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Earth Prime is the first of two collections of aftermath stories set in the distant future of the Earth Girl trilogy (Earth Girl, Earth Star, and Earth Flight).


This collection is set immediately after Earth Flight, and focuses on Jarra, Fian, and the other archaeologists before they head to excavate the alien ruins on Fortuna.


Full Contents List:-

The End, and the New Beginning – Jarra Tell Morrath (Revised collected edition of the serial previously published on the author’s website.)

I Will Be Right Here Waiting – Fian Eklund (Novelette)

Twenty Seconds in Ark – Dalmora Rostha (Short story)

Full Circle – Lecturer Dannel Playdon (Novelette)

Raw Material – Krath Karman (Short story)

Balance of Power – Amalie Roche (Novelette)

The Real Jerez Rivera – Jerez Rivera (Novelette)

Year End 2788 – Lecturer Dannel Playdon (A related short story set eleven months earlier.)

454 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 24, 2020

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SET IN THE HIVE FUTURE
PERILOUS: Hive Mind A Prequel Novella  
TELEPATH
DEFENDER
HURRICANE
BORDERLINE
ADVERSARY

SET IN THE 25th CENTURY PORTAL FUTURE 
SCAVENGER ALLIANCE 
SCAVENGER BLOOD

SET IN THE 28th CENTURY PORTAL FUTURE
Set in 2781
HERA 2781: A Drago Short Story
HESTIA 2781: A Drago Novel
ARRAY 2781: A Drago Novel
SOL 2781: A Drago novel

Set in 2788, the year before the Earth Girl Trilogy
EARTH 2788: The Earth Girl Short Stories
EARTH AND FIRE: An Earth Girl Novella 1
EARTH AND AIR: An Earth Girl Novella 2
FRONTIER:  An Epsilon Sector Novella

Set in 2789, the Main Earth Girl Trilogy
EARTH GIRL
EARTH STAR
EARTH FLIGHT

Set in 2789 directly after the Earth Girl Trilogy
EARTH PRIME: The Earth Girl Aftermath Stories 1

SET IN THE GAME FUTURE
REAPER

EARTH GIRL:-
◾Voted an American Library Association YALSA Teens' Top Ten title for 2014.
◾A Tayshas 2014 choice.
◾Kirkus starred review for a book of exceptional merit.
◾A Kirkus best book of 2013.
◾Booklist starred review for being outstanding in its genre.
◾Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2013.
◾An Amazon.co.uk best Young Adult book of 2012.
◾A Kobobooks.com best Young Adult book of 2012.


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Profile Image for William Saeednia-Rankin.
314 reviews19 followers
August 19, 2022
A dream-come-true continuation of the excellent Earth Girl series. A fantastic storyteller at the top of her craft.

If you have read the Earth Girl series then absolutely get your hands on this book, it starts right where the last book finishes off. If you have not read the previous books about Jarra, I would advise reading them first (they are great!).

This book is presented as a collection of short stories and this is broadly correct, but it's a bit more than that. The book opens with what is essentially a short novel following Jarra in the days following the ending of Earth Flight. This is a fantastic story with almost heart rending introspection, character development and oh my goodness, brilliantly written action.

Yes, I enjoyed this book so much it make me sound like a squealing fanboy.

The Jarra novella is followed by a series of stories from the perspectives of several other characters. As each story starts pretty much at the point the previous one finishes it feels less like an anthology and more like a novel told from several perspectives.

I was especially pleased to read the story told from the perspective of Amalie, the character from the novella called Frontier. Frontier was a very well told story and I half fell in love with the landscape and the people of that all-too-brief tale. Once again we get to glimpse that world and, while it's a good story, I wish for more.

I could go on, but I will draw to a close by saying that this was one of those rare books that I rationed. I enjoyed it so much that I tried to eke it out, only reading a little each day.

Janet Edwards creates worlds you want to explore and characters you care about, and I look forward to visiting them again.

Thank you Ms Edwards.
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363 reviews4 followers
November 17, 2020
I had a good time with this book. As it says on the tin, it is a novella with several short stories attached. Honestly, this was a fun catch-up with the characters from the Earth Girl trilogy.

That said, this felt very... This felt like an exercise in fun for the author. Which is absolutely their prerogative! But I really wish that it had been given a few passes by a rather picky editor. There is a whole lot of LITERAL tell, don’t show, with OG trilogy motivations gaining a rather (felt like to me) retconned mention. There was also a bit of repetition in terms of the lovely world building from the first three novels.

Lastly, I am REALLY frustrated by the through line of Jarra’s ABSOLUTE REJECTION of mental health services. The author has gone to great. Pains to establish why Jarra is avoidant to it, but FFS, I wanted to both hug and SHAKE Jarra with equal fervor. It is VERY OBVIOUS that Jarra has suffered some deep trauma, both from her childhood and her more recent experiences. She disassociated to the point of repression for MONTHS. She has suffered several near-death experiences and regularly lets her anxiety and catastrophizing take over and push her into reactive outbursts. GET 👏🏻 JARRA 👏🏻PROFESSIONAL 👏🏻 MENTAL 👏🏻HELP.

