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Remanence (Confluence Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Jennifer Foehner Wells (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 2 of 5: Confluence

In defiance of NASA, Jane Holloway, the linguist of the Providence expedition, commandeers the alien ship that her crew explored. She sets off to return that ship’s marooned navigator to his home world, determined to discover who was behind the genocide that destroyed his original crew.

But when she gets there, she finds his world devastated by the same plague. The remaining members of his race, uniquely gifted at navigating the stars, are stranded across the galaxy. And someone, it seems, doesn’t want those lost navigators to be found.

As Jane unravels the mystery of the plague and works to ensure the survival of Ei’Brai’s race, she discovers that the life of every sentient being in the galaxy may be in jeopardy…and the clock is ticking.

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee 2016, the only major book awards decided by readers.

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March 11, 2016
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Goodreads Choice Award Nominee 2016, the only major book awards decided by readers.

About the Author

As a child growing up in rural Illinois, Jennifer Foehner Wells had the wild outdoors, a budding imagination, and books for company. Her interest in science fiction was piqued early on when a family friend loaned her a Ray Bradbury compilation, among loads of other wonderful scifi books. Jen currently lives an alternately chaotic and fairly bucolic existence in Indiana with two boisterous little boys, two semi-crazed cats, and a neurotic chihuahua mix. Jen lives an alternately chaotic and fairly bucolic existence in Indiana with two boisterous little boys and two semi-crazed cats. Having studied biology, she is possessed with a keen interest in science and technology. You can find her on Twitter, extolling science and scifi fandoms, as @Jenthulhu. To find out more about Jen, visit: www.jenthulhu.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN : B01CVBZWUI
Publisher : Blue Bedlam Science Fiction; 1st edition (March 11, 2016)
Publication date : March 11, 2016
Language : English
File size : 4185 KB
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Print length : 452 pages
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Sophia

Don't believe me - listen to Jack Bickham

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017

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I like this story. I want to love this story, but after rereading, found I had to take back a star.

Alan was written so green
With dialog so profane and mean
At every point in the plot
an f-bomb he drops
Making readers assume he's thirteen.

It's hard to exceed my profanity quota - I'm a military brat, and Diehard is one of my classic movies
- but Alan reminds me of when the writer belabors a thick Cockney accent, dropping 'haiches', or makes
the Southern character talk with a mouthful of corn-pone. It is narrative laziness, 'use harsh language and
everyone will know it's Alan', and uncalled for - the cha is not even a
sailor, a longshoreman, nor any profession where harsh language would be normal.
But a NASA engineer? (Insert Kurt Russell's comment when he sees the Thing for the first time).
Unless Alan's supposed to be development-arrested, in which case, the main character Jane should run,
not walk, away from him.
Doubt the author cares what a minority of readers think - her works are selling, why should she? To quote
Jack M. Bickham "I have seldom succeeded in convincing (newbie writers) that dirty talk often looks dirtier
on the page than it actually is. I have tried to convince them that strong words...should be saved for story
situations where a strong word is needed to convey strong emotion."

I wouldn't trouble to point this out, if I didn't believe this author has a lot of heart, and, on the whole,
enjoyable stories. I want her to succeed. If it means writing Mr. Yuck-mouth to a dramatic, heroically tragic end,
I wouldn't mind.

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Bpl2395

Quite good

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2016

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I found it to be quite the page turner. Had some plot twists I didn't see coming, some Main characters finally got a clue and did something about their situations, and overall it left me ready for the next book in the series

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Richard Smith

I don't need a lesson in SJ

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2018

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1st book was fine second started out good then get to the chapter where it is just over the top. The aliens children decide what gender, okay no biggie who cares? Didn't add to the story just figured she is fleshing them out. Then their advanced culture gets thrown back into the dark ages because and they have to use beasts of burden and the main character is horrified, really? It's not like they were slaughtering them, maybe they like pulling carts and protecting their owners? Then we get to the alien women who grope the Terran men but for some reason it's not vice versa. The male character is now sorry for all the times he objectified women. That was my last straw, I read science fiction to get away from the daily bombardment of ridiculousness called today's news. If you're a member of the thought police, for the record I don't care what color you are, I con't care what gender you are or are not, please stop telling me about it. Do or be whatever you want, I simply don't care to hear about it. Have a nice day.

