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Evan Currie

Into the Black Audio CD – CD, 27 March 2012

by Evan Currie (Author), Benjamin L Darcie (Reader)

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This edition of Odyssey One has been completely edited and remastered to correct the typos and content issues that reviewers commented on in the original edition.

Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lies a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine. For the new NAC spacecraft Odyssey and her crew, the unimaginable facets of this untouched world are about to become reality.

The Odyssey's maiden voyage is an epic adventure destined to make history. Captain Eric Weston and his crew, pushing past the boundaries of security, encounter horrors, wonders, monsters, and people, all of which will test their resolve, challenge their abilities, and put in sharp relief what is necessary to be a hero.

A first-rate military science fiction epic that combines old-school space opera and modern storytelling, Into the Black: Odyssey One is a riveting, exhilarating adventure with vivid details, rich mythology, and relentless pacing that will leave you breathlessly awaiting book two.

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Publisher : Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (27 March 2012)
Language: : English
ISBN-10 : 145586630X
ISBN-13 : 978-1455866304
Dimensions : 16.51 x 2.86 x 13.97 cm

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Evan has been writing most of his life in one format or another, and though his post-secondary education was in computer sciences and he has worked in the local lobster industry steadily over the last decade, writing has always been his true passion. In his own words, "It's what I do for fun and to relax. There's not much I can imagine better than being a storyteller."

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MsWah

A great and interesting read, a shame the sequels don't measure up....

Reviewed in Australia on 7 May 2017

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A very cool premise, characters that are believable enough, and an alien enemy that's quite terrifying, given what they're capable of! I bought the next two books based on how enjoyable this one was, but found them less than satisfying. The battle content was massive, and I simply flicked, literally, through chapters and chapters to get back to something that wasn't a fight. If you really like space battles, told in minute detail, then go for it, but in the end, I craved the better story-telling of this first instalment, and got pretty bored with the follow-up books, apart from when it gets back to the general telling of a pretty excellent tale. The last two books could easily have been edited down to one really good book, I reckon.

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Dragon Lady

Get the whole series.

Reviewed in Australia on 3 April 2017

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Not one for normally reading this type of book as I usually read Fantasy, but the whole series are worth reading. Action packed and hard to put down. Full of what is actually real scientific fact, or at least theory, make it even more interesting. A but blood thirsty/gory for younger readers and it has a small amount of swearing but otherwise good for most age groups.

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Very entertaining read

Reviewed in Australia on 12 February 2017

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I really enjoyed this book. It had a great mix of science and personality to engage the reader. Like all good science fiction it causes the reader to challenge our assumptions about our own world and culture and think about how things might be different. The battle scenes were particularly well written and full of dynamic tension.

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Steven Curd

Earths first interstellar trip

Reviewed in Australia on 13 April 2017

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Rollicking good story, that extrapolated believably from today's international milieu.
Source of humanity themes
Possible genocide
Hero military with intelligence
Intergalactic anonymous bad guy.
It's got the lot.

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Peter Sao-Levene

Not bad, but still interested in book 2

Reviewed in Australia on 16 December 2018

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A little too "star trecky".
Characters believable, but classic treckie style plot.
Didn't enjoy the level of swearing, skipped a few pages, but overall fairly enjoyable reading.
Set up nicely for book 2 which I will read.

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Taran Marley

Really good military science fiction that hits all the right now

Reviewed in Australia on 8 August 2019

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This is just a fun ride that manages to tell an often told story about the first faster than light ship in a fun and engaging way. A must for any fan of military science fiction.

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Believable sci-fi

Reviewed in Australia on 10 October 2019

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I love sci fi but in saying that I have closed books where I see that the people haven't put effort into the thinking behind the stories. Evan writes absolutely believable sci-fi it is clear and concise and when I read I can see the words and the story in my mind I love this book. Christopher

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Mickmi

A good read.

Reviewed in Australia on 18 July 2019

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I like space opera series and this one looks like it will keep me coming back. Not too complicated and not just space battles. Some good characterization. Enough intrigue to keep the reader wondering.

