Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: "The Cresperian Alliance" by Stephanie Osborn and Darrell Bain Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:19:02 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:19:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="01b9c840f6b08858b4b643fb12e5fbe3"; logging-data="4058351"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18pfCa4SgWAMkoIBo7+Bn4K4KaJ9Glmx1s=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZAomI8eX/6kSx21lCthvqWxFTkQ= Content-Language: en-US "The Cresperian Alliance" by Stephanie Osborn and Darrell Bain https://www.amazon.com/Cresperian-Alliance-Stephanie-Osborn/dp/1606190873/ Book number three of a three book space opera first contact series. I reread the well printed and bound POD (print on demand) book published by Paladin Timeless Books in 2010. Sadly, I do not think that there will be any more books in the series. Stephanie Osborn says that there will be a fourth book on her website but, it has been a long time. Have I mentioned that my first SF book love is space opera ? Have I mentioned that these books are about as pulpy as SF gets ? I love this stuff. As the Earth mobilizes to space using Cresperian technology, things are getting dicey. The Cresperians are awesome, friendly, and slow shape changers, even though their crashed starship survivors were abused on Earth. However, the other space aliens, the Snappers, that the Earth starships found looking for the Cresper home world have now found the Cresper home world and are looking for Earth. And the Snappers are not awesome. Yes, dicey ! BTW, the first book in the series was by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain whereas this book is by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn. The second book in the series is also by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Choice-Travis-S-Taylor/dp/1606190474/ Stephanie Osborn has a website at: http://stephanie-osborn.com/ My rating: 5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (102 reviews) Lynn