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Blue SunRise: A Riveting Character-driven Hard Sci-fi Adventure (Blue Sun Space Opera Book 1) Kindle Edition

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Can the crew on Mars survive when NASA offers them up as the sacrificial lamb?

The first manned mission to Mars struggles for survival in the harsh and unforgiving environment of the red planet. Ben Allspot, losing his fight with addiction, leaves Earth for work on the Moon but finds no peace in the airless desolation of Earth’s satellite.

Light years away, a genocidally paranoid race of aliens has stolen the technology to destroy all other sentient life in the galaxy. They have been at it for several thousand years with a 100% success rate. They have found Earth.

Strange lights and bursts of radiation emanate from the fringes of our solar system, but it will be some time before NASA understands the danger it represents.

Something’s coming toward Earth. The question is, “how bad will it be?” Can the crew on Mars survive when NASA orders them to lure the alien objects away from Earth?

As Ben battles demons of his own, can he save the only thing he cares about— his family on Earth?

Blue SunRise is Book 1 in the Blue Sun series. Click “Read Sample” to begin this riveting hard science fiction space opera adventure.

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Whoever sent the inbound objects is not interested in talking--just destruction.
One man, battling demons of his own making, will do anything to save his family one Earth.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004RIH9S2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Futureword Publishing (March 9, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3591 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 454 pages
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    I was born in New Orleans and spent most of my early life in Louisiana under the quiet and careful guidance of the nuns at Sacred Heart Grammar School. It was terrifying. To this day, I will not allow my wife to wear a black and white dress. I then attended Holy Savior Menard Central High School (seriously, that’s the name) where I learned to fear men with the honorific “Coach.” Having learned that lesson and survived to graduation, I went to LSU in Baton Rouge and managed to graduate in just five and half short years. It was one of the worst mistakes of my life. Not the college or the degree—the graduating from college. I had no idea how much fun I was having until I was no longer having so much fun. If I had known what I know now, I would still be attending the university, having amassed roughly 10,000 undergraduate hours and several million dollars in student loan debt.

    In spite of my best efforts at sabotage, my small business in Memphis is thriving, and, at the age of 70, I still go to work every day to shake my fist and yell at the workers.

    I have a small house in the woods where I live with my wife, three cats, three dogs, twelve chickens, and a few tropical fish. The dogs will occasionally pay attention to me. Please buy my book so I can get more dogs.

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Michael Eason
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book series
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
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Both this book and Blue Sunset are really worth the read. I have just come from reading the 6 Dune novels, the 4 Hyperion books, Peter Hamilton's Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. I loved them all, and wasn't expecting much from Blue Sunrise/Sunset, but they're darn entertaining sci-fi reads. Good sci-fi technologies and concepts, but even better is the character development. Overman does a great job of developing about 9 characters in the book, and you really feel like you know them by the end. I miss reading about them now that I've finished Blue Sunrise/Sunset. I'm anxiously waiting the third book in this seriew coming out in Fall of 2024. This guy is a very good sci-fi author.
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Jay B
4.0 out of 5 stars A great combination of elements
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024
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This one very nearly got five stars from me, and if Amazon had a half star capability, I would give it 4.5 stars.

In the desired sci-fi way, the book defines some aliens, and puts humans in their path, setting up a “What’s going to happen” question. The way this is done is skillful, and riveting.

First, in alien definition the author creates two different species that are as different as night and day, yet both intelligent, slightly antagonistic, very intertwined and thus stuck with each other. Aliens are creatively built, and are used to explore interesting philosophical questions about the nature of existence. The author also builds a little tension between the two races, who are ostensibly supposed to get along with each other.

Second, the encounter of what will happen when the two races collide with humans stays a mystery just long enough, and develops the outcome at a great pace. Once the secret is revealed, there’s plenty of action and the humans involved for the most part do smart things. There’s one place in the story where entirety of the earth is described as acting with more unity than I think they would in the situation in real life, but that is about the only sin the book commits. Well, that and not making clear where the author sits on whether he thinks religion is helpful / good, or holds it with disdain. Maybe it is not his obligation to do so, though I think he could have used ”religion is good” for good value in the story.

I actually only found this book because I received an advance review copy of the sequel, so I scrambled to read the first book before the sequel. Given the quality of this first book, I am now anxious to go & read the second, and provide my review for it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Want to Read the Sequel
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2023
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I was impressed by Gregg Overman's “Blue Sunrise: If alien paranoia is driven by evolution, are they evil? Or are they just born that way?” It is the first book in the Blue Sun series, a thrilling and thought-provoking science-fiction novel about an expedition to Mars caught in the cross-hairs of interstellar conflict.

The book is full of interesting characters, and Overman does an excellent job of depicting the fear and paranoia of the expedition crew as they battle both psychological and physical threats. The action scenes are exciting, while the quieter moments are equally compelling. The story is full of ethical and moral dilemmas, as the crew must decide how to handle a species that is both a potential threat and victim of its own evolution.

Overall, Blue Sunrise is an entertaining and suspenseful read that will keep readers on the edge of their seat. It is a great introduction to the Blue Sun series and I would recommend it to fans of science fiction and technothrilers alike.

This book was published in 2011, but the sequel is expected to be published in spring 2023.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Just wow!
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2023
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This is seriously one of the best, if not THE best, science fiction novels I have ever read, and I have been reading them since I was 8 (now I am 71). The story itself is over-the-top, creative, and the characters, aliens included, are all believable. And you hear this about a lot of books people like, that it’s hard to put down, but that’s really true when it comes to this one. The only downside is that I like it so much that I wanna read his next one right now, but it’s not gonna be out for a couple months. Damn! Well done, Gregg!!
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J Armstrong
4.0 out of 5 stars Interstellar Conflict
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023
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An expedition to Mars, interstellar conflict, aliens who are so advanced genetically they are hellbent on extinguishing all life forms that do not conform to their standards. This book is written in the older Sci fi style, the grit of outer space living, the inevitable struggle of various powers for domination of all and then the relationships that either are built up or betrayed. I found this to be a very well written book that grabbed my attention with the author's prosaic writing style and command of scientific research. A great book to captivate you.
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Therese Ely
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok read, not great sci-fi
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023
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I enjoyed the technical aspects of the antimatter drives. The characters were not engaging. The Tree storyline never tied in well and felt unfinished. Would not recommend this to true sci-fi fans.
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Filschaos
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023
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My actual rating for this book is about 4.5 but I believe in rounding up to encourage authors, and it feels like this author has potential. The half star is because I would love to see deeper characters so I can relate to them more, a faster pace because I almost gave up in the first half, and more expansion on the creative & original plot ideas.

Things I enjoyed are the writing style felt solid and easy to follow, the aliens are original and an interesting concept, and the plot lines converging at the end have a nice symmetry. I had guessed most of the plot lines by the middle, but they were still interesting enough I continued reading to see if I was right.

I would be interested in reading a sequel if one was written. It would be fun to see humanity use the events as a catalyst to work together and spring forward. It would also be interesting to see the outcome for the trees, and to explore how the three would interact in conflict.
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Jos
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2023
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I was put off at first with tree characters, but that ended when I got to the human parts, and then I couldn't stop reading. What an interesting take on an earth ending scenario. I look forward to the next book by this author. Also, thanks for Tom and Ben and their realistic thoughts about their situations and fellow humans. I laughed out loud as I've been there and done that! Good book, Gregg!
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