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Frozen Sky: Blindsided (the Europa Series Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Jeff Carlson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 269 ratings
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RETURN TO THE FROZEN SKY

Beneath the ice, Vonnie tries to rescue an ESA biologist who was kidnapped by the sunfish.

In space, the People's Supreme Society of China moves against the ESA, launching thousands of drones and hunter-killers as Vonnie uncovers a secret of ancient power.

Conflict above. Conflict below.

BLINDSIDED

"Intelligent and entirely new. Highly recommended."
-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Feed
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"A riveting science fiction thriller. Intense." -San Francisco Book Review

"Pulse pounding." -Publishers Weekly

"I'm hooked." -Larry Niven

"A first-rate adventure." -Allen Steele

"Nothing short of amazing." -David Marusek

About the Author

Jeff Carlson is the international bestselling author of Plague Year, Long Eyes, Interrupt and The Frozen Sky. To date, his work has been translated into seventeen languages worldwide.

His new novel is Frozen Sky 3: Blindsided.

Readers can find free excerpts, videos, contests, and more on his website at jverse.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01GZ2YTDK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ JVE (June 11, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 11, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5828 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 269 ratings

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Jeff Carlson is the international bestselling author of PLAGUE YEAR, LONG EYES, INTERRUPT and THE FROZEN SKY. To date, his work has been translated into seventeen languages worldwide.

His new novel is FROZEN SKY 4: BATTLEFRONT.

Readers can find more information on his web site at jverse.com

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4.3 out of 5 stars
269 global ratings

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Customers find the story compelling, interesting, and full of twists and turns. They describe the book as a great read with well-considered medical technology. Readers also say the characters are nice enough to care about.

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Customers find the story compelling, interesting, and full of twists and turns. They appreciate the excellent description of the action and the great use of science. Readers also mention the scenario feels plausible, exciting, and terrifying.

"...And this story is so good you don’t really want it to end. I can’t wait for the fourth book." Read more

"...Otherwise, a great story and even though it ends with a cliffhanger I appreciate the need by the author for it and look forward to the conclusion...." Read more

"...likely be out when you're done, so this third book's cliffhanger won't be too annoying." Read more

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Customers find the book great and well-considered. They appreciate the excellent description of the action.

"...Great use of science and compelling combat scenes. Worth the read!" Read more

"...His extrapolation of robotics and medical technology are also well considered and consistent...." Read more

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"...The science is accurate and some of the characters nice enough to care about. Couple that with great storytelling, and you have a huge winner...." Read more

"...I find myself very attached to the sunfish and all of the characters are well developed...." Read more

"...I like the foreshadowing, the action, the all-too-human characters, and the way the author succinctly works the character's train of thought into a..." Read more

"...the creativity it has taken to write this book and bring the very human characters to life. Looking forward to FS4!" Read more

Top reviews from the United States

K1337
5.0 out of 5 stars “The ice was always the same because it was never the same…”
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2016
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Frozen Sky: Blindsided (the Europa Series Book 3) by Jeff Carlson is the best book in this series so far. It has a never ending conflict and tension driving the story. There are romantic entanglements between crewmembers, hot sex (just a little), more interpersonal conflict, clashing personalities, people spying for their various governments, and conflict between nations in space. And that’s just the humans.I could not put it down.

The backbone of the book is the relationship between Vonnie and the Sunfish. Carlson continues to paint a unique picture of the language, culture, and mind of these alien creatures. They are complex, and Vonnie spends a lot of time getting to know them. As the story progresses, you begin to suspect that the Sunfish have more dimensions than has first been apparent.

There is a fascinating conflict on Europa between the European Space Agency (Vonnie’s people), the Brazilians, and the Chinese. Carlson has done a lot of homework to describe how this would look, and it add’s a realistic feel to the story. You will appreciate his hard work. I love the fact that science is so integral to understand what’s going on.

Carlson is a talented writer. Many of his observations are timeless descriptions of the human condition:

“The Americans were tainted by the anger of fallen kings.”

“The ice was always the same because it was never the same…”

“Stubbornness was a trait linked to vision and productivity.”

“Waiting was the hardest part.” (Tom Petty?)

“There should have been enough for everyone, but only the angels shared.”

“It's always bad. Bad is the normal state of affairs for humankind. We have the technology to make paradise on Earth. Instead we point fingers, we lie, we steal, we kill for land or God or other ideologies.”

Carlson has a personal essay at the end of the book describing how he originally planned on making this a trilogy, but the characters took on a life of their own and the story just kept getting bigger and bigger, so he split the third book in two to make a fourth book. I’m glad he did. This story has many threads and subplots that deserve a complete ending. And this story is so good you don’t really want it to end. I can’t wait for the fourth book.
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David North
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Build To A Cliffhangar
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2017
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I'd have given this a 5 star but for some prolonged uneven inner dialogue by the protagonist that reads too much like exposition and sometimes seems contrived. And while I appreciate and am intrigued by the sexual mores of the author's future society I could do without the bits of sexual erotica thrown in. There is a borderline of "social preaching" throughout the series and while mostly contained, it does press the line once or twice here.

