Ganwold Child Sergey Chronicles Book 1 The Sergey Chronicles eBook Diann Thornley Read Douglas Fakkel
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Tristan grew up a human among aliens. Now he must use his alienness to survive among humans. Combat surgeon Darcie Dartmuth is taking her toddler son, Tristan, to rejoin her husband, Lieutenant Lujan Sergey, when their military transport is captured by alien slavers, the masuki. Darcie and Tristan manage to escape in a lifepod and land on Ganwold, home of the primitive and alien ganan.
Tristan is barely eighteen when Darcie contracts a life-threatening illness. Accompanied by his gan “brother,” Pulou, Tristan sets out to seek help for her. When he ventures into an enemy colony, he is captured and turned over to Sector General Mordan Renier, his father’s nemesis, who uses Tristan as bait to trigger a new war for Renier’s lost homeworld.
Now an Admiral and commander of the Unified Worlds’ special forces, the Spherzah, Lujan must repel Renier’s impending attack, realizing he could lose the family he has just learned is still alive.
The Sergey Chronicles, one military family’s saga and a large-scale epic of interstellar war, begin with the odyssey of Ganwold’s Child.
“A very good first novel,” wrote Orson Scott Card, “in which a youngster plunges into a demanding military environment and is forced to find out just how good he is. This novel is exemplary for showing how the effective military mind really works—you’ll find no romantic military nonsense here.”
Ganwold Child Sergey Chronicles Book 1 The Sergey Chronicles eBook Diann Thornley Read Douglas Fakkel
The wife and young son of a top military commander escape abduction by enemy slavers and make a life for themselves with a tribe of friendly alien hunter-gatherers on the planet Ganwold. Years later, the grown son and his alien "brother" go in search of help for his dying mother from his fellow "flat teeth" and a father he barely remembers.The ensuing "culture shock" as the son encounters human technology and lifestyle for the first time was sometimes painful, often amusing, and always entertaining to read. Reminded of a foreign bathroom I once dared use in a Chinese hotel, I laughed out loud as the character fumbled his way through his first shower on a starship.
The author's military experience added exciting detail to the fight scenes, flight training, and battle engagements which were so realistic that I felt I was right there dodging blows, pulling g's, and issuing orders. Unlike less seasoned authors, Read expertly feeds the reader just the right amount of information about how equipment works or society is arranged without bogging down the action or dialog.
My only complaint is that the book ended with a bang instead of the usual denouement that more slowly brings the reader back to the surface of the real world. Thankfully, this is only the first in a series, and I'm anxious to dive right back into the depths of this character and his universe in Echoes of Issel.
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Ganwold Child Sergey Chronicles Book 1 The Sergey Chronicles eBook Diann Thornley Read Douglas Fakkel Reviews
This military sci-fi saga is not only extremely well-written but captures what sci-fi fans want most as far as alien cultures, strong heroic characters, and detailed space battles. Don't be fooled by the title. This is far from a child's bedtime story. While it definitely fits the story, it fails to convey the story's complexity and depth.
The prologue describes how Tristan Serege and his mother, Darcie, become marooned on primitive Ganwold when the spacecraft on which they're passengers comes under attack by masuk space pirates. Darcie is a medic in the military and her quick thinking allows her and her toddler son to get away in an escape pod which lands on Ganwold. Tristan thus grows up amongst the gan, a primitive but intelligent race with strong cultural traditions, one of which is reverence for one's mother as well as all females in this matriarchal society. Tristan is accepted as one of their own in spite of being a "flat tooth." His hunting partner, Pulou, is more like a brother since gan culture dictates a bond between them which is the ultimate in protection, devotion and loyalty up to and including death.
When Tristan's mother, Darcie, develops a serious illness, Tristan knows it's his duty to do whatever it takes to save her. This goes far beyond love for his mother; it's more obsession that defies reason, set in stone by the influence of gan culture. He's determined to find his father, Lujan, a war hero from a previous galactic battle, whatever it takes, and obtain the medical help Darcie needs to survive.
