Descent into Darkness (Blood on the Stars) - Sci-Fi Adventure Novel for Adults - Perfect for Space Opera Lovers & Late-Night Reading
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Descent into Darkness (Blood on the Stars) - Sci-Fi Adventure Novel for Adults - Perfect for Space Opera Lovers & Late-Night Reading
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Victory or Death.Tyler Barron and his associates are divided, split between two courses of action. Barron doesn't believe in the desperate plan to eradicate the Highborn, the strange virus that has been created for that purpose, but may or may not be the exact formula used by the empire three hundred years ago. There are too many possible problems…a small difference in the virus, a cure created by the enemy…for him to accept the plan. Barron commits instead to a traditional defense, even though he knows the chances of ultimate success are almost zero.Many of Barron’s cohorts are on his side, but not all. The leader of the other party is none other than Andi Lafarge, Barron’s wife. If the odds were any less gruesome, either one would have given in to the other. But Andi wants nothing less than the extinction of the Highborn, and she believes the virus will work. She will do anything to see it used. Anything.The two work together, somewhat at least, and apart as well, striving to end the conflict in any way possible, with millions of spacers fighting…and facing probable doom either way. It is the last stand of free humans on the Rim, the final chance to evade slavery…or worse.Descent into Darkness is the penultimate book of the Blood on the Stars series, leading up to the smashing conclusion, Empire Reborn.Blood on the Stars SeriesBook 1 - Duel in the DarkBook 2 - Call to ArmsBook 3 - Ruins of EmpireBook 4 - Echoes of GloryBook 5 - Cauldron of FireBook 6 - DauntlessBook 7 - The White FleetBook 8 - Black DawnBook 9 - InvasionBook 10 - NightfallBook 11 - The Grand AllianceBook 12 - The ColossusBook 13 – The OthersBook 14 – The Last StandBook 15 – Empire’s AshesBook 16 – Attack Plan AlphaBook 17 – Descent into DarknessBook 18 – Empire Reborn (coming soon)The Andromeda Chronicles (A Blood on the Stars Trilogy)Book 1 – Andromeda RisingBook 2 – Wings of PegasusBook 3 – Into the Badlands (coming soon)
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I know that other reviewers have been somewhat harsh with the latest installment of the Blood on the Stars series (Descent Into Darkness), but I'm going to fly in the face of those reviewers. Here's the thing that readers need to remember - Tyler Barron and the main characters (most of them) have been at war for more than twenty years. That's a heck of a long time and what does that even do the human psyche. Every enemy in recent books - first the Hegemony and now the Highborn - have had considerable advantages in ships and technology. Yet, Tyler and his spacers are battling on and some how they come off battered, but alive. Novels are by there nature about the characters and how the plot affects them. Tyler has been seen at his best and now we are seeing him battling fatigue, his inability to see a positive end, and even toying with suicide in the course of battle - that is, not making an effort to escape during the course of a battle. Every main character is suffering some form of despair and in some cases the morality of using a viral agent to kill off a trans-human form of humanity. Rightly so - military men/women have access to powerful weaponry that could potentially wipe humanity from the earth and so they at least need to understand the value of not using it for their own purposes - historically there have been cases of the military over-turning elected governments. Jay really gets into the mind-set of his characters and their struggles. Descent into to Darkness is a change of pace in the story and while there are still battles fought, the overarching plot-line has more to do with the characters personal struggles. Yet, there are flashes of brilliance from Tyler that saves a portion of his fleet from becoming too involved in battle, based on his well known gut-feeling. Yes, the editing of the book could be better, but I'm going for the over-all story and not nit-picking it to death over the little things. I liked this book and it made me feel empathy for the characters in their personal struggles to over-come their lack of hope in winning against a powerful foe. Looking forward to the next and concluding book in the Blood on the Stars series :)
