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Dissonance: Aurora Renegades Book Two (Amaranthe 5) Kindle Edition

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Know this: you need not be afraid. They own the fear. They fear us because they believe we are powerful, and they are correct to do so.
The technology behind Project Noetica is on the loose. Prevos—individuals and AIs sharing a single body—are spreading across the galaxy. Now two opposing but inexorably related forces, the Order of the True Sentients and the Zelones cartel, led by Olivia Montegreu, threaten to plunge the galaxy into chaos.

OTS believes Prevos are monsters who endanger humanity, and it intends to destroy them by any means necessary. Underworld despot Olivia Montegreu, now a radically enhanced Prevo, is its doomsday warnings made flesh.
As society splinters from within and the Earth Alliance falls to reactionaries, a formidable new player emerges on the galactic stage, one not afraid to do whatever it takes to protect all sentient life—human, Artificial and Prevo.

The Metigen surged forward to engulf her in light. I see you, Alexis Solovy.
A galactic playground where the Metigens harness the elemental forces of space to destroy entire star systems. An alien species those same Metigens shelter from a terrifying enemy. Alex and Caleb’s exploration of the portal network reveals profound mysteries, but each one leads to more questions.

Killers and saviors. Deceivers and protectors. Destroyers and creators. Could the Metigens truly be all these things? The search for answers leads Alex and Caleb to the most shocking revelation of all—the true face of the enemy.

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It is a time of accelerating technological change and shifting allegiances as the old rules fall away and the old balance of power is upended. A new world rises—one of unshackled AIs, indestructible starships, ethereal quantum spaces and potent new weapons—and the race is on to determine who will control its future.

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Starshine: Aurora Rising Book One (Amaranthe 1)
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Exin Ex Machina: Asterion Noir Book 1 (Amaranthe 11)
Medusa Falling: A Cosmic Shores Novel (Amaranthe Book 20)
The Thief: A Cosmic Shores Novel (Amaranthe Book 21)
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"Secrets and twists and revelations! Oh my! While the
Aurora Rising trilogy was centered around war and conspiracies, the Aurora Renegades trilogy seems to be centered around secrets. Lots of them. Or should I say...revelations. When you're done reading, just sit for a minute and think about the fact that this series is barely halfway over, and let that sink in. This story is HUGE, and it gets bigger with every book." -- EJ Fisch Book Reviews (reviewing Dissonance)
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"G.S. Jensen magically weaves a wondrous tapestry that pulls us in and spurs us across a galaxy of her own making. As slaves to her whims we are taken along for a ride of intrigue, murder, adventure and a bit of romance. All woven so completely that she sucks you in head over heels, leaving her readers salivating for more."
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Starshine...smoothly weaves together multiple story lines with intrigue, murder, adventure and even a bit of romance." -- The Best Sci Fi Books, naming Starshine 14th among the 23 best sci-fi books by female authors in the last 50+ years
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"[A] brilliant trilogy "Aurora Rising" by G. S. Jennsen. You are thrown into action and suspense from the start and the plot of the story unravels at a satisfying pace, all the time giving the feeling of deeper and even more nefarious revelations to come. [I]t's the characters who really make or unmake a book, and here Jennsen really shines...The
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"This book might be the perfect set-in-space science fiction book. That's [a] bold statement with things like Hitchhiker's Guide roaming about, but I feel that strongly about it. Jennsen is one of those magical authors who make you forget you're reading."
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2016
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G. S. JENNSEN lives somewhere in the U.S., in a locale that may or may not be where she lived the last time she published a book (she’s a gypsy at heart), with her husband and two dogs. She has become an internationally bestselling author since her first novel, Starshine, was published in 2014. She has chosen to continue writing under an independent publishing model to ensure the integrity of her stories and her ability to execute on the vision she has for their telling.

While she has been a lawyer, a software engineer and an editor, she’s found the life of a full-time author preferable by several orders of magnitude. When she isn’t writing, she’s gaming or working out or getting lost in the mountains that loom large outside the windows in her home. Or she’s dealing with a flooded basement, or standing in a line at Walmart and wondering who all these people are (because she’s probably new in town). Or sitting on her back porch with a glass of wine, looking up at the stars, trying to figure out what could be up there.

