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Escape To Challenge (The Moondark Saga Book 1) by [Don McQuinn]

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"Terrific, the kind of exciting, involving tale that keeps you up nights." -Terry Brooks, New York Times Best Selling Author 

From award-winning author Don McQuinn comes the epic classic, The Moondark Saga, where action and adventure meets sci-fi and fantasy in a post-apocalyptic world.

In the grand landscape of the Pacific Northwest, two great kingdoms battle to rule the inlet sea, and the nomadic Dog People have been caught in the crossfire. Gan Moondark, son of the War Chief, is expected to one day rule the Dog People, but war and prophesy have a different fate in store for him. Even as he tries to find his place on the battle lines, the balance of power in the region is about to dramatically shift. A centuries old cryogenic crèche is slowly awakening, bringing to life military leaders from a long forgotten war, with weapons and technology unlike anything this world has ever seen. Will these strangers help Gan Moondark start a new era of peace and prosperity, or will they drive the three kingdoms further into brutality and war?

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Escape To Challenge is the first book in The Moondark Saga, available digitally for the first time since it's original publication. The series is now available as nine serial novels, and in it's original three book set: Warrior, Wander and Witch.

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From Library JournalLong after the nuclear winter, humanity survives on the American continent much as the original Native Americans did, and tribes such as the Dog People struggle to maintain their identity in the face of an emerging Empire bent on conquest. The author of Targets (Tor, 1983) has skillfully crafted a novel of sf adventure featuring strong male and female characters. For large sf collections.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0079BV1X8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Raven's Call Press; 2nd edition (November 26, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 26, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1475 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,304,327 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #4,414 in Men's Adventure Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #16,664 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #23,594 in Science Fiction Adventure

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Don McQuinn is an American best-selling author and retired U.S. Marine. He was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, and lived in several places before moving to Texas. Don graduated from Galena Park HS, and after a year of military school in Minnesota he won a USNROTC scholarship to the University of Washington.

After graduating with a BA in English, Don served twenty years in the Marines. He served the first half of his career as an infantry officer and the second half as an intelligence officer, including tours in Korea and Vietnam. He retired as a Major in 1971 and started his new career as an author not long after.

His books have won major awards and been on bestseller lists, and he's written in genres that range from science fiction to contemporary literary fiction. He lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with his three grown sons.

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A. Jones

extremely well worn and well loved. I am delighted to have them now on ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2015

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A group of Americans awake from hibernation to a new, post apocalyptic "savage" society where they must learn to survive with the assistance of new friends. Their original assignment was to rebuild the country after nuclear war. Instead they find themselves helping to build a new society, fighting new wars, building new religions and finding new loves.

I am on my 8th, or maybe 9th reading of this series. I read it when it was first published and gave the books away. Later, I was unable to purchase a new set of these books bought them as used books online. Those books are now somewhere in storage, extremely well worn and well loved. I am delighted to have them now on Kindle.

In response to the first review here, this series used to be 3 books before it was broken up into kindle books. Kindle books 1 - 3 together are the original WARRIOR book, which was the first of the trilogy. If you are going to refuse to purchase the next book because of the "cliff hanger in this book", you will be missing out on one of the most underrated Sci Fi fantasy books ever written. Alternatively, instead of trying out this free first portion of the book, you can purchase the entire book all together for your kindle. They are listed as Moondark Saga books 1 - 3.

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A. Pearson

A realistic post-apocalyptic adventure, a page-turner with both suspense and character cevelopment

