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Occupied Earth
- Ascension Wars, Book 2
- Narrated by: Ben Jaeger-Thomas
- Series: Ascension Wars, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
The Sequel to First Encounter.
The forerunners left Earth in search of intelligent life, and they found it.
Captain Clayton Cross and his crew encountered the Kyra, an advanced race of avian carnivores. They fled this first encounter, but the Kyra beat them back to Earth by almost a century.
Earth lost the war in just a few weeks. Our cities burned, and billions died. After we surrendered, the Kyra helped us to rebuild, but on their terms, confining us to city centers and building high walls to keep us in.
The Kyra indoctrinate our children and encourage them to ascend through a virus that turns them into Chimeras. These hybrids are sent to fight the Kyra's enemy, but only half of all ascensions are successful. The failures become Dregs, left to wander the Wastes as mindless predators.
Determined to oppose the Kyra any way he can, Clayton is working with the human resistance, and now they have a plan that will either put an end to the occupation, or to us....
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- Bill
- 08-07-20
New story line - good scifi and character dev
Completely new story line from previous books.
Drew me in and kept me guessing.
All Jasper T, Scott books are new and interesting.
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- kixfan
- 07-21-20
Awesome story
Really great science fiction story. Full of war and resistance. Very well written and performed.
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- TRob3434
- 05-15-21
Good book. I love that it included a loyal dog.
I really liked this book a lot. I was a little bummed it took place on Earth, I was hoping for a storyline in space but the story is good and the characters likeable.
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- T. M. Miller
- 01-15-21
I gave up!
I suffered through this book. I literally had 2 hours and 18 minutes remaining and through in the towel. He just kept going and going and wouldn't end. It was sucking the life out of me! No, I don't know how it ends and I don't care.
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- mike O
- 12-20-20
never trust anyone that says trust me
what an awesome second it's almost like a new series the way it picks up 100 years after the first book but due to time dilation it's only been a year for the male protagonist great great writing incredibly awesome story on my way to book three
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- Robert Jensen
- 07-15-20
I enjoyed the story
I am byest science fiction is my favorite stories, so the review i give is going to reflect that. It is interesting how they could have aliens, zombies, and androids all in one story, probably be better if the focus was more about one sub set instead of a whole chapters about the dog, thats why it got a 4
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- Shawn A. Lewis
- 07-07-20
Great book 2
I loved the story but I am a little bored of the Zombie narrative and an infectious virus that seems over-kill in SyFy. other than that great character development and the depth of their relationships.
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- JPhillips
- 06-25-20
Excellent Sci-fi Story!
An excellent sci-fi story with a well paced storyline and great characters. Contains a well written story with an interesting plot, lots of action, several twists, and cliffhangers. An enjoyable read and audible that I would highly recommend.
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- Loxton
- 01-27-21
Good book that had me hungry for more
Overall, much better than the first one.
At no point was I actively displeased with any element.
Each primary character got the time that they deserved and the plot moved along nicely. The time skip made me concerned for the writing that would go with it, but the evolving storyline suited it nicely.