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MY REVIEW:
Genre | Tropes: Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, One World Government, Conspiracies
Rating: 5 out of 5 ⭐
This is a story filled to the brim with character development, cultural diversity, and a space travelling adventure. Book 1, Isolating Contact, introduces us to the large main character base in this series and lays the foundation for where everything goes. But this book really takes the reins in creating an emotional tie to everyone. There are some really difficult themes in this book that could be triggering for some (I will list a few at the end), but they are profoundly necessary for the situations the characters are in and where everything is converging to.
Science Fiction is defined as: fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
Addictive Contact encompasses every single one of these elements as the characters voyage into space in hopes of colonizing a planet, saving their species for de-evolution, and solving the mysteries of the alien species they met in the first book. But there are so sacrifices in these kinds of missions and this story is no exception. From a mother having to separate from her child in hopes of doing something to save them all, to a war-hardened soldier suffering from addiction, to personal choices of sacrifice for the good of others and the pain that might bring.
Our crew has travelled hundreds of years, overcome many obstacles and found themselves faced with a failing society addicted to the idea of immortality and self management.
The central theme of this book, for me anyways, is about asking yourself what would you be willing to sacrifice or overcome to help others? Because the sacrifices needed are monumental and life changing, but there is a light at the end of this road and the last two chapters hit me hard as a reader. I cried all the way through them and still feel that emotion just thinking back through it all.
If you love science fiction, or are at least open to a book about travelling through space, then I highly recommend you grab this book right now. If you’ve never read science fiction but you enjoy fantasy and world building, this might be up your alley as well because it’s not a heavy science fiction novel that will leave you feeling overwhelmed. Some science fiction can be laden with terms and references that are “alien” and leave some readers feeling uncomfortable, but this is a very straight forward work that focuses on human development processes. As a civilization declines, hits rock bottom and starts to build back up.
Are you ready to travel with me? Start with Isolating Contact and then read Addictive Contact NOW!
Potential Triggers
- Thoughts of suicide
- Maternal abandonment
- Abortion
- Drug addiction
- Forced surgery on children (alien children)
My Favorite Lines
“I freaking knew it! Humans didn’t build the pyramids. Ancient Aliens, man. That crazy-haired guy from The History Channel was right.”
“The living conditions on Vocury were tough, but something archaic in me relished the chance to live like a western hustler of old.”
“But the moment we think we’re advanced, civilized, and in control, nature strikes us with a humbling hammer blow to the head.”
“In the end, nature always wins, and it would be no different for those of us on Vocury. We had found the keys to immortality, so in turn, nature decided to introduce us to infertility.”
“The opening guitar strums of Lightning Crashes by Live filled my ears and I wished there was another way.”
“…you can’t truly understand what it is to sacrifice. Morality and pragmatism don’t mix.”
“I imagined that comfort could have saved the lives of millions before me who had fallen into depression. There was no amount of therapy or prescriptions that could deliver anything close to the relief I was experiencing. I had lived in my pain and made it my home; now, it was only a part of my past.”
Review: Isolating Contact – Book 1
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The first step is admitting you have an intergalactic problem
It’s 2036, and the heroes of the War Of Isolation find themselves splintered. Against Ranbir’s wishes, Malik and Alexis set out across the galaxy on a three-hundred-year journey to the Praxi-birthing planet Vocury hoping for a peaceful second attempt at first contact. The diplomatic mission quickly devolves into chaos as the explorers discover life on Vocury, but it’s not who they’re expecting.
Two years after their friends have left them behind, Maya tempts Ranbir with one final mysterious mission of their own. With little to go on, Ranbir is forced to navigate through dangerous hijinks and hijacks as Maya leads him across the cosmos while keeping the details of their deployment to herself. Maya is hiding something, and it’s a secret big enough to undo everything they’ve fought for.
Violence, addiction, war, and mystery await both pairings even as they’re separated by space and time. The future of mankind again rests in the hands of a group of misfits, and without each other to lean on, they’ve never been more ill-equipped to deal with what’s coming.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ash Remington
Hey gang. I’m Ash, debut author of “Isolating Contact” which is the first entry in a series of commercial, sci-fi, political thrillers. As a fan of storytelling, I’m seeking to interject a fresh perspective and provide a unique brand of fast-paced novels that challenge the repetitiveness of the current market. First and foremost, I want to entertain you. It’s my position that reading should be fun and that you should never stumble upon a paragraph where skimming is an option. You can glean whatever message suits you from the themes of my stories, but at the end of the book, I hope you had a good time.
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