The Clone Republic Dramatized Adapta..., Steven L. Kent
The Clone Republic Dramatized Adapta..., Steven L. Kent
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Synopsis

Earth, 2508 A.D. Humans have spread across the six arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Unified Authority controls Earth's colonies with an iron fist and a powerful military-a military made up almost entirely of clones...

Private first-class Wayson Harris was raised in a U.A. orphanage among thousands of clones born and bred as the ultimate soldiers. But Harris isn't like the other Marines: he has a mind of his own. He figures he's paying for that independent streak when his first assignment out of boot camp is the smallest Marine outpost in the whole U.A.

When a rogue general surfaces, the remote desert world Harris thought was a dead-end posting becomes anything but. Fighting off the general's raid gains Harris a promotion. But it also brings him to the attention of some unfriendly U.A. leaders. They have their own plans for the military-plans Harris disrupts by his very existence. For in an army of clones, the one unforgivable sin is to be different...

About Steven L. Kent

Steven L. Kent, author and video game historian, has written for Wired, Boy’s Life, Rolling Stone, MSNBC, and numerous other publications. He is the author of the bestselling Rogue Clone series and The Ultimate History of Video Games.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Markus

Finding a shelf of "Any 3 books for £1.99" at Forbidden Planet, I fully expected all options to be completely devoid of quality and only there to be cleared out. Being a book hoarder, I obviously bought three anyway. I was surprised to find that at least on of the offerings, Republic, was actually q......more

Goodreads review by Alex

The mediocre ratings of this book make me wonder whether everyone else missed something or whether I have. I liked it enough for me to have decided to read the rest of this series, which is something I rarely do with sagas. As military sci-fi, this book really isn't that spectacular. Not that it isn......more

Goodreads review by John

I was forced to read this by my cousin which he apparently hasn’t read this in 20 years and just remembers how much he loved it as a kid. This is very YA and I just couldn’t do it. Also doesn’t help that I listened to the graphic audio and it was terribly performed.......more