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Exodus (The Exodus Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Andreas Christensen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 6,818 ratings
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"Wow! I was truly impressed by this book. I love when science fiction writers combine science, politics and psychology. For me the mix was just right"

"This book is science fiction in great form. It doesn't just make you think about the future, it really makes you think about the world around you today"

When mankind faces extinction, how can anyone survive?

In 2072, Earth faces the ultimate extinction event. In an America turned authoritarian, a race against time begins. To send a starship to a distant planet, where the remains of humanity can survive. Only a small number will be chosen for this final endeavor to save mankind from extinction, and among the contenders only the most resourceful will have a chance.

But while the government wants to choose loyal subjects in order to create another version of the society they have engineered, there are those who secretly conspire to let the starfarers choose their own destiny, free from the bonds of their mother world.

As mankind on Earth faces its final blow, the selected few set course for Aurora, more than 40 light years away!

Follow Tina Hammer, scramjet pilot and officer, Kenneth Taylor, Harvard professor and alienated by the nation he once held so dear, Maria Solis, daughter to one of the richest men in the world, a girl who would never have been chosen, except for her dad's money, on their various paths toward the greatest adventure in human history.

"A race through the end of the Earth - excellent SF"

"Very well written and reads fast and easy in the style of other great sci fi writers such as Randolph Lalonde and Jack Campbell"
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About the Author

I'm a Norwegian writer, living just outside of Oslo, Norway. I write mainly science fiction, but I also try my hand at fantasy. In my writing I try to combine my interests in science and politics with psychology (which I incidentally have a Master's degree in - never thought I'd use it in this way!). I think my diverse interests and background gives me a few valuable perspectives that enhance my writing, and although my main literary interest lies in the scifi and fantasy sphere, I enjoy a good thriller or horror now and then.

From my reviews I learn that different readers enjoy different aspects of my books. Some enjoy the adventure; some find a message of hope, while others have said they find themselves nodding as they read it. One of my favorite reviews for Exodus said that "This book is science fiction in great form. It doesn't just make you think about the future, it really makes you think about the world around you today"

When I was a kid, I used to draw cartoons and make up all kinds of stories. It still took many years before I learned one can actually reach an audience all over the world, and even longer before I actually finished a book. Now I am thrilled to connect with readers and I'd love to hear from you as well!

I love the process of writing, and sometimes feel like I'm living the adventures of my characters. I guess that's the trick; to write the books you'd love to read (although I don't presume to know the formula for a bestseller - yet). So what's my best book so far? The one I'm currently writing...

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AI9BMHS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 2nd edition (December 3, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.3 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 289 pages
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Andreas Christensen is a Norwegian science fiction and fantasy writer. His most recent work is Frostfall, the first book in the epic fantasy series The Aborean Chronicles.

His popular science fiction series the Exodus Trilogy received rave reviews in both the U.S. and the U.K. and has been compared to classics such as Heinlein and Asimov. The dystopian Rift Saga is set approximately two centuries after the events of Exodus, and a reviewer described it as "Hunger Games on steroids". In a good way...

He is currently working on new projects, including a "second generation" story set in the Aurora universe, as well as the Legionnaire Series, a military science fiction series set in the near future.

Andreas Christensen has a degree in Psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and his professional background is mainly from public service. He has a weakness for cats, coffee and up until recently, books so heavy he'd need a separate suitcase in order to carry them every time he traveled. Luckily, the world has changed, and the suitcase has now been replaced by an e-reader.

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Customers find the book's storyline fascinating, particularly its post-apocalyptic nature, and appreciate its well-thought-out writing with few errors. The concept receives positive feedback for its good mix of science, and customers consider it a good start to an ongoing series. The character development and pacing receive mixed reactions - while some find the characters interesting, others say they're not well-developed, and while some enjoy the quick pace, others find it moves too fast.

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730 customers mention "Readability"708 positive22 negative

Customers find the book engaging and worth reading, with a solid premise and plot.

"...The Good: A big idea. Not a totally new one, but reworked well with today's ideas of feasible technology for a star voyage...." Read more

"Pros: Pretty solid premise plot-wise, I'm not sure how cliche it is or not but I liked it...." Read more

"...Devoid of dramatics, the story is established swiftly, proceeds without faltering, and wraps up with an ending clearly meant to make the reader want..." Read more

"...The narrative is tight without being dry, and the author does a good job of developing characters enough to make you want to find out what happens..." Read more

448 customers mention "Storyline"337 positive111 negative

Customers find the storyline captivating and intriguing, particularly appreciating its post-apocalyptic nature and good end-of-the-world elements, with one customer noting the robust undercurrent of political intrigue.

"...of science fiction I grew up with and loved, with strong ideas, a lot of action, and characters that to be frank haven't shown a lot of depth by the..." Read more

"This is a sci-fi cozy - something you can pick up and get lost in with a nice cup of hot tea...." Read more

"...Devoid of dramatics, the story is established swiftly, proceeds without faltering, and wraps up with an ending clearly meant to make the reader want..." Read more

"...I love this plot, setting and the characters so for me it's a slam dunk...." Read more

292 customers mention "Writing quality"237 positive55 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, noting it is well thought out, easy to read, and free of spelling errors, with one customer describing it as a blueprint to survival.

