Hawk: Hand of the Machine: Shattered Galaxy, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Van Allen Plexico (Author), Sean Duregger (Narrator), White Rocket Entertainment (Publisher)

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A stand-alone adventure novel that is also part of the Shattering/Legions Saga!

The galactic agent known as Hawk has awakened too soon in a galaxy shattered by apocalyptic warfare. His master, the Machine, is possibly insane, and the great Adversary of Man has returned. Armed with futuristic weapons he doesn't fully understand and a sentient starship that he dares not trust, he must confront his former allies, turned renegades and pirates instead of soldiers. His new mission is simple, yet perhaps impossible: He must unite them - or all life in our galaxy will end!

Hawk: Hand of The Machine is vintage Van Allen Plexico - stripped-down, all-out Military SF/Space Opera action and adventure in the grand tradition, with bold heroes, deadly menaces, and the future of the very galaxy at stake!

The Shattering/Legions Saga:

Lucian: Dark God's Homecoming
Hawk: Hand of The Machine (Shattered Galaxy, Book 1)
Legion I: Lords of Fir
Legion II: Sons of Terra
Legion III: Kings of Oblivion

also

The Legion Chronicles 1: Cold Lightning (Novella)
See the entire series and more here: http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering

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12 hours and 36 minutes
Author

Van Allen Plexico
Narrator

Sean Duregger
Audible release date

July 30, 2019
Language

English
Publisher

White Rocket Entertainment
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B07VMV2LVP
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	12 hours and 36 minutes
Author	Van Allen Plexico
Narrator	Sean Duregger
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	July 30, 2019
Publisher	White Rocket Entertainment
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07VMV2LVP
Best Sellers Rank	#350,030 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #756 in Superhero Fantasy #4,678 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #5,597 in Adventure Science Fiction

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Ralph L. Angelo Jr.

Hawk, Hand of the Machine

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2012

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Hawk, hand of the machine
Hawk is a sci-fi novel set in the far distant future, and by far distant I mean many thousands of years in the future, and involves beings known as `Hands' that are actually cloned and created warriors who are programmed with different abilities before they are popped fully grown from their birth pods. When Hawk is born, or re-born which is more the case, he is created without his full set of memories which were supposed to be implanted in him at `birth', but were damaged because his birthing process was rushed.
Hawk was born into a war zone of sorts aboard a space station that was under attack by strange, insectoid beings, who are the primary enemy of the `Adversary', as Hawk would later find out. Thus begins an epic space adventure featuring different heroes known as `Hands'.
The novel takes off quickly and maintains an even pace as Hawk, at first at least, is on an out of control roller coaster ride of sorts. He truly has no conception what is happening to him as his implanted memories are damaged and his sentient space ship is holding back information from him. Only when he meets another hand, `Falcon', does he begin to understand what is going on in the universe around him. Eventually he and his fellow `Hands', some real, some imposters, confront their deadly enemy in a final battle that still leaves many questions unanswered.
It's been several years since I read any good sci-fi. This filled that niche. It was very good, very enjoyable. It held my attention, and I read through it in a few days. Van Plexico did a very nice job on this one, creating a galaxy that has fallen into a state of disrepair, as the enemies that drove it to the brink of destruction are now swarming at its gates once again.
All in all I have to give this story five stars. It was an excellent space adventure/mystery with a decent amount of action thrown in. Plus the cover is cool. Highly recommended, especially if you are a sci-fi fan.

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A rare combination of Space Fantasy, Military Science Fiction and Superheros!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2019

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A rare combination of Space Fantasy, Military Science Fiction and Superheros!

Van Allen Plexico has become one of my favorite modern “pulp” writers. Whatever genre he’s working in (whether is Space Opera or Vegas in the 1970s) he brings a charm to each character and plops the reader into a fully realized world to wander around in.

Hawk: Hand Of The Machine is part of his “Shattered Galaxy” universe, but still works on its own narrative merits. A master of world building, Plexico gives us just enough information to visualize and understand this section of the galaxy we are whirling around in. The stakes are high and the characters are complex and well defined.

