Excellent, well writen Sci-Fi adventure
594097
Great book, enjoyed every page. Adventurous, romantic, and a great contribution to the Science fiction genre. Jennifer's writing style and vocabulary is off the charts, a real pleasure to read.  I really, really hope there is another book or two to this series very soon. You have a new fan Jennifer
2576663
This is excellent science fiction.  The action is really fast-paced, the story is compelling, and the plot twists are not at all predictable. You finish this book begging to start reading part 2.
3329601
This is a great read, I couldn't put it down. For those that like scifi books, this one is a blast. The technology described in the book was inventive of its own, and it actually had many technologies described , all unique and all hind together, technologies I hadn't seen in most of the scifi movies and books Ive read.

The character development was also good, there are several heroes, men and women, that was great. as you read the book you can actually see in your mind what's happening, which means to me the author did a great job of describing things.

Finally, and whats neat is the way the author set the whole challenge up , normally you can guess whats going on easily, here you couldn't, really until the last pages, that is why was a quick read, you just needed to find out

Good job!
3496614
book totally rocks, good adventure, well put togther
3534569
I loved this book.  I don't read Science Fiction but I tried this one. I think that Stephen has a wonderful imagination and he is able to describe things exceptionally well.  I was there in Mars Station Alpha. I was very impressed with his use of dialog.  I wished the book had been a bit longer because I wasn't ready to give up the characters, I wanted to spend more time with them.  It is full of mystery and excitement. There is a dash of romance with a hint of future sex.  It was a fun read.  I think it would make a good movie.
2213080
This is an excellent story, and refreshingly, it is not a cooky cutter theme I have read 20 times before. The aliens really felt like a completely different species (not like Star Track aliens), but were so well fleshed out that it was easy to understand their motivations. The characters are likable, and the scenario seems plausible. Time frames seem reasonable, and I congratulate the author for making programming seem exciting. I look forward to the sequel.
2260220
Blount has blended several different Science Fiction subgenres into this lovely story following our space heroine Aetheria Peregrine. Its a space opera with a touch of military/space war, a hint of planetary romance, and a lot of adventure in a strange utopia/dystopia world.

The book is well paced and very well developed and Blount has done a GREAT job with world building as well, layering rich histories and secondary characters throughout the story. One thing I really appreciated is his focus on the main character Aetheria - so often in SciFi, the characters personality can get lost in the world building. But Aetheria is compelling, even when shes being morally  flexible.

Also, unlike other Kindle published books Ive recently read, Blounts clear, descriptive writing and outstanding editing allowed me to stay engaged in the story.  For its ingenuity and great storytelling, I give this 5 stars and highly recommend it to anyone who is a SciFi adventure fan.

Hopefully we will see more Aetheria Peregrine adventures in the future!
1789457
This is the starting point for one of the best Sci-Fi adventures written. Start it on a Friday when you get home and have all of the books available. If you don't finish by Monday morning I hope your boss is understanding.  You will love or hate all of the characters. There were no useless characters and no parts of the story that need to be read rapidly to get to something more interesting.  I have read the series twice and am buying it for my Kindle so that I may read it again since my paperbacks have fallen apart.
3498995
The Tower of Babel, NASA's Great Endeavor takes the reader on a first-rate adventure into the future of space travel and habitation and explores some technological advances here on earth that will dominate the 21st century.  The events and the world the protagonist, Magnus Kolden, experiences are highly believable, relevant, and politic.  NASA survives the "Dark Ages" of the early 20th century, with Magnus, "Magic" as his friends call him, at the helm speeding to Mars and beyond.  The author strives for realism and goes to great lengths to help us embrace the characters' and our future by interweaving pages of scientific, aeronautical, engineering, mathematical, and medical details into the plot; thereby, propelling us warp speed and with confidence into the future.  The characters are well developed and compelling.  The mood throughout the book is tense--fraught with uncertainty, assassins, terrorists, political races for power and domination, secret meetings, threats, dangerous characters, natural disasters, and some surprises.
  Magnus is a scientific genius, who from an early age has been inquisitive and who has embraced projects that will benefit mankind as a whole; however, at times, he is arrogant, naive, emotionally disciplined to extremes, dismissive of environmental detractors, and thus, is often dangerously short-sighted in his eforts to gain worldwide notoriety for himself and for the United States in a space race that is center stage in this story.  He cowardly blames God for setbacks he encounters in his pursuits and even at times, places himself on the same pedestal, a scary thought considering his genius and his involvement in great scientific feats that could possible change the course of history and could have far-reaching consequences.  In the end, however, it is John, his berst friend and NASA peer, who grounds and "frees" Magnus.
  The story is intriguing and deals with no narrow concerns, but rather with thought-provoking questions that the characters and the reader must ponder.  I say, "Kudos" to the author.  I look forward to a second book!
735714
This is a great sci-fi book. Well crafted story, believable characters and lots of action and plot twists.