Otherwise, a great story and even though it ends with a cliffhanger I appreciate the need by the author for it and look forward to the conclusion. Great use of science and compelling combat scenes. Worth the read!
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Mark W. Bohrer
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling story on the way to a cliffhanger
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2017
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Mix Jeff Carlson's background and talent with what must have been incredible discussions with technologically-inclined friends, and you get an intensely-compelling reason to read until O-dark thirty every night.

Impatience costs Astronaut Alexis "Vonnie" Vonderach's two fellow astronauts their lives in frozen catacombs beneath Europa's icy shell. In literal twists and turns that would make me want to curl up in a claustrophobic ball, she and the rest of her mission crew unravel first-contact riddles and ally with an intelligent alien civilization in spite of an overcautious government consortium back on Earth and armed human rivals on Europa.

The science is accurate and some of the characters nice enough to care about. Couple that with great storytelling, and you have a huge winner. You'll think of Heinlein and Niven and Haldeman, but you'll wonder, "Where did they find some of their never-published work?"

Highly recommended - but pace yourself. Read all three books in this compelling series first. The fourth book will likely be out when you're done, so this third book's cliffhanger won't be too annoying.
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gotomikem
3.0 out of 5 stars Good with a disappointing ending
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017
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So we have spent 3 books getting to know the aliens we made 1st contact with. Much of the time we have been told there is possibly another species deeper in Europa in the ocean and possibly on the other moons. This is what is interesting to me about the book.
BUT
Then Carlson spends the last third of THIS book going on a tangent about wars between nations --- like no kidding Jeff we get it human beings are political that's not what is interesting here I can read about that in the papers. Also on a ham handed attempt to set up a love triangle with Vonnie that goes nowhere as the attempts repeat themselves and provide no new info.
THEN
The book ends on a cliffhanger that is unnecessary and due to all the time wasted on a love triangle and war. So no satisfaction at the en d.
AND TO MAKE IT WORSE
Carlson then puts in his own notes that basically start with --- I kid you not he says almost exactly this--- "I know you probably
think I suck for ending on a cliffhanger but the series was going well and I wanted to create a fourth book. Besides this book was getting long and if a book is too thick then they don't give you prime shelf space at bookstores.." He actually says that! He also goes into how busy he has been in his personal life and how he hurts his back and how terrific his sons are and how one of the m got hurt playing sports and had to be driven to physical therapy.
FINALLY
Coming back to the point he originally made which was "so I ended on a cliffhanger and didn't give you the payoff you've been reading and spending money for and that is because I wanted more shelf space and cared more about a fourth book and my regular family commitments then my readers. I hope you'll accept this long drawn out excuse as a substitute for a satisfying ending and oh by the way I have no idea why the fourth book will come out so too bad for you."
SUMMARY
Decent series with a an interesting premise that the author gets distracted from at the end. He forgets what is truly important and interesting to the reader in his book, spend 1/3 of the third book on a tangent and doesn't give the reader any satisfaction at the end except to promise a 4th book with no declared date.
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Walter Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Humans, aliens, and a nerve-wracking intensity.
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2017
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Vonnie’s commitment to understand and protect the alien sunfish faces even more challenges. The more she learns about them, the more questions that arise. The politics of the earth sponsors of the Europa missions get complicated even more. And then (spoiler) war becomes inevitable, and the different groups of scientists need to decide how to respond to it. It gets messy.
Throughout all of this, Jeff Carlson is in complete control of his story: the relationships between a very diverse set of humans, the science of that future era, and a storyline that cannot be predicted but always makes sense.
Another spoiler: There will be a fourth novel to complete this story. If you read the author’s afterword for Frozen Sky Blindsided, you should be able to understand (and forgive ☺) the rational, and learn something of the special individual who has given his readership such a rich reading experience.
I truly hope that you started this adventure with The Frozen Sky, and have followed that with The Frozen Sky Betrayed.
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Terrence B
5.0 out of 5 stars Sunfish Rule...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2017
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Clever mix of science, international politics, spying, personality clashes and sunfish. Well thought out and well worth reading.
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VickiD
4.0 out of 5 stars This is not the end of the story, fortunately
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2017
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After a brief hiatus of the 2nd book, the author is back on form. The book structure is a cross between Tardis and Russian doll: after each revelatory but logical plot twist, there's another one, even better. The love triangle is continuing to be the least convincing part, so 4 stars. I hope the author will finish the 4th book.
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JB
4.0 out of 5 stars Carlson is weaving a really interesting exploration of humanities first ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2016
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Carlson is weaving a really interesting exploration of humanities first contact with an alien race. Picked up the first book because it had a sort of pulp feel to it and was pleasantly surprised with the depth of the central character and the setting. Looking forward to the forth part.
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Nige
1.0 out of 5 stars never gets anywhere
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2019
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I’ve just finished reading Frozen Sky 1-3 and am utterly disgusted that the author has written a pile of blurb at the end trying to justify another book. No way am I going to waste anymore time or money on an endless diatribe that is forever hinting at plot advancement but never delivers.
Take my advice - don’t bother even with FS 1-3. You’ll just be as disappointed as I am.
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