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Dawn Of Destiny (2000)

by Lee Stephen(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Science Fiction

series

Epic

review 1: DoD was a fun read. Stephens delivers a powerful first book. There are certainly problems, and I became really worried that the book would become a metaphor for the author's Christian faith. Fortunately what I found was a book with surprisingly good character development, a HUGE mixed bag of military sci fi action, and fun dialogue. By the end I found myself caring for the characters and I felt that the three alien races were very well written and easy to imagine. What I liked BEST about this book (and the next two) was the way the author convincingly blends different action and suspense into a fun blend of fast paced action to heart stopping, creepy horror. Stephens influences seem obvious enough (HALO, Aliens, etc), but he doesn't pretend to reinvent the wheel and the bo... moreok delivers. I say read it!The two biggest reservations I have are: Please don't make this about Christian faith; since it is such an integral part of the author and protagonist's life, and because "E.D.E.N." is earth's combined military force, I am worried about this becoming a book about Jesus. Please keep Bronze Age sky-wizards out of my science fiction.And my final gripe is: write better women, PLEASE! For fuck's sake... Can't we have one male sci-fi author who thinks of women as capable, or even more so, than a man... Just once? Oh right, that would be James Alan Gardner.
review 2: I was going to give this a "New Writer" rating of 2 as I can't give myself over to handing out a 1 to someone who is trying hard and still in development BUT then I see "Currently the best-selling independent sci-fi series in America" and from his website "Epic is the deepest, most gripping, most adrenaline-fueled series you’ve ever experienced." And you get a solid 1.Colonels don't command and lead platoons into firefights and nothing made any damn sense in the set up of the command structure, logistics, or anything else going on in this thing. I'm about as much of an expert on military SF as one can be and I served in the military (a real one), and the author is way off base OR his writing is so bad he can't communicate his story effectively. The latter may be true as well as the characters are flat, generic, and un-engaging. And the reader is left to scratch their head trying to figure out what the point is.If you can download this for free and you want to see what I am talking about knock yourself out, but certainly don't waste your money on this dog. One woof. less

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