Mercury's Bane

Book One of the Earth Dawning Series

By: Nick Webb

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay

They're all gone. We remember them like yesterday: pieces of our stolen heritage. Things like NASA. Football. Parades and pies. Good things, comfortable things. We remember a time when we were alone in the universe, safe and oblivious.

But it's all gone now.

We called them the Telestines, and in the face of their ruthless invasion we were powerless. By 2040, all the world's governments and militaries had fallen, and the remnants of humanity exiled to the solar system. We looked down on our blue planet, so close to our birthplace, so close to our home. But the miles may as well have been light-years.

Our anger smoldered in the darkness of space. On Mars. On Ganymede. In the dank, crowded filth of the asteroids. We swore: We will take our planet back.

And today it begins. Our fleet is ready. Our soldiers determined.

Earth will be ours again.

©2017 Nick Webb (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Interesting.

Maybe not the best book ever, but interesting enough that I'm planning to get the next one to see what happens next.

Enjoyed Nick Webb’s Legacy Fleet series, but not this book

I had to struggle to get through this one. The story was slow and uninteresting. I know this author can do better as Constitution and the other books in the Legacy Fleet were outstanding.

I won’t be reading the other books in this series.

Interesting story, supurb narration

The premise of the novel is actually a good one, if a bit light on details at times. For example, the causative reason for the Telestines invasion of Earth was due to their own sun dying yet there was little narrative as to why or how this happened.

The primary protagonist, Pike, is hardly a likable character what with his self-centered continued hatred toward his father due to his decision to save Pike's life when it became obvious that he could not save his mother and sister. His self-centerness shows itself in other ways as the story progresses.

There is an ample amount of intrigue and guile between competing human factions, along with a noteworthy plot twist that doesn't avail itself until two-thirds in.

I do have to give excellent marks to Greg Tremblay's telling of the story; especially when it comes to mimicking international characters. His voicing of Admiral Walker's Aussie accent, in particular.

decent book, Tremblay is phenomenal!

decent book, not as good as the legacy series however, eithee if them

Good

Good story so far. Looking forward the rest of the story. I hope the next two books are as good.