Of Kings, Queens and Colonies.

 A great book I read this month...

I had the opportunity to read a great book a couple of months ago.
The book is entitled 'Of Kings, Queens and Colonies' by Johnny Worthen
This book is the first of a trilogy. I had the opportunity to meet the author last fall at FanX in Salt Lake and talk to him for a little bit. He was very excited about this book and I have to say that after reading the first in the series, I am excited also. The descendants of earth have landed on a series of planets that surround a sun that has devastated the planets and all shipping in the system. Their technology has degraded to where they have just enough to be able to get by, although they have managed to maintain ships that can move from planet to planet.

The interweaving politics that drive the story are much like the 16th century explorations on Earth which drove those nations to explore and conquer.  Each planet tries to conquer the others and become the dominant polity and religion in the system. 

The story continues to build from the beginning to the climactic end and leaves you waiting for more.

The author has done a great job of creating great, believable characters, with real needs and wants.

I enjoyed reading this book. If you get the opportunity to read this novel, do it. It is worth your time.

But that is just my opinion.

Conviction- Scattered Stars: Book 1

 A great book I read this month...

I had the opportunity to read a great book last month.
The book is entitled 'Conviction: Scattered Stars, Book 1' by Glynn Stewart
This book is the first of a series and I plan on reading all of the books that are available. I have read several books by Glynn Stewart and have enjoyed most of them. His Agent of Mars series has been great.

This book hooked me from the first chapter and kept me entertained and excited as the heroine worked her way through conflict after conflict.

The plot is complex and entertaining and the action is non-stop. The characters are also deep and fairly complicated and they keep developing as the story goes on.

The story begins as our heroine is trying to escape from her home planet. They have just gone through a peace treaty and unknown to her or her teammates, her government sold them out to the victors in the treaty. All of the other pilots in her group are dying, one by one, including her commander and mentor. His last instruction was to get out to the fringe and try to protect the rest of her team.

She finds that he had prepared a nest-egg for them all and she starts to set up a new home. The problem is, few of her team still survive to live there and their enemies are not done hunting them.

I really enjoyed reading this book. If you get the opportunity to read this novel, do it. It is worth your time.