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The Lost Warship #1
Adrift
There is a time to weep and a time to mourn.
For the CSV Lion of Judah , that time has not yet come.
The war with the League of Sol ended in victory for the Terran Coalition. Major General David Cohen and his crew conclude their three-month goodwill cruise with one final FTL jump. But instead of returning home in a blaze of glory, the wormhole collapses and hurls them more than four million lightyears into the unknown.
Stranding them in a distant galaxy.
With dwindling supplies but buoyed by hope of a miracle, David follows the evidence to a nearby inhabited planet. After a disastrous first contact with the less advanced alien civilization, rival factions threaten the tenuous peace—and reignite a centuries-old genocidal conflict.
Now David and the war-weary Lion must take up arms once again to head off a catastrophic event in hopes of unlocking an ancient technology’s secrets.
Before the chance to return home is lost forever.
For the CSV Lion of Judah , that time has not yet come.
The war with the League of Sol ended in victory for the Terran Coalition. Major General David Cohen and his crew conclude their three-month goodwill cruise with one final FTL jump. But instead of returning home in a blaze of glory, the wormhole collapses and hurls them more than four million lightyears into the unknown.
Stranding them in a distant galaxy.
With dwindling supplies but buoyed by hope of a miracle, David follows the evidence to a nearby inhabited planet. After a disastrous first contact with the less advanced alien civilization, rival factions threaten the tenuous peace—and reignite a centuries-old genocidal conflict.
Now David and the war-weary Lion must take up arms once again to head off a catastrophic event in hopes of unlocking an ancient technology’s secrets.
Before the chance to return home is lost forever.
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First published February 19, 2023
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March 7, 2023
I think this is the first, and now last, book in this universe I've read. It makes zero sense for any kind of Orthodox religion to survive interstellar travel. You don't survive wormholes and proton beams with faith and mythology
March 3, 2023
Meh. The author has big ideas but the story and the characters don't deliver. Whenever you put religion in a book, you have to make it very important or leave it out. Writing about spiritual issues is not particularly easy for anyone. In this book, it didn't work.
September 9, 2024
DNF @ 40%
If I wanted to read a book about religion, I would have. While there are great ways to fuse sci-fi and religion - this ain't how to do that.
If I wanted to read a book about religion, I would have. While there are great ways to fuse sci-fi and religion - this ain't how to do that.
February 23, 2023
An exciting, high tension suspenseful Far Future Military/Peacetime Science Fiction, first of a brand-new Series from prolific SF author Daniel Gibbs.
Finally the war is over, the Coalition Defense Forces have defeated the communistic League of Sol. It is time at last for Peacetime, and time for General David Cohen, and the vessels under his command to return home, to the planet Canaan. But during the wormhole jump, a bizarre negative energy tosses eight Military vessels millions of light years through space, far beyond the Milky Way. How did they get here? How will they survive? How can they return home? And what of the new humanoid species they've just discovered?
General Cohen is a very unusual protagonist: an observant Orthodox Jew, at one time [prior to his father's demise] he had studied for the rabbinate. Fully observant, he develops readers' empathy as he searches to discover the purpose served in this seemingly impossible sudden transport. In addition, many other religions including secular humanism are represented on the Coalition vessels, accommodated and treated with respect.
Finally the war is over, the Coalition Defense Forces have defeated the communistic League of Sol. It is time at last for Peacetime, and time for General David Cohen, and the vessels under his command to return home, to the planet Canaan. But during the wormhole jump, a bizarre negative energy tosses eight Military vessels millions of light years through space, far beyond the Milky Way. How did they get here? How will they survive? How can they return home? And what of the new humanoid species they've just discovered?
General Cohen is a very unusual protagonist: an observant Orthodox Jew, at one time [prior to his father's demise] he had studied for the rabbinate. Fully observant, he develops readers' empathy as he searches to discover the purpose served in this seemingly impossible sudden transport. In addition, many other religions including secular humanism are represented on the Coalition vessels, accommodated and treated with respect.
