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Earth Alone

Earthrise, Book 1

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Earth Alone

By: Daniel Arenson
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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They came from deep space. They came to destroy us.

Fifty years ago bloodthirsty aliens devastated the Earth. Most of humanity perished. We fell into darkness.

But now we rise from the ashes. Now we fight back.

Marco Emery was born into the war. After his mother is killed, he joins the Human Defense Force, Earth's ragtag army. Emery must survive basic training, become a soldier, and finally face the aliens in battle.

Against the alien onslaught, Earth stands alone. But we will fight. We will rise. We will win.

If you loved Ender's Game, Starship Troopers, and Old Man's War, you'll love Earthrise, a new military science fiction series. From a USA Today best-selling author.

©2016 Daniel Arenson (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Military Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction War Interstellar

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story was not sci fi, nor was it fighting aliens.

it was a rubbish basic character going through basic soldier training whilst dreaming of having intercourse with his girlfriend/ step sister/ ex girlfriend.

the rare alien fights are badly explained as the aliens themselves have not been explained.

even the author is laughing about his work, the aliens are flying through space in ball sacks! somehow more advanced than us and stronger than steel. lmao.

basic story written by a toddler

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A great book loved the story great narration 5 stars I highly recommend listening to this book 👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

You have to listen to it

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

For a MilSciFi too little sci too much stereotypical boot camp and too little military action. For me chapter 1 and 2 into's chara... chapters 3 to 19-ish could be dropped as too tedious to bother with. As they say I'll never get that time back!

What could Daniel Arenson have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

cut the bootcamp from 3/4 of book to 10%.

Have you listened to any of Jeffrey Kafer’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Performance was fine

Could you see Earth Alone being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No NO No NO No!

Any additional comments?

Now i have to decide whether to waste another credit on next book or just abandon the author and write this off as experience

Boot Camp

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The characters came to life very quickly into this great book. it was both entertaining and exciting.

A series this long is a major investment for me - but it's one I'll gladly make if all the books live up to this.

If you liked Starship Troopers, this is for you!

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An interesting start to the series. The initial scene setting is pretty standard alien invasion stuff but well done all the same. Arenson outlines a grim future where a war of attrition with a hostile alien race has lead to semi apocalyptic conditions on Earth. The human race is up against it, youth are being conscripted and death is a constant companion. No-one is safe.

After what feels like a very pacey and atmospheric start our hero heads off to basic training and the book seems to slow up and while I expected some time to be spent on this it actually takes up most of the rest of the book. I don't mind that, building characters and their backgrounds is to me the sign of a good author. In truth there are lots of cliches and the similarities to Starship Troopers are hard to ignore but I still enjoyed the story.

Towards the end the action suddenly picks up again and the scene is well set for future adventures in the series. The narration by Jeffrey Kafer sets just the right tone for the characters and story.

It is though a book that you can ask questions of. Why these super intelligent aliens behave in some of the ways that they do is very much open to question for example. For me though while this all looks promising if you want some military sci-fi I do question if this first book gives enough. It's relatively short, in itself not a problem. The author spends time developing his characters, to me a good thing. However, put the two together and in a credit-based system like Audible I think I would have expected more per episode in the series.

Does This Book Stand Alone?

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It’s a good written story with a lot of potential. The first book is about Marco a young boy who is drafted in military in an after apocalyptic environment. Where earth is still under attack. The story focuses a lot about the camp life. It’s good but I can’t wait for the next book where I feel the story will really begin. I recommend the first book, just to know the Dragon company and how it all started. But I think the second book is where it really begins.

Grow up.

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Tryed to fix this, been charged for book but only getting first 9 mins!!! Not happy at all will go back to reading rather than using audiobook

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What disappointed you about Earth Alone?

The naration

What did you like best about this story?

Dont know didnt get past the first 2 minutes

What didn’t you like about Jeffrey Kafer’s performance?

Very very poor emphasis on the wrong words, over dramatisation of simple terms

Another good book runined by poor naration

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Poorly narrated slop. Plz refund.
We don't need you to walk us through every minute of a basic bootcamp.
Where is story?
How did this get produced?

Awful. Just terrible.

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