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Baloo

Van Allen Plexico's Best Book Yet

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 16, 2013

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I've been reading Van Allen Plexico's books since his first Sentinels book. I've enjoyed all of them. Prior to reading this one, I'd have said Lucien was my favorite, but this just trumps it. I love the fast paced action. I tried to guess what had happened to Hawk all the way through the book and was pretty close to right, but I had doubted myself a number of times. A very nice, fast paced novel that has character and heart. Great stuff from a great writer. I'll buy anything Van Allen Plexico writes.

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Batman Bill

Amazing! Fun and exciting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 12, 2013

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I first bought this in ebook and enjoyed it so much bought a hard copy to share with my friends. Great writing and I found no errors in the story or the thought process.

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Ron Fortier

Master of Space Operas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 24, 2012

Space Operas have been around since Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers first burst forth in America's funny pages. They certainly had their pulp counterparts from E.E. Smith's Lensmen series to Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future series and many others. Then with the advent of television American children were inundated with such TV series as Tom Corbett - Space Cadet, Space Patrol and dozens of others all culminating in the 1960s with Gene Roddenberry's "wagon train in space," Star Trek. Of course the eventual jump to the big screen was never far off. Sci-fi space operas had been around since the serials but none were so audacious and clearly proud of their comic and pulp roots as George Lucas' Star Wars franchise.

Which brings us full circle to the advent of New Pulp Fiction and a classic genre that never really went away thanks to likes of Frank Hebert, Jack Vance and E.C. Tubb. Now you can add another name to that list of extraordinary space opera creators in Van Allen Plexico. From his ground breaking comic inspired Sentinels series to the Vance inspired, "Lucian - The Dark God's Homecoming," this writer has jumped into the deep end of the imagination pool with no hesitation as this new novel proves.

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away (sorry, I just couldn't stop myself) the known universe was looked after by a computer intellect that spanned space and was called The Machine. To enforce justice and order it created, via cloning, a small group of unique warriors to command its military forces. They were known as the Hands and chief amongst these were Eagle, Falcon, Condor, Raven and Hawk. When an insidious evil appeared from nowhere to threaten the peace and security of the universe, the Hands were deployed to battle this mysterious foe known simply as the Adversary. Although the Hands were successful in thwarting their enemy, they did so at a tremendous cost none of them could have foreseen. One day The Machine suddenly went silent and the elite members of the Hand were found cut off and isolated for the first time in their existence. Some were betrayed, captured and destroyed while others vanished without a trace.

The universal empires began to collapse and a new Dark Ages descended throughout the realms of mankind. Thus it would remain for nearly a thousand years until one day, on a distant space station, a new Hawk was awakened. Unfortunately the process was interrupted before all memories could be downloaded and the revived warrior found himself suffering from amnesia while at the same time thrust into combat on a space station combating bug-like alien invaders.

Hawk manages to escape aboard a small space programmed to respond to his commands and during his flight the craft's artificial intelligence attempts to fill-in the missing gaps to his actual identity. As if doesn't wasn't trouble enough, Hawk's travels soon bring him to the aid of yet another awakened Hand; this one a Falcon whose damaged body has been augmented with cybernetic parts. Upon being rescued by Hawk, Falcon is at first suspicious of his savior unwilling to believe a "new" Hawk has been allowed to be cloned. This particular attitude only piques Hawk's curiosity all the more and he begins to pester his former ally about his mysterious past.

Soon the two become aware that Hawk's rebirth is tied to various alien confrontations throughout this sector of the space all indicative that the once defeated Adversary is back and once again and eager to pick up with his quest for domination. Mysteries continue to pile on while our duo attempt to piece together the secrets of the past in hopes they will somehow provide a solution to the threats now facing them.

Plexico's ability to drive a narrative at light-speeds is unquestioned and even though the book comes in at a whopping page count, its pacing moves the reader along fluidly with each new chapter adding to both the plot and its inherent suspense all leading to a very satisfying climax. An ending, by the way, with ample potential for sequels starring this great cast of characters.

Still, the amnesia-plagued-hero seeking his identity is a plot Plexico has now used in several of his titles and is quite frankly becoming a bit too familiar. As much as I admire his work and look forward to each new book, it is this reviewer's hope that his next protagonist won't be saddled with this same repetitive ploy. That would be a real misstep in a stellar writing career thus far. That said, "HAWK - Hand of the Machine," is a solid space opera that is guaranteed to entertain you.

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