January 29, 2025
Opened with a stunning scene of human ingenuity and bravery. Became just another commentary on politics with a huge side of religious angst mixed in. Loved the action. Hated the long thought-soliloquies.
April 22, 2023
An OK read.
September 2, 2023
What a silly useless book
Religion. 🤮
Religion. 🤮
August 4, 2024
good book but
Good story line and decent action but too much religious stuff in this for me!
Have to think about whether to continue the series! The story is good but�
Good story line and decent action but too much religious stuff in this for me!
Have to think about whether to continue the series! The story is good but�
November 3, 2023
Dieses Buch war ein Überraschungsgeschenk. Für mich selbst hätte ich es wahrscheinlich nicht gekauft, aber genau deshalb ist es toll, bücheraffine Menschen um sich zu haben. Weil die wissen, was eventuell auch gefallen könnte.
Anfangs war mir das Buch fast ein wenig zu amerikanisch. Dieses Gefühl zieht sich durch das Werk hindurch, nimmt aber im Verlaufe der Handlung ab. Jedoch ist das Hauptthema in diesem Sci-Fi-Buch tatsächlich die Religion. Wer hiermit Mühe hat oder schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht hat, kann vielleicht erst einen vorsichtigen Blick hineinwerfen.
Jedoch geht es Gibbs nicht darum, eine Religion als überlegen darzustellen, sondern einen Weg aufzuzeigen, wie es gemeinsam geht. Das gefällt mir so an der Sci-Fi: wir machen einen Schritt zurück (oder voraus) und haben so einen neuen Blick auf unsere Gegenwart.
In diesem Raumschiff arbeiten alle möglichen Religionen friedlich zusammen. Die Menschheit hat aus ihren Fehlern gelernt und einen neuen Umgang miteinander gefunden.
Gerade nach den letzten weltpolitischen Entwicklungen hatte ich während des Lesens oft einen Kloss im Hals. Zu oft tauchten vor meinem Inneren Auge Bilder aus den letzten Wochen auf. Dieses Buch passt in die jetzige Zeit wie kein anderes.
Cohen scheint auf den ersten Blick der typische Vertreter des amerikanischen Militärs zu sein (er erinnerte mich oft an Gibbs aus NCIS - Zufall?), aber der Autor verleiht allen Figuren sehr viel Tiefe und Emotionen. Ausserdem steht Cohen der Wissenschaftler Hayworth gegenüber, sodass sich diese Charaktere gegenseitig ausbalancieren.
Obwohl ich religiösen Themen etwas skeptisch gegenüber stehe (Agnostikerin), sagte mir die Umsetzung sehr zu. Auch habe ich einiges über das orthodoxe Judentum gelernt, ohne dass ich das Gefühl hatte, es wird mir aufgezwängt. Aber am meisten mochte ich den Umgang der Besatzung untereinander.
Denn wir können miteinander klar kommen. Wir müssen es nur wollen.
Anfangs war mir das Buch fast ein wenig zu amerikanisch. Dieses Gefühl zieht sich durch das Werk hindurch, nimmt aber im Verlaufe der Handlung ab. Jedoch ist das Hauptthema in diesem Sci-Fi-Buch tatsächlich die Religion. Wer hiermit Mühe hat oder schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht hat, kann vielleicht erst einen vorsichtigen Blick hineinwerfen.
Jedoch geht es Gibbs nicht darum, eine Religion als überlegen darzustellen, sondern einen Weg aufzuzeigen, wie es gemeinsam geht. Das gefällt mir so an der Sci-Fi: wir machen einen Schritt zurück (oder voraus) und haben so einen neuen Blick auf unsere Gegenwart.
In diesem Raumschiff arbeiten alle möglichen Religionen friedlich zusammen. Die Menschheit hat aus ihren Fehlern gelernt und einen neuen Umgang miteinander gefunden.