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Customers find the storyline engaging with intrigue, drama, and plot twists. The book keeps readers engrossed and interested with its immersive universe. They praise the writing quality as awesome and well-done. Readers appreciate the well-developed characters with multidimensional personalities and diverse representations of masculinity and femininity. Overall, customers enjoy the series and consider it an excellent continuation.

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Customers enjoy the engaging storyline. They find the two distinct yet intertwined storylines exciting with intrigue, secrets, and drama. The plot twists and turns keep readers hooked as the saga continues. The book is action-packed from beginning to end, and the trilogy is well-received.

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"...She could put out a classic I'm sure of it, and the trilogy is really good. And I think she can do better, she is just getting rolling...." Read more

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Customers find the book engaging and thought-provoking. They appreciate the immersive world-building with different factions and intertwined plot. The characters are well-developed and the story is exciting with a complex plot.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2016
    Dissonance, the second in the Aurora Renegades trilogy and the fifth overall novel in the Aurora Rhapsody series, follows two distinct yet intertwined storylines. We continue to follow Alex and Caleb as they explore a variety of alien universes. At the same time, we witness a deadly game of chess being played back in the Aurora (human) universe. The large cast of main characters move in a dance of politics and violence that many will not survive.

    The aspect of GS Jennsen's novels that make them so enjoyable is the incredible characterization. Every point of view character is a delight to follow. One of the most common issues I find in a series with a lot of POV characters is that I will have one or two favorite characters and then every chapter with one of the other characters is just a dreadful side not that I need to get through to get back to my characters. In Dissonance, we do not even get a glimpse of the two primary characters until the 15% mark of the book. The fact that I was loving the book and felt that I was not missing anything up until that point goes to show how well developed the cast of characters is. Even the two POV characters that I detest were still fun to read. I may have spent the duration of their chapters hoping for another POV character to come in and kill them, but I still loved to hate them.

    In the Aurora Universe, we get to see Miriam, Olivia, Mia, Malcolm, Richard, and so many more amazing characters continue their struggle for power and survival. As always with Aurora books, there is just the right amount of political maneuvering in this installment. As the battlefield of intergalactic powers continues to evolve and grow in complexity, we start to see the clusterfrak that is bound to happen in book three between these powers. The cultural and technological (r)evolution is really amping up and I find myself constantly trying to plot out possible routes for these plots to take.

    The storyline following Alex and Caleb falls in the more philosophical, contact-with-aliens type of science fiction. We get to meet more alien races and even revisit one or two from previous novels. The best part of the expanding mythology of the series is that it does not negate or invalidate the events of the Aurora universe. Too often in novels the scope of the story zooms out to show that everything previously has just been the equivalent of a fishbowl in the real world. The issue that follows is that if the story zooms back into that fishbowl, everything that happens in the fishbowl feels wildly insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Who cares if there is a mean fish killing all of the other fish in the fishbowl if there is an apocalypse out there in the real world? GS manages to keep the importance of the events in the Aurora Universe at the same level despite the widening scope of the mythology and story. The peril and triumph of the Aurora characters feels just as real as the experiences of Alex and Caleb.

    A large part in my enjoyment of novels depends on the predictability of events. Dissonance scores exceptionally well in this regard. In terms of the prevos, especially Alex, I have been able to follow along with their evolution about two steps ahead of the story. This is not a bad thing because Im just drawing on past science fiction novels to see find the logical next steps in the story. 3/4 of the way through Dissonance, I narrowed the progression of the Alex/Valkyrie storyline down to two possible outcomes. I guess we will see if I got it right in the third book! As for the BIG revelation, I only manage to figure it out a paragraph before it was revealed, which is much later than Im usually able to guess reveals.

