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Singularity: Book Two of StarCruiser Brilliant
Can an android be your best friend?
In Singularity, Book Two of the StarCruiser Brilliant series, Jennifer fights a Senator trying to stop the Singularity. Will she be able to save a planet from bioterrorism as she puts her flying skills against the Navy’s Blue Angels? Can her company, JennaTech, produce the inventions necessary to become successful?
Coming to Earth from the Hoclarth Alliance, Jennifer’s half-sister Kalinda, finds her destiny in surfing, martial arts, acting, and love.
Where does StarCruiser Brilliant take the Star Squad in this exciting sequel to the Amazon Children’s Time Travel Bestseller, Brilliant by Rick Lakin?
For fans of Laurence Dahner's Ell Donsaii, Laer Carroll, and Cliff Happy. Sports fans will enjoy scenes with surfing, martial arts, and tennis.
In Singularity, Book Two of the StarCruiser Brilliant series, Jennifer fights a Senator trying to stop the Singularity. Will she be able to save a planet from bioterrorism as she puts her flying skills against the Navy’s Blue Angels? Can her company, JennaTech, produce the inventions necessary to become successful?
Coming to Earth from the Hoclarth Alliance, Jennifer’s half-sister Kalinda, finds her destiny in surfing, martial arts, acting, and love.
Where does StarCruiser Brilliant take the Star Squad in this exciting sequel to the Amazon Children’s Time Travel Bestseller, Brilliant by Rick Lakin?
For fans of Laurence Dahner's Ell Donsaii, Laer Carroll, and Cliff Happy. Sports fans will enjoy scenes with surfing, martial arts, and tennis.
407 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2019
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About the author
Rick Lakin
2 books7 followersRick Lakin is the Best-Selling Children’s Science Fiction Author of Brilliant, and the publisher at iCrewDigitalPublishing.com, Bringing New Authors to a Digital World. iCrew has published 35 books by 11 authors.
Rick has been an Optimist for almost two years and is the district webmaster at calso41.us and was a Toastmaster.
He is the founder of iCrew Digital Productions, A Community of Young Media Professionals and a member of the 1000 Club of the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers. Rick is an Advanced Communicator Silver in Toastmasters International and is a member of American Mensa. Rick works as a Sports Statistician for broadcast television and is a retired math teacher.
He lives in Southern California but his roots are in Columbus, Ohio, home of The Ohio State University Buckeyes.
Singularity, Book Two of StarCruiser Brilliant, is on pre-sale at Amazon for release on April 10, 2019.
Rick has been an Optimist for almost two years and is the district webmaster at calso41.us and was a Toastmaster.
He is the founder of iCrew Digital Productions, A Community of Young Media Professionals and a member of the 1000 Club of the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers. Rick is an Advanced Communicator Silver in Toastmasters International and is a member of American Mensa. Rick works as a Sports Statistician for broadcast television and is a retired math teacher.
He lives in Southern California but his roots are in Columbus, Ohio, home of The Ohio State University Buckeyes.
Singularity, Book Two of StarCruiser Brilliant, is on pre-sale at Amazon for release on April 10, 2019.
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April 23, 2019
As always, do not let my star count override your judgement of content. More on the stars, counting, and my rating challenges later. Five stars was an easy decision, for once.
I am writing this review from memory, so Lakin will have to forgive me if I leave anything important out.
There is future science, and lots of it. Amazingly, all of it is worked into the plot in some way.
I have no idea how Lakin does his research. There is unarmed combat like karate in low gravity. There is a lot of jet plane piloting, including stunt manoeuvres and combat. There are scenes of surfing, which I actually researched to find that Lakin had been there ahead of me. There are plagues and rescues. There is a bit of dirty politics which the chief protagonist, with some influential help, overcomes. There are a couple of gentle starting-love stories.
In short, an incredibly satisfying read of well over three hundred pages.
Now for my star count boilerplate. My personal guidelines, when doing anY review, are as follows: five stars means, roughly equal to best in genre. Rarely given. Four stars means, extremely good. Three stars means, definitely recommendable. I am a tough reviewer. I try hard to be consistent.
Five stars is an easy decision here. Lakin has a bit of Silverberg in his power of characterization, a bit of Asimov in his future technology, a bit of Heinlein in his subtlety of plot. All blended together. Five stars it is. Extremely recommended.
I am writing this review from memory, so Lakin will have to forgive me if I leave anything important out.
There is future science, and lots of it. Amazingly, all of it is worked into the plot in some way.
I have no idea how Lakin does his research. There is unarmed combat like karate in low gravity. There is a lot of jet plane piloting, including stunt manoeuvres and combat. There are scenes of surfing, which I actually researched to find that Lakin had been there ahead of me. There are plagues and rescues. There is a bit of dirty politics which the chief protagonist, with some influential help, overcomes. There are a couple of gentle starting-love stories.
In short, an incredibly satisfying read of well over three hundred pages.
Now for my star count boilerplate. My personal guidelines, when doing anY review, are as follows: five stars means, roughly equal to best in genre. Rarely given. Four stars means, extremely good. Three stars means, definitely recommendable. I am a tough reviewer. I try hard to be consistent.
Five stars is an easy decision here. Lakin has a bit of Silverberg in his power of characterization, a bit of Asimov in his future technology, a bit of Heinlein in his subtlety of plot. All blended together. Five stars it is. Extremely recommended.
April 25, 2019
"Singularity" eBook was published in 2019 and was written by Rick Lakin (http://www.ricklakin.com). Mr. Lakin has published two novels. This is the second of his "StarCruiser Brilliant" series.
I received an ARC of this novel through https://www.netgalley.com in return for a fair and honest review. I categorize this novel as ‘G’. The story is set in the not too distant future on Earth. The primary character is Jennifer Gallagher, actress, tech entrepreneur, and Brilliant crew member.
Gallagher is incredibly successful at everything she tries and is only 17. The Brilliant's crew meets with the Blue Angels and does some incredible flying with them. They also debut some of the capabilities of Brilliant before the public. They must contend with a presidential candidate that is campaigning against robots. They must also go on a deep space mission to confront a bioterrorism attack.
I thought that the 7.5+ hours I spent reading this 386-page science fiction novel were interesting. This is a Young Adult novel and one that seems to be targeted at the very young end of that category. While second in the series, this novel reads pretty well on its own. I felt that the plot seemed to be targeted more at the grade school age reader. For me, the plot was far too simple. The chosen cover art is OK. I give this novel a 3.3 (rounded down to a 3) out of 5.
Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at https://johnpurvis.wordpress.com/blog/.
I received an ARC of this novel through https://www.netgalley.com in return for a fair and honest review. I categorize this novel as ‘G’. The story is set in the not too distant future on Earth. The primary character is Jennifer Gallagher, actress, tech entrepreneur, and Brilliant crew member.
Gallagher is incredibly successful at everything she tries and is only 17. The Brilliant's crew meets with the Blue Angels and does some incredible flying with them. They also debut some of the capabilities of Brilliant before the public. They must contend with a presidential candidate that is campaigning against robots. They must also go on a deep space mission to confront a bioterrorism attack.
I thought that the 7.5+ hours I spent reading this 386-page science fiction novel were interesting. This is a Young Adult novel and one that seems to be targeted at the very young end of that category. While second in the series, this novel reads pretty well on its own. I felt that the plot seemed to be targeted more at the grade school age reader. For me, the plot was far too simple. The chosen cover art is OK. I give this novel a 3.3 (rounded down to a 3) out of 5.
Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at https://johnpurvis.wordpress.com/blog/.
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