Gerade nach den letzten weltpolitischen Entwicklungen hatte ich während des Lesens oft einen Kloss im Hals. Zu oft tauchten vor meinem Inneren Auge Bilder aus den letzten Wochen auf. Dieses Buch passt in die jetzige Zeit wie kein anderes.
Cohen scheint auf den ersten Blick der typische Vertreter des amerikanischen Militärs zu sein (er erinnerte mich oft an Gibbs aus NCIS - Zufall?), aber der Autor verleiht allen Figuren sehr viel Tiefe und Emotionen. Ausserdem steht Cohen der Wissenschaftler Hayworth gegenüber, sodass sich diese Charaktere gegenseitig ausbalancieren.
Obwohl ich religiösen Themen etwas skeptisch gegenüber stehe (Agnostikerin), sagte mir die Umsetzung sehr zu. Auch habe ich einiges über das orthodoxe Judentum gelernt, ohne dass ich das Gefühl hatte, es wird mir aufgezwängt. Aber am meisten mochte ich den Umgang der Besatzung untereinander.
Denn wir können miteinander klar kommen. Wir müssen es nur wollen.
April 8, 2023
Military🐺💪🗡🔫💥 Science Fiction in Space🚀💫
I got this ebook from Amazon📚.with KU.
I got this ebook from Amazon📚.with KU.
August 14, 2023
Fair read
If I wanted to read a book on religion I would have picked one. The story was pretty good but had to many holes in it. I'm not sure if I want to read the next book in this series or not.
If I wanted to read a book on religion I would have picked one. The story was pretty good but had to many holes in it. I'm not sure if I want to read the next book in this series or not.
August 8, 2023
religious fasciaganda
Man, this isn’t even Ringo good, much less Weber. I regret every minute I spent on this book. You don’t get to solve infinite generations of antipathy with a good speech, yet that and an abrahamic god seems to be the answer to conflict this author believes in. I would have expected this in a first book, but it’s intolerable after this many from someone.
Man, this isn’t even Ringo good, much less Weber. I regret every minute I spent on this book. You don’t get to solve infinite generations of antipathy with a good speech, yet that and an abrahamic god seems to be the answer to conflict this author believes in. I would have expected this in a first book, but it’s intolerable after this many from someone.
April 18, 2023
Too much religion
As an atheist, this book wasn't for me. The message that religious extremism is a problem is fine. The idea that a crew of Christian/Jewish/Muslim faith based protagonists had morale superiority seemed deeply ironic and wrong. It had all the cultural superiority messages baked in like a bad episode of early star trek where Kirk judges a planet's society and 'fixes it' in 45minutes.
As an atheist, this book wasn't for me. The message that religious extremism is a problem is fine. The idea that a crew of Christian/Jewish/Muslim faith based protagonists had morale superiority seemed deeply ironic and wrong. It had all the cultural superiority messages baked in like a bad episode of early star trek where Kirk judges a planet's society and 'fixes it' in 45minutes.
March 22, 2023
The author has a point of view
About religion. He seems to be pushing it into every part of the book. While i am not against religion per se, I have my own beliefs. The book would have been better with his religion out of it.
About religion. He seems to be pushing it into every part of the book. While i am not against religion per se, I have my own beliefs. The book would have been better with his religion out of it.
April 5, 2023
Religious Treatise
I hate when an author uses a faux science fiction or other genre book to inject their religious agenda into a decent plot Quit reading it at 31% when I caught on.
I hate when an author uses a faux science fiction or other genre book to inject their religious agenda into a decent plot Quit reading it at 31% when I caught on.
April 6, 2023
good characters and premise
I enjoyed the characters and the basic storyline. I found the action good but the religious angles are not to my personal taste. I just found them used too often.
I enjoyed the characters and the basic storyline. I found the action good but the religious angles are not to my personal taste. I just found them used too often.
May 29, 2023
A different space fiction
A little different space fiction with too much emphasis on prayers and religion. There wasn't much technology and not much battles. The book started in an exciting way, but failed to keep up the expectation.