And again, the author has done a good job explaining why Jarra avoids it. Medical trauma is absolutely a thing! But the whole Military Alliance with more resources than anything and perfectly trained tactical officers and amazing fighter pilots can’t rustle up one trustworthy therapist to help Jarra get some control on her anxiety and trauma issues????? It really makes me suspicious that the author might be pushing some of their own biases here. Which, hey! Their book! Absolutely valid!

But the sheer HATRED Jarra has - that no one really does any work to address - against the psychological profession? When she is a traumatized 18-yo who just got engaged and is now responsible for a whole lot of expectation on behalf of humanity???? 😩

Girl needs a nap, some therapy, a hug, and an emotional roadmap, in which ever order she encounters them.
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Profile Image for Blue.
340 reviews
August 28, 2020
I enjoyed most of the stories in this, anything in this world is a great addition to the world, but there is the start of a relationship I am not sure I am going to like.

The interactions between these two characters in other short stories led me to believe that they were just two friends who were constantly being forced together. There is a scene in one of the short stories where she talks about how she doesn't want to be set up with him anymore, and another where he thinks that she is pretty but that her tendency to take things too seriously was annoying. I was a little shocked when they suddenly got together in this.

I need to know more about Riak, his Jarra, and Bard. I know Riak and Bard chose the Tell Galad last name at Lake Galad but I need to know more about them both.

I liked getting more of Amalie and Dalmora and Krath, and I need to know about Krath's mum, does she ever come into the picture?
Profile Image for S.J. Higbee.
Author 15 books42 followers
September 15, 2020
While the contents give a sense that these are standalone short stories, or novelettes, I read them as an ongoing story as they followed on one from the other, covering the same narrative timeframe, except for the story at the end. These stories and novelettes aren’t particularly short, so there isn’t any jarring or sense of dislocation in moving from one to the other, as we got to know more about some of the members of the History class that Jarra attended. I enjoyed learning more about some of the people I’d already read about in Jarra’s previous adventures, but this could just as easily be a taster and introduction to the Earth Girl series.

It’s a clever idea to produce this book. Edwards excels at writing in first person viewpoint (I), but inevitably the big drawback with that point of view, is that we can only have access to what the protagonist knows. As the Earth Girl trilogy books are in Jarra’s viewpoint, this fills in some of the details she isn’t privy to – such as the private life of her lecturer Dannel, which I particularly enjoyed. I’d always felt his constant attention to the needs of his class was slightly unrealistic, but now that detail makes sense, given his need to lose himself in his job while coping with the aftermath of a personal tragedy.

One of the reasons why I’m such a fan of Edwards’ writing is her upbeat tone. Even when tackling difficult issues, such as the prejudice against babies born with the Syndrome, while she deals with the subject with suitable seriousness, the mood is always infused with the energy and can-do enthusiasm of her young protagonists. It is an aspect of her writing that I have always much admired, as so often older writers don’t successfully depict that sense of overriding optimism that many youngsters display, even when coping with overwhelming odds.

If you have read and enjoyed the Earth Girl trilogy and would like once more to dive back into that world, this collection comes highly recommended. And if you haven’t and want to know what all the fuss is about, then it is an ideal place to start. It reminded me all over again just why I became such a fan of Edwards’ writing.
9/10
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315 reviews26 followers
May 21, 2021
I can't wait for part 2! Or even an eventual sequel series.

It was fun to reread "the end and new beginnings", but with the alterations Janet Edwards made for the released version. They gave informations to thing going on elsewhere in this universe - loved the tiny breadcrumbs :)
But what I found interesting the most was that in a sense all the stories were separate, but telling a broader picture at the same time. Every story is connected in a sense to the previous one.

The stories I enjoyed the most were those of Fian, Krath and Amalie. But I loved the others as well :D

What I'm still waiting for is the big reveal (and the reactions) to the chimera news :D maybe we get those in part 2.

5 out of 5 stars. I just couldn't put it down... I mean who needs sleep right?^^
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dnf
July 19, 2021
I usually love Janet Edwards, and I usually really enjoy this world. But this book was overly verbose and at 20% in absolutely nothing had happened. This desperately needed some editing. Sadly, this is going in the dnf pile.
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1,319 reviews60 followers
August 22, 2023
It took me while to get into this one. I really struggled with the first story, until things started happening and after that I had no more issues. I do really love these characters. But it was sometimes hard to remember things from the original trilogy. Gotta do a reread soonish.
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20 reviews2 followers
July 25, 2025
I loved this as kind of a look back in / extended epilogue to the original trilogy. I like the way Jarra's is the only perspective in the main trilogy, but I really enjoyed exploring some of the other key characters (some new!) too. Love the Earth Girl Universe and can't recommend it enough
4 reviews
August 29, 2020
Awesome

The book is Awesome. can't wait for the next book to see what happens on fortuna. Definitely would recommend this series.
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146 reviews4 followers
December 25, 2022
give me more

As always love the Earth Girl world and great to hear further information filling in the gaps of different characters so we hear their voices.
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January 23, 2024
This is a great addition to the Earth Girl series. Earth Prime picks up right after Earth Flight left off with Jarra and Fian rejoining the Asgard 6 class. Jarra is relieved to finally be back to just being a pre-history student and Fian is relieved to have Jarra out of the tank. Things have mostly gone back to normal for them even if it’s only for a few weeks before their Foundation course ends and they head off to Fortuna.

