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Shattered Empire #1
Kaine's Sanction
When the UEF Scimitar is dispatched to retrieve an archaeologist from an isolated and abandoned Terran colony, young officer Hayden Kaine thinks it is a routine mission. But when a mysterious accident traps the ship in the quarantined star system, survival soon becomes everyone's only concern. Attacked by an unknown alien species, the ship is damaged and half of the crew is killed or injured, including the captain. The only surviving bridge officer, Kaine is thrust into the command seat; a role for which he is neither experienced nor prepared, and which most of the surviving crew do not easily accept. While the enemy amasses an overwhelming invasion fleet capable of overwhelming the unsuspecting confederation, Kaine must stave off a mutiny long enough to find a way to warn Earth of the danger. If he fails, the empire which has survived for five hundred years will fall and humanity will be doomed to extinction by a foe whose existence seems to defy the laws of physics. If you love the science fiction works of Heinlein, Clarke or Asimov, try D.M. Pruden's rousing military space opera adventure, Kaine's Sanction, the first book in the Shattered Empire series.
- GenresScience FictionFantasy
247 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2022
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D.M. Pruden
30 books59 followersD.M.(Doug) Pruden is a professional geophysicist who worked for 35 years in the petroleum industry. For most of his life he has been plagued with stories banging around inside his head that demanded to be let out into the world. He currently spends his time as an empty nester in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his long suffering wife of 34 years, Colleen. When he isn’t writing science fiction stories, he likes to spend his time playing with his granddaughters and working on improving his golf handicap. He will also do geophysical work when requested.
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May 4, 2020
Character changed for the better rather quickly.
This is one of those stories you keep reading because you think it will get somewhere. It doesn't really do all that much. I would describe it as a modeler putting together a plastic model and not painting it nor applying the decals. All the parts are there, but there is no real excitement....
This is one of those stories you keep reading because you think it will get somewhere. It doesn't really do all that much. I would describe it as a modeler putting together a plastic model and not painting it nor applying the decals. All the parts are there, but there is no real excitement....
April 26, 2019
Intriguing story. Hayden thinks because his family has influence, as a cadet, he’s special, so wrong. He’s sent to an outpost much to his surprise. Fascinating
September 1, 2019
The author is obviously a big fan of science fiction epics and this space opera tries to give the reader everything and more. The story was fast-paced and didn't get bogged down with info-dumps, but I think he made a big mistake by making his lead character such a jerk. There was obviously a need to get Kaine out onto the Scimitar somehow, but I think there were a dozen better ways to do it. Just the admiral's disdain for Kaine's father could have been enough. Hayden for most of the story is an honourable and conscientious person so it goes against type that he could have been such a jerk in the academy. I found that he felt sorry for himself a tad too much as well.
I had a problem with there being a few too many coincidences as well. Stella just happens to be a one-in-a-million empath. She just happens to get exposed to radiation that enhances her abilities. This just happens to affect the evil aliens like a drug. The first piece of wreckage the crew looks at is the one where Stella and her father are hiding.
By and large an entertaining read and it ends in such a way as to appear pretty final. I know there are more stories in the series, but I think that something pretty ridiculous would have to happen for the adventure to leap back into space from where it is right now. So I think I'll take a pass on the rest of the series.
I had a problem with there being a few too many coincidences as well. Stella just happens to be a one-in-a-million empath. She just happens to get exposed to radiation that enhances her abilities. This just happens to affect the evil aliens like a drug. The first piece of wreckage the crew looks at is the one where Stella and her father are hiding.
By and large an entertaining read and it ends in such a way as to appear pretty final. I know there are more stories in the series, but I think that something pretty ridiculous would have to happen for the adventure to leap back into space from where it is right now. So I think I'll take a pass on the rest of the series.
July 27, 2019
Good action packed Science Fiction space opera adventure. Our main character is a cadet who is a conceited ass who gets his comeuppance and ends up in a kind of dead end assignment as a second officer on an old ship at the edge of known space. He thinks if he can get by in his tour of duty his connections will get him into the diplomatic corps of the armed services. He faces a novel threat and opportunity and his captain, crew, and circumstances make him grow up into a worthy crew member and officer. Fast paced and a fun read in the first in a series. I may not continue the series, not because it is bad, but there is so much to read and it didn't stand out enough.
August 3, 2022
Intriguing start to a new series.
My opinion of this book changed during the read - mostly because I so disliked the main character at the beginning, that I was going to rate this 4 stars. However, he did change during the book, for the better, and I guess that this wouldn't have been much of a story if he was a decent chap at the beginning, as that would have closed a lot of the plot down. The story also became very gripping further into the book, and I am very interested to see how the author is going to develop this world.
My opinion of this book changed during the read - mostly because I so disliked the main character at the beginning, that I was going to rate this 4 stars. However, he did change during the book, for the better, and I guess that this wouldn't have been much of a story if he was a decent chap at the beginning, as that would have closed a lot of the plot down. The story also became very gripping further into the book, and I am very interested to see how the author is going to develop this world.
