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Terradox #0–4 omnibus
Terradox Quadrilogy: The Complete Box Set
A planet that shouldn't exist. An adventure you'll never forget.
Grab all four books in the thrilling TERRADOX series for one low price, in this great value 1600-page sci-fi box set!
With Earth in turmoil under the iron fist of a despotic Global Union, a small group of exiles flees for the safety of a distant research station.
They were heading for Venus. Somewhere else found them first.
Crash-landing on an uncharted world full of wonders wasn't what anyone had in mind, and the irresistible temptation to explore and conquer the incredible landscape reveals new dangers hiding around every corner.
Everything rests on the survivors' ability to unravel the mystery of their increasingly hostile new world, but Terradox will not give up its secrets without a fight...
This box set contains all four Terradox novels:
1) Terradox
2) The Fall of Terradox
3) Terradox Reborn
4) Terradox Beyond
... and also a never-before-seen prequel short story:
0) Terradox Zero: Before The Crash
Dive in to the epic Terradox saga today! (From the author of the blockbuster international bestseller, Not Alone)
Grab all four books in the thrilling TERRADOX series for one low price, in this great value 1600-page sci-fi box set!
With Earth in turmoil under the iron fist of a despotic Global Union, a small group of exiles flees for the safety of a distant research station.
They were heading for Venus. Somewhere else found them first.
Crash-landing on an uncharted world full of wonders wasn't what anyone had in mind, and the irresistible temptation to explore and conquer the incredible landscape reveals new dangers hiding around every corner.
Everything rests on the survivors' ability to unravel the mystery of their increasingly hostile new world, but Terradox will not give up its secrets without a fight...
This box set contains all four Terradox novels:
1) Terradox
2) The Fall of Terradox
3) Terradox Reborn
4) Terradox Beyond
... and also a never-before-seen prequel short story:
0) Terradox Zero: Before The Crash
Dive in to the epic Terradox saga today! (From the author of the blockbuster international bestseller, Not Alone)
- GenresScience Fiction
1360 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2019
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October 16, 2019
Well I finished the second book. I do love the characters but I am getting tired of these people still getting into stupid dangerous situations. It is like the TV ads for the young people making the wrong choices in scary movies and hide behind the chainsaws. These good characters who are really smart keep going back to get into situations that they know in advance that there is a good chance they they will get killed. Sigh. Still I will read the third book.
December 2, 2019
Well, this is going to be somewhat of a long review. To summarize, this is a single book that covers four separate books. They are all fairly long, but continue the story well in that each book could stand on it’s own. The main characters all carry over through out the series and for the most part the story takes place on an artificial planet named Terradox.
Book 1 - Terradox
This gets you introduced to the main characters who are Holly or Hollywood, a former Astronaut; Grav, a security specialist; Robert Harrington, a wealthy older gentleman; Viola, a young lady who won’t do what she’s told; and Bo, a young man who is brilliant later on. Additionally, there’s Ekaterina Rusev, matriarch of the entire bunch although she lives and will stay on the Venus space station. And then there’s Dante. Not sure why he’s included, but apparently he’s was an engineer that had something to do with building the Karrier. The Karrier is what normally would be called a spaceship which happens to be making trips between Earth and the Venus space station. A select few, like 4,000, people from Earth were going to be permanently living on the space station and they were all very happy with that idea.
Earth is currently having serious political problems. So much so, that an almost dictator name Roger Morrison has just about completely dominated everything on Earth. His rule is not a benevolent one. He has his secret police and they will and do monitor everything on Earth. That is way Ekaterina Rusev and her people are leaving Earth and this is their last trip.
Everything seems to be going just great on the trip from Earth to the Venus space station, except it doesn’t make it there. The Karrier hits an invisible object and has to crash land on what turns out to be an artificial planet called Terradox. Fortunately, all the people aboard the Karrier landed safely in their escape modules and now they must figure out where they are and why. This is a pretty interesting beginning to the series.
