The Fallen Race (The Shadow Space Chronicles, #1) by Kal Spriggs

The Fallen Race (The Shadow Space Chronicles, #1) Reviews

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  Cedar Sanderson

  Yes, The Fallen Race by Kal Spriggs is very definitely fan fiction, or homage, or both, and the serial numbers haven’t been filed off any too well. Which is odd, because the rest of the story is smooth as glass. It’s not only homage to Weber, but primarily to Star Wars, with a healthy dollop of Firefly, especially toward the end. I’m actually not sure how deep the tribute to Star Wars goes, because my daughter is more of a fan than I am. I’ll have to send her a copy to read.
  
  With that opening, I didn’t expect the author to pull it off. But he does. The story is grandiose, as befits a sweeping space opera, and there is a little cooincidence where there ought not to be. I did sort of skim through the space battles, but I do that with Weber, too. Sometimes too much detail is too much. The characters are fun, the aliens are well-realized, and altogether the story is a good one. Sometimes I have to work at reading. Once I got into this book, it was effortless. I don’t think you will be disapoointed if you are already a fan of the genre.
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  Ken Selvia

  As I get older I guess I'm getting grumpier. I don't want to spend time with book characters I don't like any more than I want to spend time with real life people I don't like. I gave the audio book a few hours listen but I found myself hoping just about every character would just stop talking. They did when I stopped the playback. Narration wasn't bad though.
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  Nicole C

  An ok story but the dialogue in spots (too many spots) was tacky and cliché. It was distracting.
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  Stefanos Kouzof

  More film noir than mil sci-fi, but nice read.
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  Lukas Lovas

  I liked the story and the characters. The world was imaginative and I enjoyed the book. However, I did get lost rather often amid the miriad of points of view. Also, the constant naming of fleet strenght (how many cruisers, how many dreadnoughts...) was lost on me, though I can see that if I were more into the sci-fi space ships stuff, I would probably love it unconditionaly :)
  All in all, a good book but I have read some that I liked more :)
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  Marko Linde

  Easy to read and follow. Straight forward plot. No complex charracters. I'd say everything is easy - too easy. At the end of the book a thought slipped trough my mind:"Why did I read this and whats the story and the point of all of it." Yeah it might have been be a good soap opera, but as a book its just OK.
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  Amanda

  If you like David Weber or John Ringo, you will like this book. Lots of action, realistic science, decent characters, and very fast paced. A few of the transitions are a bit rough, but not so rough you can't follow the plot.
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  • Tom •

  Wow. Giving 5 stars is rare for me. And it's been so long since I read good SciFi, that I was contemplating giving up on it.
  
  Good story, good & interesting characters. Good old fashioned space battles.
  
  Can't wait for the sequels. In the meantime, I'll check out the author's other books.
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  Ackers61

  Kal Spriggs - The Fallen Race. Reads like the book was written by a Twelve year old. Awful one dimensional characters, plot and story been done many times before. Really poor. Not even worth one star.
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  Ove

  Epic space opera that combines psionics and military action, not quite as epic as the lensman series. Will definitly read the next book.
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  Randy Smith

  Not bad but just a little over played. Like the old dramas.
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  Brian

  Great book couldn't put this down!!! Reminded a lot of Babylon 5 and Battleship Galactica. Pick this up if your in to space naval warfare Scify. 