Discovery of the Saiph The Saiph Series Book 1 eBook PP Corcoran
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A lost civilisation, a trove of underground secrets, and a daring mission outside the solar system. Can the Terran Republic navigate a galaxy on the brink of disaster? A riveting journey for fans of military sci-fi.
In the near future humans can travel to the stars. Instantaneously.
The Marco Polo leads a human expedition on its maiden voyage outside Earth's Solar System when the ship’s scientists detect power readings they are alien and emanate from Planet III... a wasteland which suffered a devastating nuclear bombardment many thousands of years before. Deep, under the surface of Planet III archaeologists excavate an alien library, a rosetta stone of sorts, and are astonished to unlock its secrets with human DNA. They quickly determine that the Saiph, a race of unknown origin, have left a guide to survival, survival against a merciless enemy called the 'Others'.
They need technology. They need allies. Most of all, they need heroes.
Humanity and their allies battle for their very existence in the first instalment of PP Corcoran’s classic space opera saga. If you like intrigue, electrifying action, and interstellar warfare, then you’ll love PP Corcoran’s series starter.
The Saiph Series comes highly recommended from fans of the Honor Harrington and Lost Fleet series, the works of Jack McDevitt, The Mote In God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle, Asimov and Arthur C Clarke.
Discovery of the Saiph The Saiph Series Book 1 eBook PP Corcoran
I picked this book up because I love military sci-fi and Corcoran incorporates his own experience in the military with his books.That being said, I had to take a break from this book about half way through. I realized I wasn't enjoying it when they were having their first battle against the Others (enemy alien race) and I was bored. I took a long break from reading it, came back to it and then finished it. For me it didn't really pick up until the alliances with other species came into play. When it was just humans versus others, I didn't really care. It wasn't until we teamed up with other friendly races that I actually started caring.
Part of the problem, for me, is the lack of character depth. I'm not saying the characters were one dimensional, I'm saying that we don't get to know the characters well enough to really care about them. A lot of times it felt like just saying someone's name and occupation was supposed to be enough to make me care about them. Other times it felt like there were so many names, ranks and occupations that it was hard to keep characters straight.
Once the other races came into play, though, I was fully engaged. I'm not fully sure I know why other than that it felt like it was no longer just "us versus them". It finally felt like there were actually other worlds to learn about, other cultures to learn from, and more.
I really appreciated Corcoran's sense of humor that came into play at good moments. I loved the contrasting ideas about "appropriate greetings" between the cultures. I really liked that economics and population were factors. There were plenty of technical aspects of expansion, exploration and war that were addressed that made it feel more real. My only problem is a lack of connection to the characters.
Overall, I can really only give this book a 2.5. I had to make myself finish it and it didn't pick up until late. I doubt I'll pick up any more books in this series.
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Discovery of the Saiph The Saiph Series Book 1 eBook PP Corcoran Reviews
Could not put this down, up all night reading. Fantastic plot,a great story with interesting characters, all the hard science and military action you could want. The writing is excellent and clean. I can see this as a movie or a series.
Action and adventure galore. This story has no main protagonist but follows the entire planet as it's people find their history and expand in space. On the way they find an enemy, but they also find two allies and a possible third. Excellent work, and I look forward to acquiring the rest of the series.
This has to be one of the best SciFi books I've ever read, and I've read a lot. The writing is clear, the characters nicely developed, the action dramatic and the pace fast and even. All this makes the book an easy read. Corcoran has incorporated splendid technology elements to provide the detail ensuring credibility without slowing the pace at all. That is amazing. This is a different approach to the future of humanity and space travel with regard to other civilizations. I got this book free, but I'll be buying the rest of the series.
All in all, I highly recommend this book to readers of SciFi and those interested in the future prospects for humanity.
It wasn’t really a bad book. The story line was interesting and the characters fleshed out nicely. Problem was, the book just seemed to drag on and on. At one point I just put it down because I was just plain getting tired of reading it. On a lighter and probably a somewhat anal note one thing that really bugged me was that you’d think Corcoran had to pay for commas. There were hundreds of instances where a comma should have been used and wasn’t. I know I’m being kinda picky but a lot of times I had to back up to figure out what the sentence meant. Thought I could just ignore it but kept telling myself “Should’ve used a comma there” and with that happening almost every other sentence it really kept me from enjoying the book as much as I could have.
The story itself was interesting. But, personally, it feel it suffered from too many jumps from character to character. There was no clear-cut main protagonist.
Also, the time-lines seem too elastic. Events which clearly took place hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of years in the past are juxtaposed with current events of the recent (decades to a few centuries) past.
I read this book for the subject. Military science fiction paired with first contact with alien races is always interesting.
Earth has recovered from almost destroying itself. Humans have begun colonizing the nearest planets when a means of faster than light travel enables exploration of planets farther away. This leads to the discovery of the existence of an energy signal located inside of a sterilized planet. Further investigation uncovers an alien library left by a race of beings called the Saiph. Their language is deciphered and humanity learns that it is a seeded race, one among just a few, whose DNA was influenced by the Saiph in an effort to leave something of themselves before the enemy they called the Others exterminated them. Earth's collective forces, now in the form of a republic, determine that it's best move would be to use the newly discovered technology in the Saiph library to create a larger and more militaristic space fleet to determine if the Others still exist and also the status of the other seeded races.
New ships and their crews are sent out on specific paths to find out if mankind has any five fingered cousins. The good news is that some are existing at different levels of development. The bad news is that the Others are still roaming around, for unknown reasons, bent on killing off any planet whose technology reaches a certain level.
The way humans use the new technology they come across is fascinating because they are not fighting over it. The near extinction experience has tempered their need to win at any cost although the politicians are still at each other's throats.
The descriptions of the space ships in terms of size didn't help me to visualize them I'm afraid but every thing else was great. There was even a little romance. I am off to read the second book and would invite anyone to read this series with me.
I picked this book up because I love military sci-fi and Corcoran incorporates his own experience in the military with his books.
That being said, I had to take a break from this book about half way through. I realized I wasn't enjoying it when they were having their first battle against the Others (enemy alien race) and I was bored. I took a long break from reading it, came back to it and then finished it. For me it didn't really pick up until the alliances with other species came into play. When it was just humans versus others, I didn't really care. It wasn't until we teamed up with other friendly races that I actually started caring.
Part of the problem, for me, is the lack of character depth. I'm not saying the characters were one dimensional, I'm saying that we don't get to know the characters well enough to really care about them. A lot of times it felt like just saying someone's name and occupation was supposed to be enough to make me care about them. Other times it felt like there were so many names, ranks and occupations that it was hard to keep characters straight.
Once the other races came into play, though, I was fully engaged. I'm not fully sure I know why other than that it felt like it was no longer just "us versus them". It finally felt like there were actually other worlds to learn about, other cultures to learn from, and more.
I really appreciated Corcoran's sense of humor that came into play at good moments. I loved the contrasting ideas about "appropriate greetings" between the cultures. I really liked that economics and population were factors. There were plenty of technical aspects of expansion, exploration and war that were addressed that made it feel more real. My only problem is a lack of connection to the characters.
Overall, I can really only give this book a 2.5. I had to make myself finish it and it didn't pick up until late. I doubt I'll pick up any more books in this series.
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