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First Encounter (Ascension Wars Book 1) by [Jasper T. Scott, Tom Edwards, Aaron Sikes]

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FROM MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JASPER T. SCOTT
The Forerunners set out from Earth to colonize neighboring star systems
And to search for intelligent life...
The United Nations of Earth sent out the Forerunner ships to explore and colonize the four most promising star systems within 50 light-years of Earth.

Forerunner One left Earth under the command of Captain Clayton Cross, heading for Trappist-1. After a ninety year journey to reach it, the crew encountered not only a habitable world, but alien life already inhabiting it, and dark secrets lurking beneath the surface.

The revelation of who these aliens are and what they want proves more terrifying than promising, and Captain Cross is forced to make tough decisions that will affect not only his crew, but the fate of the entire human race.

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***Top 100 Bestseller (#60) in All of Kindle Store***#1 Bestseller in Space Opera#1 Bestseller in First Contact#1 Bestseller in Space Exploration#1 Bestseller in Colonization Sci-Fi#1 Bestseller in Military Sci-Fi#1 Bestseller in Galactic Empire
★★★★★"Jasper's one of my favorite authors right now. Whether he's writing present day invasion stories or far-future intergalactic books, I'm hooked every time." -Nathan Hystad, Bestselling Author of the Survivors Series.
★★★★★ "I've been a fan of Jasper Scott's books and series for many years. This latest book is just another reason he's in my file as 'Five Star Author.' My only problem with this book is the finish. It ends...and I'm not ready for it to end. I'm hoping this is the start of what looks to be a thrilling First Encounter series." -William Schmidt, Amazon Reviewer
★★★★★ "I really love all of Jasper's books. He is my favorite sci-fi author by far. This book has a small cast of characters so it is easy to keep up with them. And there will be more to come so stay tuned." -Mary Kastle, Amazon Reviewer
★★★★★ "This book is a great start to what appears to be a great series. Real good character development, with real emotions and responses. I had a really hard time putting this book down and really look forward to the next one..." -Wade Whitaker, Amazon Reviewer
★★★★★ "A book I strongly recommend to any fan of Sci-Fi and Space Opera. Once again Jasper T. Scott brings his considerable writing skills to the table... this book has it all." -Bruce Thobois, Amazon Reviewer
★★★★★ "Once again Jasper T Scott has written a very believable and spellbinding story, this could be the way we finally make contact with an alien species. I can hardly wait for the next book in the series, and I may just read this one again."-Gordon Sears, Amazon Reviewer
★★★★★ "Fantastic story. I became so involved with the characters and the story that the ending snuck up on me. I am anxiously awaiting the next book."-Frankie, Amazon Reviewer

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Z6SPM72
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anthem Press; 7th edition (November 30, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1501 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 361 pages
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Jasper Scott is a USA Today bestselling author and three-time Kindle all-star. With more than thirty sci-fi novels and over a million copies sold, Jasper's work has been translated into various languages and published around the world.

Jasper writes fast-paced books with unexpected twists and flawed characters. He was born and raised in Canada by South African parents, with a British heritage on his mother's side and German on his father's. He now lives in an exotic locale with his wife, their two kids, and two Chihuahuas.

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A very different alien invasion approach

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019

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After having read countless alien invasion books where the enemy initially get the advantage until some humans achieve the almost impossible and secure Earth's freedom, we have here a completely new and fresh approach to an invasion, created not by emerging aliens but by our own fiddling in a distant and initially unknown area of space.
The book reads well, and the author has managed to create characters that are immediately irritating and disliked, I can not emphasis enough of how very different this invasion is and kept me reading the book in a few hours.
And not being one of those people who say how good books are, when they are not, I can honestly say this is well worth a read, easily matching his Dark Space Universe books

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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2019

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters are well developed and interesting. I enjoy stories of first contact and this one is very good. It has a few twists but overall it is a very familiar theme, humanity meets superior alien race fight for survival ensues. The way this story is told is what makes it different. You are engaged by the plot and the characters. I would recommend this book.

91 people found this helpful

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Very Good SyFy Horror Story

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019

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The Forerunner-1 leaves Earth on a 90 year mission to the planet Trappist-1 to explore and colonize the planet. The beings currently living on the planet have other ideas. This is a sneaky horror story.

86 people found this helpful

Authentic and realistic first contact!

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019

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This is how I would’ve envisaged any first contact. We would not be anywhere as technologically advanced as other intelligent creatures that would be found on any bit of dirt anywhere in space. We would be naive and foolish to believe that we would be the dominant species. Thus, what author Jasper T Scott has wonderfully provided for our entertainment, rings true. Space exploration and colonisation is not all tea and scones, nor is it meant to be warm and fuzzy. It’s harsh, dangerous and downright deadly.
This is a great start to a fantastic series and I honestly can’t wait to get my teeth into the sequel.
Five chilling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for realism and authenticity to go with a great fast-paced read that doesn’t disappoint in any respect.

