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The Caphenon (Chronicles of Alsea, #1)

Fletcher DeLancey

Start date: March 24, 2015

Finish date: August 11, 2015

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Mar 24, 2015 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

What a story! Rich character development and world building! The kind that makes you miss it like an old friend!

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Apr 09, 2017 T.B. Markinson rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, lesfic

A compelling science fiction thriller that quickly grabbed my attention and kept me engaged to the final page.

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Dec 30, 2016 Carolyn McBride rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction

I have mulled over this review for days, trying to pick out a favorite character, or favorite part of the story. I can’t. I admire the way the characters are presented, built on and developed. Early on, even before we see the Caphenon, the characters become people. We are presented with a plausible world that we can nearly touch, such are the world building skills of the author. We are drawn into this world so vividly that we feel the windows explode, we feel the ground shake when the ground pou ...more

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Oct 11, 2020 Katia M. Davis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed this scifi read primarily for the world building. It did grab me right from the start and sucked me into the storyline. For such a thick book, it remained a page turner pretty much all the way through and I found myself devouring it in 150 to 200 page sittings. The only thing I felt a little disgruntled about was that I did not really connect with the anthropologist, Lhyn, as a character. I guess I just did not like her, she was too hyper and silly seeming for a supposedly serious char ...more

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