The Handicapped finally have a voice, a say in how their own government is run and a chance to have their academic work considered on equal terms with the Norms. They even have a new official term for their immune system problem, Novak-Nadal Syndrome or the shortened version Immune Syndrome. Not everyone is happy about the new status quo though, the Isolationist Party resent the recent social revolution.

The Isolationist Party tried to stop Fortuna from being explored by killing Jarra and Fian before they could turn off the planet defenses. They failed before but now they have another chance when the planet defense system reactivates. There’s another alien device on the planet surface to keep the defenses off and only Jarra and Fian can activate it. The Isolationist Party will stop at nothing to take out Jarra and Fian before they can get back to Fortuna.

What they expected to be a restful three weeks before leaving for the Fortuna expedition quickly turns into another fight for their lives. Raven is still bodyguarding Jarra and Fian but their enemies are determined to kill them at any cost. Both new and old enemies are out to get them and it’ll take everyone to keep Jarra and Fian safe- the Military, the Asgard 6 class, and their fellow archaeologists.

I love seeing all the character development that’s taken place between the time Jarra was in a tank to when she was decanted. In the original trilogy we only saw things from Jarra’s perspective so it was really interesting seeing events from the perspectives of the rest of dig team 1, as well as Lecturer Playdon and Jerez from Cassandra 2. There is so much personal growth in all of the characters.

Jarra has to adjust to time leaping forward three months both in her relationship with Fian and in how much the social situation has changed. Fian has accepted that he’ll always be chasing after Jarra as she rushes from crisis to crisis. Dalmora has to accept that she can’t be perfect all the time. Amalie has to regain her confidence so she can be a tag leader on Fortuna. Krath has finally developed some sense which is a shock for everyone.

It was especially interesting getting to see things from Lecturer Playdon’s point of view. We finally get to see his background with Cassandra 2, what happened to his wife, and what this year has been like for him. We also get to see Jerez’s complicated background and her past relationship with Playdon. I didn’t even realize Jerez was a student with Playdon and Rono so their developing romance came as a surprise.

This is yet another amaz book in the Earth Girl universe. It read like a fourth book in the Earth Girl trilogy with the added bonus of the narrative switching between so many other characters as well. I can’t wait for the next collection of aftermath stories, I really want to see stories from the perspective of the Military characters, particularly Raven, Marlise, and Gemelle. Another incredible read!
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426 reviews2 followers
September 24, 2023
Earth Prime: Earth Girl Aftermath Stories continues after the events of the Earth Girl trilogy.

This collection of 8 stories surprised me by being more cohesive than I expected. Other than the last story, which takes place before the first book, each story picks up right where the previous left off. It was more like reading a novel from multiple perspectives than reading a book of short stories.

I'm not sure how or when Janet Edwards will continue the Earth Girl series, but its clear she's setting up another big story.

The End and the New Beginning - Jarra

This story was great, but I was expecting something much shorter, closer to the stories after. I'm not sure if the story dragged on its own or only because I expected shorter.

I will be right here waiting -Fian

I loved this glimpse of Jarra's life from Fian's perspective.

20 seconds in Ark - Dalmora

This story was disappointing. I love the character of Dalmora and would have liked a more meaningful story and to see her say good-bye to her family.

Full Circle -Playdon

We learn more about Playdon's relationship with his dead wife and he makes a big decision.

Raw Material - Krath

This story gives more insight into Krath, but I'm having a hard time understanding how he's so unaffected emotionally by events in his life. It's relative, he does feel a little hurt, but shrugs it off too easily considering the relationship. It seems like his relationship with Amalie should be negatively affected by his previous relationships, but its not.

I also would have liked his father to have been different. Even crazy conspiracy theorists can love their children.

Balance of Power - Amalie

This story provides a satisfying resolution to events that took place in Amalie's prequel, Frontier.

The Real Jerez Rivera

I had barely taken note of this character in the series and was baffled at her getting her own story. Rono and Keren would have made more sense.

However, the story is great and it's events bring her to a more integral part of the wider story.

Year End 2788 Dannel Playdon (prequel)

Playdon says good-bye to the previous year's students and learns about complications for two of next year's students. Nothing new, but its fun to see Playdon's initial reactions.
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January 1, 2026
Short story: I will be right here waiting 11/2025
Short story 2: Twenty seconds in Ark 11/25
Short story 3: Full Circle 11/25
Short story 4: The real Jerez Rivera 11/25
Short story 5: Raw material 12/25
Short story 6: Balance of power 12/25
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