February 16, 2019
If you like space opera and military science fiction this is the fast-paced, page-turning book for you. It has everything. Aliens both benign and nasty. Romance (but not like in a romance novel.) And space battles.
Hayden Kaine is an arrogant young cadet in a military academy for men and women who will become military officers. Kaine looks on it as a stepping stone to a diplomatic posting and eventual entry into politics.
It all comes to a crashing halt when he finds he its assigned to a ship as a junior officer. Once there, he falls under the command of a bear of a man, Captain Pavlovich. He arrived aboard the ship, the Scimitar, thinking all he had to do was keep a low profile, finish his tour, and then he would go back to the path his father had laid out and lobbied for him.
Once aboard the ship he finds out he is the executive officer because he is the only other officer onboard. Without knowing it Pavlovich is turning Kaine in to a first class officer. Kaine also earns the respect of the crew.
The mission of the Scimitar is to find and bring a marooned research scientist back to Earth. When the Scimitar reaches the system in its orders things start to go wrong. The are attacked by aliens. The light-gate back to Earth disappears and the ship is badly damaged in battle with aliens.
The missing scientist is found along with his daughter with some strange abilities. From there, the story takes off in a new and unexpected satisfying direction.
This book ends with cliff hanger and all I can say is I can’t wait for Book 2 in this new series by Doug Pruden who brought us the exciting Mars Ascendant series. If you haven’t read that one, you should.
Hayden Kaine is an arrogant young cadet in a military academy for men and women who will become military officers. Kaine looks on it as a stepping stone to a diplomatic posting and eventual entry into politics.
It all comes to a crashing halt when he finds he its assigned to a ship as a junior officer. Once there, he falls under the command of a bear of a man, Captain Pavlovich. He arrived aboard the ship, the Scimitar, thinking all he had to do was keep a low profile, finish his tour, and then he would go back to the path his father had laid out and lobbied for him.
Once aboard the ship he finds out he is the executive officer because he is the only other officer onboard. Without knowing it Pavlovich is turning Kaine in to a first class officer. Kaine also earns the respect of the crew.
The mission of the Scimitar is to find and bring a marooned research scientist back to Earth. When the Scimitar reaches the system in its orders things start to go wrong. The are attacked by aliens. The light-gate back to Earth disappears and the ship is badly damaged in battle with aliens.
The missing scientist is found along with his daughter with some strange abilities. From there, the story takes off in a new and unexpected satisfying direction.
This book ends with cliff hanger and all I can say is I can’t wait for Book 2 in this new series by Doug Pruden who brought us the exciting Mars Ascendant series. If you haven’t read that one, you should.
May 14, 2020
Another book with a great blurb and 4 star ratings. In actual fact I think I am being generous in giving it two stars. Plot holes abound, unbelievable characters, character reactions and actions. I still can't believe 4 stars for this and other books I have read recently even if I automatically deduct at least one star when checking in Goodreads.
Two alien species, the good guys and the bad guys. On contact, the good guys say the bad guys will destroy humanity some time in the next few years (despite not having access to FTL travel when humans and the good guys do) and then go extinct within 500,000 years. We are prepared to wait 500,000 years for the bad guys to go extinct rather than fight them, you are doomed and you are on your own. So sorry we can't help you.
The good guys do help the humans by repairing and re-arming their ship and on the way back they encounter 30 enemy ships between them and home. They expect to die but, lo and behold, their revamped ship takes on and destroys all 30 of the enemy in combat at the same time before falling into a black hole. No details exactly how they managed to destroy the bad guys, the author glosses over that.
There are other holes (apart from the black ones), my favourite involves the canary. See what you think.
Two alien species, the good guys and the bad guys. On contact, the good guys say the bad guys will destroy humanity some time in the next few years (despite not having access to FTL travel when humans and the good guys do) and then go extinct within 500,000 years. We are prepared to wait 500,000 years for the bad guys to go extinct rather than fight them, you are doomed and you are on your own. So sorry we can't help you.
The good guys do help the humans by repairing and re-arming their ship and on the way back they encounter 30 enemy ships between them and home. They expect to die but, lo and behold, their revamped ship takes on and destroys all 30 of the enemy in combat at the same time before falling into a black hole. No details exactly how they managed to destroy the bad guys, the author glosses over that.
There are other holes (apart from the black ones), my favourite involves the canary. See what you think.
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October 7, 2025Rating: minus 10 on a scale of minus 15 to plus 5. I doubt that I finished it.
I do not believe that anyone will read this and it is at times tedious but it needs doing. Goodreads Snowflakes took issue with my mild criticism of garbage books posing as genre fiction. This is my response.
I need to fortify the spirit before continuing. This was brought to you by YouTube channels Doctor Who/They Break My Heart -RecklessGirl100, NCMI, Anark, Red Glasgow, Keffals, aidan knight, LuckyBlackCat, Mia Mulder, Kyiv Independent, Verilybitchie, Welcome to Ukraine, New Enlightenment with Ashley, Widebeam and Wellingtons, RevolutionarythOt, Sasha Kova, AntiSocial Studies, Heather Cox Richardson, Dark Brandon, Survive History, Tod Maffin, Abel Montero, Tina Friml,
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I recently saw that a member of the Village Idiots, who whilst insulting an essayist, complain to her that I list channels with trans creators. I suspect Snowflake (vicious, self-important US baby-man) idiocy might be epidemic. A trigger warning then.
