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In a distant galaxy, Humans are on the run. An insane species follows. They will not stop... ever.

Trapped on an immense station with limited resources, our only option has been to flee. Years of peace are over. War is again coming to the Grid. This time however, humanity will stand and fight.

The exciting eight-book AMP series chronicles the struggles of Don Grange, a simple package deliveryman, who is thrust into an unimaginable role in the fight against man's enemies. Can we win peace and freedom after a thousand years of war?

Continuing as a legacy of the SODIUM series, the story picks up a thousand years into the future. Don't just sit at home scratching your head about what to do because you are bored, go on a mental rampage, travel the stars, take a risk and dive head-first into this non-stop-action saga!

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--Fast paced and full of interesting characters, this is a must read.--
--The story in AMP has me fully immersed and thoroughly enjoying the read.--
--Arseneault reminds me of the old-style science fiction as done by the greats like Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke.--
--Outstanding writing style by Stephen Arseneault. This SciFi book was very well written with a style reminiscent of Heinlein in his early years. This is hard/traditional Science Fiction with a great plot and just the right amount of detail.--
--Get this book, then hold on. You're in for an epic fun read!--

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June 14, 2014
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AMP Private War: (Book 2)
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AMP Blitzkrieg: (Book 3)
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AMP Rebellion: (Book 4)
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AMP The Core: (Book 7)
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About the Author

I reside in Central Florida with the wife and two daughters. After thirty years in engineering, my time is now spent chronicling the adventures of fictitious heroes. They are off-world, fighting the good fight, keeping Man alive. For some it was meant to be their calling. For others... not so much. All however are willing to fight until the end. Flip open one of my books. Tag along as unlikely heroes try to conquer the galaxy or save all humanity. Get aboard as you're either with us or against us. This may be your ticket out of here... at least for a short while. Hope you have a great day! --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B00DSD8ZDK
Publisher : Stephen Arseneault; 3rd edition (June 14, 2014)
Publication date : June 14, 2014
Language : English
File size : 1978 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
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Print length : 234 pages
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #10,021 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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Rickles

Fast-Paced, Exciting, Action-Packed, First of a Series

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2018

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Don Granger and his partner, Frig, are trying to establish a messenger service. Their space ship has some issues. Luck comes their way with some improvements to the ship. They soon find themselves in a war. The writing is generally good but there are mistakes in grammar and word usage. The characters are well developed and you can easily identify with them. The story line is great, a space opera, but there isn't one central plot. The main problem with this book is: IT IS A SERIES. While this book has a pseudo ending, the story continues into more books. I do not read books that have no ending unless I am caught unaware of the fact as in this case. I like space science fiction and I enjoyed this portion. I don't like to be forced to buy the rest of the series to obtain a complete story.

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George Monnat Jr

Recommend SODIUM First but AMP Can Stand Alone as a Wonderful Entertainment

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017

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The SODIUM series was Stephen Arseneault's first and is the prequel series to AMP. SODIUM is a little rough as the author found and refined his style, but it's still a fun read and definitely worth reading before AMP MESSENGER. If you already started AMP before reading SODIUM, you'll be OK, because Stephen Arseneault did a great job setting up AMP in this first book as its own story. You'll just have an origin mystery until you can go back and read SODIUM. I'm currently on the third AMP book, and I'm loving the series. As a Professional Engineer with a heavy manufacturing, R&D, and nuclear and electrical power background, I can sometimes be overly critical, but I've found AMP to be very entertaining and the science and technology plausible. The story in AMP has me fully immersed and thoroughly enjoying the read.

Edit: I'm on the seventh AMP book now, and later in the series AMP ties back into SODIUM in a very engaging way. If you started AMP first, I think you'll still be OK, but if you haven't read either, yet, I highly recommend reading SODIUM and then AMP. If you like sci-fi even a little, you'll be happy you did.

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Sean Bai

Not worth it, even for free

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019

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I got this book for free from a BookBub deal. It was not worth it.

To be fair, I did like the little intro to the world, which is why I gave it two stars instead of one. I liked the idea of Grids, large planetary stations similar to machine planets/colony ships, wandering the galaxy in search of homes.

However, the first chapter fell short. There was too much exposition and telling. The first chapter gave me a short history lesson, mentioned what class of spaceship the main character was in, and what kind of drives the ship had. These were all unimportant pieces of information that had me bored right from the beginning.

Normally, I like technobabble. It's what makes science fiction unique. I like reading something that I don't understand completely, yet that I could understand if I try, that allows me to suspend my disbelief for a moment to enjoy the scientific genius that makes each science fiction book unique.

This was not done well. The technobabble was all spoken through the narrator instead of a scientist or AI, and much of it was at the beginning of the book. You usually want to read them only when necessary, after you've raised the stakes and tension, and introduced the conflict. I do not like being taken out of the story on large scientific rants at the wrong times.

