
Prelude to Extinction
Xenophobia Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Davis
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By:
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Andreas Karpf
When Jack Harrison climbed down the short ladder from the airlock and stepped onto the debris covered soil, the ground crackled with the sound of dried leaves and twigs.
Warm sunlight shone on his helmet, making him almost forget the decade he just spent captaining Earth’s first ship to another star system. The serene tropical surroundings, though, stood in stark contrast to the long-abandoned structures that lay nearby.
Evidence points to a massacre; the systematic extermination of an alien colony hundreds of millennia ahead of humanity. Time, however, has erased any trace of the attackers.
Jack and his crew barely start probing the ruins before their curiosity betrays them as an abandoned alien device cuts them off from their main ship. Lost and short on supplies, survival soon becomes their only goal. Even their short-lived rescue by an alien race, who themselves are under siege, offers little hope. As they struggle to find a way home, signs begin pointing to a danger darker than any they could have foreseen. Jack knows that playing it safe may no longer be an option - but his only other choice is to confront a threat that they can’t even begin to understand.
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Critic reviews
"Fans of hard science fiction will particularly enjoy this thought-out, well-paced tale of a small crew's unintentional close encounter." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Readers eager to immerse themselves...and have the SF check out will find this mission irresistible." (Booklife by Publisher's Weekly)
"Best sci-fi I've read in a long time!" (Steven Moore, author)
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Good plot, some weak characters
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Good Sci-fi
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Took me on an adventure
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wow what a great book
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engrossing
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Sequel Is Complete!
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Deep Space Exploration with twists
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It’s different from the usual pace, which I liked a lot. However, the performance of it with regard to the narrator, whom I’m sure is a nice person, but just fell flat for me.
The character that is annoying Jack, throughout the whole book is so offputting. That character feels forced, and realistically would never be on a ship in that capacity. But I understand why the author did what he did in that he created the narrative of dialectical and interpersonal relationships.
Mixed Bag For Me
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Fantastic
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Now, the characters in the story were kinda weak. We don't get much in the way of character development which is okay if the characters in the story are actually "in character." But the people in this story just didn't come across as people who would actually have the positions they were supposed to be holding. They did manage to come to the correct conclusions about things and make the right decisions but the interaction of the characters in various situations just wasn't how they would be considering the mission at hand. If the next book has none of the original characters that would be fine with me.
The narration is just okay. The narrator tries to do different voices and intonations but just doesn't quite pull it off.
The science part of this science fiction story was good but there were some times when some things didn't add up, but to move the story along suspending disbelief form time to time is okay.
So this seems to be the first book in a series of books to come in this universe. This could go a couple of ways. If the story dwells on the minutia of Earth's politics and social issues then I am out. But if the author keeps focused on the story arc and gets humanity to where it needs to be then I am in. The ground work for a really good space opera has been laid and I hope the author doesn't get side tracked.
Good story okay characters
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