I list channels produced by the physicist, socialist, bi, WOC, economist, Irish, intersex, primatologist, tall, archaeologist, trans, military historian, marine biologist, older, homesteader, communist, het, Norwegian, fashion historian, miniatures painter, lesbian, redhaired, autist, asexual, military boardgamer, Welsh, queer, sewist, painter, boat builder, physically challenged, architect and other creators known as Women.
Almost as threatening to the painfully ignorant are channels hosted by other BIPOC, anarchist, philosopher, Ugandan, other fashion historian, boater, zoologist, chemist, anthropologist, other LGBTQI+, Canadian, mathematician, ginger, linguist, chemist, RPG gamer, futurist, paleontologist, reenactor, other military historian, German, other neurodivergent, writer and other creators known outside the USA as Human Beings.
Should the voices persist, seek the nearest Shinto Shrine or temple, emergency pastoral counselling or apply for an immediate Catholic exorcism.
My feelings toward vocal idiots are similar to that of the 13 Ukrainian marines defending Snake Island, when their surrender was demanded by the Russian fleet. Their response was "Russian warship, go f@ck yourself". Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
US print publishers' regard for speculative fiction seem to have reverted to the 1930's view of pulp fiction. Before challenged acceptance of evil in imperial capitalism. Currently the past is reinterpreted as a colourful misrepresentation of history, the present as the natural state and the future naught but its inevitable continuation.
Publishers seem to have targeted not new readers but the easily satisfied media illiterate. It is profitable but does not bode well for the genre. The bulk of Unlimited titles seem to demonstrate that shift.
52% or more of US citizens between 16 and 75 (if I remember correctly) do not read at the sixth grade level (11 or 12 years old, I believe). 20% or so are functionally illiterate. Romance is written at the 6th grade level and it seems that science fiction is written at the 5th grade level. This is not said to mock US readers, their teachers or educational system. It is though, a fault that affects choices for all English speakers.
From BookTube I discovered the same standards are applied to speculative fiction and romance. No serious attempt at worldbuilding is the rule in low end titles. Background is usually present reality with spaceships. Society is a sketch thinly drawn and technology changes with the needs of a given scene. Of history in the universe there is none.
The characters will without context be thin to transparency. Their personal history will consist of nothing more than their social status, military rank, family wealth or employment. For myself, that is insufficient to generate an emotional response to a character's pain, doubt, fear, joy, etc. I know I am not alone in this and it tends to make of readers spectators rather than participants in the book's events.
The male main character will most often be a psychopath, if female she will mirror the male. Personality traits are psychopathy. Interactions will be reminiscent of anime at the top end, game shooter avatar at the low. Other characters will have even less depth.
Wooden characters will produce wooden dialogue, similar to 1950's and 60's TV and film. Alien and electronic intelligence will stand in for non-whites.
Plot holes and contrivance are, if not encouraged certainly accepted. When those checks on lack of writing rigour are lifted, there is really no pressure to outline the novel, research the background being described and engagement with the material is not a concern. Instead film, TV and print fiction are written by studio executives, game developers, marketing professionals and other non-writers who determine the popular, the good and the expected.
The prose will be the only measure of the story depth and that is never enough. The prose in this book does not appear to have risen above the minimal standards of adult fiction. As background for a first person shooter, it may satisfy but as novel it fails.
There is also the practice of overt political rants in favour of ethno-supremacist, misogynistic, anti-working class themes and characterisation. I do not remember if this book crossed that line, though the majority of Unlimited which I attempted, did. I recently ended my Unlimited sub, admitting its utter uselessness.
I need another YouTube visit. This next was made possible by Twelfth Doctor/Without Reward -MARGARITA LIFE, Real Time History, Ben and Emily, Bobbing Along, May, Cruising Alba, Ukraine Matters, May, Winging it on a Budget, Malinda, Mandy, Travelling K, JohnTheDuncan, No Justice, MGW Studios, Reads with Rachel, DUST, Authors Behaving Badly, Mynameismarines, Jean's Thoughts, Jabzy, Dark Brandon, Lily Simpson,
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Stephen Woodford, ABC News Australia, Lee Francis, Enter the Book, Gareth Wyn Jones, FAFO, Ellly Trevisan, Reading with a Vengeance, Star17, Gem of Books, Poland Daily News, Upon Reflection, Amanda and Shaye, Gingers are Black, Dark Side of Russia, The Narrowboat that James Built.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
At the time of my original review, Goodreads sent a message that they had removed a review of "Battleship Leviathan" and a threat to remove my account. According to Goodreads, challenging the racist, misogynist or other commenter to my page is Hate Speech. That is actually become the new official definition of the US DOJ. I rewrote it, daring them. I saw that a YouTuber had a similar experience with a review on this site.
