Dusk [NOOK Book]

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In the year 2500, twenty scientists depart on a mission to explore Asha—a distant, uninhabited planet that may offer solutions to humanity’s many problems. But they arrive to find a faster ship delivered humans to Asha, and those humans defeated Earth in a civil war. With the war and a discovery of an inexplicable link to Earth’s past, they find Asha holds more mysteries than answers.
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Overview

In the year 2500, twenty scientists depart on a mission to explore Asha—a distant, uninhabited planet that may offer solutions to humanity’s many problems. But they arrive to find a faster ship delivered humans to Asha, and those humans defeated Earth in a civil war. With the war and a discovery of an inexplicable link to Earth’s past, they find Asha holds more mysteries than answers.
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Editorial Reviews

Ove Janssen
Dusk is an entertaining and captivating first novel by Ashanti Luke and I love the whole origin mystery at the bottom of it. Cyrus Chamberlain reminds me a bit of Colonel O’Neal in John Ringo’s Posleen series so if you like it or Ian Douglas Star Marines series you probably like this too.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940011348617
  • Publisher: Ashanti Luke
  • Publication date: 1/6/2011
  • Sold by: Smashwords
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 54,116
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Ashanti Luke was born in Richmond, Virginia.He studied writing as well as world history and religions at the University of Southern California where he received his Masters degree in writing.For several years, he worked in advertising and the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.Ashanti currently lives in Richmond where he is a professor of English, a personal trainer, and an avid martial artist.Other novels by Ashanti luke:Dusk
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They should have shot him where he stood. If he died here, there would still be hope—and hope was what had brought him from very different beginnings to this point. But if he surrendered, every gram of that hope would be lost.

Dr. Cyrus Chamberlain held the pistol in his right hand over his head with his fingers clearly off the trigger. Four elite soldiers settled in a modified phalanx and trained their assault rifles on him.

He should have been wracked with anxiety, should have been disabled by erratic breathing, high blood pressure, slowed reactions. But he was calm, his breathing in perfect sync with his heart rate. It was remarkable how losing a son could move the mind to places you could never have imagined when life went as planned.

"Drop your weapon we will finish you!"

The noise of the battle behind Cyrus muffled the voice of the soldier at the head of the phalanx, but his words could not have been clearer. Cyrus should have been dead or dying by now, but the soldier who was now repeating his threat was standing too far from the men in his formation. Cyrus realized he himself had pulled too far ahead of his own van, but the only chance any of them stood was him taking advantage of the chaos his own friends were causing behind him.

Chaos. That was not the right word. Chaos was what was going to happen in seven minutes if he did not make it to the ominous grey ship that was more than two hundred meters away. But that was what had to be done. The sun was setting them all, and that ship was the only way he, or anyone else he had grown to love in this forsaken place, would ever see the sun again.

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  • Posted September 14, 2011

    Excellent Sci-Fi

    The action drew me in right away, but there is much more here than that. The characters are very well written and well rounded and there is an overall attention to detail that draws the reader into the world. Plus, the story has very interesting surprises. This is a truly well done book, and I anxiously await the sequel.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 27, 2012

    Good Read

    I like this book very much. This is not one of those syfy book loaded with techno battle and epic battles to save mankind. This is about personal interreaction bettwen travelers on a space mission. Do not get me wrong there is techno stuff but I like that the story deals with space travel, the people you life behind and difficulties of a long flight deep into space. The chacters hold you with the story.

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 12, 2011

    Respectfully Disagree - The Action is top notch

    The martial arts may not be for some, but I think it is a fresh addition to the story. You won't read many books like this where good attention is paid to the physical events of the story. They worked very well for me and kept me engaged, although there was one seen that was pretty long, I think the fighting detail enhances the story and adds greatly to the suspension of disbelief; especially since the characters are so detailed and their motivations make sense.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 27, 2012

    Good Read, Great Price and Interesting plot

    I really enjoyed this book. The layout, with each chapter starting with a coversation between father and son, was a little confusing at first but really added to the story as it progressed.
    There is a lot of detail, a lot of action and a decent amount of character development.
    Anyone who really likes science-fiction with a well thought out plot will probably like this book.
    There are no intimate scenes and very little cussing.
    The only critism I can give is in the final chapter. After such a thought-provoking storyline, to have it end very shallowly and without an explanation of how the nemesis is going to accomplish what he set out to do is disappointing. Otherwise, a very good book and worth the read!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 18, 2011

    excellent

    the story line keeps you captivated. just read it.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 12, 2011

    Needs Major Editing

    The author got hung up on minute details of martial arts. Did nothing for the story line. Just bogged the whole tale down. The martial arts practice and fight scenes were just plain boring. Cutting about 2/3 of fight descriptions would greatly improve this book.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 25, 2012

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    Very well written. Overly descriptive in some parts, but I think

    Very well written. Overly descriptive in some parts, but I think it adds to the depth. The story is really about the characters and their actions. Emotion is very subtle and portrayed through actions rather than hitting the reader over the head with trite descriptions of what the characters are thinking or feeling. This is really a readers book and the author gives his readers respect and authority.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 25, 2012

    Hard to get in to

    I have a hard time tring to get in to it. The book is also very slow for me. I just went and bought a new book when I got to chapter five. Not reading another book by this person again.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 25, 2012

    Not my type

    The martial arts were too drawn out to the point i started skipping them. I never did understand certain main points. I will not read this author agian.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 16, 2012

    Intriguing

    The story is more about the people than about the adventure. More of a philosophical introspective with some interesting martial arts built in. As far as plot, it's no more than an interesting idea all throughout. But the characters really bring this to the top of my list.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 13, 2012

    Not your average sci-fi novel

    The characters are engaging, philosophical and all too real. I found myself drawn into the story and extremely hard to put down.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 11, 2013

    AQUACLAN!!!!

    Join aquaclan at water all results!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 10, 2013

    Larksong

    The Ace Team @ anaceteam… Macmoon Pack @ macmoon … Camp Half blood @ camphalfblood and halfblood … Hunters of Arremis @ silver bow … Vampire Slayers @ slayer … Willowix Animal Center @ domestic cats

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 10, 2013

    NO CAT RPS

    Harry potter @ hogwarts....Starwars @ battle of the stars....Dorm/orphanade @ the home....Beauxbaton @ Beauxbaton.....Vampire thing@ safety.....plz add

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 19, 2012

    Oops...

    I just forgot to post that the charcters drop the f-bomb alot, about at the middle.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 5, 2012

    Action packed fighting

    I congratulate the author on the use of various religious and cultural belief systems braided together. The fights left me exasperated although the level of detail was intriguing, it pushed my limits of patience trying to visualize each detail of each fight. I was sadden by the death of Six. The conversation between father and son was a great display of moral prowess

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 6, 2012

    Spiritflower

    Y did he shoot u in the head? What did u do?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 6, 2012

    Julie to trickstar

    Hi! Welcome to HE|| how may I serve you?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 6, 2012

    Rocky

    Flurp

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  • Posted May 2, 2012

    I had a really hard time getting into this. The concept is good,

    I had a really hard time getting into this. The concept is good, and I enjoyed the story line, but the action was WAY too much. I agree -- it bogged the story down a LOT. You could cut out more than half the book and lose nothing of the story line. And the switching between perspectives during fight scenes was really, really confusing. I'll probably have to read any sequels just because I've gotten into the story and like some of the characters, but I probably wouldn't read anything else by this author. I also agree that major editing is needed -- I found numerous typos and grammatical errors. Mixed feelings on this book.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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