    As a Sociology major and Women's Studies minor, I am always looking for representations of diversity in novels. The one area of GS Jennsen's novels that I feel a wee bit dicey on is race. Jennsen has decided to create a society where race/ethnicity is no longer a point of oppression and domination. At the same time, races have blurred over time to the point of being inconsequential. While this is a possible evolution of race, and a pretty nice sounding one, I have concern over the end result when this book is being read by people in our society. We live in a white privileged society, and we are going to read this book with all of our implicit racist socializations. When I read all of these characters that are supposed to be a mix of races and cultures, I end up defaulting them all to white in my mind and I assume I am not the only one that this will happen for. In addition, wiping away all privilege and and disadvantage without commenting on them allows these issues to continue on our own society unchecked (I suggest doing a google search on color blind racism to see where Im coming from with this point).

    Despite this concern I have, Aurora Rhapsody continues to score pretty well on diversity. We never have a shortage of incredible women doing incredible things. Not only are there a lot of powerful women, they are all very different from each other. We do not get the short stick of the cookie cutter bad ass woman here. There are a lot of representations of masculinity and femininity throughout the cast. As for queer representations, we have gotten another queer power couple (wooooooo!!!). I won't spoil who gets together, but it is a pretty awesome development. There have not been any transgender characters introduced (or at least this aspect of any characters has not been acknowledged). Hopefully at some point we will see this issue touched on in some way in the future. Class divides were touched upon in earlier novels and those themes continue here. Class is especially prevalent in the short story Solatium (read that by the way. Apogee too. Before you read Dissonance. Do it now).

    If you have not gotten it yet, my point is that you should read the book, it is amazing.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2016
    This is a new author that I think will go far. The technical aspect is cool, the plot is cool, and there is character development, and intelligently written. I hope she keeps putting out a lot of books. I also enjoy them on audio! I'm being cautious giving it 4 stars rather than 5. To me, a 5 star book is Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, and other classics. She could put out a classic I'm sure of it, and the trilogy is really good. And I think she can do better, she is just getting rolling. I don't know what her other reviews are, from the people that put out the Nebula Awards and such. But she is not to be passed over.
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2016
    This is my new favorite book in the series. Definitely.

    Alex and Caleb continue to explore the Metigen portals and pocket universes, making lots of new and interesting discoveries along the way. Meanwhile, other characters in the Aurora universe are left to deal with new threats on all sides as humanity struggles to decide what should be done about the Prevos.

    For the first time, I think I actually enjoyed the parts that didn't focus on Caleb, Alex, and Valkyrie more. Not that those parts weren't great too, because they definitely were, but there was just so much going on in Aurora that I couldn't seem to turn pages fast enough. I was thrilled to see Olivia wreaking havoc everywhere she went. She's always been one of my favorites so it was fantastic to see her become the incredibly formidable enemy we always knew she was but never got to see on such a large scale. She's an incredible villain and I love her for that. I think I may have said this about Sidespace as well, but I really loved all the social issues that were explored in this book related to the creation of even more Prevos and how that added to the conflict. I'm excited to see how all of that will play out in the next book.

    Alex and Caleb's parts of the story were also very well done. It was interesting to watch them slowly piece together the Metigen's motives and the last few pages, where we finally get some long-awaited answers, definitely promise an intriguing continuation of the series. I also really loved some of the conflicts that were explored between Alex and Caleb. It's nice to see a couple portrayed so realistically, with realistic arguments and frustrations with each other. They still love each other, clearly, but it's always nice to see some believable conflict in fictional relationships because obviously that's how real life relationships are.

    Taking all of the epicness of this story into account, I can definitely say that this is my favorite book in the series so far. Thanks again, G.S. Jennsen, for writing an awesome book. I can't wait to read more.
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  • Jenessa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 16, 2017
    I'd say my only problem with the book is not taking time to read more often! Fortunately it was pretty easy to catch up & remind myself what had been happening prior to putting the book down (Darn life getting in the way). Really enjoyed getting more in-depth with the characters. I like the summaries of all the books at the end as it's good to see certain things again, e.g. where the word Prevos came from :)
  • Terry D
    5.0 out of 5 stars Genuine award-winning sci-fi
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2016
    **** As with ‘Sidespace’, I received an Advance Review Copy from GS Jennsen ****

    The future role of the AI and Artificials – despite the critical role they played in defeating the Metigen invasion – adds another level of intrigue, political manoeuvring and friction between the various elements of Earth Alliance, Senecan Federation and the Independent Colonies. For much of the time this friction is contained although, occasionally, it spills over into violence.