The only human settlement on Ganwold is a military outpost occupied by Dominion forces, the very ones that his father was key to defeating prior to Tristan's birth. Nonetheless, it's the only connection to the technology needed to leave Ganwold and find his father. Naively hoping to stow away onboard a spacecraft, Tristan and Pulou are captured and turned over to Governor Mordan Renier, a man who's not only his father's political adversary but a vengeful personal enemy as well. Renier proceeds to use Tristan as a tool to exact revenge on his father, who had long before given up that Tristan and Darcie might still be alive.
As part of his devious intent, Renier "cleans up" Tristan, whose appearance is initially less than civilized. His hair and nails are long, his mannerisms those of the gan even though his mother has taught him as much as she could. Tristan not only undergoes significant culture shock but is brainwashed with regard to who and what his father is as Renier puts on the facade of helping Tristan find his father and assistance for his ailing mother. Nonetheless, Tristan suffers much abuse at Renier's hands but is fortunate enough that one of the military doctors who tends to his injuries is sympathetic to his situation.
Renier sends troops to capture Darcie as well and notifies Lujan that he's holding his son hostage. Lujan is caught between saving his family and Renier's outrageous demands which as a high ranking military officer he cannot ethically meet. He thus sends his own special forces team out to covertly rescue Tristan and Darcie. Peace was already tenuous and the situation escalates back into overt war.
As a military veteran the author does an excellent job with the military side of the story. The characters and their actions, including battle strategies and terminology, put you into the heat of battle. There's a lot of violence in this story, both in the form of the abuse Tristan suffers as well as battle scenes. There are parts that are downright painful to read as many of the "good guys" don't survive and sympathy for Tristan and Lujan is strong. Both are flesh and blood characters who are not omnipotent making them individuals with whom the reader can connect strongly. The story captures the heartbreak and internal conflicts of individuals caught in horrific circumstances, in this case against the stark imagery of interstellar war.
There are numerous analogies to the world today from the primitive wisdom of the gan, reminiscent of that depicted in the movie "Avatar," to the savage brutality of the masuk which reflects "business as usual" in the Middle East. Star Wars/Star Trek fans won't be disappointed by this complex story with its vivid imagery, strong characters, numerous subplots and nail-biting suspense. Better yet, its the first volume of a trilogy so fans don't have to bid the characters a fond farewell as this story concludes.
The story is interesting and well written. I want to keep reading the next books to see where the story goes.
The book grabbed me, and kept my interest to denouement !
Character development was strong, and the action exciting !
I loved this new vision of space and the people in it. Wonderful. Read it if you love military space battles and the humans involved!
I don't usually like contemporary science fiction, preferring fantasy, but "Ganwold's Child" is exceptional; the author does not forget that the story is the most important thing--not the science, or gratuitous sex and violence--the story rules and this book is an interesting story from beginning to end. I had little trouble getting into the new places, peoples, and things, since the story caught and kept me involved from start to finish. It is well-worth the time and money spent on this tale; I look forward to reading the books that follow in this series!
I like to escape into a good book that follows the story of a reluctant hero haunted by legends and lore. This certainly filled the bill.
The wife and young son of a top military commander escape abduction by enemy slavers and make a life for themselves with a tribe of friendly alien hunter-gatherers on the planet Ganwold. Years later, the grown son and his alien "brother" go in search of help for his dying mother from his fellow "flat teeth" and a father he barely remembers.
The ensuing "culture shock" as the son encounters human technology and lifestyle for the first time was sometimes painful, often amusing, and always entertaining to read. Reminded of a foreign bathroom I once dared use in a Chinese hotel, I laughed out loud as the character fumbled his way through his first shower on a starship.
The author's military experience added exciting detail to the fight scenes, flight training, and battle engagements which were so realistic that I felt I was right there dodging blows, pulling g's, and issuing orders. Unlike less seasoned authors, Read expertly feeds the reader just the right amount of information about how equipment works or society is arranged without bogging down the action or dialog.
My only complaint is that the book ended with a bang instead of the usual denouement that more slowly brings the reader back to the surface of the real world. Thankfully, this is only the first in a series, and I'm anxious to dive right back into the depths of this character and his universe in Echoes of Issel.
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