Threshold Boundary Series Book 2 eBook Eric Flint Ryk E Spoor
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When the strange fossil she'd discovered had ended up giving her a trip to Mars, Helen Sutter thought she'd gone about as far as any paleontologist would ever go in her lifetime. But when you've also married A.J. Baker, overconfident super- sensor expert for the only private agency in space—the Ares Corporation—and your best friend Madeline Fathom Buckley is a former secret agent who's just signed on as the chief of security for the newly created and already embattled Interplanetary Research Institute of the United Nations, there's always somewhere farther to go.
The newest discoveries will take her, A.J., and their friends Jackie, Joe, and Madeline to the mysterious asteroid Ceres—and beyond, in a desperate race to Jupiter's perilous miniature system of radiation- bombarded moons. The next gold rush is on—for alien technology, hidden in lost bases around the system. And there are people willing to do anything to get it—even plan the first interplanetary war, four hundred million miles from home!
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Threshold Boundary Series Book 2 eBook Eric Flint Ryk E Spoor
There's a lot of bad science fiction in the media today. Not that the stories are necessarily bad. It's the science that's bad. It's as if people can't be bothered to use realistic science in science fiction stories.But realistic science doesn't have to hamper an excellent story. It can uplift it.
This series revels in scientific possibility, alongside the absolute wonder of exploration and discovery. It's some of the best science fiction I've ever read. Adventures in space, led by scientists, on a race toward discovery. Corporate espionage, solutions to technological problems, and recovery from accidents. The best and worst of human nature, clashing with unyielding objective nature. Space is hard to explore. But with the remnants of an ancient alien skirmish to uncover, it's worth it.
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Threshold Boundary Series Book 2 eBook Eric Flint Ryk E Spoor Reviews
I really enjoyed Boundary since it mixed just the right amount of mystery, speculative sci-fi, and tension (through accidents and political intrigue).
In Threshold, all of the main characters return for a second outing that mostly ditches the alien story for one involving more political aspects. The aliens take a definite back seat to the competition to reach a distant alien base in orbit of Saturn. This race, and the political pressures to succeed, leads to near complete disaster for both sides.
The story is quick and an easy read. Fans of A.J. will get to see him step up and reveal a ruthless and somewhat scary side. The boy has become a man. With one exception, even the 'bad' guys are shown to be honorable and are simply doing their best for their country.
Unfortunately, the novel glosses over events at the end of the first book and very much reads as 'filler' until the next novel in the series.
Despite that, it is entertaining and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
I'm about like everyone else here - if it's written by Eric Flint, I own it. (Same thing applies for David Weber, David Drake, John Ringo, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson, so that gives you an idea about the current authors I read.)
No need to rehash things - this is a follow-up novel to Boundary. Same great characters, continuation on the same theme regarding discovery of ancient alien artifacts.
Couple of things I thought were lightly glossed over - we have the exterior view of the Nebula Storm, but ... seriously, you made a 60 million year old space ship work, and adapted it to human configuration. Sure, it was necessary for the plot, but that was a little off to me.
Also, the ending ... which wasn't really an ending. This was sort of like ending a book with the sentence 'James looked up and saw the gun pointed at him. He heard the villain say, "Good bye, Mr. Bond".' End of book... Really, you're going to end this like that? <SPOILER!> Two ships (and one lifeboat) in serious distress, stuck in space and crashed on a planet? I'm very disappointed with that - so it's quite obvious that there has to be another book in this series, which makes it very much not a stand-alone book.
"Threshold" is the sequel to "Boundary", taking place a few years after Boundary ends. It has the same cast of main characters that crash-landed on Mars in the opener, plus some new ones for our heroes to play against. The plot is pretty well described in the book jacket blurb or the Publisher's Weekly description on the page. A,J,, Helen, Maddie, Joe and Jackie still hold up well, and have their hands full in this very short (308 page) middle-of-a trilogy entry.
Although I very much enjoyed the geeky tech specifics of space travel and the solution of problems that can and do arise during the journey (as I did in Boundary), those looking more for thrills, chills and novelty might be a little disappointed by the emphasis on the (well-done) SF tech and lack of substantial plot advancement with respect to the ultimate goal of the space mission.
I should also point out that unlike Boundary, which can easily be read as a satisfying stand-alone novel, Threshold is NOT self-contained and terminates abruptly in a cliff-hanger. Given its brevity and the nature of the "ending", I am all but certain that Threshold is actually the first half of a much longer novel that could have (and probably should have) been published as a single work. But Flint and Spoor have me hooked, so I'll spring for part 2 when it is published.
Last but not least, the cover is MUCH better than the cover to Boundary.
JMT
Eric Flint has another very good novel on his hands. Not outstanding, but very good. Easily worth 4 stars. "Threshold" is the second
book in the "Boundery" series. It would be a good stand alone novel, but it will be easier for you to get into the story if you read
"Boundery" first.
The basic story is not new, it`s been done several times before. Alien artifacts from a long ago visit have been discovered around
the solar system and the race is on to find more as well as to understand the aliens and their technology.
The book is an odd mixture of science fiction, hard science (with a few liberties taken), political cloak & dagger, adventure, and
humor. That sounds like a strange combination, but Flint & Spoor put it all together into a fun, enjoyable read that that keeps
you turning the pages.
The book is well written and the characters are fairly well developed. Maybe not as well developed as they could be, but as much
as you could hope for without the book being a lot longer and slowing the pace of the story.
They do take a few liberties with the science in the book, but far less than most sci-fi stories do. There is nothing in the book
that would make the average reader shut down their brain to accept story and plot points.
All in all it`s a very good book that you will enjoy reading.
There's a lot of bad science fiction in the media today. Not that the stories are necessarily bad. It's the science that's bad. It's as if people can't be bothered to use realistic science in science fiction stories.
But realistic science doesn't have to hamper an excellent story. It can uplift it.
This series revels in scientific possibility, alongside the absolute wonder of exploration and discovery. It's some of the best science fiction I've ever read. Adventures in space, led by scientists, on a race toward discovery. Corporate espionage, solutions to technological problems, and recovery from accidents. The best and worst of human nature, clashing with unyielding objective nature. Space is hard to explore. But with the remnants of an ancient alien skirmish to uncover, it's worth it.
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