Star Invasions
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
This ebook contains adult material and sexual situations and is not suitable for minors. THIS IS NOT an invite to erotica or porn. It’s just a warning to parents to keep grown-up matters at grown-up levels away from children.
Many worlds have mysteries about their origins, this world is no different.
In the beginning a crash destroys the alien crew’s spaceship of 675—the mere 50 that survive must learn to adapt to primitive levels or perish on this strange forsaken planet. The leader that emerges develops a rational, less emotional demeanor that must lead his marooned people under life-threatening circumstances.
The obvious genre to put "Star Invasions" in would be Sci-Fi; yet, "Star Invasions" is so much more. It’s...“A cunningly crafted plot with characters that leap right off the page as fully formed personalities.” Even it's: "An edgy, mysterious Sci-Fi adventure with non-stop action..." —DOES NOT do it justice... The actual story narrative crosses into many genres, including Political Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Mystery, & others; that might morph into a trilogy.
“Books that try to transcend boundaries and genres are ambitious but generally a bit of a let down, and in my experience a good synopsis rarely lives up to the expectation. However Star Invasions proved to be everything I hoped it would be and more.”
Star Invasions deals with five essential fledgling nations and potentially two hundred years of their history as depicted by individual characters with parallels to a certain planet—except for a nation of aliens, including a reversal of a famous Civil War.
“Star Invasions” inspired one anonymous reader to evaluate this new literary work in this fashion: “Mysterious, captivating and suspenseful. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Wonderful and magical story!”
A series of preliminary geo-political map outlines of this world are uploaded at the Page Star Invasions Maps on Facebook; organized into a photo album, along with book cover pics, and planet landscape vistas.
Customer Reviews
Fascinating Read
This is a fascinating novel with a very complex and multi-path storyline that makes for a really enjoyable read. The story brings life to an interesting race of people from another world. The main characters are well-written, particularly Orik who typifies a very logical, less emotional leader that must lead his marooned people under difficult circumstances. The relationship between the characters are set out clearly from the beginning and there are romantic entanglements throughout. This story is very heavy on the engineering and scientific terminology, with very descriptive space vessels and a well thought out systems and personnel that drive them. If you're a fan of the technical and organisational aspects of space exploration, you'll love Mr Anastasis' attention to detail here. Likewise, there is a very complex military and political story underlying the events of the novel, with imaginative weaponry and heavy-duty military tactics. Overall, I found this book an interesting detour from the lighter SciFi I am used to reading, and full of highly original concepts. I applaud the author's clear passion for developing such an immersive and imaginative SciFi world for readers to dive into.
An ambitious, genre-defying, excellent read.
Books that try to transcend boundaries and genres are ambitious but generally a bit of a let down, and in my experience a good synopsis rarely lives up to the expectation. However Star Invasions proved to be everything I hoped it would be and more. There is enough going on in this first part of the potential trilogy to write three books alone, but Anastasis manages to cram it all in in a way that is exciting and intriguing as well as pacey and attention holding. Lots going on in every scene but the details and characters wash over you and pull you in so you feel a part of the plot rather than viewing as an outsider. Excellent read.