Discourse on this site does not exist. As example, nearly three years ago, I wrote a six or seven sentence criticism of Powers of the Earth, a poorly written salute to the sociopathic January 6, 2021 hero. It was a badly written imitation of "Atlas Shrugged" set on the Moon, originally blurbed as similar to a Heinlein classic, which blurb has since changed.
It was written by Travis Corcoran, a self-described libertarian (now anarcho capitalist without millions) and advocate for the return of chattel slavery (popular US stance being promoted in legislative and policy initiatives), veteran, employee of an unnamed US agency and admirer of Putin (another popular stance in the USA).
I found the story of the heroic rich twat enlisting the military in overthrow of the US government in order that he not pay inheritance tax, to be unhealthy and dangerous. Similar books are common to Unlimited and in the present the poor cheer for the billionaire and their own loss of services and rights.
The writer and six fellow patriots took exception to my humble communist opinion. A year was spent demanding my response to their unhinged comments. If only they could appreciate the irony.
The last comment was delivered by Claes Rees, Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse, Jr.
After referencing the contents of my last message to a Goodreads friend, he grandly declared that They had "won" (?).
I discovered that Their small army of dimwits had launched a year long (it continues still) tsunami of racist, misogynistic, anti-LGBTQI and other comments against channels I mentioned. The book reviewer, physicist, hobbyist, linguist and other female creators were not flattered.
Despite the failure to expand Their social life, the world's store of unpleasantness was definitely increased and an accurate self-portrait of the snowflake (vicious US man-child on a tear) was delivered to a multinational audience.
This was certainly a Victory. Goodreads discourse is interesting. Fortunately there are BookTubers who will recommend better, safer, more useful reader forums.
A last visit to the YouTube. This next was made possible by Doctor Who/Never Fail to be Kind - Slyfer2812, NCMI, Sarah C M Paine, The Military Show, TLDR News EU, Fastepo, Ukraine News Today, Stanzipotenza, Mr Newberger's AI Funnies, Dreamloop Cinema, Star Wreck, AuroraTrek, Kirkpattiecake, Professor Tim Wilson, Fit2BRead, Anton Petrov, Dr Becky, Parkrose Permaculture, Knitting Cult Lady, Lisandra Vazquez, Hej Sokoly, Blackboot Official, Guard the Leaf,
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Ominous music begins. 😊 The comment gangs are a feature of this site, not a flaw. Amazon have not to My knowledge ever acknowledged an incident, nor disciplined deranged members, punished writers who have organised comment gangs or discharged employees who enable either.
My own review of the ridiculous Powers book led to Goodreads giving my limited message history to these deranged members. That resulted in a request of Australian Intelligence from Pine Gap Centre to interrogate the one friend whom I messaged on rare occasions. The attempt at my personal history failed, though it did leave two outraged customers.
It was only concerning to Amazon when we both began publicising the incident. Suddenly all visible alterations to my pages, disruption to my uploads, the lurkers whom I had not previously been Permitted to remove were disappeared other pranks ended. I think that Amazon customer service protocols might benefit from the odd tweak.
Imagine a society in which extralegal murder of non-whites was seen as community entertainment for 300 years. Imagine that society refusing to acknowledge that horror ever occurred. The last US mass lynching entertained in the neighbourhood of 30,000 men, women and children who arrived with picnic lunches for a pleasant family outing during the 1930's.
The routine spectacle only ended because of British press reports, photos and interviews with attendees. I am certain that MAGA and their liberal fellows will both rush to debunk those facts for much the same reason. This describes a large portion of Goodreads English language membership.
Recently the seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for harassment of a couple producing a small ecommerce channel deemed unkind to EBay.The couple were awarded millions. The ex-employee had been the EBay Chief of Global Security or some such. All these occurred before the US government released all restrictions on US data corporations. Some things to think about.
I suggest some few precautions to make your browsing on this site safer. Remove any personal information from the Goodreads profile and avoid the messaging function. Remove the lurker, those friends who never post. They are monitors for gangs or employee generated dummies most likely, not admirers. Given the Goodreads penchant for Alterations to customer pages, the screenshot of the odd, ugly and threatening are invaluable. This should suffice for Goodreads.
Kindle is the more dangerous. Do Not use Kindle Files, Calendar, Contacts, Email. I confirmed that They read customer email, without notice or permission. Make of that what you will.
Do Not "purchase" Amazon ebooks, as you own only the device not the download. Those may be deleted at Amazon's whim. I made that mistake myself. There are BookTubers who will direct a reader to alternative vendors of e-readers and ebooks. They also will discuss alternatives to e-book purchasing.
If using Silk all searches should of course, be non-critical and innocuous.
Your safety rests on the whims of those who never ask "Are we the baddies?", yet consider Themselves moral. Besides being poorly socialised, these men and women are US patriots with all that implies. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be well and May we all find Good Reading. 🤗
Some of my favourite YouTube channels.
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I wish you a sunny morning, a wonderful afternoon, a cosy evening, a splendid night and may we all continue learning.
Denial of Evil supports those who Embrace it.
I do not believe that anyone will read this and it is at times tedious but it needs doing. Goodreads Snowflakes took issue with my mild criticism of garbage books posing as genre fiction. This is my response.
