Published: May 26, 2012
Words: 119,118 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476426914

Short description

A new habitable planet is found. Mankind rejoices. When colonists arrive, a journalist uncovers a huge secret. His team is kidnapped. People die. Earth sends in an ex-detective. He digs too far and gets in way over his head. No one knew the bad guys will stop at nothing to preserve their secret. It can only end one way - violently. A story of love, corruption and war on an epic scale.

Extended description

When Channel 18 reporter Julian Hessler is offered to provide frontline coverage of the latest colonisation project to newly discovered planet Marius, he can't believe his luck. But upon arrival, things quickly take a turn for the worse and he and his team are left fighting for their survival after uncovering a secret so enormous it could tear apart the entire Planetary Union.

While the project's leader, General Garrick Holden, attempts to control the subsequent rioting, ex-detective and political envoy Leroy Bishop is tasked by Earth's government to investigate what has happened to the new colony. Little do he and his superiors know the lengths Holden and his loyal followers are willing to go to protect their cause.

As Julian tries to cope with life on Marius, he falls for Captain Samantha Reese, and amidst the chaos they attempt to forge a normal existence for themselves, while around them the greatest powers of the galaxy edge closer and closer to a full scale interplanetary war.. (Read more) When Channel 18 reporter Julian Hessler is offered to provide frontline coverage of the latest colonisation project to newly discovered planet Marius, he can't believe his luck. But upon arrival, things quickly take a turn for the worse and he and his team are left fighting for their survival after uncovering a secret so enormous it could tear apart the entire Planetary Union.

While the project's leader, General Garrick Holden, attempts to control the subsequent rioting, ex-detective and political envoy Leroy Bishop is tasked by Earth's government to investigate what has happened to the new colony. Little do he and his superiors know the lengths Holden and his loyal followers are willing to go to protect their cause.

As Julian tries to cope with life on Marius, he falls for Captain Samantha Reese, and amidst the chaos they attempt to forge a normal existence for themselves, while around them the greatest powers of the galaxy edge closer and closer to a full scale interplanetary war...
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Tags

romance, love, military, violence, politics, corruption, space opera, science fiction, secret, conspiracy, detective, war, journalist, colony, riot, greed, discover, planet, reporter, rebel, new planet

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Review by: Selena Faith on Oct. 26, 2012 :
I loved this story!
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Review by: Jim Fogarty on July 30, 2012 :
In the interests of full disclosure I only read approximately 25% of this novel before stopping.

Newfoundland is a novel I wanted to love. I love stories of planetary colonization. It is clear to me that this author wanted to write an entertaining book on this topic, but unfortunately it falls short on several fronts. This is most obvious in the dialog. The characters speak in a very stilted and unnatural manner. And on many occasions the conversation exists solely to provide the reader with background information. The characters, who are journalists, military officers, politicians, and investigators do not act in a way that I would expect people of their profession to behave. Plot wise the book plodded along and it was too far into the story before the complication point. A nefarious secret is promised, but unless there is a second deeper darker secret revealed later in the book, I was left scratching my head as to why the secret caused the turmoil it did. It just made no sense to me.

I think there are the bones of a good story here but this book, or at least the first quarter, needs a rewrite. I think a journalist uncovering a secret plot by a corrupt military-industrial complex is intriguing. Dialog should be crisp, brief and drive the plot forward. So should the action, we don't need to know all the details of ship board meals and such. The characters need to act in a recognizable, logical manner. And if there is a deep dark secret, it should be more than what is presented here.
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