Included with a Kindle Unlimited membership.

Read with Kindle Unlimited

Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

FREE delivery Friday, July 1 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon

Or fastest delivery Wednesday, June 29. Order within 1 hr 42 mins

Select delivery location

In Stock.

As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. Want to listen? Try Audible.

[{"displayPrice":"$13.99","priceAmount":13.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"13","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"qzlIVLj5PkhMdqcrVc5NosNlVq42uQmzI986vk6eSDkL4wnOYCJNbMLgcoqtS0EpHxuywGnOkKs%2BRxek1Rx%2BEOorlCcngFnUUBAj1NuPGFDyIo4fBKh3XsP8gwpf2p3SS3pCVC4amwcjagqMzv9qpg%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"},{"displayPrice":"$4.01","priceAmount":4.01,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"4","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"01","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"sBFZJ7DbFMwA2yrpjeNJghZXYPtA5JXOVIGPqdxFLvb%2BJ5EK0lukXx4gSRYigbS0veBD1aYiAn4yoqmm5sY0AhIqUXJT%2BI%2F6YMO%2FGnGvgpUnUAZG1Hd1Md4ykQBCeoVqXBNg4I5TXpPwqFjdNx8fA72EIXePIcCF0pHvsPnfxl1beIMQgXux8Q%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]

$$13.99 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Secure transaction

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Details

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Return policy: Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

$3.99 delivery July 6 - 8. Details

Or fastest delivery July 5 - 7. Details

Select delivery location

Used: Good | Details

Sold by so_goodwill

Share <Embed>

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 2 images

Follow the Author

Ryk Brown

Ep.#1 - "Escalation" (The Frontiers Saga - Part 2: Rogue Castes) Paperback – June 7, 2016

by Ryk Brown (Author)

720 ratings

Book 1 of 15: The Frontiers Saga - Part 2: Rogue Castes

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$2.99

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

Paperback

"Please retry"

$13.99

$4.01

Audio CD, CD, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$22.74

—

Kindle
$0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles $2.99 to buy
Audiobook
$0.00 Free with your Audible trial
Paperback
$13.99

2 Used from $4.01 1 New from $13.99
Audio CD
$22.74

2 New from $22.74

Enhance your purchase

Episode 2.1

A cease-fire that has lasted seven years…
Worlds half-destroyed that have been rebuilt anew…
Friends and crewmates scattered light-years apart…
New leaders that would be kings…

The Jung threat has been renewed, in ways not imagined. It will take a new savior to inspire the masses, and once again lead those willing to fight against oppression.

But who will the new savior be?

Print length

320 pages
Language

English
Publication date

June 7, 2016
Dimensions

5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-10

1533663440
ISBN-13

978-1533663443
See all details

Frequently bought together

+
+

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

Choose items to buy together.

by Ryk Brown Paperback
$13.99
Get it as soon as Friday, Jul 1 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
by Ryk Brown Paperback
$11.50
Get it as soon as Friday, Jul 1 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
by Ryk Brown Paperback
$14.99
Get it as soon as Friday, Jul 1 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Ryk Brown
510
Paperback
2 offers from $5.90
Ryk Brown
582
Paperback
3 offers from $5.75
Ryk Brown
617
Paperback
2 offers from $5.99
Ryk Brown
1,691
Paperback
1 offer from $14.69
Ryk Brown
780
Paperback
7 offers from $1.47
Ryk Brown
495
Paperback
2 offers from $6.98

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (June 7, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1533663440
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1533663443
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.06 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,029,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #31,248 in Science Fiction Adventures

Customer Reviews:
720 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Ryk Brown

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Ryk Brown is the author of the Frontiers Saga series. A former California native, Ryk now resides in Texas, working full-time as a writer.

