From the USA Today best-selling author of Dark Space. A mission to another world could be our only hope….
The year is AD 2790. With space elevators and giant orbital fleets hovering over Earth, open war looks inevitable, and people are anxious to get away. The lines are drawn, with the Confederacy in the East and the First World Alliance in the West. In hopes of finding a refuge from the looming war, the Alliance is sending Captain Alexander de Leon to explore an Earth-type planet, code-named Wonderland, but at the last minute before launch, a Confederate fleet leaves orbit on a trajectory that threatens both the mission and Alliance sovereignty. The resulting power struggle will determine not only the fate of Alexander’s mission but the fate of the entire human race.
This book was a very entertaining surprise. An author that I follow sent a rare recommendation to his newsletter subscribers recommending this book. I respect that author so I purchased this book by an author that I had never heard of before. I normally read indie authors so I was intrigued and put it at the top of my reading queue.Â
Thanks for yet another gripping read! I’ve been reading science fiction since before the invention of plastic. I tend to be somewhat picky about what I read. If you have read any of Jasper Scott’s books than you probably have or soon will read them all. Mr. Scott is a master of his craft and of the genre. Without being a spoiler, Excelsior is a military science fiction with many turns and twists right up to the last word. The action and suspense are nonstop as with all his books. I particularly like that this is a complete…
Scott is an excellent story teller Scott is an excellent story teller. The technical aspects of the story are believable and were used to help carry the plot and not overwhelm the reader. The characters are well developed and easy to identify with. There is a major twist towards the end that came as a surprise to me. It was well done.Â