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I wish I could tell you how cool this is.
With those words uttered by his best friend during an online chat, Austin Stone, a high school senior, forces himself to accept the fact his friends are leaving him behind.
With average grades, less than stellar play in baseball, and a single mother struggling to make ends meet, it looks as if Austin's only way to continue his education would be through some kind of miracle.
His only escape is playing an online space simulation, Star Runners. It seems to be the only environment in which he excels. However, being a champion Trident Starfighter isn't something you want to brag about in public nor will it help earn a scholarship.
But as soon as Austin is about to give up on college he reaches the top of the elite server. He receives an invitation from a school shrouded in secrecy promising to unlock his hidden potential. With no other options, Austin takes the offer.
What Austin doesn't realize is that his dream of going to college has just opened up the cosmos and will challenge everything Austin thinks he knows about himself and the universe.
- Sales Rank: #61833 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-02-12
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 632 minutes
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90 of 95 people found the following review helpful.
The Training Runners with Potential
By J. Perez
I hope you find this review USEFUL.
What I would have liked to know before I bought this book. (minor spoilers)
1. What type of book is it: adventure, action, drama, etc? This is a high school drama set in a sci-fi space combat military academy. Emphasis on high school. (They are supposed to be in college but sure don't act like it.)
2. What is the story about, in general? The story is about Austin. He is scouted into the Legion Navy by the use of a space combat simulator masqueraded as a game. He is never told that he was going into the military, until it is too late. The book focuses on the recruitment process, the subsequent indoctrination and all the high school type angst drama you can think off. Don't expect a lot of action. For those who've seen the "Last Star Fighter", it's the same general premise with a lot less excitement.
3. What/Who is the target audience? Teenagers and young adults. The mentality of the characters and the story focus does not evolve enough to target the older adult audience.
4. How is the proofreading? The proofreading is well above average, but there are some obvious mistakes here and there.
5. Is there character development or exploration? Yes, there is a lot of character development and exploration. I find the main protagonist to have solid merits and flaws. I also enjoy the change of his development from closet loser to ambitious high school senior. After that point, Austin becomes an intergalactic high school senior ... in a military college? I know, very odd thing to say, but I mean it. He doesn't grow up, even after being a spectator to horrible things. I do not feel a lot of empathy with the secondary characters, but it is not because they aren't fleshed out. I simply don't feel that I get to know them very well.
6. Are the characters likable? There are many angles to think about on this. The protagonist, while alone, thinks and develops as an individual. When in a group, the protagonist usually devolves into high school clique mentality. This makes for uncompelling character synergy as the characters don't grow on the reader because, though rounded as individuals with backgrounds, they are socially inept.
Secondary characters feel restrained and trapped in rote roles. The story almost becomes formulaic. They DO have secondary character characteristics: background and particular looks that set them apart.
7. Do you have to suspend disbelief? The very PREMISE of this book forces a significant amount of disbelief. First, the line of `a younger mind has an easier time accepting the truth' is outright undermined by TWO scenes. If the revelation had been intentional, I would applaud it and laud praise at the grand deception being played on the characters, but it seemed to be a writing goof (I might be wrong about the goof. That would be AWESOME as it would add levels of intrigue, betrayal and conspiracy). If you want to train space combat fighters, simply recruit older fighter pilots. Use the Legion's super advance medical tech to correct imperfections brought about by age (bad vision, sagging reflexes, etc) and retrain them.
8. Does the story keep its pacing? Yes and no. There is great wonder and discovery within the first 50 percent of this book, and then it stalls. The next 40 percent (I'm using kindle format percentages) is full of high school type drama, predictable angst and `emo' conflict, and the ever silly high school bullying scenes. You'd think they would stop by now, but no. Characters act like fourteen or fifteen years old. The story setting is supposed to be in the military, but it doesn't feel like it. It feels more like being coached as part of a sports team. Heck, it feels like being at camp.
The protagonist is rarely, and I mean this, involved in the action. He's a spectator even when in a star fighter, even when laser beams and missiles fly around him. You will have to wait until the 90 percent mark to see Austin take on enemy fighters with his own skill. That WILL be too little too late for some readers. It was for me.
