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Lacuna Kindle Edition
David Adams (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
It is with these words that an unknown alien attacker destroys the Earth cities of Tehran, Sydney and Beijing. Fifty million people die... and nothing is ever the same again.
Some call them Demons, some call them Aliens, but to Chinese Naval Captain Melissa Liao... they are the enemy. She is given command of one of three great warships built to fight the "demons", the TFR Beijing.
Her task is simple. Find who attacked Earth and why... then stop them.
Book one of the Lacuna series.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateDecember 1, 2013
- File size5215 KB
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- ASIN : B006RZNR3Y
- Publisher : David Adams; 5th edition (December 1, 2013)
- Publication date : December 1, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 5215 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 382 pages
- Lending : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #7,584 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

I've always been thinking of stories for as long as I've been alive. I have way, way, way too many to tell and far too little time to tell them.
I joined UFOP: Starbase 118, a Star Trek roleplay-by-emails group, in 2010 and it was there where I learned my craft. But despite being one of the more active writers in the group and simming to my heart's content, I still couldn't tell all the stories I wanted to. It was only in 2011 that I actually started shaping and weaving those random, jumbling, chaotic masses of thoughts into coherent narratives and began self-publishing.
Writing's my full time job now. I write a little science fiction, a little fantasy, a little humour and comedy, and a few other things all over the place.
You can get updates from my Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/lacunaverse
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I think I got less than 25% through before I gave up. Too bad, too, because I had also picked up the second book - both got deleted.
I saw this book listed for free, and that it was the lead of a seven book series. I went to"buy" it to give it a try and found that I had purchased it long ago. Intrigued, I went to my library and see that I'd gotten only 36% of the way through. After reading again, this time to 39%, I see why I stopped before, and realize the trauma that obviously made me purge this memories.
A few examples of the horror, a ship's captain that strikes a subordinate, a mass of reporters with free range of motion on a warship in a warzone, and a bridge with a 100% oxygen atmosphere.
Please don't waste your time with this travesty.
On the other hand, unlike most books I rated so low, I still finished Lacuna. I liked the protagonist, at least when she isn't busy having sex with her superior officer (even sleeping overnight in his quarters, while they knew the press was right outside)! I liked the world-building, and enjoyed most of the dialog. Loved the eventual reveal of the reasons behind the initial alien attack. Hopefully the author will grow into his craft, and learn to do better research.
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I like SF, but I also like to try and base it on what may be possible in the future. The author describes the jump drive, and also the Toralii home system, as being millions of light years away. This puts it in another galaxy (Andromeda is approx 2 million light years distance), which makes the tale a bit fanciful, even within the bounds of SF.
I also think the relationship between the commanders of two of the mammoth space dreadnoughts is somewhat over the top, and I doubt would be tolerated within a military organisation. However, that's just my opinion.
On the plus side, the story flows quite well, and is an easy read. There is little in the way of superfluous waffle and padding, something I am keen on. Some very well established authors are guilty of that, especially later on in their writing careers (probably to fulfil publishing contracts).
I have rated this as three stars, but it should really be three and a half. Also, I have reviewed this as if I had paid for it, rather than being a freebie from Amazon. I think the author would prefer that to be the case. Will I buy the next in the series? Perhaps.

Adams has well thought out combat scenes that really used the third dimension to great effect. Combined with some promising primary character development, this instalment sets up an interesting world to play in.
Secondary characters felt a little cardboard cut out, but that is par for the course. I'm also surprised that the ships aren't 'dry' - to give terrifying tech to those under the influence doesn't quite ring true.
Dialogue was realistic, if not quite as militaristic as one might expect given the backgrounds of those speaking. I liked the use of a non-English speaking alien as that forced richer development.
I did note a few typographical errors, and display issues with Chinese characters but these do not detract from the story in any meaningful way. The other slight niggle for me is that characters seemed to be assigned nationalities without any development of that aspect of their character. The culture was not differentiated, as if the world had become homogenised by 2029.
It's quite a short book (214 pages) but I think that's probably wise as the length reflects the meat to the story without too much fluff. The pace does ebb and flow throughout, but it's compelling enough to make you want to read the whole story (and subsequent installments).
Overall, well worth grabbing (particularly while it is free). 8/10


The story opens with an alien attack on the Earth. This unprovoked and mysterious assault leads Earth's bigger power blocks to construct three massive starships to make up the core of Earth's defence. It's a good set up, but once the foundations are set, the book uses them to explore concepts of personal politics, multicultural interaction and even a bit of gender politics. In true Star Trek fashion, we get to see science fiction used to explore the world around us a little more. Overall, the book reminded me a lot of both Star Trek and the Mass Effect games, which is a nice genre to see explored in original fiction.
There were a few problems that jarred me as I read through, mainly that the story sometimes unfolds a little conveniently. Characters always seem to find just what they need, just in time, with just enough spanners thrown in the works to stop it being too easy. But, this is a small gripe and definitely not a deal breaker.
I can recommend Lacuna to anyone who enjoys a good sci-fi/action read. The plot bounces along nicely and it's all set within a universe that has a lot of character. I will definitely be buying the second book in the series.

To start with there is the main character flaky and immature emotional to an extreme! But put in charge of one of only three starships in existence to save the whole human race? Second are the stupid plot holes the main device has a flaw in the beginning of the book that could destroy the galaxy! but later they use said device without a second thought ? You are also told of another weapon that would be stupidly crazy to use in a certain way, which they go on to use in that exact way with not a care in the world?
Then there is the alien that betrays her entire race on a whim ? And the captain jerking off another captain in sick bay getting caught and keeping her commission?
But after all that, the thing I was most annoyed with, were the lines of random Chinese added for no apparent reason? Which are not explained, have to be looked up on google translate and then add absolutely nothing to the plot..? Why?
There are so many other problems here though it's hard get past the build up of silliness. As I said earth has three ships in total, this alien race has lots. We lock them out of our system and instead of regrouping building an armada and protecting the planet we take our under matched ships and inferior weapons and set up an ambush against a vastly superior enemy? Just so the book can get a finale! It gets two stars from me only really because it tried, it was cheap and it passed a couple of hours, but if you want a strong female space captain and battles in space I would suggest the Honour Harrington series! Read this one only if your idea of the navy is the love boat but in space! Sorry but I Won't be reading the next one?