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c-the-d

good read but stuffed with endless padding and unbelievable story line

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2017

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I enjoyed reading it and will read the next in the series, but, the downside, story line style copied from Star Trek 1960's, totally unbelievable winning against unbeatable odds. Even had reference to USS Enterprise 'yawn'. Not to say that someone was called Worfe!!

Great Sci-fi has to be believable, this wasn't.

Far to much unnecessary tech. info waffling on and on which became laborious and tedious. It bogged the story down like mud. You could probably cut fifty pages from the book without noticing. I skipped whole pages at a time and didn't even notice.

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Steve

A good star trek variant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2019

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Regardless of the back story, it is basically the Americans who send a warship (the Odyssey) out to explore deep space. Good thing too, as they have to start shooting things within a few minutes of finding an inhabitable planet.
Rip roaring space romp, with the added bonus of using the most terrifying FTL transport ever dreamt up.

One strange fault that an editor would have sorted out - Drones. The author had a freaky obsessive habit of using the word drone or drones in odd and sometimes conflicting circumstances.
The goodies would launch drones to observe or attack the baddies.
The baddies were insect like and referred to as...... drones. Like bees I suppose.
The various motors and engines often droned in the hangars.
And there was at least one situation where the drones attacked the drones and all the people could hear was the drone of the motors! "Can you hear that drone?" "I can hear that drone, our drone and their drone!" (not an actual quote from the book).
I am currently half way through book two and the word drone hasn't come up once. I think someone had a quiet word in the authors ear.....

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J Evans

Great example of the genre

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2019

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I’m a fan of sci-fi, although wouldn’t quite call myself a connoisseur of the genre. But I really enjoyed the book, found it very difficult to put down, which resulted in some rather later nights than expected.
The characters are all well brought out, although I would consider them to be a little stereotypical (newly promoted Captain of starship feeling constrained by the responsibilities of command, that kind of thing). That said it didn’t get in the way of me being invested in them, and their character development. To be honest, I think this is the only criticism I could raise for this book.
The balance between technical description (and relatively scientific plausibility) without getting too far into it fell just right. Mind you, I’m an engineer, so my “just right” may differ from others.
The storyline was well paced, and split between the strategic and tactical scales excellently; whenever a switch was made the tension of wanting to find out what was going on at the other “scale” was very real, while also being gripped by the events I was currently reading.
All told, would definitely recommend, and I’ll certainly be continuing the series.

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David Penny

I know I shouldn't like it, but...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2020

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I downloaded this as it was on offer for a limited time and after long years without reading much science-fiction I've started to look out for anything interesting or new. The book reminds me very much of something Tom Clancy might write if he wrote science-fiction, and indeed some of the scene could have come straight from Hunt for Red October. Into the Black is as much a military shoot-em-up as it is science-fiction. In line with this tradition there are many acronyms, tech-talk and descriptions of far-fetched technology.

The blurb does say this is a revised edition, and I can see why, but can also see that it could do with perhaps another pass. Normally I would never finish a book with so many changes in point of view or rolling of eyes or smirking. And there is a lot of smirking going on, even when the smirkers are hidden behind darkened masks.

So, despite its flaws I couldn't put this book down. I read the entirety of it in two sittings. If the standard of writing had been a bit higher I would have been tempted to give it five stars, but from me four is pretty good. I reserve that five for something spectacular - and only the fight scenes here are that.

Worth reading... Now, on to the rest of the series.

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Mr. Robert Billing

A pretty good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2016

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This novel suffers from a few faults, but overall it is so well-written as to make up for most of them. The opening chapters contain a lot of explanation of the history and technology, most of which could have either been left out or deferred. Also the prose doesn't flow very well in places, there are repeated words that make for rather jerky reading, and occasional loose ends.

However once the action gets going it really gets going. From about a quarter of the way in there are space battles, ground actions, daring rescues and frightening confrontations aplenty. The action is real edge of the seat material, the sort of narrative that keeps the reader up until 1am. It takes a while to start but once it does it is a total page turner.

One thing that Currie has done which is very clever is to introduce a spaceship technology which is not quite faster than light, but fast enough to have major military action take in most of a solar system in a few hours.

This gives the reader rapid development and room for both horror and heroism.

It's enjoyable, a ripping yarn with spaceships in the mould of the classics. Overlook the faults and enjoy the story.

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