Book 2 - The Fall of Terradox
As you’ll find out, Terradox is a somewhat strange place, but it was built to have humans living on it. It was to be the alternate home of Roger Morrison as he carried out a very evil plan for Earth. That didn’t happen due to Holly, Grav and the others who crashed there as designed and planned by Mr. Morrison.
But now, one of Roger Morrison’s associates has managed to take control of Terradox and he has a lot of Earth tourist as hostages. He’s of course threatened to kill all of them unless Holly, Grav and the others who destroyed Roger Morrison return to Terradox for an execution.
Of course, that’s not exactly going to happen although they all do return.
Book 3 - Terradox Reborn
Ok, so Holly is now in-charge of Terradox. She has definite ideas about how it should be ran and it’s not like things were done on Earth. Her new colony will consist of highly skilled and capable scientist dedicated to modern research in whatever field they prefer. These new colonist to Terradox will be highly vetted by Grav, the new Security Director under Holly and will have to past rigorous psychological screening. Their new home on Terradox will be a wondrous place with everything they need provided for them. Their research results will be shared with Earth and the Venus station which will bring the necessary monetary rewards to fund the colony.
Everything seems to be going just fine until on particularly significant experiment takes a turn for the worse. For a bunch of scientist who should know better, they put themselves in a situation that should never have happened. How they could isolate a group of people in an experimental environment on Terradox with no quick way to rescue them is really just stupid. Enough said about this book.
Book 4 - Terradox Beyond
By now I am sick and tired of reading about the same people doing basically the same things. They do stuff which seems to always cause problems which they should have seen before hand. Additionally, there must be thousands of people on Terradox, but only a few ever get mentioned.
And now, they want to create a new Terradox or artificial planet that will be mobile allowing its citizens to go out and explore the cosmos. Of course, this new place has it’s own problems which soon come up and have to be tackled. I didn’t expect anything less, but by now I could care less.
Summary -
Don’t read this entire book at one time. Take a break and read something in between each of the books here. I didn’t and it took me a long time to get back to reading book 4. I don’t mind reading about the same characters in a series of individual books, but this was just too much and turned out too boring for the most part. And now this review has gone on long enough!
Book 1 - Terradox
This gets you introduced to the main characters who are Holly or Hollywood, a former Astronaut; Grav, a security specialist; Robert Harrington, a wealthy older gentleman; Viola, a young lady who won’t do what she’s told; and Bo, a young man who is brilliant later on. Additionally, there’s Ekaterina Rusev, matriarch of the entire bunch although she lives and will stay on the Venus space station. And then there’s Dante. Not sure why he’s included, but apparently he’s was an engineer that had something to do with building the Karrier. The Karrier is what normally would be called a spaceship which happens to be making trips between Earth and the Venus space station. A select few, like 4,000, people from Earth were going to be permanently living on the space station and they were all very happy with that idea.
Earth is currently having serious political problems. So much so, that an almost dictator name Roger Morrison has just about completely dominated everything on Earth. His rule is not a benevolent one. He has his secret police and they will and do monitor everything on Earth. That is way Ekaterina Rusev and her people are leaving Earth and this is their last trip.
Everything seems to be going just great on the trip from Earth to the Venus space station, except it doesn’t make it there. The Karrier hits an invisible object and has to crash land on what turns out to be an artificial planet called Terradox. Fortunately, all the people aboard the Karrier landed safely in their escape modules and now they must figure out where they are and why. This is a pretty interesting beginning to the series.
Book 2 - The Fall of Terradox
As you’ll find out, Terradox is a somewhat strange place, but it was built to have humans living on it. It was to be the alternate home of Roger Morrison as he carried out a very evil plan for Earth. That didn’t happen due to Holly, Grav and the others who crashed there as designed and planned by Mr. Morrison.
