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Book Title: The Darker the Skies by Bryan Prosek
Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 292 pages
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Publisher: CamCat Books
Release date: November 2022
Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean.
It only takes one to make a difference.
Just days before Jake Saunders plans on proposing to the love of his life, Jake is called upon once again to save his home, Earth. The Earthen Legion troops and its allies think they’re battling only pirates, but a new, more powerful foe from another galaxy flanks their forces and invades, in search of a weapon the planet didn’t even know it had.
When Jake learns that this new enemy was responsible for the death of his father many years ago, he realizes he can finally face his true nemesis. The odds are stacked against Jake, but with the help of his friends and allies he’s made along the way, he must rally the remaining Legion troops and retake Earth before it’s too late. The fate of Earth and the fate of his love, rest in the balance.
Book Title: The Brighter the Stars by Bryan Prosek
Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 256 pages
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Publisher: CamCat Books
Release date: November 2020
Formats Available for Review: audiobook (Book Funnel download), and ebook (EPUB, PDF, Book Funnel download)
Tour dates: Nov 14 to Dec 9, 2022
Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean.
Caught between love and revenge, Jake has one chance to live up to the man his uncle was.
Earth crashed into interstellar politics as a lightweight, lagging so far behind other planetary weapons systems everyone feared they wouldn’t survive first contact with other worlds without quick action. By 2185, Earth had united itself into five geographic sectors and developed a defense system powerful enough to keep aggressors at bay—for now, at least.
Jake Saunders became a Legion soldier to honor the memory of his war hero uncle, who was brutally murdered in front of him when he was still a young teen. Fast forward a few years, and Jake and his best friend Cal have been tasked with escorting Cal’s older sister Diane to become Earth’s ambassador on a far-off planet. It’s the opportunity of Diane’s career, very likely a lifetime post. But for Jake, that could mean a lifetime’s heartbreak. He has loved Diane since they were kids, and every step closer to that ambassador assignment is a step closer to goodbye.
But somebody is after more than Earth’s defense, and Jake, Cal, and Diane are on a trajectory to crash headlong into that dangerous plot. Somebody wants to play Earth against its most immediate threat, Craton, and convince both to develop super weapons—and he’s working with the person who killed Jake’s uncle all those years ago. When he reappears on Jake, Cal, and Diane’s journey to the ambassadorship, Jake is faced with difficult choices to look out for his friends and honor his uncle’s memory.
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Bryan Prosek is a science fiction writer and business attorney. Along with his debut The Brighter the Stars and the forthcoming A Measure of Serenity, he has published books and articles in legal trade journals and magazines. When he isn’t writing or practicing law, you can probably find him watching science fiction movies or television shows. He loves the big screen and the small screen. There’s a good chance that he’ll be watching one of the numerous Star Trek movies or series, but he could be watching anything from Guardians of the Galaxy to The Conjuring.
connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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My Thoughts on The Brighter the Stars
When an author writes a sci-fi or fantasy book I am all over it. I fell in-love with the genre several years ago and haven’t looked back.
I did listen to this via audiobook.
Bryan Prosek is a new to me author and I enjoyed his unique way of telling a story. It was interesting to see how he developed hos characters and the world he created.
The characters were very details and I felt like we got a very good sense of who they were by the end of the story. They had very interesting dynamics and I was curious to see where Bryan Prosek would take them. (And I am looking forward to The Darker the Skies to see what else they get up too!)
Overall this was a very hardcord sci-fi book. A LOT of detail and world building went into this book and at times is was a lot of information to digest. It is a book for me I wish I had physically read the book vs. listening to it because I am a visual learner and my brain would have had a much easier time keeping up with the words on the page.
But aside from the expected learning curve of the world building this was a good story.
3.5 Stars rounded to 4 for Amazon benefit 🙂
*I volunteered to read this book in return for my honest feedback. The thoughts and opinions expressed within are my own.
