Jewel of The Stars - Season 1 Episode 1 - Earth's Remnant

Fantastic and entertaining story about an outer-space pleasure cruise that has to deal with the fact that their home planet of Earth has been invaded by aliens. Where do they go? What do they do? How can they survive? And what if the aliens get them too?Told from the point of view of three different characters, this book kept me engaged until the end, anxious to find out what happened. While some elements of the story are left open-ended (after all, this is only the first book in a series) enoug [...]

I am incredibly biased as this is my husband's book!!I read this beauty in a few hours and loved it ! Honestly I am hanging out for part two (hint hint).5 stars baby I love you!

Imagine this. You're on a pleasure cruise on a spaceship and you're hoping for a fun and relaxing time sightseeing among the stars. Then the captain makes an announcement to say that aliens have broken through earth's defences and you can't return. This is the fascinating premise behind this novella. The captain doesn't have any military experience and the ship doesn't have weapons that could protect against hostile aliens. Just as well there's a retired military commander and a weapons engineer [...]

Les Miller is the captain of the luxury cruise star liner, Jewel of the Stars. He has a starship full of passengers who are ready for the holiday of a lifetime. Having received a mysterious warning to stay on earth, Captain Miller can’t shake the feeling that this trip will be anything but normal.Braxton White has been dismissed from his position in the Royal Australian Space Navy. He is bored with earth and longs to go back into space. But the cruise liner is not what he expected. It doesn’ [...]

Judging by the title of this novella, this is the first in a series of stories based around the space cruise ship: Jewel of the Stars. Do read the short story, "The Fall of the HMAS Adelaide" before you read this as it will provide some background. You can access it for free from a link in this book. It's very short and can be read in 30 minutes."Earth's Remnant" was a fun read. It had an engaging story where cruise ship becomes battle ship and sufficient conflict between the characters and one [...]

Loved Jewel of the Stars - Earth's Remnant by Adam Collings. When the space cruise 'ship' Jewel of the Stars is diverted from it's normal first stop, Alpha Centauri, the captain and crew aren't too worried. But it soon becomes clear that some terrible is happening, and the only way to survive is to flee earth controlled space. No one on board is really equipped to face the situation, but each step up with their diverse talents, personalities and way of operating. Great start to a series that kee [...]

Great story! Collings has developed excellent characters which the reader can really relate to.Civilians and trained crew alike are thrust into an unexpected future, when news of earths take over reaches the cruse ship they are aboard, in deep space. Passengers were hoping to have a pampered holiday on the newly refurbished ship 'Jewel of the Stars' when disaster back home strikes.People need to step up and grasp the paradigm shift, if they are to survive and allude the alien invasion. It become [...]

I am so glad that I offered to review this novella. This is the author's debut novella being published outside of the three anthologies where his other short stories are published.Jewel of the Stars is a wonderful, engaging, novella! Pure entertainment with 100% science fiction space opera action and adventure. Collings has created a world of the future that is very much believable. It seems to be right at the front door of our reality. It would not surprise me that going on a space cruise for a [...]

Jewel of The StarsI love this. Let me say it again: I love Jewel of The Stars. I have read so many books this year and there are only a few that I think should be made into a movie; this is one of them. Maybe I need to write to Netflix and tell them how this awesome book would make a wonderful movie. I can't wait until the next episode. Aliens and humans trapped in space is my kind of story. I'm in heaven.

I've known Adam a long time so I won't claim an unbiased review. I was afraid I'd not like the book and have to find something nice to say, but I need not have worried. Interesting premise, good pacing and a number of characters that work well together. I look forward to the next one!

Adam David Collings first entry in the Jewel of the Stars series is solid start. The story combines The Love Boat with Star Trek in a novel way. The character interactions are well-written and there's little techno-babble compared to other stories I've read. The pacing was a little too fast. I understand the idea behind the series is that it's written like episodic television but the characters need more development to get to where this book ended. I'd like to see this book either expanded or br [...]

I liked this story and look forward to future installments. There's definitely more to explore and more characterization to be fleshed out. The descriptions are good and probably very helpful for people with vivd imaginations (I suck at conjuring up visuals to go with descriptions, so I can never hold that against any writer). Braxton and the captain are the most interesting characters to me, but I think Haylee will touch the most people's hearts. The aliensn, those guys are monstrous, both phys [...]