I need to fortify the spirit before continuing. This was brought to you by YouTube channels Doctor Who/They Break My Heart -RecklessGirl100, NCMI, Anark, Red Glasgow, Keffals, aidan knight, LuckyBlackCat, Mia Mulder, Kyiv Independent, Verilybitchie, Welcome to Ukraine, New Enlightenment with Ashley, Widebeam and Wellingtons, RevolutionarythOt, Sasha Kova, AntiSocial Studies, Heather Cox Richardson, Dark Brandon, Survive History, Tod Maffin, Abel Montero, Tina Friml,
Cruising the Cut, Bobbing Along, Sailing Melody, ThePrimeChronus, May, NFKRZ, Times Radio, Think that Through, Ukraine Matters. Mercado Media, Patrick(H)Willem, Hetty and the Jazzalato Band, Depressed Russian, The Great War, The Leftist Cooks, Kazachka, Eugenia from Ukraine, ATP Geopolitics, Belle of the Ranch, Riverboat Jack, Anka Daily News, The Cosy Creative, Books and Things, Simply Christine, AllShorts, Farm to Taber,
HBomberGuy, Lily Simpson, Harbo Wholmes, Juno News, KernowDamo, Interesting Times, Tennessee Brando, Welcome to Ukraine, The Sloan Zone, Mrs Betty Bowers, ScaredKetchup, Supertanskiii, Silicon Curtain, Jay Exci, May, TimeGhosr History, The Confused Adipose, Novara Media, Naughty Nana DUZ, Answer in Progress, Ukraine News TV, Tibees, hazelisonline, Not the Andrew Marr Show, Scallydandling About the Books, Reads with Rachel, Springtime for Elon, Lynn Saga, Eldon the Unemployed, Jen X, Fran Blanche.
I recently saw that a member of the Village Idiots, who whilst insulting an essayist, complain to her that I list channels with trans creators. I suspect Snowflake (vicious, self-important US baby-man) idiocy might be epidemic. A trigger warning then.
I list channels produced by the physicist, socialist, bi, WOC, economist, Irish, intersex, primatologist, tall, archaeologist, trans, military historian, marine biologist, older, homesteader, communist, het, Norwegian, fashion historian, miniatures painter, lesbian, redhaired, autist, asexual, military boardgamer, Welsh, queer, sewist, painter, boat builder, physically challenged, architect and other creators known as Women.
Almost as threatening to the painfully ignorant are channels hosted by other BIPOC, anarchist, philosopher, Ugandan, other fashion historian, boater, zoologist, chemist, anthropologist, other LGBTQI+, Canadian, mathematician, ginger, linguist, chemist, RPG gamer, futurist, paleontologist, reenactor, other military historian, German, other neurodivergent, writer and other creators known outside the USA as Human Beings.
Should the voices persist, seek the nearest Shinto Shrine or temple, emergency pastoral counselling or apply for an immediate Catholic exorcism.
My feelings toward vocal idiots are similar to that of the 13 Ukrainian marines defending Snake Island, when their surrender was demanded by the Russian fleet. Their response was "Russian warship, go f@ck yourself". Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
US print publishers' regard for speculative fiction seem to have reverted to the 1930's view of pulp fiction. Before challenged acceptance of evil in imperial capitalism. Currently the past is reinterpreted as a colourful misrepresentation of history, the present as the natural state and the future naught but its inevitable continuation.
Publishers seem to have targeted not new readers but the easily satisfied media illiterate. It is profitable but does not bode well for the genre. The bulk of Unlimited titles seem to demonstrate that shift.
52% or more of US citizens between 16 and 75 (if I remember correctly) do not read at the sixth grade level (11 or 12 years old, I believe). 20% or so are functionally illiterate. Romance is written at the 6th grade level and it seems that science fiction is written at the 5th grade level. This is not said to mock US readers, their teachers or educational system. It is though, a fault that affects choices for all English speakers.
From BookTube I discovered the same standards are applied to speculative fiction and romance. No serious attempt at worldbuilding is the rule in low end titles. Background is usually present reality with spaceships. Society is a sketch thinly drawn and technology changes with the needs of a given scene. Of history in the universe there is none.
The characters will without context be thin to transparency. Their personal history will consist of nothing more than their social status, military rank, family wealth or employment. For myself, that is insufficient to generate an emotional response to a character's pain, doubt, fear, joy, etc. I know I am not alone in this and it tends to make of readers spectators rather than participants in the book's events.
The male main character will most often be a psychopath, if female she will mirror the male. Personality traits are psychopathy. Interactions will be reminiscent of anime at the top end, game shooter avatar at the low. Other characters will have even less depth.
Wooden characters will produce wooden dialogue, similar to 1950's and 60's TV and film. Alien and electronic intelligence will stand in for non-whites.
Plot holes and contrivance are, if not encouraged certainly accepted. When those checks on lack of writing rigour are lifted, there is really no pressure to outline the novel, research the background being described and engagement with the material is not a concern. Instead film, TV and print fiction are written by studio executives, game developers, marketing professionals and other non-writers who determine the popular, the good and the expected.