But now, one of Roger Morrison’s associates has managed to take control of Terradox and he has a lot of Earth tourist as hostages. He’s of course threatened to kill all of them unless Holly, Grav and the others who destroyed Roger Morrison return to Terradox for an execution.
Of course, that’s not exactly going to happen although they all do return.
Book 3 - Terradox Reborn
Ok, so Holly is now in-charge of Terradox. She has definite ideas about how it should be ran and it’s not like things were done on Earth. Her new colony will consist of highly skilled and capable scientist dedicated to modern research in whatever field they prefer. These new colonist to Terradox will be highly vetted by Grav, the new Security Director under Holly and will have to past rigorous psychological screening. Their new home on Terradox will be a wondrous place with everything they need provided for them. Their research results will be shared with Earth and the Venus station which will bring the necessary monetary rewards to fund the colony.
Everything seems to be going just fine until on particularly significant experiment takes a turn for the worse. For a bunch of scientist who should know better, they put themselves in a situation that should never have happened. How they could isolate a group of people in an experimental environment on Terradox with no quick way to rescue them is really just stupid. Enough said about this book.
Book 4 - Terradox Beyond
By now I am sick and tired of reading about the same people doing basically the same things. They do stuff which seems to always cause problems which they should have seen before hand. Additionally, there must be thousands of people on Terradox, but only a few ever get mentioned.
And now, they want to create a new Terradox or artificial planet that will be mobile allowing its citizens to go out and explore the cosmos. Of course, this new place has it’s own problems which soon come up and have to be tackled. I didn’t expect anything less, but by now I could care less.
Summary -
Don’t read this entire book at one time. Take a break and read something in between each of the books here. I didn’t and it took me a long time to get back to reading book 4. I don’t mind reading about the same characters in a series of individual books, but this was just too much and turned out too boring for the most part. And now this review has gone on long enough!
April 18, 2020
I only read this because I only paid 99 cents for the series. I needed something to read to put me to sleep. I like to read long books or book series so I get to know the characters...
...but seriously, I struggled to read even two pages on many nights. It felt like I was reading a book written by a twelve year old. An intelligent twelve year old, but still a very immature person.
The world building was okay.
The Character building was okay.
The main concept behind the book was okay.
The dialogue was atrocious.
Constantly repeated sections of storyline, internal motivations, thoughts and analysis of emotional status. Long drawn out goodbyes and confirmations at critical times. Shallow storyline otherwise.
More fantasy than science fiction. Very little understanding of physics, and on some pivotal points, completely wrong. The difference between acceleration and speed. The importance of differential rather than absolute speed. How sound is propogated, not due to gravity, but the presence of a medium to carry it. Air, for example.
Really, I should have deleted this before finishing the first book. But I strive to see the value in an author's work. I hope Craig's figure work is better. But this series was awful.
...but seriously, I struggled to read even two pages on many nights. It felt like I was reading a book written by a twelve year old. An intelligent twelve year old, but still a very immature person.
The world building was okay.
The Character building was okay.
The main concept behind the book was okay.
The dialogue was atrocious.
Constantly repeated sections of storyline, internal motivations, thoughts and analysis of emotional status. Long drawn out goodbyes and confirmations at critical times. Shallow storyline otherwise.
More fantasy than science fiction. Very little understanding of physics, and on some pivotal points, completely wrong. The difference between acceleration and speed. The importance of differential rather than absolute speed. How sound is propogated, not due to gravity, but the presence of a medium to carry it. Air, for example.
Really, I should have deleted this before finishing the first book. But I strive to see the value in an author's work. I hope Craig's figure work is better. But this series was awful.
February 10, 2020
A cracking read
Superb ideas, a great basic plot developed well into a story that really captures the reader's imagination and excellent progression of events through to conclusion.
My only niggle would be the way the author ends some chapters, presaging a momentous change which I personally feel he does far too often but this is a personal criticism of style and doesn't really detract in any way from the author's superb staging of each book in the series.
A solid 9.5/10 deserving a 5-star rating.
