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Star Swarm: The Chaos Wave Book One by [James Palmer]

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Man's outer colonies are being destroyed one by one. Suspecting an old enemy, Captain Henry Kuttner, of the Solar Navy rail-gun ship the Onslaught, wants to investigate.

There's just one problem. The Onslaught is scheduled to be decommissioned, and Captain Kuttner given mandatory retirement. But this old war dog isn't going down without a fight.

Going against orders, Kuttner leads his crew in search of answers--and straight into the territory of mankind's former enemies, the reptilian Draconi, whose colonies are also being destroyed, and they blame man.

Now the Onslaught's crew must risk all-out war to solve a cosmic mystery before people die. Only the ship's maverick second in command and a disgraced Draconi scientist can unravel the secret of this deadly enemy before it's too late.

But there are certain factions who want the human-Draconi war to begin anew, and they'll do anything to make it happen.

And meanwhile, in the outer dark, an ancient enemy returns. An enemy known only in the songs of a long-dead alien race. An enemy that leaves chaos in its wake.

A maverick first officer, a misfit crew and an aging vessel are all that stand between humanity and total destruction.

If you like Peter F. Hamilton, David Weber, or Chris Fox's Void Wraith series, you'll love Star Swarm, the first volume in an exciting new space opera trilogy.

“Classic military science fiction in the vein of David Weber, with conspiracies and ancient threats throughout. I want the next book now." --Joseph Cadotte, author of In the Land of Nod

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M2VAIWQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mechanoid Press (October 18, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5980 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 209 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #1,428,427 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5,820 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction eBooks
- #11,524 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #12,772 in Military Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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James Palmer

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James Palmer is a writer of science fiction and pulp adventure. He has written articles, interviews, reviews, columns, fiction and poetry for Strange Horizons, RevolutionSF.com, the Internet Review of Science Fiction, Tangent Online, and many others, including an interview with the late award-winning author Jay Lake that was translated into Greek for a fanzine. His fiction has appeared in the anthologies Gideon Cain: Demon Hunter, The Amazing Harry Houdini Volume 1, Mars McCoy: Space Ranger Volume 2, The Black Bat Returns, Legends of New Pulp Fiction, Tales of the Peregrine Omnibus Volume 2 and Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars. He is the creator (along with former comics scribe Jim Beard), of the popular shared world, alternate history giant monster anthology series Monster Earth and Betrayal on Monster Earth, published by Mechanoid Press. Also for Mechanoid Press, James edited the weird western anthology Strange Trails and published Super Swingin’ Heroes 1968 Special, which features a story by comics legend David Michelinie. In 2014 James was nominated for the New Pulp Award for Best Short Story.

When not writing, James enjoys spending time with his family and blogging about self-publishing and 80s sci-fi and pop culture. James lives in Northeast Georgia with his wife and daughter.

For more, and to get a free prequel e-book, please visit www.jamespalmerbooks.com.

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Hawk

A good space opera

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2016

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This isn't hard science, it is a good old fashioned space opera. I liked the plot and characters. They all need development, but it's the first in the series. I hope he knocks the bugs out and the series grows. I'll be looking forward to the next one.

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Good mix of aliens, technology and intrigue.

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2016

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Mr. Palmer has provided a good mix of action and intrigue; of a seemingly unstoppable mechanical menace and a new ally; and finally, he presents the fear of a new challenge and the possibility of a romance. This space opera is character driven enough and technology filled enough to keep both of those two sides of the sci-fi spectrum happy. There are enough aliens to, barely, keep the alien lovers happy as well. Based on the teaser for the next book I am hoping for a few more books to read.

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Fubar

Vastly confused writing

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017

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Don't know where to start. Towards the end of the book the writing becomes chaotic. The grand leader of the Razor becomes Zarn the second in command for a brief conversation. The swarm starts attacking the Heinlein at one point and in the next chapter the Heinlein is swarm free. Leda is pushed against the probe and sees the past ends up on the cold floor of the ship. Next a chapter opens with her trying to work a terminal in a room full of the Ix warriors. What happened to Straker and company. Makes no sense at all. Save your money and time by passing over this book. Just not worth it.

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Duane P. Spurlock

Pulp-action, fast-paced space opera

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2018

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If you're looking for space opera with deep backstory, detailed cultural history and nuanced characterizations like The Expanse, you may be disappointed by Space Swarm. But if you like fast-paced, plot-and-action-driven pulp fiction with spaceships and explosions, you'll probably enjoy this. If you were a reader of Ace Books' English editions of the Perry Rhodan series, you'll want to read this fun short novel by James. Nice and diverting, a quick read. I'll be investigating the second volume in the series.

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Sheri L. Florio

Very entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019

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I like science fiction books. I read the preview for this book which made me want to read the series. So I bought the two books. This was fast paced , very entertaining, and I liked the characters. It was very entertaining.

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Eric Hull

Fast Paced SF Action

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2020

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Enjoyable introduction to a story that quickly grabs your attention and keeps you turning pages! Going to order the second book today.

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Very predictable

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2016

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Been done about a gazillion times before and the science fiction, well there isn't much science involved. I wish I could force all would be sci-fi writers to take five minutes to refresh their science class that discussed Newton's LAWS of motion.

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brYan glosemeYer

fas paced space action

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2018

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If your a fan of fast-paced, space opera action and adventure with honorable military leaders and deceptive, high level conspiracies, and a Star Trek TNG and DS9 feel, you should give this a chance.

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Kindle Customer

Book for younger readers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2016

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I found this book to be geared for maybe a teen audience. Characters paper thin and combat sequences that are big on action but small on details.. the premise is a good one though. An interesting universe and I did like the drone idea. May get next book, I'm not sure yet.