133 people found this helpful

First Encounter Review

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019

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I’ve been a fan of Jasper Scott for a long time and this could very well be his best series yet. Well written and fast paced with great character development. Can’t wait for the series to continue.

75 people found this helpful

Excellent read of a first contact

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2019

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We have no idea what we will encounter if one day we travel to the stars. First Contact describes a real possible scenario of our contact with an intelligent space faring species and what they are about. This book was very entertaining and I look forward to Jaspers next book on the continuing story.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019

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A very interesting first contact. One that led to an invasion, occupation and overthrow of our entire way of life. It will be interesting to see how we get out of this and what part Admiral Reed plays in this drama. Thanks for a GoodRead.

69 people found this helpful

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Great Series Start!

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019

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Another great start to a story! JS has a true gift to hooking the reader and to wait anxiously for the next in the series. Hurry February!!!

63 people found this helpful

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Steve

Disappointing due to the inherent stupidity of the crew

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2020

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Forerunner? Not even a Twopointfiverunner. There were some good ideas in this story but it failed because of the outright stupidity of the crew and characters. Like any original Star Trek episode, the most senior member of the crew - the captain - throws himself into ground surveys on alien planets, crew recovery expeditions and leading assaults against alien intruders. Like Kirk, Clayton needs to do less micro-managing and let those specifically trained experts get on with their jobs.
I say ground survey...despite drones and robots, the first close up look at the planet was done by dropping the village-idiot crew on the surface. So impatient where they to check out the planet they took no sensible precautions.
Who designed an interstellar starship, where all but two duty officers are in cryo chambers, with all the corridors and gangways open, atmosphere throughout the ship, in fact everything a full waking crew needs in working order. What happens if there is a fire or catastrophic collision? Or a couple of space aliens who have snuck on board, for that matter?
A crew member has a hybrid alien baby? Yeah, let the rapidly growing alien kid and the mother (and "father") live in the corriolis wheel alone while everyone goes to sleep for 70 odd years. Obviously, no risks there......
Been chased by aggressive alien spaceships that go invisible? Yep. Plan your 70 year sleep while you scuttle back to Earth, with the clear understanding that if you can't see them, they can't see you.
This is the tip of the iceberg of intergalactic nonsense.

27 people found this helpful

Mr. Andrew G. M. Wood

Perhaps the slap we so badly need!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2019

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How unusual to have a story that show how cock-sure we are as a species and how it might get us into trouble elsewhere in the universe and not just by screwin up our own planet!

14 people found this helpful

doggyman

Once again collaborators run to the enemy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2019

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At first I thought this would just be your usual colonization story, was I ever wrong. It is a colonization story alright just not by people from Earth.

12 people found this helpful

John

Up and Down First Contact Thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2020

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This first contact story starts shortly before one of the four ‘Forerunner’ interstellar exploration ships reaches the Trappist star system after a journey of ninety years. Captain Clayton Cross awakes to the track of a ship, which soon disappears.
A landing party soon encounters what Cross and his crew believe to be the first known complex life away from Earth (although they have no way of knowing what the other Forerunner ships may have encountered). However, all is not what it seems, and one of the crew is lost, forcing a rescue mission back out into the planet’s forests. When they find the missing crewman, who has only been gone for a few hours, they encounter what must be intelligent life, and as he fades into unconsciousness, he utters a worrying warning.
All thoughts of colonisation are forgotten, and Cross makes the decision to return to Earth immediately, a trip which will take another ninety years. However only months into the return journey, strange things happen aboard the ship, and Cross realises the alien species they met is far more advanced than humankind.
This book was a real a book of three acts, and I came very close to quitting in the middle one. The first act I really enjoyed, and the world setting was excellent. I was rather disappointed we spent so little time on the Trappist-1 planet and would love to read more about it. The second act I hated, and I really could not figure out what Scott was planning, and as I mentioned I came very close to stopping reading the book as I disliked it so much. However, the third act did redeem it somewhat, and it sets the scene the scene for the rest of a series of books. I will avoid going into too much detail as I don’t want to spoil things, but suffice to say, if I decide to read the next in the series, I hope it is more akin to acts 1 & 3 than 2 in this book. The three stars are the result of act 1 being great and act 3 being not bad.

3 people found this helpful

Grahame West

Very flat

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2020

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New to this author, the blurb sounded good but I found the story very flat, the plot is poor, the characters not developed. I bought three of the authors books at same time but finding the writing equally as poor. So I'd save your money for a better author. If you are looking for good sci-fi try Dennis E Taylor's Bobiverse trilogy they are excellent.

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