God. Speak. [NOOK Book]

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Overview

In an age when mankind has uncovered the secrets of creation, the first exploratory mission to the dense inner region of the galaxy still carries with it untold risks. The mission crew finds the truest test of courage comes from having to face something terribly familiar in a distant and lonely place. Can the finest parts of the human spirit can survive understanding the hierarchy of gods?
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Overview

In an age when mankind has uncovered the secrets of creation, the first exploratory mission to the dense inner region of the galaxy still carries with it untold risks. The mission crew finds the truest test of courage comes from having to face something terribly familiar in a distant and lonely place. Can the finest parts of the human spirit can survive understanding the hierarchy of gods?

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940000725702
  • Publisher: Frank Buchan, via Smashwords
  • Publication date: 10/11/2009
  • Sold by: SMASHWORDS - EBKS
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 6,776
  • File size: 1,015 KB

Meet the Author

I am a computer programmer by trade, and own a business that absorbs between 200 and 300 hours a month; I have a wife and young daughter, and for two days a week to I get to be Mister Mum. Those are the best two days of my week, and being Mister Mum is about the only thing I need to be good at any more. I am further blessed in that working for myself, I can be available for my daughter the other five days when required.

I also have five cats, all of them demanding attention whenever the mood strikes them, which is expressed with a vengeful disregard for me that only a cat could express while still retaining its sense of dignity – all other creatures would be deeply ashamed of themselves. Oh, how I wish I were a cat.

Though I write obsessively, life being what it is, I haven’t enough time to dedicate to making the stories letter-perfect. Editorial work falls by the wayside too often, and what I end up with are, at best, rough gems. The first book I posted here was priced as an experiment, and will be free if I can ever proof it again, since my gut feel is that eBooks will never be an economic force in my lifetime, at least for writers. All other books will be free, because it is the only way I can forgive the inability to proof them as they deserve. It reduces the sting of knowing there are some errors in them; and it recognizes that, realistically, few people will actually pay for any product if they can get a similar substitute for free. I have no illusions about my talents as a writer, and know that while I am better than some, I am never going to be the best -- that honour will befall someone new every few hours.

I appreciate hearing from readers who have the ability to be ruthless as required, and kind as inspired. Anyone who wants to, can contact me via twitter or my blog. If you wish a personal reply, combine an email address with some patience and I will do my best. I do ask for polite communications, though. If you're so angry you need to swear at someone, or belittle someone, feel free to direct that toward the actual cause of your grief – my time is too short to expend it fighting pointless battles with strangers and those types of communications end up in my junk mail where they belong. That I even have to write that reminds me how unpleasant contacts made via the Internet can be.

Some day, perhaps, I will win a lottery and have the resources to seek editorial perfection in my work; but until then I will still publish what I can, because it is a compulsion that cannot be denied.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating 3.5
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 8, 2011

    GREAT!!!

    Now, I'm not a SciFi reader, and the technical stuff had me wavering in my interest, But damn, this book is EXCELLENT!
    I LOVE the banter between Steven (main character) and Angus, I found their conversations incredibly enjoyable, and I was even smiling while I was reading!
    As others have said, you fall in love with the characters, as each one has great development throughout the plot. It gets very philosophical and makes you think and question, which is a great thing. Thank you Mr. Buchan for a great story.

    5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 8, 2011

    Definitely worth reading

    Great book. Very well written, believable sci-fi with great character development. As an avid sci-fi reader, this is most definitely one of my favorites.

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 24, 2011

    Loved it

    Could not. Put the nook down!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 8, 2011

    Excellent read - well-developed characters

    Well-written and gripping storyline. The concept makes you think about the scientific as well as the theological viewpoints presented in this story. His characters are well-developed without being tedious. You actually feel for them all through the story, making the "survivors" afterword very poignant and emotional.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 5, 2011

    Philosophical

    This book reminds me of that viral email. The one that says you can read a jumble of letters on a page and make sense of the words so long as the first and last letter of the word are in their proper places. The science in this novel is astoundingly pronounced, but inexplicably, I understood the content. And just when I thought the pseudo-philosophical dialogue was bordering on the tedious, some honest character interaction was embedded in the text. I dare say I even shed a bit of a tear at the end.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 16, 2012

    I LOVE this book!

    Absolutely could not put it down! Read through twice, loved it both times. Lovable and loathable characters. Totally drew me in emotionally and intellectually! I cried like a baby while reading the last chapter.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 1, 2011

    Classic Science Fiction, Indeed

    During the sixties, while my friends were buying Archie comics, I was swiping my oldest brothers science fiction. This story reminds me of the classic scifi. Hard science, great and flawed characters, evolving story and a tragic yet uplifting ending. Excellent read. Thank you, Mr. Buchan.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 7, 2011

    Well worth reading.

    The book started out a little slow but picked up a few chapters in. By this time I was involved with the characters and had trouble putting the book down. The science is good enough not to be distracting (as a physics major, bad science can ruin a novel for me) and the characters are fleshed out enough to care about them. The plot, as I mentioned earlier starts slow, but the action picks up, and in the end this could be considered an "action thriller." Overall, an enjoyable and somewhat thought provoking read. I will be looking for more from the author.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted July 11, 2011

    more from this reviewer

    Great story

    This book has been one of the best reads in science fiction I have had the pleasure of reading to date.... so good that i spent the weekend on the couch enjoying it.... The worst of the story was it ended.... kudos to the author for a great piece of work!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 16, 2011

    Worth Reading

    As another reviewer pointed out, the book does start slow and technical, but about a third of the way through, all that technical stuff comes into play and makes for a very good book. Great character development and a lot of action with a very believeable ending makes this book worth reading.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 30, 2012

    Three stars

    Three stars

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 13, 2012

    No

    Might be a good short story as perhaps the original was but does not work with hundreds of pages of drivel.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 29, 2012

    Interesting

    Well developed plot and interesting charactors drive this novel! I agree with an earlier reviewer that i almost quit reading when my eyes crossed and my mind was confused by the technicallity of the math and theoretical science, but the plot drew me back in. More realistic than a majority of science fiction is written today.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 11, 2012

    Psyisascam

    Psychiatry and psychology are ripoff scams run by greedy for revenge.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 26, 2012

    POSIDEN CABIN

    POSIDEN ONLY

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 19, 2012

    Good read

    Nice flip at the end

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 22, 2012

    GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    Ggggggggggggoooooooooddddddddd

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 13, 2012

    Overall: Boring

    Started good, very different from what I've read so far. I enjoyed dialogs, but later they become too much. Story was not evolving and dialogues - just not interesting. This book couldn't keep me reading. After more than half of book I gave up.

    This book was very slow, so maybe shorter version with less of pointless dialogues would be better.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2012

    Bookbeauty

    It sounds realy gooooood

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 2, 2010

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