Official Website: www.frontierssaga.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Frontiers-Saga/311894732166798

Customer reviews

5 star		70%
4 star		19%
3 star		9%
2 star		1%
1 star 0% (0%)		0%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Mike NemethTop Contributor: Photography

Back in the Aurora and odds are stacked against her, nothing could be better

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2016

Verified Purchase

Reading Ryk Brown's serialized depiction of the life and times of a future earth that has pulled itself out of the depths of the digital plague is beyond addicting. He concluded the story of Nathan, Cameron, Vlad and Jess, four young people who had responsibility thrust upon them with a new prototype space ship that can "jump" through space, in the final novel of his 15-novel Frontiers Saga. Each book was a closeup look at what life could be like if humans had spread through space like a plague but had been cut off from each other for centuries. Earth's technological reboot came as the result of a finding an Arc, a digital storage device filled with its former technology. Meanwhile, other civilizations had formed. Nathan as captain of the Aurora slams into them, creating conflict and resolving long-simmering feuds. He and the crew of the Aurora almost always faced near impossible odds and get close to obliterated in every book. Somehow the pull it off, or simply survive. Part 1 of the Saga ended with a rather unexpected and horrific sacrifice on the part of the Aurora and the Alliance Nathan helped form. Part 2, starting with "Escalation," picks up seven years later. Earth has been rebuilding after an uneasy alliance with the massively superior Jung. But this being Brown, loyal readers know something bad is about to happen. It does. The Jung, seemingly, have decided to fight, despite the fact that the Alliance could blow their homeworld to smithereens. The story builds in that familiar Brown style. Worlds are quickly overtaken and our heroes find themselves having to react or die. I won't spill any details other than say that surprises await at multiple points, and that the end will be worth the read. I was somewhat blown away. This series is one of my favorites.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Kindle Customer

Pretty good start of The Frontiers Saga part 2

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2017

Verified Purchase

Escalation is the first book in The Frontiers Saga: Rouge Castes which is part 2 of the initial The Frontiers Saga, a 15 books series that started with Aurora: CV-01. I was a enjoying that series greatly up to the final book which ended in a way that did not sit well with me at all. It was therefore with some hesitation that I picked up this book, the first one, in part 2 of the saga. I am happy that I did since I did indeed like this book. It sets the stage for another interesting adventure in The Frontiers Saga universe.

This book starts 7 years from the end of the last book. As I wrote above it is the first one in part 2 of the saga so naturally it is a bit of a stage setter starting off somewhat slowly introducing the characters building the plot up and so on. Nevertheless it is good reading and it does not really take that long before the action starts. When it starts it starts with a bang. Worlds are falling before the renewed and upgraded Jung war machine. The only question is, will Earth be among the fallen...again? Well if you hope to get the answer in this book you are, not surprisingly, going to get disappointed.

It is a good book with an interesting new story arc that takes off from the old one. New characters are introduced (some perhaps not as new as you might think but you will have to read the book to get the answer to that comment) and old ones are brought back into play. Something that I at least felt was welcome. Seven years has passed since we last met our friends so a few interesting things has happened to them during that time.

There are some twists and surprises along the way including a pretty big one at the very end of the book which certainly did not see coming. There are some political bickering and general stupidity, as always when politicians are involved, going on back on Earth as well but luckily this do not take up too many pages of the book.

Bottom line is that this is an enjoyable book and a promising start of part 2 of The Frontiers Saga.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Jas PTop Contributor: Star Wars