The prose will be the only measure of the story depth and that is never enough. The prose in this book does not appear to have risen above the minimal standards of adult fiction. As background for a first person shooter, it may satisfy but as novel it fails.
There is also the practice of overt political rants in favour of ethno-supremacist, misogynistic, anti-working class themes and characterisation. I do not remember if this book crossed that line, though the majority of Unlimited which I attempted, did. I recently ended my Unlimited sub, admitting its utter uselessness.
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Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
At the time of my original review, Goodreads sent a message that they had removed a review of "Battleship Leviathan" and a threat to remove my account. According to Goodreads, challenging the racist, misogynist or other commenter to my page is Hate Speech. That is actually become the new official definition of the US DOJ. I rewrote it, daring them. I saw that a YouTuber had a similar experience with a review on this site.
Discourse on this site does not exist. As example, nearly three years ago, I wrote a six or seven sentence criticism of Powers of the Earth, a poorly written salute to the sociopathic January 6, 2021 hero. It was a badly written imitation of "Atlas Shrugged" set on the Moon, originally blurbed as similar to a Heinlein classic, which blurb has since changed.
It was written by Travis Corcoran, a self-described libertarian (now anarcho capitalist without millions) and advocate for the return of chattel slavery (popular US stance being promoted in legislative and policy initiatives), veteran, employee of an unnamed US agency and admirer of Putin (another popular stance in the USA).
I found the story of the heroic rich twat enlisting the military in overthrow of the US government in order that he not pay inheritance tax, to be unhealthy and dangerous. Similar books are common to Unlimited and in the present the poor cheer for the billionaire and their own loss of services and rights.
The writer and six fellow patriots took exception to my humble communist opinion. A year was spent demanding my response to their unhinged comments. If only they could appreciate the irony.
The last comment was delivered by Claes Rees, Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse, Jr.
After referencing the contents of my last message to a Goodreads friend, he grandly declared that They had "won" (?).
I discovered that Their small army of dimwits had launched a year long (it continues still) tsunami of racist, misogynistic, anti-LGBTQI and other comments against channels I mentioned. The book reviewer, physicist, hobbyist, linguist and other female creators were not flattered.
Despite the failure to expand Their social life, the world's store of unpleasantness was definitely increased and an accurate self-portrait of the snowflake (vicious US man-child on a tear) was delivered to a multinational audience.
This was certainly a Victory. Goodreads discourse is interesting. Fortunately there are BookTubers who will recommend better, safer, more useful reader forums.
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Ominous music begins. 😊 The comment gangs are a feature of this site, not a flaw. Amazon have not to My knowledge ever acknowledged an incident, nor disciplined deranged members, punished writers who have organised comment gangs or discharged employees who enable either.
My own review of the ridiculous Powers book led to Goodreads giving my limited message history to these deranged members. That resulted in a request of Australian Intelligence from Pine Gap Centre to interrogate the one friend whom I messaged on rare occasions. The attempt at my personal history failed, though it did leave two outraged customers.
It was only concerning to Amazon when we both began publicising the incident. Suddenly all visible alterations to my pages, disruption to my uploads, the lurkers whom I had not previously been Permitted to remove were disappeared other pranks ended. I think that Amazon customer service protocols might benefit from the odd tweak.
Imagine a society in which extralegal murder of non-whites was seen as community entertainment for 300 years. Imagine that society refusing to acknowledge that horror ever occurred. The last US mass lynching entertained in the neighbourhood of 30,000 men, women and children who arrived with picnic lunches for a pleasant family outing during the 1930's.
The routine spectacle only ended because of British press reports, photos and interviews with attendees. I am certain that MAGA and their liberal fellows will both rush to debunk those facts for much the same reason. This describes a large portion of Goodreads English language membership.
Recently the seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for harassment of a couple producing a small ecommerce channel deemed unkind to EBay.The couple were awarded millions. The ex-employee had been the EBay Chief of Global Security or some such. All these occurred before the US government released all restrictions on US data corporations. Some things to think about.
I suggest some few precautions to make your browsing on this site safer. Remove any personal information from the Goodreads profile and avoid the messaging function. Remove the lurker, those friends who never post. They are monitors for gangs or employee generated dummies most likely, not admirers. Given the Goodreads penchant for Alterations to customer pages, the screenshot of the odd, ugly and threatening are invaluable. This should suffice for Goodreads.
Kindle is the more dangerous. Do Not use Kindle Files, Calendar, Contacts, Email. I confirmed that They read customer email, without notice or permission. Make of that what you will.
Do Not "purchase" Amazon ebooks, as you own only the device not the download. Those may be deleted at Amazon's whim. I made that mistake myself. There are BookTubers who will direct a reader to alternative vendors of e-readers and ebooks. They also will discuss alternatives to e-book purchasing.
If using Silk all searches should of course, be non-critical and innocuous.
