Frontier Saga (Ryk Brown)

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Writer's Overview

The Frontiers Saga is a series of Science Fiction novels that covers a century of human adventures in space. Part one is 15 episodes, with each episode being released at regular intervals. All story arcs begun within a part are concluded during that part. There will be 5 parts to the series, with 15 episodes per part, for a total of 75 episodes.

Personal Commentary

This is the epitome of sci-fi. Every detail is important, the situations are believable (suspending belief for the alternate reality in which the story start obviously). I'm 3 books in and I have never been more hooked on a series. 10/10 one of the best series I've ever indulged in experiencing.

Ryk Brown has finish the first part (15 books) and has published the first 6 books of the second part. That's 21 books of 75 currently completed. I have no idea if each part is a different story arc or point of view or anything. I have been told from reliable sources that 'each new book justifies all effort expelled in order to understand the universe up to that point.'

Series Hook

Throughout history, certain discoveries, inventions, events, and even people, have changed the course of civilizations. Occasionally, these elements come together to change the destiny of humanity. The Frontiers Saga is the story of such a moment.

The year is 3472. The Earth is recovering from 1,000 years of darkness and despair caused by a bio-digital plague that nearly destroyed her entire population. The discovery of the Data Ark, a repository of human knowledge left behind by their fallen ancestors, has advanced Earth technology the equivalent of 200 years in only a century. As a result, they discovered that they had long ago settled nearby star systems, many of which had grown into massive planetary civilizations that continued to settle further out into space. They also discovered that those worlds had been ravaged by the same plague, and that each had struggled to rise from the ashes and thrive again.

One world survived by taking what they needed from their neighbors, by force. Over the centuries, they have risen to become an interstellar empire, and have conquered every human-inhabited world within 50 light years of their home world… except one.

Now, the people of Earth rush to prepare a defense against the newly discovered threat. But the nations of the world that spawned humanity may not have the infrastructure, population, and political will necessary to meet such a task.

One discovery, one invention, one event, and one man… They all come together to create the spark that changes everything.