Centauri

by Ken Bush

Lucky enough to be chosen as an astronaut, Lieutenant Robert Sears finds himself on the Mayflower, a brand new D-75 ship, hurtling towards Mars on a hunt for Martian gold with his captain and two crewmates. Lt. Sears and his fellow crewmates find war instead of gold when they witness an intergalactic battle between the Centaurians and the Zendorans leaves one lone Centaurian survivor and severely injures the captain of the Mayflower. Seemingly desperate to help, the Centaurian survivor, Drayden, transports the Mayflower’s captain and crew back to Centauri to render aid. Yet, when the captain never recovers, one crewmate mysteriously dies at the hands of a Zendoran droid, and another comatose after a deadly fall, Lt. Sears finds himself seething with anger at the Zendorans and willing to do anything to exact his revenge. But who is really behind the deaths of his captain and crewmate? Will Lt. Sears discover the truth before it’s too late? Or will he, like his friends, end up a victim of Centaurian cruelty? Readers are entranced by the reality woven by author Ken Bush in this tale of betrayal, redemption, and deceit, saying, “wow, what a read!” and “I lost track of time, I couldn’t put it down!” “A real page turner!”-Kathryn “This is a great story!”-Loki “Awesome!”-Ken “I typically don’t go for sci-fi but this was cool!”-Nannette “Cool!”-Sam

Genres: Science Fiction

244 pages, Paperback

First published March 23, 2014

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting plot, let down by some really sloppy writing.
When your descriptions of fights go along the lines of "they did some more martial arts fighting for a bit" it really distracts and feels like he's just not trying.

Also, the brotherly motivations at the start of the book are then mostly discarded and never mentioned again leaving you wondering why it was such a big deal at the start.

Finally, we're to believe that a NASA astronaut from 2025 can design and build robots capable of being almost undetected in an advanced society, or that a mission commander can redesign and remake a wiring run mid-mission, because mass=fuel, and a society trying to gold-hunt on mars (again, mass for return) ain't gonna happen. Or the short transit time to Mars (thus high speed, thus more fuel, thus more mass, thus more fuel, etc)

With these flaws fixed, it could indeed be a very good book.

[Tim Seyfried · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good

I enjoyed this space opera like book. Lots of twists ending was a little predictable. I enjoyed it a lot.

[Lindsey Brooks · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sorry. There might be the germ of a good idea here but the writing style is so juvenile I couldn't get past chapter three. I skimmed through the rest but it didn't improve. It was free on Amazon.