A little different space fiction with too much emphasis on prayers and religion. There wasn't much technology and not much battles. The book started in an exciting way, but failed to keep up the expectation.
March 10, 2023
Not one for me. Lots of gung ho sections and religion.
April 5, 2023
Didn't finish this, love the idea but way too much religion crammed in.
April 12, 2023
This is the second series I've started reading by Daniel Gibbs. I didn't continue with the other series nor will I probably continue with this series. I have many reasons why, but one is that I don't understand why Mr. Gibbs continues to staff his starships with Army ranks. The Captain of the CSU Lion of Judah is a Major General David Cohen, not an Admiral which I feel he should be. Of course I'm not the author so I guess he can and does what he pleases, but this ship certainly isn't ran like any military ship I've ever been on.
For one, the crew is just too familiar with the Major General (Maj. Gen.). I've read where a number of his crew members call him by his first name, yes they may be senior members of his crew, but calling a Maj. Gen. by his first name is a definite NO NO in my book in any military for any occasion. The second thing I have trouble with in this book is that it's heavily focused on religion. The Coalition Defense Force seems to be multi-religious in that there are a number of different religions present on this ship with the Captain (Maj. Gen. Cohen a devout Orthodox Jew. He has an XO who is an alien and a Muslim with several other crew members belonging to other Christian religions. So, his crew comes from very different backgrounds, but they have been at war for a long, long time. Then the war was won and they were headed home to Canaan, the homeworld of the Terran Coalition. Their war was just fought against the League of Sol which had taken over Earth and driven freedom seeking peoples to this new world of Canaan.
But, as I said, the war was won and the communist of the League of Sol has surrendered. This fighting was over for now at least and the Lion of Judah's crew were looking for a long period of rest and peace. The ship was FTL capable using the Lawrence drive which they had used numerous times during the war to move about large tracks of empty space. This entire part of the Milky Way galaxy was very advanced in technology and medicines. The only thing they couldn't master was to stop humans fighting among themselves, but with this war over, it appeared that had been accomplished also. So, the Lawrence drive was initiated once again toward home.
Only it didn't take them there! Something happened, something very terrible happened. The Lion of Judah and her seven escort ships entered into the same wormhole as usual, but it seemed a much longer trip than it should have been. When they came out into normal space, they had no idea where they were at. And this is where the real story begins. Unfortunately, fighting for the crew of the Lion of Judah isn't over, but their one main goal now is to figure out what happened and how to reverse it if that's even possible.
Fortunately, they did have one particular scientist on-board who had a lot of knowledge about the Lawerence drive and hopefully he could figure out what happened. But, as you'll soon find out, this guy isn't military and has little respect for the military. Dr. Benjamin Hayworth is a grumpy old man that seems to have an attitude that goes against everything that Maj. Gen. Cohen wants to do. He's disrespectful to the point that he should have been working from the brig instead of at a science station on the bridge. Yet Ma. Gen. Cohen needed him to figure out how they were going to get back home. They might need help to do so, but where were they going to find help almost 4 million light-years from home?
If you like a religious bent in your science fiction books then you'll like this book and possibly the series. I for one, don't think I'll continue to read the series. Still, I appreciate the author writing science fiction and hope he continues to do so. The next book in the series, "Mercy" is available on Amazon right now.
For one, the crew is just too familiar with the Major General (Maj. Gen.). I've read where a number of his crew members call him by his first name, yes they may be senior members of his crew, but calling a Maj. Gen. by his first name is a definite NO NO in my book in any military for any occasion. The second thing I have trouble with in this book is that it's heavily focused on religion. The Coalition Defense Force seems to be multi-religious in that there are a number of different religions present on this ship with the Captain (Maj. Gen. Cohen a devout Orthodox Jew. He has an XO who is an alien and a Muslim with several other crew members belonging to other Christian religions. So, his crew comes from very different backgrounds, but they have been at war for a long, long time. Then the war was won and they were headed home to Canaan, the homeworld of the Terran Coalition. Their war was just fought against the League of Sol which had taken over Earth and driven freedom seeking peoples to this new world of Canaan.
