Review of Dark Matter Empire (Book 1)
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Review of Dark Matter Empire (Book 1)
[Following is a volunteer review of "Dark Matter Empire (Book 1)" by Alex Zadeh.]
Ryan Stathis, a thirty-year-old aeronautical engineer, has one goal after being zapped into a new solar system by a UFO's AI: to get home to Earth. After being attacked and seperated from his ship, he teams up with a monkey-like alien and a robot, in an attempt to recover his ship and open a wormhole that would take him back to Earth. Their actions are hindered by the armed forces of the Lithirian Empire, who seek to expand their empire by using the wormhole. Now Ryan Stathis has a new goal: to save Earth from the hands of an evil intra-galactic empire.
Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) by Alex Zadeh is a 329-page (MOBI) Sci-fi novel with an intra-galactic empire, a very determined protagonist, and amazing new worlds and planets. It is written in third-person limited point of view and the narrator alternates between focusing on Ryan,our protagonist, and on Chocub, a general in the Lithirian army.
Alex Zadeh did an excellent job with this novel. It is one of the few space sci-fi I've read that did not bore me. It was not fast-paced per se, but it was interesting enough to keep me flipping through the pages. Unlike most space sci-fi that use big words and scientific terms in order to seem intelligible but end up unreadable, Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) used simple words in its narration. I loved the descriptions employed in the book. I could see and imagine everything; the spaceships, the alien planets, and the aliens.
It was amazing that, despite obvious technological advancement, the worlds and empire in Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) were not made to have supernova energy reserves — their ships couldn't move at breakneck speeds and travel multiple solar systems in a second. I also loved how Alex spiced up the story by adding a coup d'état in the Lithirian Empire.
Ryan was not very developed as a character. He had no motivation for saving Earth and it was a huge dent in his character. In fact, none of the characters were well rounded, but this could be due to the fact that the book was set to span over two weeks and Ryan, whom the narrator focused on, did not spend much time with any of them.
I found little grammatical errors, so the book was edited professionally, but there were irregularities in the font size — the font would enlarged for a few paragraphs before returning back to normal. At first, the thoughts of Ryan were italized, but it seemed like either the author or the editors scraped that idea further down the line and forgot to edit the previous chapters. The book also contained borderline profanity.
I give Dark Matter Empire (Book1) a 3 out of 4 stars because, despite its errors, it was a great book. The cliffhanger at the end left me wanting more. I recommend this book to all lovers of space sci-fi and to people who generally love a good book.
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Dark Matter Empire (Book 1)
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Ryan Stathis, a thirty-year-old aeronautical engineer, has one goal after being zapped into a new solar system by a UFO's AI: to get home to Earth. After being attacked and seperated from his ship, he teams up with a monkey-like alien and a robot, in an attempt to recover his ship and open a wormhole that would take him back to Earth. Their actions are hindered by the armed forces of the Lithirian Empire, who seek to expand their empire by using the wormhole. Now Ryan Stathis has a new goal: to save Earth from the hands of an evil intra-galactic empire.
Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) by Alex Zadeh is a 329-page (MOBI) Sci-fi novel with an intra-galactic empire, a very determined protagonist, and amazing new worlds and planets. It is written in third-person limited point of view and the narrator alternates between focusing on Ryan,our protagonist, and on Chocub, a general in the Lithirian army.
Alex Zadeh did an excellent job with this novel. It is one of the few space sci-fi I've read that did not bore me. It was not fast-paced per se, but it was interesting enough to keep me flipping through the pages. Unlike most space sci-fi that use big words and scientific terms in order to seem intelligible but end up unreadable, Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) used simple words in its narration. I loved the descriptions employed in the book. I could see and imagine everything; the spaceships, the alien planets, and the aliens.
It was amazing that, despite obvious technological advancement, the worlds and empire in Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) were not made to have supernova energy reserves — their ships couldn't move at breakneck speeds and travel multiple solar systems in a second. I also loved how Alex spiced up the story by adding a coup d'état in the Lithirian Empire.
Ryan was not very developed as a character. He had no motivation for saving Earth and it was a huge dent in his character. In fact, none of the characters were well rounded, but this could be due to the fact that the book was set to span over two weeks and Ryan, whom the narrator focused on, did not spend much time with any of them.
I found little grammatical errors, so the book was edited professionally, but there were irregularities in the font size — the font would enlarged for a few paragraphs before returning back to normal. At first, the thoughts of Ryan were italized, but it seemed like either the author or the editors scraped that idea further down the line and forgot to edit the previous chapters. The book also contained borderline profanity.
I give Dark Matter Empire (Book1) a 3 out of 4 stars because, despite its errors, it was a great book. The cliffhanger at the end left me wanting more. I recommend this book to all lovers of space sci-fi and to people who generally love a good book.
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Dark Matter Empire (Book 1)
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Latest Review: Dark Matter Empire (Book 1) by Alex Zadeh
