THE LESSON [Kindle Edition]

Fred Raymond Rutledge Jr. (Author)

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Product Description

Twenty years after Earth's devastating bio-genetic racial war, David Kenyatta, African American ace Freighter Pilot and Space Engineer crash lands on a wild and remote planet kept hidden for centuries by the Altoura Nebula.
The deadly secrets he discovers there will ultimately save or destroy the last survivors of humanity forever.

About the Author

Fred R. Rutledge, Jr. lives in Arizona with his wife Joann. He enjoys writing, hiking, singing & preforming music with his one man band(piano, sax, trombone, fiddle, harmonica, clarinet & guitar.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 597 KB
• Print Length: 500 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Si-Fi Steamboat Publishing (March 13, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0015YT8L2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,034 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE LESSON, June 19, 2008

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Baby Ken (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: THE LESSON (Kindle Edition)

This book is one of the most frightening adult sci-fi horror tales I've ever read!
It shows how racial prejudice could cause us to destroy mankind!
I wouldn't recommend this for children...unless you want the kids to have bad nightmares!
Anyway I rate this as a real page turner, but a wee bit to gory for the kiddies.
Great read!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars couldn't get through it!, September 12, 2009

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Judi Maroney "Itsie" (Temecula, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE LESSON (Kindle Edition)

I have read over 80 books on my kindle in the past year. 95% of which I really enjoyed. I really tried with this book. I struggled with the "details to the point of boring" in the beginning, hoping it would get better. When the pilot finally landed on the planet, I thought o.k. here we go. The main problem for me was the dialog. It just did not ring true. I could not accept the characters as real and so I could not invest in the story.

Oh well, what do I know. It was on the N.Y. bestsellers list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't do it..., November 29, 2009

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S. Chialiva "Lover of the WORD" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE LESSON (Kindle Edition)

This has to be the worst purchase I've made from Amazon. The story is implausible, but if you can get beyond that, the characters are not fleshed out in a way you can relate to, the gore is beyond nightmarish, the author is pushing his belief in reincarnation and eastern mysticism in a very indulgent way, and the language is foul. The main character does not react in a believable way to what's going on around him, and personally, I think it's a sick mind that came up with this garbage. Don't waste your money, people. You WILL be disappointed.