But, as I said, the war was won and the communist of the League of Sol has surrendered. This fighting was over for now at least and the Lion of Judah's crew were looking for a long period of rest and peace. The ship was FTL capable using the Lawrence drive which they had used numerous times during the war to move about large tracks of empty space. This entire part of the Milky Way galaxy was very advanced in technology and medicines. The only thing they couldn't master was to stop humans fighting among themselves, but with this war over, it appeared that had been accomplished also. So, the Lawrence drive was initiated once again toward home.
Only it didn't take them there! Something happened, something very terrible happened. The Lion of Judah and her seven escort ships entered into the same wormhole as usual, but it seemed a much longer trip than it should have been. When they came out into normal space, they had no idea where they were at. And this is where the real story begins. Unfortunately, fighting for the crew of the Lion of Judah isn't over, but their one main goal now is to figure out what happened and how to reverse it if that's even possible.
Fortunately, they did have one particular scientist on-board who had a lot of knowledge about the Lawerence drive and hopefully he could figure out what happened. But, as you'll soon find out, this guy isn't military and has little respect for the military. Dr. Benjamin Hayworth is a grumpy old man that seems to have an attitude that goes against everything that Maj. Gen. Cohen wants to do. He's disrespectful to the point that he should have been working from the brig instead of at a science station on the bridge. Yet Ma. Gen. Cohen needed him to figure out how they were going to get back home. They might need help to do so, but where were they going to find help almost 4 million light-years from home?
If you like a religious bent in your science fiction books then you'll like this book and possibly the series. I for one, don't think I'll continue to read the series. Still, I appreciate the author writing science fiction and hope he continues to do so. The next book in the series, "Mercy" is available on Amazon right now.
May 21, 2023
Overall, this wasn't a bad book. It had a pretty good story line, (although it's been done before), but the relegious crap got in the way of the story. This is the reason I basically stopped reading Robert Silverberg, because of the same sort of thing. I don't care if your character is white, black, hispanic, indian, african, asian, alien, or any other label you want to slap on them, as long as the story is good, I don't care what the main character is. However, I do care when what makes that character different keeps being thrown in our face all throughout the reading of the story. Take away the relegious crap, and the story is still the same story, only with a lot less throwing crap in the reader's face involved. If it's necessary for the story, that's one thing, but in this story, it wasn't, and it did nothing but detract from the story itself. I'm sure there's readers who won't give a fig about that, and good for them, if you can read the story, and the relegious crap doesn't bother you, then good for you, but it frustrates the hell out of me when an author keeps trying to ram the religious aspect down my throat. I ... don't ... care. Tell the story, and be done with it already.
The story really should get a 2.5 star rating, but I realize not everyone is bothered by this kind of thing, so instead of downgrading to 2 stars, I'll let the 3 star rating stand, but I think I'm going to be very careful about reading anything else by this author, because the story was good, but it was brought down several notches by the unnecessary content.
November 21, 2023
I don't normally write reviews, but I'll make an exception for this book.
As a European atheist, this book is weird in so many ways. It is obviously written by an American, evident in everything from the religious focus that at times feels like a sermon, to the pledge of allegiance, the white house and the oval office. All things so American they already feel alien to many on this planet.
Since the backstory includes a long war with communists, the whole plot seems anchored in the past as like echo of the cold war. It makes me wonder about the age and background of the author.
Even the names of the aliens irked me, it's pretty obviously a rewrite of "zealot". I find that ironic, given the emphasis of the supernatural and religious.
It may well be that the author has the best intentions, but I fail to get the message if it is anything other than "can't we all just get along". I find the characters two dimensional, the plot lines obvious, the science absent and the religious parts annoying. The writing simply feels lazy.
