Eclipse of Procyon Distant Suns Book 2 eBook Mark R Healy
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"The characters pop off the page. The action is electric. Mark R. Healy is a new voice in sci-fi that's worth keeping an eye on!" - Rhett C. Bruno, author of Titanfall and The Circuit.
The stunning sequel to Dawn of Procyon
The human race is at war.
The ruthless alien war-species the Argoni are marshaling a massive force under the surface of Procyon One in preparation for an onslaught that could wipe out every human on the planet.
In the midst of the interstellar conflict, mechanics Landry Stanton and Cait Underwood carry this terrible secret across the barren wasteland with no way of contacting home.
While the same alien armor keeping Landry alive slowly takes over his mind, Landry and Cait will be forced to to outwit their alien pursuers in a last ditch attempt to save their own lives and warn the outpost of the impending invasion.
Eclipse of Procyon Distant Suns Book 2 eBook Mark R Healy
Alien invasions are staples of science fiction and, because of that, a lot of great story lines have long since been explored.If, therefore, you - as an author - are going to write about malevolent aliens bent on attacking humanity you have to do more than create scary monsters. You must also effectively blend complex characters into a narrative that contains enough twists and turns to keep the reader not only invested in your protagonists but also interested in the plot. It also helps - a lot - if you can make the science believable.
If you're good, you can pull that off in a novel.
If you're really good, you can do so in a series.
Mark R. Healy is really good and he shows us just how good he is in this, the second book in his "Distant Suns" series.
In the first novel in the series Healy introduced us to Landry Stanton, a supervisory technician who signed up for work on a distant planet because he could no longer face life on Earth following the death of his wife. Healy also introduced us to Cait Underwood, a high-potential, high-achiever eager to take Stanton's job. She does just that when Stanton goes missing one day while trying to help a friend.
In this second installment in the series Cait has thrown caution to the winds and gone in search of Stanton, who is presumed lost in the wasteland that is the planet's surface.She finds him and together they uncover a plan to take over the outpost world they live on by the Argoni, an implacable alien species that has been warring with humanity for a decade or more.
Healy has excellent world-building skills and has created a hostile environment where humans can only survive inside their relatively small man-made outpost unless they are wearing special suits. It's a bleak world, by all accounts, and - in addition to the alien enemy - is quite dangerous on its own accord.
Having laid that groundwork, Healy goes on to create - in addition to Cait and Landry - a dozen or so memorable characters and infuse them with very complicated agendas. There are, for example, defense forces assigned to the outpost world who treat the civilian population with a certain degree of arrogance; subterranean workers who refer to the defense forces and everyone else who lives and works on the surface as "rabbits;" and a host of others. They are all very believable characters.
Finally, Healy weaves just enough science into the narrative to make this novel a true representative of the genre in addition to being a crackling good adventure story.
The verdict: A 5-star read and a great addition to the series.
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Eclipse of Procyon Distant Suns Book 2 eBook Mark R Healy Reviews
Pretty good read. Different set-up/story line than I've ever run across before & I've read a lot of SF. Ending could have been a little better...
I hate waiting to find out what happens next. Sure hope the n ext installment is coming soon so we can follow Landry, Kait and co.
Loved this and could not put it down. The world building is excellent and the characters are individuals with interesting personalities.
in that they seemed to have developed a technology and way of thinking that was polar opposite of humanity. Well written, interesting and a thought provoking novel!
Never read anything by this author before, but was pleasantly surprised by the writing and pace of this, the first of in a series, by this author.
The second book is as good as the first. Very imaginative story I haven't seen done elsewhere. Just love a good sci fi!
I loved the second book as the main characters were unwrapped to an even greater degree, being well written and flowing on from the first book really well. I am continually amazed at how some books can take me to an imaginary world and make it seem so real. This book was one of those. It was a great story with action, surprises & twists and turns which had me wanting to stay up and read it into the early hours of the morning. Well done!!
Alien invasions are staples of science fiction and, because of that, a lot of great story lines have long since been explored.
If, therefore, you - as an author - are going to write about malevolent aliens bent on attacking humanity you have to do more than create scary monsters. You must also effectively blend complex characters into a narrative that contains enough twists and turns to keep the reader not only invested in your protagonists but also interested in the plot. It also helps - a lot - if you can make the science believable.
If you're good, you can pull that off in a novel.
If you're really good, you can do so in a series.
Mark R. Healy is really good and he shows us just how good he is in this, the second book in his "Distant Suns" series.
In the first novel in the series Healy introduced us to Landry Stanton, a supervisory technician who signed up for work on a distant planet because he could no longer face life on Earth following the death of his wife. Healy also introduced us to Cait Underwood, a high-potential, high-achiever eager to take Stanton's job. She does just that when Stanton goes missing one day while trying to help a friend.
In this second installment in the series Cait has thrown caution to the winds and gone in search of Stanton, who is presumed lost in the wasteland that is the planet's surface.She finds him and together they uncover a plan to take over the outpost world they live on by the Argoni, an implacable alien species that has been warring with humanity for a decade or more.
Healy has excellent world-building skills and has created a hostile environment where humans can only survive inside their relatively small man-made outpost unless they are wearing special suits. It's a bleak world, by all accounts, and - in addition to the alien enemy - is quite dangerous on its own accord.
Having laid that groundwork, Healy goes on to create - in addition to Cait and Landry - a dozen or so memorable characters and infuse them with very complicated agendas. There are, for example, defense forces assigned to the outpost world who treat the civilian population with a certain degree of arrogance; subterranean workers who refer to the defense forces and everyone else who lives and works on the surface as "rabbits;" and a host of others. They are all very believable characters.
Finally, Healy weaves just enough science into the narrative to make this novel a true representative of the genre in addition to being a crackling good adventure story.
The verdict A 5-star read and a great addition to the series.
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