Your safety rests on the whims of those who never ask "Are we the baddies?", yet consider Themselves moral. Besides being poorly socialised, these men and women are US patriots with all that implies. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be well and May we all find Good Reading. 🤗
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March 10, 2023
Hayden Kaine is the son of an influential, very well-off family. Yep! He is one of those that needs the silver spoon extracted upon birth, and as such, he has done as little as he could possibly do and still graduate from the academy. His life is planned out for him by his father and his father’s father. He is to rise through the military’s political branch and become the leader of all humans everywhere. But the Admiral of the Academy, his ex-girlfriend’s grandfather, does not put up with the influence peddling that Hayden’s father tried to push upon the Admiral. And so, Hayden was surprised when the Admiral called him to his office. He gave him the rank of 2nd Lieutenant and assigned him to a ship of the line on the fringes of human-controlled space. He was also assigned to use a slow boat that took five days to get to where the ship he was appointed to was docked when he could have used a newer ship and reached it in 12 hours. But there was one thing that was a surprise when he got there he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and second in command because the current lieutenant broke the law and was on his way to the stockades. Then, there was the surprise for the whole crew. They were to go to a system where some unknown force wiped out humanity, and every exploratory mission never returned. Aliens were the rumor, and they were to pick up some professor who had survived the past forty years since the initial disturbance.
There is not much to say about world-building, but character background and interaction were well done. Then, of course, the surprise at the end was clued to just pages before but helped set up the next book. And I have questions! I will be reading the next book when I can.
The fans of hardcore science fiction and action and adventure will, I think, like this book. I give it four stars out of five stars.
There is not much to say about world-building, but character background and interaction were well done. Then, of course, the surprise at the end was clued to just pages before but helped set up the next book. And I have questions! I will be reading the next book when I can.
The fans of hardcore science fiction and action and adventure will, I think, like this book. I give it four stars out of five stars.
May 19, 2022
I'm giving this book three stars instead of one because the blurb was very good and the line/copy editing and proofreading is decently good.
The blurb draws you in with its uniqueness about someone being thrust into command after most of the bridge crew is dead. I like that trope.
However, that story itself is very choppy and needs developmental editing. This book is confusing.
In the prologue, a building collapses on an Admiral. At first I thought it was the main character. I also didn't know if they were underground or in space. The author needed to set the characters' perspective by saying something like "Admiral John".
The next chapter is from the perspective of the actual main character mentioned in the blurb. The chapter takes place forty years later. I had to go back to the prologue, wondering how the Admiral was being told to wake up for inspection. I've never heard of a 70-year old Admiral having to wake up for inspection.
Later, Kaine's friend Kyle is standing near Kaine's bed and dragging the covers off him. Then a few paragraphs later, he's magically in the kitchen. There is no explanation of how he got there.
This book needs work. I think there is a decent to near-excellent line-editing and copy-editing, and I don't see any spelling or grammatical mistakes. However, the author needs to do a better job of setting the scene and explaining how one thing leads to the next.
The blurb draws you in with its uniqueness about someone being thrust into command after most of the bridge crew is dead. I like that trope.
However, that story itself is very choppy and needs developmental editing. This book is confusing.
In the prologue, a building collapses on an Admiral. At first I thought it was the main character. I also didn't know if they were underground or in space. The author needed to set the characters' perspective by saying something like "Admiral John".
The next chapter is from the perspective of the actual main character mentioned in the blurb. The chapter takes place forty years later. I had to go back to the prologue, wondering how the Admiral was being told to wake up for inspection. I've never heard of a 70-year old Admiral having to wake up for inspection.
Later, Kaine's friend Kyle is standing near Kaine's bed and dragging the covers off him. Then a few paragraphs later, he's magically in the kitchen. There is no explanation of how he got there.
This book needs work. I think there is a decent to near-excellent line-editing and copy-editing, and I don't see any spelling or grammatical mistakes. However, the author needs to do a better job of setting the scene and explaining how one thing leads to the next.
February 15, 2019
Kaine's Sanction, the first book in the fantastic new Shattered Empire Series, is one of the best true science fiction books I have read in quite some time. It is an engaging story that immerses the reader into the wonders of space and the mind blowing action of epic space battles. The characters are dynamic and real. The plot is well-developed and keeps the reader captivated. This is a highly entertaining book that keeps you interested from start to finish. Once started it's hard to put down. It's space opera like the old masters gave us back in the golden age of Sci-Fi. This is a fun and exciting start to a new series that you don't want to miss.
September 13, 2023
Great story
A great military Sci-fi story. Kaine is a spoilt rich man son who is just marking time as an officer until he can move to the diplomatic service and then into politics, a posting to an out of date ship on a recovery mission and an encounter with an unknown alien race leave him in command. Kaine begins as an unlikable character who develops during the book into a decent officer. The story is entertaining, well written with some excellent touches although the story itself is an idea that has been well covered by others and better, it is still a really good fast paced read. I look forward to continuing the series
A great military Sci-fi story. Kaine is a spoilt rich man son who is just marking time as an officer until he can move to the diplomatic service and then into politics, a posting to an out of date ship on a recovery mission and an encounter with an unknown alien race leave him in command. Kaine begins as an unlikable character who develops during the book into a decent officer. The story is entertaining, well written with some excellent touches although the story itself is an idea that has been well covered by others and better, it is still a really good fast paced read. I look forward to continuing the series
July 20, 2023
Book 1 - The Shattered Empire was a good science fiction story. Kaine, the main character, was very relatable. Every so often he became a little whiney but not overly dramatic. Kaine was exposed to situations that truly tested his training and character and he lived up to his promise. However, the most frustrating part of the story was Kaine's interaction with Stella. This random character became a very important component of the story line which was completely unexpected. In addition, the author could have tightened up the ending a little better. 😲
February 12, 2019
I loved this book! There are wonderful characters (especially Kaine and Captain Pavlovich). Kaine is the flawed hero, an arrogant young scion of a powerful family, who gets assigned to the back end of nowhere on a barely operable old spaceship. Then they encounter a truly unbeatable alien foe. Will Kaine step up or will the crew step up without him? Excellent story telling, good dialogue and plenty of action.
