- Hardcover: 540 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse.com (29 April 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1450216617
- ISBN-13: 978-1450216616
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 3.5 cm
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In the year 2500, humanity has become so technologically advanced that overpopulation has led to an Earth too arrogant to acknowledge its own failures. With the Earth overpopulated and polluted, a group of twenty premier scientists must depart on a mission to explore Asha—a distant, uninhabited planet that may offer solutions to humanity’s burgeoning problems. But when they arrive at Asha, the scientists are brusquely greeted by a mysterious human military force that imprisons them with no explanation. They find that during their journey, a faster ship not only delivered humans to Asha, but those humans defeated Earth in an interplanetary civil war. With this war and the discovery of an inexplicable link to mankind’s past, the team finds Asha holds more mysteries than answers. Astrophysicist Cyrus Chamberlain is among those who left behind their old lives and risked everything on this journey. Unfortunately for Dr. Chamberlain, he finds that even if he survives the many challenges this new world holds for him, he may have already lost more than he ever imagined.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Lots of potential!
26 April 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I would like more of a foundation and some back story to get it started. However, I am really enjoying the story and find it to be overall well written. The idea is brilliant and a lot of fun to follow. I look forward to more books from Mr. Luke.
A very good read
28 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am not much in to science fiction but have been thoroughly intrigued with this story. I have read some of the other reviews and have to agree with the comments about editing. But as one who has self published a book himself I have to say that that is the nature of the game. If you spend your time looking for mistakes, are you really paying attention to the story, which in this case is an attention grabber? Love it so far. I especially like the heart to hearts Cyrus has with his son. I have been keeping a log of the profoundness of some of the conversations. Very inspiring. Makes me wish that my writing will evolve as such.When Dominoes Fall: How many wrongs does it take to make a right...?by danjo Thomas
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good, but could've used some editing and page trimming
19 Sep 2010
Format:Kindle Edition
As of this writing, I am in Mr. Luke's Creative Writing class at John Tyler Community College (Chester, VA). When I found out that Mr. Luke had a science fiction novel out, I wanted to get it -- science fiction is one of my favorite genres. I bought the paperback edition and have already made a steady dent in reading it.
So far I have found the story to be good; the plot was creatively made its own to stand out over other books with similar themes, and there was already an anecdote between a father and his son that gave an extra sense of humanity to the work. I am currently a third of the way in, so I am not qualified to say whether the ending is satisfactory. But so far I am contented enough to say it was money well spent.
Now the major problem I have with what I read so far is an editorial one. This novel was self-published through iUniverse, and a consequence one has with self publishers is the lack of an editor and a proofreader like with professional publishers. I have read self-published novels before with serious grammar and typographical errors, as well as spacing inconsistencies and just terrible quality throughout. Now this book, DUSK, is not near as bad as other books in this vein, but if it were picked up by a more traditional market, someone would have noted its length.
To make my point more clear, the book is about 520 pages or so (paperback), and to me it is a little too long to do the story justice. If it were trimmed a page here and there, it would be greatly improved. There is nothing wrong with shorter books--as I write this I think of I, ROBOT and DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? as good examples.
Now as I say this I realize that I have not yet finished the book. Once I do, I am sure I might have different viewpoint about the length, and besides it does not negate the quality of the story. Read it for yourself and find out what you think of it.
So far I have found the story to be good; the plot was creatively made its own to stand out over other books with similar themes, and there was already an anecdote between a father and his son that gave an extra sense of humanity to the work. I am currently a third of the way in, so I am not qualified to say whether the ending is satisfactory. But so far I am contented enough to say it was money well spent.
Now the major problem I have with what I read so far is an editorial one. This novel was self-published through iUniverse, and a consequence one has with self publishers is the lack of an editor and a proofreader like with professional publishers. I have read self-published novels before with serious grammar and typographical errors, as well as spacing inconsistencies and just terrible quality throughout. Now this book, DUSK, is not near as bad as other books in this vein, but if it were picked up by a more traditional market, someone would have noted its length.
To make my point more clear, the book is about 520 pages or so (paperback), and to me it is a little too long to do the story justice. If it were trimmed a page here and there, it would be greatly improved. There is nothing wrong with shorter books--as I write this I think of I, ROBOT and DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? as good examples.
Now as I say this I realize that I have not yet finished the book. Once I do, I am sure I might have different viewpoint about the length, and besides it does not negate the quality of the story. Read it for yourself and find out what you think of it.
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