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Beacon (Part I) (Beacon Saga Serial Book 1) by [Jonathan C. Gillespie]

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At the end of time, a miraculous discovery threatens a vast refugee fleet, and a young family will be hurled into a deadly mission alongside dangerous aliens.
They call it the Shroud, and Beacon is the only star that survived its wrath. At this endpoint of existence, humanity lingers on alongside every living species. Vast layers of orbiting ships can provide you everything--except children. So when Mally and Tersias conceive, they are instant celebrities, lavished with accolades and gifts. But their act will carry a high cost, starting with the return of mankind's most dreaded enemy. And the end will become the beginning, in this sweeping tale of discovery, of intrigue, of war, of love against all odds, in which the only thing more dangerous than the dead of space are a few terrible secrets.
Beacon - Part I is the first serial installment of the Beacon Saga Serial, and is six thousand words. Continue the serial in Part II (twelve thousand words), or in The Complete Beacon Saga, which contains all installments at a value price over purchasing each separately.

*Note to readers: A serial is a story in parts, each usually of long short-story length. Each installment is not a complete book, but can be thought of like an episode in a television series.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AMLK2KA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Heavy Caliber Publishing LLC (December 5, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1081 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 34 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #45,041 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #167 in One-Hour Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads
- #195 in First Contact Science Fiction eBooks
- #342 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Jonathan C. Gillespie has been writing genre fiction for over a decade. His stories have been published in a variety of outlets on three continents, including "The Drabblecast", "Spinetingler Magazine", and "Murky Depths", and have been nominated for a number of awards.

He particularly enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters, and lives with them in Atlanta, GA.

Those interested in further information on his releases, upcoming events, and reviews of film and books should check out his official site at http://jonathancg.net.

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Jeremy Hager

An approrpriately simple, fun, intelligent introduction to the series

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 23, 2014

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I enjoyed this book. I felt that it was a very neat concept, with likeable characters, in a nice little package. It's a short read, with a simple plot, which I feel is appropriate. It isn't (yet) an epic. It's a short story about a small group around a solo star. It really wraps up nicely, quite honestly. The descriptions are good, but I feel there could be a bit more fleshing out of these details, what with the sounds and smells and appearances. The descriptions that are given are vibrant and evocative. The setting seems to be well founded and I look forward to reading more.

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TsC_BaTTouSai

High praise from a very critical reviewer.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 15, 2013

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This was an awesomely written, powerful, moving story. I as the reader was thoroughly sucked into this universe. The ending brought me to tears and I'm not a crier.

Sequels were written but to me, this was the perfect stand-alone short story. With the way the ending happened, I felt the only thing that could interest me further was resolving the *spoiler* impending destruction of the universe. I look forward to that book.

A request to the author: Apply your short-story style to a full-length novel and see what the result looks like. The way you simply put us in this universe and make us kind've figure out what's happening without beating us over the head with details and minutia is part of why this book is so compelling. Do that with a full length novel and I'd pay 10 bucks for it :)

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H D

An interesting quick read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2018

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This is the first serial in the Beacon Saga. There are quite a few. It seems the last of humanity and the last of alien races are huddled around the last star. Something called the Shroud has decimated everything else...so they all think. The birth of a new baby girl gives hope to all because there have been none in a very long time.

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Daniel Newcombe

Whole interesting universe in a few pages

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2013

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I was trying out my wife's Kindle, so I used this as my sample. It is a short story, however, you are introduced to a whole universe and handful of characters in a short time. I felt that I instantly understood this universe, the dire situation it was in, and like the few characters that were introduced. It's hard to imprint personalities in about 23 pages of print, but it is something accomplished well. I found myself laughing while reading it a few times as well.

The writing isn't bad. Yes, it could possibly use some clean up here and there, but it is not distracting. I've read paperback and hardcovers with writing much worse than this. The only real critical issue is that it's too short. I will have to pick up the second part, which is a little bit longer.

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A.R. Bredenberg

Good for Gillespie for getting his work out there, but a writer needs an editor

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2014

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I was interested to see how the author executed a fiction project in a serial format. I'm not going to read any more of this series, but I thought at least he ought to get three stars as an independent author for actually getting his story written and out there in a coherent presentation. This book exemplifies one of the key the problems around independently-published fiction -- the lack of an editor. I suspect that Gillespie ultimately tells a good story, but I had a hard time getting around the cliches in Gillespie's writing.

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Very good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2014

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This book shows that a simple birth brings aliens and humans together, but what happens after the war is over? Well, guess you have to read the next book. Lol

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2015

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An interesting storyline, I wish the author would have applied his great imagination to a full length story. Like many short stories this one stopped too soon. It was fun while it lasted.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 6, 2014

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The ending was disappointing. The rest of the read was OK, but you never know until the end .It
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