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Swarm (Star Force Series) [Kindle Edition]

B. V. Larson
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (574 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Earth arms marines with alien technology and builds its first battle fleet!

Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there....

SWARM is the story of Earth's annexation by an alien empire. Long considered a primitive people on a backwater planet, humanity finds itself in the middle of a war, and faced with extinction. SWARM is an 88,000 word novel of science fiction by bestselling author B. V. Larson.


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  • File Size: 857 KB
  • Print Length: 263 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1460953134
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004H8FVEQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,555 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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131 of 143 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Heck of a page turner! February 20, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have been reading science fiction for half a century. I read Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov in first edition. In all the years that have passed I have never before read a book that I would realistically compare with Heinlein. Now I have. When you pick up this book, physically or digitally, be prepared to be unwilling to put it down until you finish it!

Swarm is just sufficiently full of true science and seasoned just enough with fiction to pass muster as something Heinlein would have written. Joe average is quite literally yanked out of his calm, pleasant life and forced into a life or death situation not only for himself but for all of humanity. In classic science fiction commonly the protagonist was an egg-head who was fully up to date on the newest radio technology, in this case a computer science professor has to shoulder the responsibility of saving the world.

Heinlein was convinced that a well-educated American engineer or scientist could take on the most advanced tyrants in the universe. More, he was convinced that given a hint of whatever was behind the technology of that tyrant, American academics and engineers could reproduce and even better it. His optimistic view was overshadowed by the post-apocalyptic mood that seemed to grip scifi writers in the waning years of the 20th century. B.V. Larson has recaptured that indomitable spirit exemplified by Heinlein that sees the best of American scientific culture and the self sacrificing nature and courage of professional soldiers as a force that makes humanity far too much to chew for any alien invader.

The highest complement I can give is due this book. I squirmed with the lead character as he faced the death of his family and again and again the horror of total war.
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75 of 88 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Over-rated April 13, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I was surprised to find that I did not like this book, given the overwhelmingly positive reviews. I've concurrently purchased and read quite a few of the other similarly priced indie sci-fi ebooks written at the same time, and I enjoyed all of them, and found them almost all high quality, well written, and entertaining. However, this one was the one that I felt underperformed by a fair margin - even given the low price ($2.99)

The book is fast-paced, but at great cost to the characters. As an adult reader, I found none of them believable - they all seemed to me oversimplified caricatures of a teenage boy's fantasy reality. This is coming from a reader who loves action, no less.

In particular, I found the protagonist's development completely unrealistic. A schoolteacher by background, becomes a military genius on his very first battle, manages to forget the graphic deaths of his two kids within days, and is found busily carousing intimately with a too-conveniently placed naked early 20s female sidekick in that time. This oversimplified character and plot development is so cliche and unoriginal that I thought only kids would be able to overlook it. The descriptions of the female sidekick pretty much sum up the level of writing in this book - in the midst of a high-tension, life-or-death scenario, generous wording is given to pay particular attention to her shapely form, state of undress, and appealing features. Oh yes, and she's naked pretty much the entire first few days they're together. Seriously? This sort of writing is straight out of a low-budget "B Movie" script - it was a shock to me to encounter such banality in sci-fi book.

The rest of the book is also greatly oversimplified for a fan of hard science fiction.
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65 of 77 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another nice read from Larson January 12, 2011
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Having read a number of books now from this author, I felt safe in just grabbing this one without reading the synopsis or the reviews. My faith was justified as this turned out to be a great book. A real page turner. I sat down and read it in an afternoon and was left wanting more. Larson states that he may turn it into a series if it does well enough. I hope it does!
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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading January 8, 2011
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Great escape reading. I love a book that has you cheering for the individual. Well written, with good character development. There is enough time spent on the main character in the begining to invest you in rooting for his survival.

As there is little swearing or graphic sex, this book would also be appropriate for teens.
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Simply awful adolescent techno fare. August 1, 2012
Format:Paperback
Imagine you are a single father. When your wife, the love of your life, passed away she left you with two wonderful children, apples of your eye. Your peaceful family life is sundered when you suddenly see them ripped from their beds by a home invader who cuts them open like fish and tosses their broken bodies to the ground like so much garbage. It happens in an instant. If at any time in the next few moments you find yourself ogling a nubile half naked undergrad instead of mourning your children there is something seriously wrong with you. Let's say then that through some cosmic twist there is a chance that your children could be revived! A typical scene that might unfold would involve you being all stressed out, moving between bouts of crying for the last two members of your whole family and moments of pacing feverishly while you anticipate the results of the operation to save their lives. Let's say instead that you don't do that. Instead you go back to ogling the sexy undergrad girl who is not only totally naked now but also bound by wrists and ankles. You even give thought to a "ratio" that expresses the duration of a relationship with said hot stuff as a function of how sexy she is and how different your ages are. Believe it or not that is what the author has his hero do. That he doesn't see the glaring sick mistake in the priorities of his protagonist, shows how trapped in his adolescence the author is. I have a theory about why that is. The rest of the story shows the "hero" learning to control a spaceship that has kidnapped him, as he learns that he has to treat the ship just like a computer program. He realizes that he has to give it explicit orders, that any vague questions will go unanswered and orders that aren't explicit will result in bad consequences.... Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 stars Too shallow
An absolutely unbelievable and unlovable hero. Going from farmer/teacher/father to master of strange technology in hours, while not letting the horrific killings of his two kids... Read more
Published 12 days ago by catullus
5.0 out of 5 stars Star force: Swarm
This is a very engaging, easy to read sci-fi novel. I immediately felt a connection with the main character. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Kenny Ashcroft
5.0 out of 5 stars Swarm
The whole series is a good read. This rating system requires to many words no wonder it takes so long for me to get around to doing it.
Published 23 days ago by lindamc
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
A very good read. Scientifically, some items mentioned have already been surpassed, with adjustments. Others are very plausible. We try.
Published 27 days ago by marian
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Hard Core Sci Fi
Good Sci Fi is hard to find. Here it is. I will read the sequel, when I get a chance.
Published 1 month ago by MIke Sperry
4.0 out of 5 stars The new Edgar Rice Burroughs
Just finished the last book available in this series. As a teenager, I was swept up by the John Carter of Mars series, and Larson comes as close as anyone to matching that style. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stupor Dave
2.0 out of 5 stars Shallow but thrilling
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Professor Kyle Riggs and his kids were asleep in their house when the alien spaceship arrived. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Katherine Hooper
4.0 out of 5 stars Swarm
Really enjoyed it. Excellent pacing with just enough details to move along without bogging down as so many authors are prone to do. Read more
Published 1 month ago by BRUCE BELL
5.0 out of 5 stars Assume !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it is a alien apocalypse store unlike an before !) i read it in 2 days § its has more than 30 long chapters § well just read it already !!! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Usha
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss out on this! It really is a great, and very fun read!!!
You get hooked from the beginning, and it doesn't let go. You should really just buy the whole series at once, because once you finish one, you'll be picking the next one up... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Adam
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B. V. Larson is the bestselling author of over twenty novels, two of which have reached the Amazon/Kindle Top 100 bestseller lists. Writing in several genres, most of his work is Fantastic in nature, and spans from Military Science Fiction to Epic Fantasy to Paranormal Romance. As a California native, B. V. Larson's stories often take place on sunny beaches and in cities such as Las Vegas. He has three kids living at home and currently teaches college. He writes college textbooks as well as fiction.

For more information check out the author's homepage: BVLarson.com


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