Earth Orbit

 Earth Orbit: A Space Force Adventure by Merrin Slade

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My review...

Earth Orbit, Book 2 of a series titled “The Skye Sci-Fi Series" begins with Cerys visiting the family of her commanding officer who is her sweetheart. She’s a Space Force Officer now, but it doesn’t make one bit of difference to Jak’s stuffy prejudiced father. He’s hateful about imperfect Wild Types like Cerys who grew up in The Refuge, and he’s convinced her “kind” is beneath Jak. But after fighting her way through the Academy and being a hero in the Space Force wars, Cerys sure isn’t going to let an old biased buffoon shake her. Or at least she’s going to try and keep her chin up.

Merrin Slade seems to put you right in the future, but her futuresque gadgets and characters, all with unusual names, are clearly pronounceable in your mind making one’s reading smooth. 

Sometimes, Sci-Fi literature can get so discombobulated that it’s difficult to read. You spend more time stopping your reading flow trying to pronounce the character names or some convoluted description of an enemy warship. Slade seems to be able to write Sci-Fi and yet evade this abyss. While easily readable, probably the most important aspect to her writing is that even though this is definitely of the Science Fiction genre, there is still always a piece of the story we can all identify with.

This is the perfect follow-up to Slade’s first book, Cerys: Valkyrie Earth. Many of her original characters are continued and she weaves in events from the past so that you are never confused. Book 2 can easily be read as a stand-alone, but in my opinion, you’ll really be missing out if you don’t read Books 1 & 2.

Such a good continuation of this series. I am really hoping there’s a Book 3 in the works.

Read about Merrin Slade...

After landing on Earth, Merrin Slade braved a diverse career working as a scientist, an alchemist and a fortune teller before evolving into an epic storyteller. In her books, she transports readers to future worlds filled with yet-to-be-invented technologies and heroes who defy the odds. There is always a happy ending!

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