    In the depths of space beyond the Metis Portal, Caleb, Alex and her AI Valkyrie encounter a network of multiverses and civilisations associated with Metigens, some benign, some enigmatically advanced, some highly aggressive. The evidence makes them wonder whether the Metigens are saviours or killers, protectors or deceivers, creators or destroyers – or perhaps something completely different, a species with an agenda of their own.

    As Alex penetrates deeper and deeper into the world of the Metigen she begins to suspect what, just perhaps, may be the fundamental truth behind these apparently all-powerful beings.

    Out of interest…
    Everything about ‘Dissonance’ – the events on the other side of the Metis Portal and those within the known universe – hangs together extremely well. With ‘Sidespace’ I was concerned that we were effectively dealing with two separate stories but, as GSJ commented in an e-mail to me:
    “Not being able to weave the separate plots together was a shame (for me, too), but the story simply demanded it. At one point I did consider telling the story in six novellas rather than 3 novels, knowing the paths would be separate for a while - but themes continue to echo across the parallel stories, and they'll reconverge for ‘Abysm’, so the novella structure wouldn't have worked for very long.”

    So, all we now need is ‘Abysm’ – and, according to GSJ, I should receive an advance review copy no later than June 23…
  • Julie Hawkins
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful read that left me wanting more.
    Reviewed in Australia on April 4, 2016
    When I read Starshine, the very first book by G. S. Jennsen, I was eagerly anticipating a wonderful story with amazing characters and a world I could get lost in. I found that and so much more. I formed a crush on Alex and Caleb, wanted to explore the massive, glorious world they exist in and bury myself in their adventures.
    But it got better. Along came Vertigo and Transendence and I was so in love with the characters, their story and their world I hated to see it end. It was a rip roaring adventure from start to finish and it was painful to let it go.
    But there was more to come. Sidespace took us in another direction, opening up more avenues and stories to follow, all the while continuing to build on what we already knew, keeping the familiar but expanding into the new.
    Then along comes Dissonance. And it gets better still. A concern with stories that carry over multiple books is that the author will lose steam and the story suffers for it. Not so here. The world is as fresh and alive as the very first time I encountered it. The characters have grown in ways I couldn’t have imagined or expected and it only becomes more fleshed out as the story continues.
    The tension, the mystery, the adventure and the people we already know and love are all here. But there is so much more. New worlds, new threats, new problems to face and these characters do it so well. I want to keep reading, turning the page to see what happens next. Yes you can read these books one chapter at a time but I dare you to try, see if you can put it down before it’s finished because they hook you in.
    It’s a testament to G. S.’s writing that she has kept that initial sense of wonder and anticipation alive through every one of her books. I want to come back for more. Especially after Dissonance where secrets were revealed and the story takes an impressive turn. There’s nothing like a reveal to make you want more and this does exactly that.
    I thoroughly enjoy every one of G. S. Jennsen’s books, including the short stories, and I eagerly look forward to what comes next. I’m sure it will be as engrossing as everything that’s come before.
  • Guy Marc GAGNE
    4.0 out of 5 stars Onward and upwards
    Reviewed in Canada on May 28, 2016
    For the newbies/virgins who may be contemplating this purchase - FORGET IT!
    The precursors are a sine qua non requisite for comprehension
    The series just keeps on making things more interesting and challenging for all,
    by that I mean readers and protagonists
  • Satchmo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Exciting and Smart
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2016
    The continuation of a fantastic science-fiction space opera that continues to get better with every release. Jennsen really ups her game and ramps up the tension in what has become my favourite new scifi series. Multiple universes, omnipotent aliens, fear of artificial intelligence, embattled politicians and military and organised crime.
    If you haven't yet discovered the Aurora Rising series, then you are in for a hell of a ride.

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