I will not waste my time on more books in the series.
As a European atheist, this book is weird in so many ways. It is obviously written by an American, evident in everything from the religious focus that at times feels like a sermon, to the pledge of allegiance, the white house and the oval office. All things so American they already feel alien to many on this planet.
Since the backstory includes a long war with communists, the whole plot seems anchored in the past as like echo of the cold war. It makes me wonder about the age and background of the author.
Even the names of the aliens irked me, it's pretty obviously a rewrite of "zealot". I find that ironic, given the emphasis of the supernatural and religious.
It may well be that the author has the best intentions, but I fail to get the message if it is anything other than "can't we all just get along". I find the characters two dimensional, the plot lines obvious, the science absent and the religious parts annoying. The writing simply feels lazy.
I will not waste my time on more books in the series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 26, 2024
A decent escapist science fiction story. The techno-bable is kept to a decent level and the characters are interesting.
There are very large science glitches later in the series though (mass disappears). I won't speak to the specifics to avoid spoilers. The author either doesn't have a good grip on physics, or has dispensed with accuracy to gain a showy ending. It's amusing that the characters in the book make fun of an inaccurate fictional TV show called "War Patrol" while indulging in overly dramatic writing himself.
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I don't recommend this series. The author writes well but in later books gets very lazy, and breaks one of my cardinal rules. An author, whose work I admire, gave the advice "Don't Preach." I give good marks for the author being inclusive of all religions, but he ignores atheism. The later books get preachy and tiresome. I found it lazy that he brings in an immortal robot that does nothing but unlock a database then commits suicide. He then invokes God, literally, to save the universe. I really found it off putting.
There are very large science glitches later in the series though (mass disappears). I won't speak to the specifics to avoid spoilers. The author either doesn't have a good grip on physics, or has dispensed with accuracy to gain a showy ending. It's amusing that the characters in the book make fun of an inaccurate fictional TV show called "War Patrol" while indulging in overly dramatic writing himself.
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I don't recommend this series. The author writes well but in later books gets very lazy, and breaks one of my cardinal rules. An author, whose work I admire, gave the advice "Don't Preach." I give good marks for the author being inclusive of all religions, but he ignores atheism. The later books get preachy and tiresome. I found it lazy that he brings in an immortal robot that does nothing but unlock a database then commits suicide. He then invokes God, literally, to save the universe. I really found it off putting.
March 11, 2023
Well written but idealogically challenging
Great story concept with a military space super vessel and its entourage being thrust into another galaxy by an overcharged worm hole. They find an alien artifact responsible for the wormhole realignment to redirect their travels but during their investigation start an inter planetary war.
At this point the book moves away from space opera to religious idealism/justification and sadly lost me on the way. The smugness of the characters about their holy mission and the direct reference to right and might versus communism seemed too political, too similar to what is happening in the world today, and, lacking in constructive objectivity.
Unlikely to continue the series.
Great story concept with a military space super vessel and its entourage being thrust into another galaxy by an overcharged worm hole. They find an alien artifact responsible for the wormhole realignment to redirect their travels but during their investigation start an inter planetary war.
At this point the book moves away from space opera to religious idealism/justification and sadly lost me on the way. The smugness of the characters about their holy mission and the direct reference to right and might versus communism seemed too political, too similar to what is happening in the world today, and, lacking in constructive objectivity.
Unlikely to continue the series.
March 16, 2023
Doing the Right Thing May Sometimes Mean Doing the Technically Wrong Thing
Classic story of a commander forced into circumstances not of his choosing and then having to balance various competing issues without compromising principles yet retaining the loyalty of his officers and crew. Well done while reflecting his angst over making hard choices that necessarily place several of his most valuable comrades at risk.
One small nitpick: Including the phrase "This IS NOT a drill" when calling the ship to Generalized YOU Quarters is not reflective of true practice. Crews are trained to treat all GQ calls as the real thing unless preceded and followed by the phrase "This IS a drill."
