Corvus

Frontlines: Evolution, Book 2

De: Marko Kloos

Narrado por: Arielle DeLisle

When the aliens evolve, so does the threat against humanity in this thrilling sequel to Scorpio that finds Alex Archer in an epic battle of survival against the odds and the alien invaders.

Alex Archer is a soldier now, the only civilian survivor from Scorpio to join the NAC Defense Corps. With their training complete, Alex and her friend Private Isa Cressey find themselves on emergency combat deployment with their new unit. The destination is the Alpha Corvi system, where an allied warship has vanished. Alex can guess why.

Her fears prove true—Alpha Corvi is under new ownership. Alex must face the monsters from her childhood again as her regiment mounts a rescue operation to find and save the planet’s colonists. But this time, there is something terrifyingly different about their enemy. The Corps has evolved to meet the threat, but the Lankies have adapted as well—and they are more lethal than ever. What began as a rescue turns into a desperate fight for survival for Alex and her new friends, stranded on a hostile world forty-nine light-years from Earth. And the only way home goes right through the Lankies.

©2025 by Marko Kloos. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Everything we wanted and a little more

A whole book is more story than an entire season of a TV show. So, for Mr. Kloos to come up with so many books in the origianl Frontlines series and then continue the story in a new series is a real achevement. He has created new, athentic characters that we can identify with as much as we did with the main characters in the first series, keeping the action, thrills, and drama fresh and glamorous at the same time. A lot of series by other authors start to feel stail or repeative after the fourth or fifth book, but these don't. They keep stepping up to keep the reader engaged and statififed. The set up for the next book sounds fantastic and I know he will deliever something great.

I like the older characters were added in to the story

It was a bit whiny. Most characters complaining too much. Besides that overall it was good.

Good continuation of the Frontiers series

The story feels milder than the first books of the original series. I would not have rated this book as high as I did were it the first one in the series I ever encountered. However, as a part of the already known universe, it's a decent addition.

P.S. The narrator's spoken Russian is cute. 😁

Better than the last one

A much better return to the universe than the last installment in the series. Really reminded me of some of the earlier frontlines books.

A good return to the Frontlines series

Like a lot of Mr. Kloos' novels, this feels a little short, but the story is engaging and interesting. It's a good "realistic" sci-fi novel where the characters feel like genuine humans. The performance is good, but a little bland when speaking as various characters. I'm looking forward to the next entry or a new novel in the Palladium Wars.

Good transition away from Grayson

I was wondering how the story will transition from Grayson and while I had my doubts about Archer the first chapters I was pleasantly surprised. Patiencely awaiting the next book.

Knocked out of park

Another outstanding book from this author. Love the focus on Alex rather than Grayson. Grayson advanced too far, the story needed a new grunt perspective.

A great starting point

If you haven’t read any of the other Frontlines books. This is a great place to start. It gives all the basics. Introduces you to the characters. And you don’t need to read the slow book one of this series. A nice story of humans vs aliens book.

Great story line and characters building

Science fiction at a most entertaining level- Klooe ties in prior books and the narrative

Familiar but moving the story along nicely.

I don’t have any real dislikes. The book was good especially for building a new series.