Highly recommended reading for anyone who likes a good adventure story and looks like the author has lots of complex separate stories for the secondary characters from this book. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

Do yourself a favour, read this book.
639337
I love this book- adventure, sci-fi, and thrills. It took me back to the movie Fantastic Voyage(Isaac Asimov), an  internal voyage through an artery to repair  a clot on the brain.  The author did a very good job in personalizing the characters, to make their actions genuine.
Bernard is a schoolboy with right brain inclinations, and relies a lot on his intuition. He is troublesome at school and ls laughed at when he states that his science project is on wormholes.  He got the idea when observing the vortices as water is sucked down the drain of his tub. Wormholes are defined as cosmic shortcuts through space and time thatcould link two places, even on opposite sides of the universe., but there are doubts that they exist.
Bernards father, a scientist, is under pressure to come up with ideas for his research work. But he is in a bit of a rut for ideas. He takes Bernard to his lab office on strict orders that he is to remain there until his review meeting is over. Bernard, who believes that his fathers atom analyzer could create wormholes, snoops, overhears and flees on being discovered. He falls into a wormhole. Bernards body is unconscious, but his mind is in the wormhole which disappears into his Dads head.
His own brain appears in front of a Holon, Basilides, which forges a body for his brain. Bernard starts learning about many brain things, for example that everything in his dads brain is alive- neurons have living cities and streets within them, etc. He learns of two different worlds: Brainverse - the world of mind; Materia: the world of matter; and that both worlds are connected by wormholes like parallel universes. Energia is energy, the flow of lifethe eternal source of birth, death and rebirth; he learns that dying is just a return to the flow. Bernard considers he is having the best field trip of his life.
Basilides is from Intuit, the right side of the brain, and advises Bernard that his father will die unless he has more healthy neurons (via more Energia). But Energia was drying up, and this threatens the Intuit world as well as his father. Basilides and his group were recycling what they could get. Bernard agrees to help them, encouraged by the brain state of his father.
The core of the story is about entering the left brain, Reezon, and there the excitement starts. They discover that Energia was being hoarded by the Reezon dictator, hence the drying up of its flow to Intuit. Bernard is initiated into forging, and has other revealing experiences. After many exciting encounters they finally manage to defeat the Reezon forces, free the Energia supplies and restore the flow to the Intuit side, and to Bernards father.
This is a very well written book, holding the readers interest throughout. It is imaginative, creative, and educational. It is always exciting to remember that all is taking place within the brain. I also liked the artwork which in addition to portraying the synaptic nature of the brain, also incorporates forms of characters, of housing (live-rises), and of storms. Nice!
2860020
Just as I hope there are more of these storylines with these characters. Very exciting as well as intriguing with its plot twists. Plot twists that I might add were believable. This book is definitely a sci-fi adventure to be ranked with others, old and new: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
768102
Congrats to Diana Green for a really well done Sci Fi novel with a well thought out world on another planet. Animals, Human culture, and alien characters are described with casual details that are woven into the story as though they really exist. A good quest type plot with an unlikely but strong female character masquerading as a man. In her world, females are quite restricted in behavior. Keep up the fine work! This reminded me of Serenity, the movie and tv series...may they some day bring the series back to TV.  Perhaps Diana's book would make a good sci fi movie.
2889109
Enjoy reading, especially well written Science Fiction, Chaney's latest story is a well thought out adventure that is easy to get into and a great starting point for a new series.  Jace Hughes is a renegade who is taking on all forms of illegal business while dodging the watchful eye of the Union who is now governing most of known space. In an effort to pay off a debt he meets a strange nun and with an even stranger cargo. The story that unfolds is well written and mysterious as Jace proceeds to get in over his head. The stories action sequences are exciting and fluid while the dialogue is believable and refreshing. This is a great SCIFI book from a great author!  Well worth your time to read and enjoy. D!
