Aurora: CV-01

I had to take a break on a really good book, because the “have to have a breakup” issue just pissed me off too much. Having just completed a REALLY good sci-fi trilogy (The Girls from Alcyone), a friend suggested I take a look at Ryk Brown’s “Frontier” series. Holy cow…there’re like 15 or more books......more

I picked this up just after reading Odyssey One. I'm going 4 stars on this novel and I plan to follow the series...but I'd say it's "just across the line" to 4 stars. It's not really as good (in my humble opinion of course) as the other series. I mean it's pretty good and there's plenty of action. T......more

This is a pretty blatant Star Trek ripoff, with multiple series and timelines used as the source material. It's pretty much the exact same way that Captain Kirk went straight from Ensign to Captain in the space of one day as was shown in J.J. Abrams's version. Also, the Aurora gets lost on the other......more

Audiobook (7 hours, 15 minutes) narrated by Jeffrey Kafer The audio and narration are good, without distortion, erroneous noise, or obvious edits. Aurora: CV-01 has a decent premise. It's an entertaining easy read, with a story line similar to an old school Star Trek episode. The issue is that the char......more

This is my first book by Ryle Brown; I know nothing about him except he is what is being called an independent author. This is book one of a new series. The story is set approximately a thousand years in the future. The earth colonized other planets but was then hit by a plague, now a thousand years......more