February 16, 2019
Exciting New Adventure
Having read previous DMP books i was very happy with this one and I feel may be even bigger than the Mars Ascendant series the characters are very engaging and the story plot very plausible in an increasingly full genre with a lot of great stories and Authors.
This one held its own very well and im excited for book 2 as this seems to have a very promising legacy.
Having read previous DMP books i was very happy with this one and I feel may be even bigger than the Mars Ascendant series the characters are very engaging and the story plot very plausible in an increasingly full genre with a lot of great stories and Authors.
This one held its own very well and im excited for book 2 as this seems to have a very promising legacy.
June 10, 2021
I enjoyed this book. I thought the pacing was well done and the characters were interesting. As the book progressed we see changes in the main character, which is good as he started out self absorbed. The universe building was fairly well done, but had some holes as the book moved on. All in all, I liked the book and have started book 2, Kaine’s Retribution. I gave the book 4 stars for the overall story line and interesting characters.
February 17, 2025
Not quite 4 stars
Not a bad book, just some inconsistencies I noticed. The crew talks about the incident on the planet being a seismic event and then immediately switch to it being the result of an attack with no transition from one to the other. Also, Stella describes the feel of sand beneath her feet while walking on a beach, yet earlier she states she's only ever lived on starships. There are other minor continuity issues in the story, but those stand out the most.
Not a bad book, just some inconsistencies I noticed. The crew talks about the incident on the planet being a seismic event and then immediately switch to it being the result of an attack with no transition from one to the other. Also, Stella describes the feel of sand beneath her feet while walking on a beach, yet earlier she states she's only ever lived on starships. There are other minor continuity issues in the story, but those stand out the most.
January 28, 2020
Space opera with some very advanced and some very nasty aliens. The main character is Kaine, and is your typical good guy with some baggage and cheated on his girlfriend, etc. Still, this character and the others are well-developed, and although there is a bit of weakly done stuff, like Stella the empath, who's personality seems very forced, it's still a decent read.
March 9, 2023
Well written, captured my interest quickly.
A pleasant twist from the usual Scifi selections. The story line plays well and the characters were easy to associate with. Book one ended with the close of the story while offering a new adventure with the primary characters in book two; not just a collection of chapters.
A pleasant twist from the usual Scifi selections. The story line plays well and the characters were easy to associate with. Book one ended with the close of the story while offering a new adventure with the primary characters in book two; not just a collection of chapters.
July 8, 2023
A space opera type of book. I didn't think the characters were well-developed except for Hayden Kaine the main character. A somewhat exciting story line but not enough to read the rest of the volumes in this set.
May 27, 2024
A first contact novel with a difference.
I enjoyed the diverse cast of characters. An easy read with no jarring errors in the storyline or spelling. Well written. I look forward to the next in this series.
I enjoyed the diverse cast of characters. An easy read with no jarring errors in the storyline or spelling. Well written. I look forward to the next in this series.
October 8, 2024
Kaine gets caught cheating on his girlfriend.
The Admiral, her grandfather, takes the opportunity to assign Kain to an out-of-date starship heading for a boring rescue mission. The mission gets a lot more complicated and the story engages the reader
The Admiral, her grandfather, takes the opportunity to assign Kain to an out-of-date starship heading for a boring rescue mission. The mission gets a lot more complicated and the story engages the reader
February 18, 2019
A simple mission got beyond complicated. Action/adventure with well thought out characters.
May 22, 2019
A Great Story
Well done for having the ability to write a story that was believable. With great characters it was a pleasure to read.
Well done for having the ability to write a story that was believable. With great characters it was a pleasure to read.
May 2, 2020
Fun military scifi
Fun afternoon read. The main character does develop past his initial annoying impression. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Fun afternoon read. The main character does develop past his initial annoying impression. I look forward to the rest of the series.
May 8, 2020
Enjoyed this book, read it in one day.
September 13, 2020
4 stars. Pretty Good.
February 2, 2021
A great story
I fully enjoyed reading this fine story. I loved the characters and enjoyed the plot. I have just bought book two.
I fully enjoyed reading this fine story. I loved the characters and enjoyed the plot. I have just bought book two.
February 8, 2021
This book is such a blast, such action packed I to it I could hardly put it down! On my way to get the 2nd book!
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