The cover is quite nice, but nowadays, authors are getting smart. They use good covers, and it sometimes masks the weaknesses of the book. This book had so many positive reviews, but the quality of the book does not match the amount of reviews. Each or all books in the series also have the same cover, which is quite a let down for any fans of reading.

I don't know if the worldbuilding could have shone, if not for the excess amount of information thrown at us. It reduced any sort of potential the world had to be unique and imaginative.

It was an infodump of science and history, so I could not finish this book.

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Brian Swartzfager

Couldn't make it past first third of the book

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020

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I had a feeling I wasn't going to be impressed with the book after the first chapter describe mankind's current situation: what had happened to humanity didn't make sense yet apparently everyone just accepted the situation. But I kept going in the hope that maybe some clarity would come, or that the characters dealing with this extraordinary setup were equally extraordinary.

Nope. The two main characters are flat with very little depth, and what emotions and motivations they expressed were shallow. By the time I gave up, they'd been rescued from the same situation - in a spacecraft with no motive capability and dwindling resources in the same remote sector of space - twice by the exact same ship and crew. How did their rescuers find them? "Oh, yeah, the admiral thought maybe you'd be out this way. Oh, and by the way, here's the latest on the admiral's secret plan, because you guys are super-competent and would never let that info slip."

So yeah, not recommended.

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Ron J

A special delivery indeed...

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019

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This author has taken what would be a normal job (delivery man) added the twist that it is in space. This gives us a familiarity of the job and then adds to it the science fiction turn that hooks you into the story. This was an enjoy engaging story line and with the short teaser for the next book in this series has me thinking of getting all 8in this series. Hope this review was helpful...Happy reads.

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tom

Very interesting book.

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2019

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I enjoyed reading this book. I especially enjoyed following the different characters. And I always enjoy reading how the humans kick butt. Really light on the science but you, the reader, should realize that science is not the story. It’s the space opera about controlling your own destiny. Science is just the means to get to and enjoy the story.
Unless you’re hard core this should be an enjoyable book to read.
I thought it was well edited and formatted. The writing was also very good. Read the book you you’ll enjoy it.

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adparrish

Sci-fi

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021

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I loved it. Its a fast paced ride with plenty of action and heart. I can tell this is going to be a brilliant series. The characters are extremely likable, the world is unique but easy to understand and there is plenty of science but not so much it overwhelms the average reader.

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I have to say these have been the best stories I have ever read and I have been ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2018

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I have read the whole of this series as well as Sodium, Omega and Hadron. You will see the same comment about them as here.
I have to say these have been the best stories I have ever read and I have been a science fiction fan for over sixty years. One thing I will say. Every one of these books was without any foul language which I found to be a real demonstration that it is totally unnecessary. I was going to read a series from another author and the first half of the first chapter was fine then out came all the bad and absolutely pointless filthy words so I dumped it. Well done Stephen. I look forward to more from you.

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JAWS IV

Nice man, cool characters, easy read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2014

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I chose this rating for the simple fact that I was surprised how much I enjoyed the read,I would have liked a little more depth about some of the other people in the story, such as the engineer that dies during one battle, she is introduced and then she is gone, leaving me not having much empathy due to lack of knowledge about her or the other flight crews that are employed by the main characters.
The story has some intriguing things going for it that I hope carry on building in the next instalment, and I rally like the sound of the little fleet of ships that pack a mighty punch.
One thing that does strike me however is the fact that at times they supposedly have no knowledge of earthly things, and the next you see comments that could only be from our history, small niggle but don't be put off,I really did enjoy the read and look forward to some late bed times reading the next.

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James C Rocks

It felt like a story about a space game.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2019

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I nearly gave up on this book early on but it became more positive as I read further. It was an OK read, my biggest problems with it being like a game. Initially, the hero starts off with a really rubbish craft but over the course of the book continually upgrades it until it's some kind of supership ... like I say it’s OK, it's just a bit, "meh".

I'd probably read another one but not if I had to pay for it.

Dan

Great military sci fi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2019

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A lost remnant of humanity , chased by a merciless enemy, their only escape the ancient gravity engine that no other can match. Corruption abounds whilst the enemy grows ever stronger, its time for the ordinary to become heroes.
I was gripped by this story, great escapism and will enjoy reading on

Nige

Good opening SciFi story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2014

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enjoyable story. fairly fast paced. a bit of a space opera, complete with space ships, new technology, intrigue, aliens and battles.
got this as a free starter offer for kindle. already bought the second one. i think there are about half a dozen of these in the series so far. unless they get bad, i'm looking forward to ploughing my way through the whole series.
also just noticed that there's another "SODIUM" series by the same author that i might try as well. again, the first instalment is a free kindle offer so i can try it and see if i enjoy the book before buying the rest of the series.

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