Haven of Glass

The Augment War, Book 3

By: Ben Hale

Narrated by: Ryan Kennard Burke

No plan is perfect. No haven is safe.

Splicers, genetically cloned soldiers, are killing Imperial citizens—and Siena has just released the vid to the public, sending shockwaves throughout the Empire. As anger escalates into rioting, she sees an opportunity. The Alliance, cobbled together from outcasts and outlaws, could become a refuge for dissidents. With the help of the infamous Ghost Queen, she makes a daring play, and raises a banner that will defy an Empire.

Caught between the Alliance and the Empire, the dakorian race is on the verge of civil war, and a council of elders has been convened. Reklin, still grieving a personal loss, must gain the respect of the council, before an old enemy can corrupt its members. But the threat is not what it seems, for beneath the Emperor’s shroud of diplomacy, a terrifying new weapon has been unleashed.

Book 3 of a Military Space Opera series from Ben Hale, Amazon best-selling author of The Augmented. It's perfect for lovers of both Star Wars and Star Trek, as well as fans of authors such as Chris Fox, J.N. Chaney, and Lindsay Buroker.

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Excellent Continuation to an Awesome Syory

While I am disappointed that Ben Hale seems not to be going to finish this series. I love what he's done with the characters and world building. So believable and likeable.

Great continuation

Narrator and story are good, story feels like it is getting somewhere and I'm excited to see where it is going

Ben Hale had me! I had a meltdown in the car!

I’m into all the Luminea stories. I’ve been in since I bought the Chronicles Omnibus and have read/listened to most of them. But this book got me. I was raging over a particular part of the book. I saw it before it happened, but still hoped against hope that things wouldn’t go pear shaped. It did, and I raged knowing it was going to happen. I listened to the end, but I acknowledge that I understand, even if I didn’t like what Mr. Hale did to me.

I look forward to the next book in the series, as a reader/fan and an author on the come up.

Squeaky clean, action packed sci fi!

Ben Hale is my favorite author. I love eveything he writes. He is as imaginative as Sanderson but a much better writer. Check out his cool website. Solid narration.

Lackluster writing with a good plot

I don't want to waste a lot of time on this so here are my base thoughts.

- Hale has a very limited understanding of dialogue and/or character traits the villains never believe there heroes know/have/can do/ the thing. "he's bluffing" "you expect me to believe _____" are his go to phrases. it's lazy writing.

- The blunt "friendship fixes everything," trope in this is starting to get annoying. "I was a crime boss but I made a friend and am a good guy now " is fine if it actually comes with some character development, but if they just change for no reason it gets cringy. like bad.

-He doesn't foreshadow it's more like he hits you over the head with a plot point.

-The characters really don't seem to understand how to read people.

-The guy who wrote this book probably should not be allowed to publish him book called "how to write like a boss."

-The story here is generally good and interesting. however the way that it's told leaves a lot to be desired.