Superb ideas, a great basic plot developed well into a story that really captures the reader's imagination and excellent progression of events through to conclusion.
My only niggle would be the way the author ends some chapters, presaging a momentous change which I personally feel he does far too often but this is a personal criticism of style and doesn't really detract in any way from the author's superb staging of each book in the series.
A solid 9.5/10 deserving a 5-star rating.
December 26, 2023
Great Series
I really liked this series. The characters were very well written and developed. The story was very unique. The idea that nanobots could create an entire world and it's ecosystem was a new concept for me. It was different from what was done in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan because it doesn't need a dead planet or nebula, and it wasn't terraforming. They called the base an embryo that was launched into space and then developed over a period of a few years. The series spans a period of fourteen years, and you get to see how the characters grow and change. I did have a minor gripe with one of the main characters acting like the stereotypical teenager in a horror movie, where she is told to remain in the vehicle, and of course, decides that she can help, which causes problems for the other main characters. After things are taken care of, one of the main characters comes up to her touches her temple and says "No brains, but courage". Sums up the readers opinion of her behavior as well. Overall I enjoyed this series and highly recommend it. The descriptions are very thorough and the reader gets a mental picture of the settings.
I really liked this series. The characters were very well written and developed. The story was very unique. The idea that nanobots could create an entire world and it's ecosystem was a new concept for me. It was different from what was done in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan because it doesn't need a dead planet or nebula, and it wasn't terraforming. They called the base an embryo that was launched into space and then developed over a period of a few years. The series spans a period of fourteen years, and you get to see how the characters grow and change. I did have a minor gripe with one of the main characters acting like the stereotypical teenager in a horror movie, where she is told to remain in the vehicle, and of course, decides that she can help, which causes problems for the other main characters. After things are taken care of, one of the main characters comes up to her touches her temple and says "No brains, but courage". Sums up the readers opinion of her behavior as well. Overall I enjoyed this series and highly recommend it. The descriptions are very thorough and the reader gets a mental picture of the settings.
March 28, 2020
A decent read with some fun plot lines. I liked the characters, though I found them quite one-dimensional, the goodies were good and the baddies were bad, there wasn't much nuance in their personalities, they felt formulaic. The storyline on the other hand was enjoyable, with some great unexpected twists. The last book of the 4 was the dullest for me. All in all a decent read but not at the 5 star level for me.
March 11, 2021
A very engaging and enjoyable series!
So far, I have greatly enjoyed everything Mr. Falconer has published. This series was thought-provoking in many ways about what may be possible in our future, and what it could do in the wrong hands. I would have liked a tad more about how some technologies might be possible, but that might be too dry for some readers. I hope he writes more on this storyline in the future- I will certainly be reading it if he does.
So far, I have greatly enjoyed everything Mr. Falconer has published. This series was thought-provoking in many ways about what may be possible in our future, and what it could do in the wrong hands. I would have liked a tad more about how some technologies might be possible, but that might be too dry for some readers. I hope he writes more on this storyline in the future- I will certainly be reading it if he does.
May 23, 2021
Like the novelty of the sci-fi/tech that was in the stories. In the end however I felt the missions were too much based on personalities, family dynamics than what I thought was realistic. But did finish the books to see if something (a villain) I anticipated from first book would appear again before the quadrilogy ended. It did not .
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 22, 2020
Terradox Quadrilogy Exciting and Thought Provoking
Craig Falconers Terradox Quadrilogy has all the things a sci fi fan loves, Adventures in space, new technologies, great characters and a compelling story.
Craig Falconers Terradox Quadrilogy has all the things a sci fi fan loves, Adventures in space, new technologies, great characters and a compelling story.
April 30, 2020
Loved this!
I enjoyed the progression of the story line. The near-future almost dystopian sci-fi (but with happy endings!) really had great character development, just like I’ve come to expect from Craig Falconer.
I enjoyed the progression of the story line. The near-future almost dystopian sci-fi (but with happy endings!) really had great character development, just like I’ve come to expect from Craig Falconer.
