Black Dawn

Blood on the Stars, Book 8

By: Jay Allan

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

War is coming, darker and more terrible than any that have come before. 

The Hegemony is coming to impose its brutal system of genetic supremacy on the Confederation and the other nations on the Rim, to make its elite Masters the unchallenged rulers of all human habitation in the galaxy. 

The White Fleet had been an expression of optimism, a grand expedition to explore the vast reaches of the long-dead empire. Tasked to uncover the secrets of the devastating Cataclysm and to seek and recover the advanced ancient technology that humanity had once possessed, it found something else instead. 

A new enemy. A vast domain, one with advanced technology, massive fleets, and a genetically-ordered society and hierarchy it intends to impose on all humanity everywhere. The Hegemony is like nothing Tyler Barron and his comrades have ever encountered...but the veteran admiral must find a way to fight the far superior enemy, to rally the Confederation’s forces, and those of the other Rim nations, for what may well be the final war. 

Barron understands his task is herculean, but what he doesn’t know is that the Confederation, far from being ready to face a new enemy, is embroiled in a widening scandal, one threatening to devolve into outright civil war, as the fleets and troops needed to face the enemy square off against each other. 

Barron and his people will do all they can to prevent the Confederation from slipping into oblivion, and to prepare it to face the new enemy that is coming. They have placed themselves in the breach before, saved the Confederation from disaster more than once, but this will be their greatest test, a struggle like none of them have ever experienced. 

This time the goal is not victory. It is survival.

©2018 Jay Allan Books Inc. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Brutal listen

I have been a big fan of this series, but starting with White Fleet, it has become almost impossible to listen to. I find myself fast forwarding through 3/4 of the book because I cannot take the characters' internal conflict over every single event. This book is worse because every character is facing certain death/destruction/arrest/etc all of the time. I quit listening. It was just too painful. Jeffery Kafer was excellent as always. If the author cares about my input, I would suggest he use about 85% less words describing the mental anguish of the characters, and instead use that mental real estate to pace the action a little faster. I would also suggest that he create situations where the characters have at least a chance of winning. The way it's written now, the book is entirely too stressful for me to enjoy listening. I listen to audio books to be entertained and to escape, not to be stressed out worse than my own daily life.

set up for next book

I know it was a set up for the next book by why do all the hero's have to become stupid.
It's painful to listen to.

this one just to send further into stupidity...

if you are enjoying this series, stop at the end of book six. in book 7 they get stupid, and book 8 just makes them stupider. the stupidity is such that it makes much of the plot and action utterly unbelievable. sorry, but it's the truth. Characters who in other books behaved ingeniously, now behave like total dolts. several of the concepts that drive the story, are patently unbelievable, and that, compounded with the stupidity of the main characters destroys any semblance of quality in the book.

Tough to listen to

I really enjoyed the first three books in the series, but now the author just tries to see how many words he can write to extend the length of the book. It often repeats itself and become tedious.

loved it

been listening to it while working out, really makes it easier to zone out from the pain

Good book

Read it you will like it I really do believe so. Have I ever lead you astray

Jeffery Kafer is Amazing. Jay Allen has wrote a masterpiece.

Really good addition to the series.

Happy to see how the Empire played out in this book.

Ah now I remember why I don't buy this Author.

Completely idiotic. Oh I've got world ending news.. but I'll run away killing my own side.
NOT TELLING ANYONE. NOT TELLING THE SHIPS CHASING ME. What dreck!
ACK! So angry at stupid plots and horrific narrator.
Refund!

A bit of a let down

This one kinda dragged on and probably could have been part of another boon instead of its own. Lots of repetitive statements by characters in their internal monologue needs to go in future books.

Great continuation this Saga

loved it! I look forward to the next installment of this Saga of this Saga. I love the development of the main characters and the addition of a few new characters. Except for Sector 9 I will never like them LOL

Unity 151

Loving the series. New threats and twists. The space battles and ground battles are amazing. It’s really kicking up a gear.

great book 👍

great book great series love the story I highly recommend listening to all of the series