Classic story of a commander forced into circumstances not of his choosing and then having to balance various competing issues without compromising principles yet retaining the loyalty of his officers and crew. Well done while reflecting his angst over making hard choices that necessarily place several of his most valuable comrades at risk.
One small nitpick: Including the phrase "This IS NOT a drill" when calling the ship to Generalized YOU Quarters is not reflective of true practice. Crews are trained to treat all GQ calls as the real thing unless preceded and followed by the phrase "This IS a drill."
May 20, 2023
Same characters different adventure
David and his team on The Lion of Judah are at last seeing the end of war. Everything ought to be peachy keen from now on. Well of course that isn't going to happen wouldn't be a very interesting book if it did. On the way home traversing the wormhole things go a bit kerfluey and the ships with him are all flung many light years away.
They finally figure out if everything was working they'd be home in 35 years! As they only have 2 months worth of food this isn't going to work
They need to find out what happened and if it can be reversed.
David and his team on The Lion of Judah are at last seeing the end of war. Everything ought to be peachy keen from now on. Well of course that isn't going to happen wouldn't be a very interesting book if it did. On the way home traversing the wormhole things go a bit kerfluey and the ships with him are all flung many light years away.
They finally figure out if everything was working they'd be home in 35 years! As they only have 2 months worth of food this isn't going to work
They need to find out what happened and if it can be reversed.
April 26, 2024
I enjoyed the plot and characters of this story. And I think the author was brave to make God and faith as a component of the story. Most science fiction writers usually avoid it. And ,judging by many of the reviews I read, many want science fiction to be atheistic, or at least agnostic. I don't feel the author promoted any one faith over the others. But he recognized how faith motivates peoples responses. The author recognized Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and had characters to represent each faith. Including an atheist character. The author shows a future where faith and religion remain an aspect of humanity, and the universe is better for it.
March 30, 2023
Surprisingly fruitful
The lead character Daniel Cohen is an inspiration! This man strives to bring Christs principles to conflict, with his high moral code, he is an inspiration to us mortals. This story was such a joy to read and easy to follow, few people can affect us as Christ did, but this came to life for me. I strongly recommend this series and particularly book two of same. Please give your support to His works! Writers like this are awesome and should be encouraged.
Phil
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The lead character Daniel Cohen is an inspiration! This man strives to bring Christs principles to conflict, with his high moral code, he is an inspiration to us mortals. This story was such a joy to read and easy to follow, few people can affect us as Christ did, but this came to life for me. I strongly recommend this series and particularly book two of same. Please give your support to His works! Writers like this are awesome and should be encouraged.
Phil
[email protected]
May 9, 2023
This is a nice start to a new offshoot that continues the journey with David Cohen and the Lion of Judah crew: while this can be read as a standalone I’d recommend you read the other books in the previous series before starting this one as the author did a great job of character development. The action is not-so-much in this one as it sets the stage for the new series, but what I do enjoy the most is the believable science fiction / technology and the interaction of the characters � it’s actually a story vs. action upon action scene. I’m looking forward to the other books in the series.
June 25, 2023
The idea behind the story is fine, but quite early on I wasn’t as happy with some of the details and main characters.
By a quarter of the way through my overriding impression was these are a group of pre-teens pretending to be experienced military spacemen. I found the General irritating and generally incompetent, he would have better sticking to his desire to be a Rabbi.
Also I didn’t get the purpose of including all the religion into a SciFi story, I can only assume it is something personal to the author.
I’m afraid by halfway I wasn’t enjoying the book and decided to cut my losses.
By a quarter of the way through my overriding impression was these are a group of pre-teens pretending to be experienced military spacemen. I found the General irritating and generally incompetent, he would have better sticking to his desire to be a Rabbi.
Also I didn’t get the purpose of including all the religion into a SciFi story, I can only assume it is something personal to the author.
I’m afraid by halfway I wasn’t enjoying the book and decided to cut my losses.
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