July 16, 2020
Great adventure
Join Holly and Grav as they explore the man-made world called Terradox, defeat it's maniacal inventor and prepare mankind for adventure beyond our solar system. A very entertaining read.
Join Holly and Grav as they explore the man-made world called Terradox, defeat it's maniacal inventor and prepare mankind for adventure beyond our solar system. A very entertaining read.
April 15, 2021
Thoroughly enjoyable set of books.
Story moved well. Character development is good.Technology and circumstances were explained and pace is good. Author makes some observations that made me think he could have been thinking about world we are in. It is an interesting story.
Story moved well. Character development is good.Technology and circumstances were explained and pace is good. Author makes some observations that made me think he could have been thinking about world we are in. It is an interesting story.
April 10, 2022
Landing
The series was well written, solid time line, and a little out there. Loved it and had trouble putting it down. Wishing there was more, realizing it was time to return to reality. I lose myself in 📚 i really love. It's a 5 star.
The series was well written, solid time line, and a little out there. Loved it and had trouble putting it down. Wishing there was more, realizing it was time to return to reality. I lose myself in 📚 i really love. It's a 5 star.
April 15, 2020
Great original Sci-fi story.
A well thought out Sci-fi story. Many twists in the plot. some of them unexpected. A great way to enjoy a break from reality.
A well thought out Sci-fi story. Many twists in the plot. some of them unexpected. A great way to enjoy a break from reality.
May 21, 2020
Good reading
Craig seems to write in a planned and concise manner. Easy to follow and then flows between chapters to keep your interest. Good work enjoyed it
Craig seems to write in a planned and concise manner. Easy to follow and then flows between chapters to keep your interest. Good work enjoyed it
June 8, 2020
Really interesting story.
I have been binge reading all of the author's series and this one was as thoroughly engaging as the others. My only regret is that now I'm done.
I have been binge reading all of the author's series and this one was as thoroughly engaging as the others. My only regret is that now I'm done.
July 18, 2020
A really good read.
If you are starting the omnibus four book edition - prepare yourself. You will not be able to put it down!
If you are starting the omnibus four book edition - prepare yourself. You will not be able to put it down!
August 24, 2020
*** 3 stars for the writing and character developement
***** 5 stars for the creative ideas behind the plot - The scifi involved was fun and interesting.
***** 5 stars for the creative ideas behind the plot - The scifi involved was fun and interesting.
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December 20, 2020As usual, Craig has spun a great story. You keep writing them, I'll keep reading them!
August 1, 2023
Wonderful space opera
This four part series was great. Lots of drama, interesting characters, and novel technology. Even the villains were above average.
This four part series was great. Lots of drama, interesting characters, and novel technology. Even the villains were above average.
February 17, 2024
Absolutely loved this series. Fantastic
November 15, 2025
An easy read. Always something happening in short bursts to keep the interest going. Maybe a follow on story would be good.
January 4, 2020
Romotech is the new plastic.
I'm giving a four because of some of the good ideas, but I panned the first book for being a YA with bad grammar, and I'm sticking with that opinion. The author needs to be introduced to the objective case of "who". I never saw him use it. The story had some exciting parts, but it really dragged at about two thirds of the way through. We have curious names like Dante and Sakura. It's as if we're being warned about the true nature of these people. Like the cherry blossom, Sakura bursts on the scene late in the novel for a beautiful display then disappears before the story ends. Was that intentional? The central theme is romotech which doesn't get clearly explained, but seems to be a technique of programming matter at the atomic level to bind together like DNA so that you grow worlds or houses or worlds with house from a seed containing the programming. The possibilities are touched upon although the complexity of such programming is skipped over. The dangers are alluded to, but there is a righteous fear expressed so that no real examples are demonstrated. There are many situations that people get into, but the idea is dropped without follow on like the artificial life. What was that all about? Were we trying to investigate Shelley's version of a soulless creature created by man? Or was it that we were suggesting the dangers that could exist with non-biological life mixing with biological life? Oh, and about those microbes we discovered on the asteroid. I didn't see a rigorous isolation zone being installed. Those plants with roots like a willow, how did they get on Arcadia in the first place? Were they related to those stinky things we found at one of the bunkers? What happened to those stinky things anyway? The list isn't complete. One wonders why these problems were raised but not resolved? Anyway it looks as if we may get a version of "the voyage of the space beagle" in the near future. We've at least gotten a set up for such a follow on novel. It seems there were some words left out of the beginning so we put them at the end. Terradox zero is not as polished as the rest of the book, and it is easy to see why it was left out of the original novel.
