Reality Check

The Empire's Corps, Book 7

By: Christopher G. Nuttall

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

None of them wanted to leave Earth. It might have been nightmarish, but it was all they knew.

Gary wanted to concentrate on his exams in hopes of leaving the CityBlock and its bullies far behind. Kailee wanted to become an actress. Darrin merely wanted to live. But when the three teenagers win a competition, they find themselves taking the trip of a lifetime, a voyage to a colony world where they can see how the colonists live.

Meridian is very different from the dark and dismal CityBlock, a place where they can make a new beginning. But it also houses dangers, dangers that their education on Earth didn't even begin to prepare them to face, dangers governed by the cold equations of survival. And when disaster strikes, they find themselves forced to fight for their lives—or die, alone and unloved, thousands of light years from home.

©2015 Christopher G. Nuttall (P)2015 Podium Audio

Back to Earth and out to the rim of the Of the Galaxy!

Back to Earth and out to the rim of the Galaxy! Lots of surprises and new understanding of why the Empire fell!

Different

Definitely a different pace then other books in the series. What's really concerning though is the education system of the empire is similar to the direction the American education system is going....with the larger concern being over rights and not responsibility. Balance of both rights and responsibility is key.

Overall good book but .........

I like the character developement. Great story line but seemed out of place for this series. Just not in keeping to the same vantage point.

Decent Series Entry

The core of this book is a very good case study of the effects of the fall of civilization from the point of view of common citizens. The adventure involved is well-written, if a bit grimdark. The characters are believable and even though they're not inherently very sympathetic, they're written well enough that they engage the emotions of the reader.

By itself, that would result in a 4-star book.

But the combination of a heavy-handed and one-sided political overlay and an epilogue that spoils much of the impact of the base story (while acting as a cliff-hanger for the next volume in the series) drops this by one star.

Ok least favorite of the series so far

And continues to next book, not me favorite by a long shot. Will still finish the series but glad this was not the first book, would not have continued.