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Scorpio

Frontlines: Evolution, Book 1

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On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion discovers that the greatest world-ending dangers aren’t behind her.

It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

But the tenuous hide-and-seek with the monstrous species known as the Lankies is about to come to an end for Alex and her close-knit crew of soldiers, techs, and friends. When a salvage operation goes catastrophically wrong, the Lankies home in on the humans.

With hopes of a rescue long faded, all Alex has left is will—and the fear that there’s so much more to lose.

©2023 Marko Kloos (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Adventure First Contact Science Fiction Space Exploration Fiction Interstellar Survival

Critic reviews

"Kloos has created a believable universe and a fast-moving story of resilience, rescue, and reintegration that reads like a combination of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War (2004) and Andy Weir’s The Martian (2014).”Booklist

“Kloos is well on his way to becoming one of the genre’s best assets.”—io9

“There is nobody who does [military science fiction] better than Marko Kloos.”—George R. R. Martin

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It was an interesting book and I enjoyed it. The narrator did a great job! The story is told from a third-person, present tense perspective, which felt a little weird at all times throughout the book. I would much prefer the book to be third-person, past-tense. I enjoyed the story and had fun being trapped on Scorpio.

Interesting

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Alex and Ash make a great intro to the life of survivors on Lanky occupied worlds. The story is a great start for a new series.

Great start to a new series

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A rather nice start to this new saga in the Frontlines Universe, was expecting more from the last saga instead of just a few mentions but overall a very good listen.

A good start

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Book feels like a long introduction to an interesting series. needs more depth to story. let's hope Book 2 does some justice.

Story only starts off at the end of the book!

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Marko Kloos swings and misses with this one. The original Frontlines series was 5 star but this book had no real plot to it and failed to engage me. Forgettable characters and poor narration left me wanting a refund. Won't bother with the next book either.

Not as good as the original series

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