I'm giving a four because of some of the good ideas, but I panned the first book for being a YA with bad grammar, and I'm sticking with that opinion. The author needs to be introduced to the objective case of "who". I never saw him use it. The story had some exciting parts, but it really dragged at about two thirds of the way through. We have curious names like Dante and Sakura. It's as if we're being warned about the true nature of these people. Like the cherry blossom, Sakura bursts on the scene late in the novel for a beautiful display then disappears before the story ends. Was that intentional? The central theme is romotech which doesn't get clearly explained, but seems to be a technique of programming matter at the atomic level to bind together like DNA so that you grow worlds or houses or worlds with house from a seed containing the programming. The possibilities are touched upon although the complexity of such programming is skipped over. The dangers are alluded to, but there is a righteous fear expressed so that no real examples are demonstrated. There are many situations that people get into, but the idea is dropped without follow on like the artificial life. What was that all about? Were we trying to investigate Shelley's version of a soulless creature created by man? Or was it that we were suggesting the dangers that could exist with non-biological life mixing with biological life? Oh, and about those microbes we discovered on the asteroid. I didn't see a rigorous isolation zone being installed. Those plants with roots like a willow, how did they get on Arcadia in the first place? Were they related to those stinky things we found at one of the bunkers? What happened to those stinky things anyway? The list isn't complete. One wonders why these problems were raised but not resolved? Anyway it looks as if we may get a version of "the voyage of the space beagle" in the near future. We've at least gotten a set up for such a follow on novel. It seems there were some words left out of the beginning so we put them at the end. Terradox zero is not as polished as the rest of the book, and it is easy to see why it was left out of the original novel.
January 28, 2020
Wonderful
The society-world building was exquisite the drama, operations, living situations eminently believable, not only that but nicely entertaining enough that I read the whole thing in 4 afternoon's just couldn't wait to read what would be happening next
Thanks for making this series available for me to enjoy.
The society-world building was exquisite the drama, operations, living situations eminently believable, not only that but nicely entertaining enough that I read the whole thing in 4 afternoon's just couldn't wait to read what would be happening next
Thanks for making this series available for me to enjoy.
January 3, 2020
The first book of this series was brilliant, exciting, and interesting, and I didn't find a single spelling or grammar error throughout, which is fantastic. Five stars for the first book, brilliant.
I was really looking forward to the second book, but unfortunately it was a disappointment. Once again flawless writing and grammar, but the author seemed to forget the roles people were assigned, being experts in their fields, he ignored it, despite talking about it repeatedly. The characters, who should have had a lot of great ideas to resolve the problems, were turned into bimbos and hardly contributed to anything. The entire second book was like watching water flow down a slope, you know where it came from, and where it would end, and that is exactly how it played out. Aside from some stupid mistakes, that got several people killed, there was almost zero drama. I had to drop a star because of this.
The third book was similar to the second, except it was more like a documentary than a story now. Characters were described doing various things, but there was almost no drama involved, aside from experts making mistakes, which seemed to be a common theme after the first book was written. Perhaps the second and third books were written too quickly? Not sure. I left it at 4 stars, which is how my review ended.
