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An ISC Fleet Novel (The ISC Fleet Series, Book 5)

By: Rock Whitehouse

Narrated by: Jeanie Talbot

The People of Traenah faced a terrible disaster. The comet was coming. It would certainly strike at a predictable time and place. There could be no question about that. The immutable laws of the universe demanded it.

The approaching cataclysm silenced wars and joined bitter enemies together to find a way out. A way to somewhere else. Anywhere, else, where they could survive.

Amid this crisis, hard science and mystical religion battled for the soul of a modern society. Some chose to escape certain death, others to embrace it as a moment of supernatural transformation.

The sudden appearance of a strange alien offering rescue only served to harden their resistance.

Xenophobic, and warlike, they would prove an unusual challenge for the Fleet.

And David Powell's first cruise in command of Onizuka would not go at all as he had planned.

©2022 Rock Whitehouse (P)2024 Rock Whitehouse

Finally the Guardians!

I'd been waiting for this species to show up! I like how translation is solved in different ways in different books.

How to Accidentally Cause an Interspecies Conflict

I love this story because it's an alien invasion story told from the other species perspective, and they're trying to interpret the actions of the "invading" humans without being able to communicate. It's fantastic!

Interesting new races.

I very much like that the new races are fairly thought out. I say fairly in a good way though as he starts by giving a solid frame work to draw from before entering the continuing characters. I did not want to use term ‘main characters’ since that implies the aliens in the book are not the feature.

My only criticism was one moment when a character made a ‘wrong choice’ (my opinion) that should have been corrected from their previous experience in another book.

I whole heartedly recommend the series.