There are many scenes where the main protagonist REPEATEDLY realizes "this is for real". How many times does he have to realize the same thing? Last, because of the rote roles involved, key scenes became singularly predictable. I wanted to be surprised, but wasn't. In fact, scenes, before the 90 percent mark, were so predictable that even the severity of the outcomes were predictable. Son of a gun!
The reader is provided with the most cursory descriptions of the Star/Galactic Legion. That lack is either a deliberate plot device for some good intrigue and conflict or an accidental omission. I think we'll have to wait for book 2 to determine which.
9. Is the book worth the asking price? The book is $5 and touches on the upper range of the standard ebook price. I honestly feel this is a $4 read.
In conclusion: This is a high school coming of age drama in a sci-fi military space setting. After compelling exposition, the rising action stalls into predictable scenes and `emo' dubiousness. It becomes somewhat dull and I found myself browsing through `action' scenes because of their predictability. The main explanation for the world logic (IE. the reason a game for kids is used to secretly recruit kids as star pilots) is compromised in two different scenes. The military culture is undeveloped and didn't feel professional. The climax is solid, but too little too late. The decreasing action and resolution has a strong message and impact. 'Kudos' on that. The proofreading is above average, but there are some noticeable errors. The price is `ok' and within the standard ebook price, but I feel the stalled pacing merits a $4 price range. Even with the slow pace, this book is a story setting volume that clearly indicates a series or saga. Though I found the book unexciting it DOES have its rare gems. Now that we have hopefully gotten through the tedious training camp, I can see great potential for a thrilling series.
3.0 Stars
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
YA Space Saga for Middle Schoolers
By ConciseAlan
This book is clearly targeted towards middle schoolers. It's a "do what you're told, follow the rules and things will work out" story for most of the way.
I would recommend this except for the frequent misuse of "your" and other similar things, which I ignore in books targeted to adults. There's not a single profane word in the book. It came close, though, when the hero "almost swore."
At times, the writing is painfully choppy, but most of the book flows smoothly. The book is completely tactical, and there's no insight into what makes the good guys good. The bad guys are cardboard, but the action is fun.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
A very pleasent surprise!
By Amazon Customer
This is another one of those books that I bought on a whim since it popped up in my recommendations. I honestly do not remember if it was on one of my Goodreads friends lists or if I saw it in my Kindle recommendations but in any case, this book was a very pleasant surprise. The previous book that I bought on a whim like this was Cadet and that one was not bad but not really anything to write home about either.
This book is another one of those young person discovers that there are aliens, spaceships and all kinds of great and not so great things out there. I do like those stories so I may be a bit biased from the start. However, this book was certainly one of the better such books that I have read. The author himself classifies this as a young adult story but personally I have to say that it could very well have done with a not so young audience classification.
The story, the writing and the characters are quite well done. One thing I really like about this book is that it does not rush it. It takes its time to develop the story. Many books with this kind of story just rushes over the surprise moments and the learning curve in a few chapters and then all of a sudden our hero is a full fledged starship pilot or something. This book is really spending time building up the story and spends quite a lot of time on the characters and character development. For a good third, or even a bit more, of the book the main character still thinks he is going to a school on Earth for example. The truth is only very slowly revealed. For the reader it is fairly obvious where it is heading of course but then you can deduce that by the title after all.
Even when the truth is revealed the book continues to properly develop the context and the characters. The education continues and you do not become a star fighter pilot overnight in this book. Actually it is not until the very end that Austin earns his wings and the road to that is a bumpy one. This is another good thing with this book. It is not all fun and games. Friends are lost along the way and Austin is not always sure whether he wants to go on or not. In some books these episodes are just forced in to create some thrilling moments which is quite annoying but in this one they come naturally as a part of both the story and the character development.
One thing that felt a bit strange though was that the entire universe seemed to be made up by humans or at least humanoids identical to the ones developed on Earth. The word “alien” is mentioned once in the book and then it is discarded as a stupid question. That did irk me somewhat but it is really a minor thing. The hard code science fiction readers out there might also regret that there is very little science and certainly not much in the form of technical explanations in this book. This book focuses almost entirely on the story and the characters. That is not to say that they wonder about and talk all the time. The book is far from devoid of action, both during the training and the real stuff.
A very pleasant surprise and excellent reading indeed. This book is one where I definitely will pick up the next one if a second book is published.
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