4868079
This amazing book manages to draw together disparate themes from sci-fi, speculative fiction, dystopian science, mathematics and religious and social philosophy, and still be a really exciting space adventure.
The Fishman species roam space as buccaneers raiding and destroying weaker and alien forms, like mankind. These level 3 creatures operate as, supposedly unauthorised privateers for the level 1 Foreverones' Empire. This vast conglomeration of subjugated species is a dominant force in our Universe. Before the Fishmen attack planet Earth and mankind's colonies on the Moon and Mars, humans hadn't even come to the notice of the Empire, and so we remain as an unclassified prey species. What is left of mankind abandons the Earth to hide in isolated groups in the Multiverse. We particularly follow one group whose spacecraft crashes on Al Theris and struggles to survive like pioneers in the "Wild West" of 18-19th Century America, only in a far more alien world.
Under the guidance of a spiritual leader, Krizel Kane, they learn to rebuild and enhance the elements of the physical "contex", allowing the expansion of thought and a form of telepathic communication. This type of brain expanding implant allows individuals to think on many levels solving different mental problems at the same time. Eventually mankind must face slavery or stand against the Empire. There is a good deal of originality in the construction of space and its variant life forms, but also plenty of connections with a hundred years of science fiction.
The book is very well written, in an easy style. The first, and short, part of the novel needs reading without worrying about detail, as this book is a sequel to "The Fifth Prophet", and "Time Travellers are Schizophrenic". I read this third book first, and very quickly caught up with the essential elements of the story, and am delighted I made the effort. A very great amount of scientific and artistic thought has gone into this creation.
If in any way the human mind doesn't merely predict but predetermines the future, then this vision is helping create a very interesting physical world. We have in Alan Davis a SF writer who adds true originality to our eclectic visions of futuristic times.
I have just started reading the Fifth Profit- Hooked already.
4022305
One of the best sci-fi adventure stories I have read in a long time. Well written, edited and proofed, the story grips the reader from beginning to end.
3782535
This rousing science fiction adventure yarn, in the space opera tradition, is far better crafted than today's average first novel.  Set in a far-future galaxy widely colonized by humans, who have come into contact with various alien races, it features interplanetary intrigue, strong plotting and characterization, and a LOT of well-written action.  But it also pays serious attention to interpersonal relationships and moral issues; this is not a shallow novel.

Our two main characters, Ziva and Aroska, are humanoid aliens of the Haphezian race, taller and stronger than Earth humans (and much in demand in the galaxy as military allies or mercenaries), but otherwise much like them, except for more varied and vivid hair/eye color and having two stomachs and only needing to eat every few days.  Both characters are agents of the Haphezian Special Police, newly assigned to work together against their planet's terrorist insugency; but Ziva also works as a government-employed assassin --in which capacity, a few years previously, she killed Aroska's brother.  And Haphez is in the middle of tense interactions between the human Federation, the rebels fighting against it, human fringe planets like Tantal that maintain their independence (and whose hereditary Governor and his son are currently on a diplomatic mission to Haphez) and the reptilian Sardons, who recently fought a war with Haphez --and might again.  All these conflicting agendas create plenty of tension; add in a sinister plot with nasty aims and homicidal tactics, and events come to a boil quickly.

Ziva is a wonderfully-drawn, complex character; and Aroska and the other major characters are very life-like as well.  Fisch throws some twists and turns into her plot, and the last chapters especially are suspenseful right up to the end.  (There's no sexual content here, and minimal bad language, strictly of the h- or d-word sort.)  Highly recommended for readers who like action SF, in which both genders get to be part of the action!