The author has some skills in writing certainly, brilliant actually, but he needs to work on characters and how to keep them in their roles, don't turn them into bimbo's that make mistakes and get others killed.
About the middle of book three I was skipping paragraphs to get to the end.
I was really looking forward to the second book, but unfortunately it was a disappointment. Once again flawless writing and grammar, but the author seemed to forget the roles people were assigned, being experts in their fields, he ignored it, despite talking about it repeatedly. The characters, who should have had a lot of great ideas to resolve the problems, were turned into bimbos and hardly contributed to anything. The entire second book was like watching water flow down a slope, you know where it came from, and where it would end, and that is exactly how it played out. Aside from some stupid mistakes, that got several people killed, there was almost zero drama. I had to drop a star because of this.
The third book was similar to the second, except it was more like a documentary than a story now. Characters were described doing various things, but there was almost no drama involved, aside from experts making mistakes, which seemed to be a common theme after the first book was written. Perhaps the second and third books were written too quickly? Not sure. I left it at 4 stars, which is how my review ended.
The author has some skills in writing certainly, brilliant actually, but he needs to work on characters and how to keep them in their roles, don't turn them into bimbo's that make mistakes and get others killed.
About the middle of book three I was skipping paragraphs to get to the end.
June 15, 2021
This started out with some interesting ideas, as well as characters I was interested in. But the story rapidly revealed there was no heart or soul to it, no real stakes either. Scenes that were supposed to be tense never were. Locales were never described. Heck, almost nothing was ever described, and I hate that, give us at least SOME descriptions.
I made myself finish this omnibus/quadrilogy, but it took putting it down for a few other books to do it.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the complete and utter lack of any comprehension of how things move in space, especially in relation to other objects.
On to greener pastures, gonna read the newest book from my "comfort read" author, Raymond E Feist. The book is QUEEN OF STORMS and I start right after posting this.
I made myself finish this omnibus/quadrilogy, but it took putting it down for a few other books to do it.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the complete and utter lack of any comprehension of how things move in space, especially in relation to other objects.
On to greener pastures, gonna read the newest book from my "comfort read" author, Raymond E Feist. The book is QUEEN OF STORMS and I start right after posting this.
January 7, 2020
Rating is really 2.5. The first book started off well, interesting plot and characters and acceptable pacing, but books 2, 3 and 4 were just meh. What was wrong? In one word, "wordy". Far too many explanations, spelling out of decisions and the characters became unbelievable.
Real pity as I thought this had the potential to become a really fun space opera series. From the moment they left Netherdox in book 2, the rest of the series fell flat for me and I struggled to finish, skimming many pages just to get to the end.
Real pity as I thought this had the potential to become a really fun space opera series. From the moment they left Netherdox in book 2, the rest of the series fell flat for me and I struggled to finish, skimming many pages just to get to the end.
December 11, 2019
Finally, something I can rank with 1 star. I did try to persevere with the second book but I found it becoming a real chore, grinding my way through the utterly predictable plot to the all-too-disappointing end. I mean, really, teenage geniuses taken on missions to save the entire human race? And a female teenage non-genius whose role is so vague as to be pointless? Please. Ok if you're 12 and haven't got anything more grown up to read. But I'd suggest leaving it at book 1, if you start at all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2019
A really silly set of sci-fi books. If you think of reading these be ready for lots of irrelevant passages, lots of being reminded of delays in communication that have nothing to add to any plot, characters who are ridiculous, lots of passages people meeting and greeting each other. If anything it all adds up to total fiction and a fiction rooted in the far beyond plausible.
December 12, 2019
Good space story 😀
Solid and believable storyline, great series to follow, good space bound stuff and tech progress. Liked it a lot.
Solid and believable storyline, great series to follow, good space bound stuff and tech progress. Liked it a lot.
Solid and believable storyline, great series to follow, good space bound stuff and tech progress. Liked it a lot.
Solid and believable storyline, great series to follow, good space bound stuff and tech progress. Liked it a lot.
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