Declination (Edge of Apocalypse Series, Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (925 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001V9K7WU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"He offers a morality play transformed into high adventure and that's a working definition of science fiction at its best." -- Ebook Reviews(20 Jul 2002)
The saga continues Jay Allbritton This sequel picks up where Derrico left off at the end of Right Ascension. I really like science fiction that creates a new world while at the same time posing massive ethical dilemmas relevant to our own world. In the tradition of Star Trek, but with the moral ambiguity of Battlestar Galactica, this story challenges readers to ask the question what does it mean to be human. Like the first, this is an excellent read from a brilliant new voice that deserves to be heard.. Declination (Right Ascension) Review Amazon Customer This is another great book by David Derrico. Although this book is a sequel to Derrico's first book, Right Ascension, in many ways it can stand alone - especially the first half. Like Right Ascension, I was reminded quite a bit of the Star Trek series (the better episodes), but this time the crew is split up and they have their own adventures. Each one is dealt with separately leaving the reader hanging on cliffs as the story returns to the other characters and their cliff hanging situation. From ti. Nina M. Osier said A morality play transformed into high adventure. "Declination", David Derrico's sequel to "Right Ascension", begins a decade after the first novel's conclusion. Admiral David Atgard, the hero who saved humanity from annihilation by the Lucani Ibron, remains retired and the members of his crew have moved on to other ships and other missions. The old team of Dex Rutcliffe, Zach Wallace, and Anastasia Mason (now a starship captain in her own right) finds itself drawn back together, as Zach faces court martial for destroying a fleeing SPACER (Society
A continuation of the saga begun in Right Ascension, Declination finds us in the year 3050, ten years after the dreadful Lucani Ibron have been driven from Earth. Now, the Confederation's crises are spawned from within, and one brave woman struggles against all odds to keep mankind united amidst a hailstorm of rebellion, war, and moral declination.* * * * *The Lucani Ibron have yet to return, but all is not well within the Alpha Sector. Then, at what appears to be mankind’s most desperate hour, an old enemy returns from a ten-year hiatus, casting humanity to the brink of civil war and outright annihilation.. Captain Anastasia Mason, together with an eclectic group of humanity's most decorated heroes, struggles to hold the Confederation together against powerful forces that threaten to rip it apart at its very core. Internal strife, terrorism, and ever-escalating conflicts with several neighboring species have spread the Confederation's resources dangerously thin
He wrote his first novel, Right Ascension, before attending law school at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Right Ascension was first published by Bookbooters Press in 2000, and garnered its inaugural eBook of the Year Award. Derrico wrote his second novel, Declination, during law school, while he was probably supposed to be studying. Derrico ma