"...It's a well-written, comfortable tale that keeps you wondering what will happen next and which of the multiple characters, interesting on their own..." Read more

"...Not a lot of technological jargon that becomes boring and gets all too confusing...." Read more

"I found the story to be very plausible, it is well written and engaging...." Read more

"...So, to avoid being a spoiler, I liked this well conceived and adequately researched book about the salvation of the human race...." Read more

214 customers mention "Concept"176 positive38 negative

Customers find the concept of the book intriguing, appreciating its good mix of science and technology, with one customer noting that it maintains their attention with enough scientific jargon.

"This is the kind of science fiction I grew up with and loved, with strong ideas, a lot of action, and characters that to be frank haven't shown a..." Read more

"...politics, suspense, intrigue, the enduring American spirit, ingenuity, hope, love, fighting, space exploration, and the gradual destruction of our..." Read more

"...Lots of potential here, though unrealized, and the story in its essentials--rogue planet gonna destroy Earth--is a sound one...." Read more

"I liked the story. It has a lot of potential...." Read more

79 customers mention "Start"79 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be a good start to an ongoing series, with one customer specifically noting it as a great space opera trilogy.

"...I think you will enjoy this...a very good space opera for the 21st century!" Read more

"I am very impressed with this amazing book one of a trilogy series...." Read more

"...Check out The Frontiers Saga, a great series by Ryk Brown, and The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell...." Read more

"...3 - A good novel shows, not tells. This one relies almost to exclusion on narration, or as some call it, description...." Read more

220 customers mention "Character development"150 positive70 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the character development in the book, with some finding them interesting and noting their varied personalities and emotions, while others point out that the characters are not well-developed and there are too many viewpoints to follow.

"...is tight without being dry, and the author does a good job of developing characters enough to make you want to find out what happens to them...." Read more

"...Being a novel rather than a movie, you get to know a lot more characters, and more about them...." Read more

"...The Not So Good: (1)The character are generally pretty generic...." Read more

"...The characters are lightly developed with the author touching on a number of people in an attempt to set the stage for the later books...." Read more

138 customers mention "Pacing"84 positive54 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the pacing of the book, with some appreciating its quick movement and fast read, while others find it moves too fast with large time jumps and a slow start.

"This is a sci-fi cozy - something you can pick up and get lost in with a nice cup of hot tea...." Read more

"...it's not a flawless read, though. character development is un-even, as some characters receive better care from the author than others...." Read more

"...It’s not too long a read and it’s equally logical and fanciful to we space sci-fi virgins...." Read more

"...From a style standpoint it flows reasonably well, choice of words and phrases generally feels right. No notable grammatic errors...." Read more

40 customers mention "Ease of follow"20 positive20 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about how easy the book is to follow, with some finding it wonderful and hard to put down, while others note it's not a fast-paced story and takes a while to develop.

"...Good easy read. Not tedious with stuff that thrills the geeks but bores novices, like me." Read more

"...5 - The book develops in fits and starts that make it hard to follow. Threads are started and dropped...." Read more

"...The storyline is very believable and easy to follow. It was full of twist and turns which keep me reading and wanting more...." Read more

"...the characters are fairly well developed, however, this is not a fast-paced story...." Read more

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  • Dale R. Cozort
    4.0 out of 5 stars Science fiction where the big idea and the adventure overshadow the characters.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2014
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    This is the kind of science fiction I grew up with and loved, with strong ideas, a lot of action, and characters that to be frank haven't shown a lot of depth by the end of book one--all the virtues and warts of traditional science fiction.

    About fifty years from now, a rogue planet smashes into Mars. A fragment of it about ten times the diameter of the dinosaur-killer asteroid is set on a course that will hit Earth in about a decade, not destroying the planet, but probably making it uninhabitable for higher life forms. An authoritarian US government has shut down NASA after a disastrous Mars mission, so it has to start nearly from scratch on an ambitious effort to save a fraction of humanity by building a slower-than light star ship. The project calls on all the resources of the US, spending money like there is no tomorrow because, well, there really isn't a tomorrow if the project doesn't succeed.

    The US government wants to insure that only its supporters are on the voyage, but dissidents work to infiltrate the project. Lots of good intrigue.

    The Good: A big idea. Not a totally new one, but reworked well with today's ideas of feasible technology for a star voyage. The voyage seems reasonably possible given current and attainable technology. The politics is, unfortunately, all too plausible. There is plenty of adventure to pull the story along.

