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    Colony

    By Scott Reeves

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    About this ebook

    In the thirtieth century, Earth is dangerously overcrowded and its resources are strained to the breaking point. To ensure the survival of mankind, people are chosen by lottery and shipped off to the stars to colonize other solar systems. Shiploads of colonists are dropped off on unexplored worlds and left to their own devices.

    Jorge Leever and Meesha Androva are the only survivors of one such failed attempt to colonize a distant planet. For twenty years, they've been alone, unable to communicate with Earth. Now, another cargo ship arrives and discharges a new group of would-be colonists.

     

    Jorge and Meesha intend to guide the development of the new colony, since they've accumulated twenty years worth of knowledge about the planet.

    Bannock, a brutal, criminal slumlord back on Earth, has other plans. He intends to reestablish his crime syndicate on this fledgling colony world and eventually return to Earth as a conqueror.

     

    But Jorge and Meesha stand in his way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScott Reeves
    Release dateAug 26, 2014
    ISBN9781501474552
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    • 4/5
      In Colony by Scott Reeves, the action takes place in the 30th century. On Earth, citizens are gathered, frozen, and sent into space to begin settlements on other planets. A group of new colonists arrives on a far-flung planet, New Earth. Jorge and Meesha, along with their two children, are the only survivors of the previous colonization attempt. In the new group, there is an evil element. As the colonists trek to the mountains, a dastardly plan begins to unfold, a scheme by a violent thug in their midst to take control and eventually gain power over the entire galaxy. This book is a treat. The action is well-paced and the plot is strong. The world on New Earth is realistic and the human behavior thoroughly believable. Colony offers the reader some interesting aliens and terrain. Scott Reeves has done a fine job with this story. The book is professionally produced, with a good cover and well-bound pages. The writing is very good, with few typos. This novel competes successfully with traditionally published works in its genre. It’s a good read.