Exceptional Start to Part 2 of the Frontiers Saga – Rogue Castes

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2016

Verified Purchase

This is the first in the 2nd part of the Frontiers Saga – Rogue Castes, making it Part 16 in the overall series.
Escalation was a good title for the book when you finally get through it and understand all of the nuances of the story.
7 years have passed since the end of the first series, since Humanity brought an end to hostilities with the Jung. This was achieved by the sacrifice of Nathan Scott, offering himself up in return for an end to the war.
Episode 15 had a fairly startling ending, one that was very well done, not only ending ‘Frontiers Saga Part 1’ on a high note, but leaving it open for the next part of the Saga.
And this is where we start, 7 years on. The story (no spoilers!!) covers a lot of the original characters, Jess, Cameron, Vlad, Deliza and her team, Josh and Loki, President Scott and Miri, Dumar, Lucius and the Ghatazhak, they are all accounted for. Things on the surface seemed to have moved on. Earth is trying to re-establish itself after its near total destruction. Galiardi (yes he is still around) is trying to get the Earth Defence Force up and running again, and everyone else is trying to rebuild their lives after the devastation of the first 15 episodes of the series. I won't go into individual details of stories as I don’t want to give too much away, but needless to say, Ryk Brown has done a fantastic job of capturing the feel of a system (all the various planets that you visit in the opening chapters) that have been ravished by war. All the characters are doing a bit better, but a lot of them are still going through the motions, they show signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from the war. Jess is particularly well done, in her usual bravado style, but with so much sadness over Nathan and other losses.
Even Cameron, the Captain of the Aurora, who was originally so annoyed at not being chosen for what she thought was her rightful place, now realises she was never the right person, and you get the impression she will always live in his shadow. The book moves forward, but there is a distinct feeling that someone is missing in this series, felt by the characters, and that seems to reach out to the reader as well. Ryk Brown has down a very clever job of bringing this across.
However, the galaxy just cannot stay at rest long. As per the blurb of the book, the Jung are back. I don’t want to say too much and give anything away, but needless to say, this is the opening salvo in what is sure to be another brutal set of books.
With Earth poised over numerous KKVs aimed at Jung population centres, including their homeworld, this can only go badly for both sides.
There might be some criticism about Escalation for it being a little slow, in that Brown took the time to build a solid base for the remainder of the series. This first book was about letting us know what has happened in the last 7 years, bringing us up to speed so to speak. As such, there is a lot of time spent on character development. That said, the book does not lack for action scenes either, he never disappoints with his descriptions of combat both on the ground, in the air or in space. I am always amazed at the level of detail that goes into the combat descriptions, how well written they, without being overly drawn out or ridiculously complex.
This is an excellent start to Part 2 of the Frontiers Saga, and only affirms that this is an exceptional series that you just have to read. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!!

17 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Si Cox

AWESOME

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2016

Verified Purchase

I started this series with a free purchase and have been hooked ever since. When I found that it was to be a series of 15 books I thought great but what do I do when they are done! Now I'm thinking what will I feel when I'm reading book 75. An excellent series which gets better by the book. Roll on number 17!!!

6 people found this helpful

Mr. R. A. Lye

They're back!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2016

Verified Purchase

Well that was a surprise, an email saying this book was released also after the last series it was a must buy.

Thoroughly enjoyed the original series and this book is a brilliant introduction to the new series.

The bringing together of all the original characters who are scattered about since the climax of the last series gradually bought back to get her to find the Jung again.

And the last paragraph . . . . . . . . . .

Roll on book 2, brilliant introduction, all the action, proper sci fi, well done again Ryk.

4 people found this helpful

Paula Sheppard

Continues to be a gripping series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2018

Verified Purchase

I read each of the 1st part as the books came out and loved every one. Only problem I had was waiting for the next one to come out!
With the second part I said to myself that I would buy all the books before I read any. Well I have waited until the first 7 came out and have started reading them before I said I would. Verdict: absolutely brilliant read, what a climax to the First book, I had re read the last page to confirm what I had read!! I am sure each book will be as good. Keep up the good work Ryk. Best Chris

DavidO

Great Revival!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2016

Verified Purchase

After an understandable lull in proceedings, the inevitable reimergence of hostilities begins again. However, not all is as it seems and defensive and attacking strategies are under much discussion to assess the reaction of the aggressors. A well-written start to another Saga? Let's hope so!
Harast

The hairy one

Entertaining

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2016

Verified Purchase

This novel is a follow_on to the author's previous series and looks to be a bride across the intervening thirty years. Many of the same characters are in play, albeit somewhat older and, with the exception of Josh, more mature. The author has lost none of his touch in writing a fast-moving, consistent and compelling yarn. If I ever gave five stars (I don') this would be a contender.

See all reviews

Buy new: $13.99$13.99 FREE delivery: Friday, July 1 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used: $4.01

Follow the Author

Ep.#1 - "Escalation" (The Frontiers Saga - Part 2: Rogue Castes) Paperback – June 7, 2016

Enhance your purchase

Frequently bought together

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Product details

About the author

Ryk Brown

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

Buy new:

$13.99

FREE delivery: Friday, July 1 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon.

Ships from: Amazon.com

Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used:

$4.01