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Nick

Enjoyable Sci-Fi, looking forward to book 3

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2016

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Overall I enjoyed the book. The pacing and plot are top notch. Writing style is generally skillful and crisp. I love the layers of plausibility and technical detail that is employed, building on known science or the most accepted theories available and extrapolating out to the more sci-fi fantasy parts. I enjoy sci-fi that tries to keep the unobtainium and other tech-magic flobonium to a minimum, and this author generally delivers a nice story with the minimum degree of sci-fi fantasy - sure - FTL and artificial gravity are der rigur in most sci-fi, but beyond that, most of the tech is either stuff we could do now, OR is stuff we're likely going to be able to do in the near and mid term future.
Her anthropological details on xenological species and cultures is pretty amazingly well structured, with a very plausible framework which she keeps consistent and which she then respects and works within. I really hate when authors have loose and ambiguous frameworks, or who build reasonable and logical frameworks for a fictional universe and then break their own rules, and step out of the framework. This author builds a logical and consistent framework and then stays within it.
On the negative side, but some may find this a positive, the characters all have a lot of emotions about trivial things like their relationships to one another. I know that this is supposedly very important to people but the only thing that kicked me out of the moment was how I kept feeling like the events unfolding were too important and critical for people being immersed in those events to be worried about how other people felt about them...
The only thing that could make this better is if the stories didn't obsess so much about relationships between the various characters.

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Stephen Hunt

Adventure with added thoughtfulness

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017

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Remanence is the sequel to Fluency, a splendid space opera about first contact with an alien spaceship adrift in Earth's solar system. One NASA mission later and... here we are, at the point where you probably should stop reading if you haven't read the first novel.
So, spoiler warning duly given, we now have a slimmed down crew of humans in charge of the vessel and lead character Jane Holloway having gone beyond her role as team linguist to have become the commander of the new vessel, with a mental bond with the tentacled creature that controls the vast spaceship.
That connection has given her a new mission - to take the ship back to the race that created it, a voyage to the stars with an undermanned vessel and unprepared for what comes next.
In the same vein as the book it follows, it's very much a fun adventure, but what's really nice about the book is that underneath the soaring opera are some really nice ideas about language, gender, cultural differences and the nature of communication itself with the alien navigator able to telepathically communicate with the crew - sometimes with a power so raw it can override their own motives. Throw in a frisson of romance and the occasional - sometimes awkward - sex scene and it's a real mix of light adventure and thoughtful exploration.
By the end, answers that were sought have been replaced by new questions, new alliances have been forged and new enemies discovered, and the mission has taken on a much broader goal.
Book 3 awaits.

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Dilly

An 'all night read.'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2016

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I am just getting back into reading science fiction and this is the second book in the Confluence series. I read the first one last year and have been eagerly waiting for the second one to be published, this arrived on my kindle and I class this one as 'an all night read'. I just couldn't put it down, the characters are well constructed and I felt that I was gradually getting to know them more, I would have liked more input about the other two humans in the crew, but that might be developed in another volume in the series. Alan is in love with Jane possibly the first time he has felt such strong feelings towards a woman and the jealousy he feels towards El Brai and the relationship he has with Jane are handled well. Jane is in love with Alan but has to put the welfare of her crew and ship first and I think that she also loves El Brai on a different level, the latters isolation for so many years in space has left him emotionally needy and he feel possesive and protective of Jane. The brilliance of Alan's technological intelligence contrasted with his slight emotional imaturity was interesting, it made me think. The different emotional responses from differing species was also gone into, the ending was particulary touching. I will look forwards to the next novel in the series I think we have another Anne McCaffrey in this author though with more technology and less emotion, and that from me is high praise.

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chris3158

Grippingly written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2018

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Having received book 1 as part of a special SciFi batch deal, I immediately bought this second book in the series because it was so well written. This sequel was much the same, with a likeable heroine and a good amount of action which carried things along nicely but...
...the author reminds me of Ben Bova who always seemed to feel a need to make the situation get worse and worse until it was so bad the reader could only feel depressed and almost give up. Then finally it would all turn out all right in the last few pages for the required happy ending.
So now I am in a quandary. Do I buy the next book or not? Can I bear yet another build-up of misery in order to reach the finale? I am not sure.

sepeh

Intelligent Sci-Fi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2016

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Wonderfully vivid continuation of the first book. Rich with characters and a captivating story. Looking forward to Valence the third book. These books don't focus on the science, its merely hinted at as the quality of this series is in the characters, the story and how it all interacts. The whole really is greater than the sum of its parts. No spoilers here, just go read Fluency first if you haven't already, if you enjoy that then this immediately picks up where that ends.

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stripey

Rewarding sequel to Fluency

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2018

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Another great story from Jennifer Foehner Wells. Continuing the adventures of Jane and the Speroancora's crew.
Great blend of proper 'sciencey' Science fiction & a fast paced, imaginative story line.
I'm looking forward to reading the next installment.

Firefly44

Just Awesome!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2016

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Loved the book, love the series. This is a quality read in a sea of mediocrity. We are introduced to a new species and visit a new world, and find out how customs can cause confusion and misunderstandings.

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