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Space City (Book 1)

Space City (Book 1)

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Armed with only his grandfather’s coin and a fake ID, sixteen-year-old Neil Ericson is desperate to join the Air Force like his grandfather before him. A flip of that coin instead launches Neil into an academy onboard Space City beyond the moon. His first day on board, Neil befriends Riagan Byrne and together they take on the challenge of field exams set on desolate planets and the Academy Games, which are rife with serpent hawks capable of gutting them if they miss a step. One instructor has already remarked that in a few rare instances, particularly undesirable students are launched into outer space. A joke. Right?

Despite the danger, Neil thinks he’s finally found a home and friends. Plus, he attracts the attention of the beautiful Maellyn Travena, even though his ability to talk to girls consists of noting that the moon is shrinking on their way to Mars. She probably thinks he’s an idiot now.

But traitors within Space City are attempting to smuggle away its newest and most prized piece of tech to the Dahaka, a blood-eyed warring alien race. After stumbling into the plot, Neil is forced to risk the friendships and home he’s gained because if the traitors succeed, Space City will end up a husk, and he’ll be dead or stranded millions of miles from Earth.

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D.H.
Engaging, Fun Read

With an insider's love of space and a craftman's approach to story, Jared Austin creates a tale that accelerates smoothly and with growing suspense from delightful world-building into a taut space adventure with stakes that are heightened but the time the reader has spent getting to know the characters. Space City is the magic of Harry Potter without the literal magic: the main character's wonder of discovery of a world larger than he ever dreamed and the thrill of being at its center, but set in a world where the "magic" is science and technology.

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Kenny Emmanuel
A Book for Space Travelers

Great start to a series. I enjoyed the characters, their adventures, and their development. Jared created an excellent futuristic world(s) with appropriate challenges. The book leaves you wanting to read the next, and yes, there are more.