| Title | : | Freedom's Last Gasp: A Hard Science Fiction Thriller (The Exodus Series Book 2) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 |
| Publication | : | Published April 6, 2020 |
Priya Radcliffe wasn't even born yet when the first set of terrorists struck. She was fourteen when they struck again, but this time her parents paid the ultimate price.
That was seven years ago, and since then, the United Nations finally agreed to field its first spaceborne military. Serving aboard one of the first true starships had been a dream of hers. All of her years of education and training had been geared for entering the service.
However, just before Priya's graduation, she’s approached by an officer from a military branch she'd never heard of and given a choice: volunteer for a risky mission to a dangerous, lawless outpost or be excluded from serving.
She had no choice.
Freedom's Last Gasp: A Hard Science Fiction Thriller (The Exodus Series Book 2) Reviews
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Umm. What is this? This is a shame on the first book of the series. I started off with having okay feelings (4-star territory), then when the story started getting fast, I was really liking it (5-star territory) and then it took a nosedive with an abrupt ending and unoriginal conspiracy theories actualizations. Giving it 2 stars.
The first book was great, quite a lot of time was spent in building characters and enough time providing interactions showing how people can be smart and a bit annoying at the same time. The first book showed that it is hard to steer a world as everyone wants different things and not everyone agrees.
Fast forward to this book and not a single character was developed storyline or personality. GLobal world government? Seriously? Such an unoriginal concept. Every terrible thing done by UN government can be done by the current day's government of every country. You don't need a world UN government to be authoritarian. It sounds like straight from Alex Jones podcast.
Another part which stood out was not that the author was trying to show a contract between authoritarian government vs free government per se, but using shorthand partisan hacks. Casual reminders of Ronald Reagan was just the tip of the iceberg. The people in the authoritarian world were vegans whereas people on free world were omnivores. Is this an allegory that vegans are authoritarians? Am I really listening to an Alex Jones podcast? Did I mention that the folks on the free world had a super strict immigration system and didn't take any other world people as their own? Much freedom!
The ending was stupid. Suddenly some people were not dead and then they used a magic wand to blow up stuff and solve the problem which they had been dealing with 200 years. This bombing was called "Operation ..... Freedom". How unoriginal. -
Original science fiction
I am 72 years old an a fan since a very early age of Assimov and Bradbury. I am delighyed to have found during the quarantine a new voice in science fiction that takes me back to those years. Of course I would like ,another book that follows this marvellous story. But meanwhile, thank you for hours of entertainment. MariaTeresa Smith -
This was was quite a disappointment. When I read the first book in the series I thought it was very good. Like four out of five stars good.
This one is a completely different beast from the first one. The first one was a lot about science, technology and how to save Earth. Yes there was bunch of dumbass politics in it as well but overall it was a very good book.
This one goes straight down the path of bullshit politics, and thus down the drain, right away.
Apart from a few cool parts towards the end this book bored me and annoyed me in equal parts. It does not help that the political adversary is the ever corrupt UN and they get fucked over, as they should, the political crap sucks.
Now, for those who like that kind of stuff. The book is very well written. There’s not doubt about that and that is really the only reason I do not give this book a one star rating.
But for me, this was a really disappointing read. I do not think I have been that disappointed in a book in a long time. -
Freedom’s Last Gasp is a sequel to Primordial Threat and, sadly, a very poor one. The first book was a good, but not brilliant, piece of largely hard SF, this second book rapidly degenerates into poor political story of American libertarianism fighting against a United Nations that has become a totalitarian world government, and frankly became quite distasteful. Even the writing was worse with one dimensional characters and completely lacking any sense of plausibility. Even if you have enjoyed the first book, I would recommend skipping this one; it is not necessary and doesn’t continue or enhance the original story in any meaningful way. I probably wouldn't have finished it if it had been any longer than it was.
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The sequel to
Primordial Threat was well written, but with a quite different tone than the first. This story was driven by politics rather than a physical threat. It was somewhat different than what I was expecting.
Priya was the main character, and the only one fully developed. Terry, Tom and the governor were also prime characters and we saw some development, but not as much as in Priya. The settings and science were interesting, but not quite as big of a point in the story this time.
While the story was engaging and well paced. I just wasn't as drawn into it as with Primordial Threat. Part of that might be that I was expecting a story more driven by the discovery of alien technology and life than a story driven by political machinations and power grabs by tyrants. The title probably should have been a clue to me that this was a different type of story. Still, it's worth reading.
The eBook was formatted well, with only a couple of small spelling/grammar errors. -
Not a bad read but for me, the flow of the story felt a little off....like the author hit all the hilights but the transitioning between these parts felt a bit rushed and light on the explanations or background. To be fair, apparently there was a book that preceded this one that I probably should have read first. That, and the author adds some technical background as an addendum to the book. I still maintain that a bit of that information as the story progressed would have improved the overall flow.
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I enjoyed this as much as Primordial Threat despite the quote from Thatcher's chum, Reagan. Didn't realise, until getting to the author's notes at the end, that this sequel wasn't originally planned until after the opening in the series was written but I do hope that a third in the series is currently being written. I do enjoy discovering a new, to me, sci-fi author.
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Exciting follow-up to "Primordial Threat."
It's been over a hundred-fifty years since the exodus and all is not well in the "utopia" created on earth. There is contention between Chrysalis Station and Earth for predominance in thought, history, and the way forward. How will the descendants of the saviors navigate these contentions and, with what otherworldly help? -
Wow. Was nervous about the chronological time between the two books, but it actually added so much value to the storyline. This has the makings of so much more too. I hope to see a 3rd book. And a 4th…
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Freedoms Last Gasp
I found this book to be fascinating. After somehow saving the planet from destruction and taking it to a new star to start over what happens to civilization after 150 years? If you guessed corruption you read the author’s mind. The, question is how to fix it. -
An excellent techno thriller (I call sci/fi). As always Rothman knocks it out ofp the park!!
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Progresses exponentially from book 1 !
Practically read through in one sitting. M.A. Rothman really hits his stride in Freedom's Last Gasp. Hoping he continues this saga! -
Wonderful read
I found a great new author to read. Love the Sci-fi, hard science thriller format! Can’t wait to read your next book.
