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A very different alien invasion approach

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019

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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Poor story, excessive adjective use.

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019

I bought this because Marko Kloos reccomend it. 17% through I had to quit reading. Initially I was impressed. The science was well researched and relatively realistic. Once they landed on the planet the story fell apart. A small landing crew completely misses two of the crew on reembarcation and hesitates to use outboard cameras to verify their presence? I should have guessed it would be crap by the author's overuse of adjectives. A friend of mine who edits books for a major publishing company once told me she knows immediately that an author will be terrible by the excessive adjectives. Marko, why? You're a great writer. Can't you tell a piece of crap when you smell it?

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A very different alien invasion approach

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019

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Good read

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tedk

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.

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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!!!

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Mike Hansen

Realistic First Contact

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2019

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Not to spoil too much but it turns out to be such a disaster that I can't wait for the next book. Looking for some payback Jasper over here, hurry up!

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Isto

A cool book, couldn't put it down

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2019

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I read this in one go, nice twists in the sory. Characters are believable and everything moves so fast that tjey cannot act only react

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