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 5, 2013

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This is the first book in the series, and launches you rapid-fire into an engaging, page turning post-apocalyptic world, where nuclear war and other catastrophes have spun the human race back to a Dark Age, with technology little past the former Bronze Age, and superstition rampant. In this world, a small cryogenically preserved band from the 21st Century emerges from hibernation.
Several unique elements send this series beyond your usual apocalyptic/dystopian fantasy:
The writing is superb on several levels: very tight management of tension with suspenseful scenes driving the story; deep character development (more on this in a minute); physical and sensory details; and exploration of technology in the context of social life.
The deep character development occurs on a couple of levels: creation of compelling, realistic characters in an imagined subsistence society, and evocative psychological development of personalities awaking from our time into a strange and alien world. A special element comes in McQuinn’s deft description and development of the nature of leadership— individuals in two different worlds watch and learn how people become leaders and how small societies organize themselves in the face of adversity.
I’m returning to re-read in Kindle, after having read the print version when it was first published. The story is as alive and fresh as I remember from my original reading. Do not miss this exciting exploration of human society — even if you think you don’t like “science fiction,” you’ll find something very different and compelling.

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A good start to what looks to be an awesome saga

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 27, 2014

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This book has a little bit of everything....a little bit of Hunger Games, a little bit of Game of Thrones, and so on. Don McQuinn has begun a saga here, characterized by well written characters and evocative settings, and has done so in a very approachable manner. We aren't given two dimensional characters going through the motions, but rather shown complex people with complex motives in a rich world that has risen from the ashes of a holocaust.

This book sets a number of different plot threads into motion, but does not attempt to wrap them all up by the end. Indeed, this is but the opening of what can only be called an epic tale of a dystopian future. McQuinn's military background and knowledge of the Pacific Northwest are well utilized in the care and attention he has taken in writing this book, especially when a plot turn involving the forgotten residents of a hidden cave is introduced to the reader.

This book sets the stage for what I think will be a thrilling and thoughtful journey for the characters and the reader alike. Book two, here I come....

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So far good for young adult readers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2014

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Moondark Saga Fantasy Adventure

A girl-child is snatched from a simple village during burning, rape, and pillage.
Next we are with the night-watch boy and his dogs outside a home encampment not unlike a native American village. Many adjectives describe the cold ground, the dogs behavior, the stranger riding in and the enemies secretly following the stranger and the fight with the lone night-watch boy and his dogs. So far good for young adult readers. The action switches to talk about religion, conflict, healers, spying, war and leadership. A scene with unknown thing lurking in a cave with much rustling and heavy breathing suggesting a devil or dark creature without resolving. Muddled plot with side trips which don't advance the plot. I don't know what happens to the snatched girl child after 8 chapters, connections lost. Enter a space ship, with modern metals...wait a minute...how did we get there?..Must read on...maybe it isn t so bad after all

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Cliffhanger Alert

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

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I downloaded this book while it was an amazon freebie, and was pleasantly surprised. Then I reached the "ending" and figured it was about par for the course for free amazon books. I didn't expect everything to be resolved as this book is clearly labeled as part of a series, but none of the developing story lines were concluded. In the last few pages of the book a new twist was thrown out separating one of the groups of interest and leaving them with an unknown.

I think the writing was strong enough that I would have purchased the next book if the cliffhanger hadn't been thrown in. As it is, I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading this, but I did think the writing was strong enough to end the book on what was already there, even if no conclusions were reached, without having to throw in more to hook readers.

If the next books end in a different style, please leave a comment and let me know. My dislike of this one plot device is really the only reason for a review of only three stars, and my decision not to purchase the next book in the series.

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Boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 31, 2014

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Started well but gets bogged down when a second plot strand is introduced too late in the narrative for me to really engage with a whole new set of characters. This, rather than making it more exciting, actually slows the action down & I just lost interest.

Don't know if I'll ever finish it.

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Phil

A great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 27, 2014

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A great start to a long and well-told story, taking us through places in the US Northwest mountains and on the coasts.

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David Troddyn

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 14, 2013

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I am very happy ,great company to deal with , delivered on time , good price , would deal with again.

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From award-winning author Don McQuinn comes the epic classic, The Moondark Saga, where action and adventure meets sci-fi and fantasy in a post-apocalyptic world.

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Escape To Challenge is the first book in The Moondark Saga, available digitally for the first time since it's original publication. The series is now available as nine serial novels, and in it's original three book set: Warrior, Wander and Witch.

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