, or does something it’s a new paragraph.
I also came across a minor character’s death being attributed to a main character that wasn’t present when the death occurred. Minor spoiler alert – Bree killed Axos, not Throttle.
June 18, 2021
I can't really pin down why I didn't like this series. The characters and world just rubbed me the wrong way. I DNF'ed in the first book somewhere.
September 27, 2021
Entertaining listening while walking the dog.
This series takes place in an alternate reality where people have not only conquered space they've terra-formed and inhabited planets. Some humans have even morphed into variant species, due to altered conditions on their planets.
At some point there was a mutiny because the "fringe" planets wanted autonomy. Several factions formed and war ensued but, alas, the revolution was crushed by the better armed and supplied Collective of planets. What remained were revolutionaries turned pirates and these were the characters that populated the Fringe series books.
A very imaginative and well thought out series of worlds and characters that were at least 3-D
This series takes place in an alternate reality where people have not only conquered space they've terra-formed and inhabited planets. Some humans have even morphed into variant species, due to altered conditions on their planets.
At some point there was a mutiny because the "fringe" planets wanted autonomy. Several factions formed and war ensued but, alas, the revolution was crushed by the better armed and supplied Collective of planets. What remained were revolutionaries turned pirates and these were the characters that populated the Fringe series books.
A very imaginative and well thought out series of worlds and characters that were at least 3-D
September 9, 2019
The enemy of my enemy is.
This collection of novels is well written. They also will keep you turning page after page to discover how the plot unfolds in the struggle for the Fringe worlds to gain independence from the Collective worlds. You'll learn to love the good guys and hate the bad as the storyline unfolds.
This collection of novels is well written. They also will keep you turning page after page to discover how the plot unfolds in the struggle for the Fringe worlds to gain independence from the Collective worlds. You'll learn to love the good guys and hate the bad as the storyline unfolds.
August 18, 2020
Sci-Real
With the plandemic in full swing, Aukes' probably didn't realize her future was right around the corner. C'mon folks- do your research if u don't think this is an engineered flu designed to disrupt society with an obedient media. But the Fringe thankfully has a few badasses that won't stand for that BS
With the plandemic in full swing, Aukes' probably didn't realize her future was right around the corner. C'mon folks- do your research if u don't think this is an engineered flu designed to disrupt society with an obedient media. But the Fringe thankfully has a few badasses that won't stand for that BS
December 8, 2020
Terrific
Characters have depth and believability. Story moved quickly with many surprises and fascinating developments. I found myself binge reading late into the night. I plan to begin another series by this author as soon as possible. I definitely recommend this read for any one who enjoys science fiction and high adventure
Characters have depth and believability. Story moved quickly with many surprises and fascinating developments. I found myself binge reading late into the night. I plan to begin another series by this author as soon as possible. I definitely recommend this read for any one who enjoys science fiction and high adventure
August 6, 2023
good read! action and characters
The beginning of this story was confusing but by the end of book 1, I was following the story better. It had Some sex and sexual references, no swearing. Ordinary people called to do heroic things to free slaves and defend their lives. All 5 books- very intriguing read.
The beginning of this story was confusing but by the end of book 1, I was following the story better. It had Some sex and sexual references, no swearing. Ordinary people called to do heroic things to free slaves and defend their lives. All 5 books- very intriguing read.
October 28, 2024
Believing in a cause is heartbreaking.
First for this author I really enjoyed this series and it reminded me of the old pulp sci-fi books I read as a kid. I'm not going to give anything away but just set some time aside to read this series because it took me a week to read it all. Plot is great and stays true all the way through. Lots of action so rest yourself and hang on.
First for this author I really enjoyed this series and it reminded me of the old pulp sci-fi books I read as a kid. I'm not going to give anything away but just set some time aside to read this series because it took me a week to read it all. Plot is great and stays true all the way through. Lots of action so rest yourself and hang on.
January 9, 2019
Not a bad story. I'm a fan of scifi stories, especially ones with spaceships, planetary colonization and the like, so this book was just the thing. Nothing spectacular here, but sometimes, you just want a decent space story, and if that's what you're after, you'll find this one fits the bill quite nicely.
June 20, 2020
WHAT BEAUTIFUL WRITTEN SCI-FI ADVENTURE BOOKS!😍
I HAD THOUGHT THAT THE FIVE 📚I WAS GOING TO READ WOULD BE NICE TO SPEND A FEW HOURS READING 📚!😍 LET ME SAY THIS, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THIS AUTHOR'S SWEEPING CREATIVE STORYLINE!😍 BUY THESE 📚 NOW!😍
I HAD THOUGHT THAT THE FIVE 📚I WAS GOING TO READ WOULD BE NICE TO SPEND A FEW HOURS READING 📚!😍 LET ME SAY THIS, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THIS AUTHOR'S SWEEPING CREATIVE STORYLINE!😍 BUY THESE 📚 NOW!😍
April 10, 2025
A long but engaging read
I thoroughly enjoyed these books with an engaging story line that kept me always wanting to find out what happened next. Great character development aided in keeping me involved in the story.
I thoroughly enjoyed these books with an engaging story line that kept me always wanting to find out what happened next. Great character development aided in keeping me involved in the story.
July 6, 2019
Excellent
Great story well written keeps you spellbound from the beginning to the end. Not a common problem these days with authors
Great story well written keeps you spellbound from the beginning to the end. Not a common problem these days with authors
October 20, 2019
Great story
Definitely going to have to get deeper into this series. Rachel knows how to tell a story and I'm thankful for that
Definitely going to have to get deeper into this series. Rachel knows how to tell a story and I'm thankful for that
July 30, 2020
A fun read
A very enjoyable character driven adventure.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action and adventure.
I look forward to more from this author.😀
A very enjoyable character driven adventure.
Great characters with realistic situations and lots of action and adventure.
I look forward to more from this author.😀
October 10, 2020
A great story..
A thoroughly enjoyable series that was well worth the (minuscule) effort downloading. RM is a talented writer with a flair for dystopian Sci-fi.
A thoroughly enjoyable series that was well worth the (minuscule) effort downloading. RM is a talented writer with a flair for dystopian Sci-fi.
November 27, 2020
Plagues, pirates, planetary colonization. What more do I need to say. Maybe that I had to read through the series in the last 2 days. Fantastic story
January 7, 2021
Got to read them all
I read all five books in four days. I was thoroughly entertained. This was some good writing. I suggest that you read them too
I read all five books in four days. I was thoroughly entertained. This was some good writing. I suggest that you read them too
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