    The Not So Good: (1)The character are generally pretty generic. That's okay for me because I read science fiction for the ideas and the adventure, but if you need intricately developed characters, you may find this book frustrating. (2)There is a section set on Earth after the star ship gets underway that doesn't seem to go anywhere and just meanders to a close. It may be setting up something in the next book, but I felt the need for closure there. (3) The author should have more fully closed the door on one other option: sending people into space to wait out the collision and its aftermath, then coming back down to resettle Earth when the worst of the devastation is over. After all, if you can spend over a hundred years flying a star ship to another star, you could spend the same time in solar orbit waiting for the problems from the impact to settle down. I suspect that the planet would take too long to recover to the point where it would be inhabitable, thousands or tens of thousands of years, but the author needed to close off that possibility. (4) Given the scenario in the book, I suspect that governments would put a lot of resources into trying to save some part of humanity on Earth. Yes, surviving that kind of impact would be extremely difficult, but people would undoubtedly try, collecting long-shelf-life food and scattering it in deep underground sites, along with gene banks and collections of easy-access/long shelf-life books to help any survivors rebuild. If you can build a star ship, you can build self-contained, terrestrial habitats powered by fusion generators, buried deep enough that if they are far enough from the impact they have a chance of riding it out. Even that wouldn't work, trying to do it might keep people focused on the effort and avoid social breakdown.
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  • Curious Frog
    5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, enjoyable, comfortably cozy dystopian sci-fi filled with hope
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018
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    This is a sci-fi cozy - something you can pick up and get lost in with a nice cup of hot tea. It's a well-written, comfortable tale that keeps you wondering what will happen next and which of the multiple characters, interesting on their own, will meet. I rarely buy the rest of the books in a trilogy when I receive the first one free because there are so many authors to explore and I watch my budget. But this book caught me; I purchased the trilogy because I really had to know What Happened Next.

    Also, I appreciated the lack of vulgarity. Good job from this author. If the trilogy is as enjoyable as book one, I'll move on to Saga.
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  • Hailey Teusink
    3.0 out of 5 stars The Premise is Great but the Execution could be Better
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020
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    Pros: Pretty solid premise plot-wise, I'm not sure how cliche it is or not but I liked it. I liked the whole part where they sent the children up and I don't know if that was because I wasn't expecting it?

    Lots of congrats for being able to make an entire two series out of this universe!!

    Cons: Unfortunately, I still had enough of it around chapter ten. If technological advancements can create starships in a short amount of time, so can accessibility. Your ableism is nothing short of hypocritical: everything from implicity condemning Neurodivergent people to assuming all physically Disabled people are useless.

    Even the most progressive of circles I have seen forget about ableism, and politics be damned, I still wouldn't recommend this book simply because some of the ableist ideologies and privileged premises it takes. It's simplily unrealistic to expect perfect conformity to a specific brain type, body type, etc. even in instances such as these, especially when books such as yours make people like me feel UNSAFE enough that we often mask as neurotypical or able bodied.

    Mister Christensen: shape up or ship out. Pun not intended in the slightest. You might learn a thing or two from Corinne Duyvis's "On the Edge of Gone," to apply to other future books.

    That aside, I've also seen many minor typos. Usually this was words like "the," even though sometimes objects or names would be misspelled or inconsistent and it made this book a but harder to read.

    I wish there was more description I guess, although I'm more used to things such as "as xe glanced around her eyes landed on the pine tree, its evergreen branches blowing in the wind....the small reminded xyr of the holidays," or similar. I could (probably) get used to your writing style.
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  • Gilles D
    1.0 out of 5 stars poor sci-fi
    Reviewed in France on September 11, 2019
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    I'm an avid SF reader but this book just bored me and I don't understand all those positive reviews. I really tried to enjoy it though, but closed it for good at around 40% -- seeing it's only 250 pages long, that tells us something. It's awfully non original; the story has been seen again and again (a coming catastrophe forcing humanity go seek refuge in the stars), the characters are very flat and not developed at all, the writing is meh and the scientifc grounds are shaky. The author tries to depict an authoritarian world but alas that also is a fail as she doesn't take the time to set it up correctly (and how could she in merely 250 pages?). All in all, we're left with the impression that the writing was time bound and very rushed.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
    Reviewed in Canada on January 23, 2018
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    Loved the writing and story, excellent science fiction with interesting characters. I like the way the book is going and look forward to reading more
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  • shreshta pv
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great start!!
    Reviewed in India on October 25, 2018
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    The way of narration is just awesome!! The characters and the incidents are live before our eyes. Enjoyed it thoroughly!
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  • Krolock
    5.0 out of 5 stars All that I wanted!
    Reviewed in Germany on August 18, 2014
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    I searched for a story that deals with a comet, asteroid or else colliding with earth and mankind therefore building an ark and find another planet.
    I found the novel to be the right from the beginning and I enjoyed the reading.
    It is an "realistic" story and even if much can be predicted (because it is based on scientific knowledge) there is enough suspense.
    I am looking forward to the second Trilogy book.
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  • Matilda Scotney
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
    Reviewed in Australia on October 1, 2017
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    A really enjoyable story. Very much looking forward to the next installment. I feel like the people matter to me.
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