{"id":10138,"date":"2024-03-12T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T03:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=10138"},"modified":"2024-03-16T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T18:06:44","slug":"book-review-kiranis-secrets-of-the-universe-by-ronald-a-geobey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-kiranis-secrets-of-the-universe-by-ronald-a-geobey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Kiranis: Secrets of the Universe (Kiranis #3) by Ronald A. Geobey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kiranis: Secrets of the Universe, <\/em>by Ronald A. Geobey<\/p>\n

Temple Dark Books, 2023<\/p>\n

ISBN: 9781739749248<\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/p>\n

Buy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The saga continues\u2026<\/p>\n

The third volume in the Kiranis<\/em> series, Secrets of the Universe <\/em>continues the far-reaching galactic odyssey.<\/p>\n

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As in the previous two books, it is staggering in scope, and takes place in an entirely new era, with a new slate of characters.\u00a0 However, while the series is still a very good read, it\u2019s starting to feel like the foundation may be trembling a bit. Adding more detailed explanations to certain parts would certainly help shore the story up.<\/p>\n

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The basic idea still revolves around the hidden planet Kiranis and the fate of Earth, although the Garran race and their planet, Sieltor, play a part also.\u00a0 A couple of the characters from previous books do play a part, Cassandra Messina being one, and as always, the prophet Naveen flits in and out of the story.\u00a0 Having a new cast of characters is good and bad in this case: lt allows for a whole new dynamic group of characters, unfortunately just as we got used to the last batch (it\u2019s a shame Sam Vawter didn\u2019t make it back in, he was one of the best characters). At face value, the story is excellent, and as always, adds new items that play a crucial part of the story.\u00a0 In this case, this includes the Barrier as one of the big ones, and the new spaceship drive that appears to be powered by the sun.\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot of dialogue in the book, but also a number of large space battles: the author certainly has a flair for creating them with a lot of ships, and a lot of destruction.<\/p>\n

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As good as the story is, it might be getting to be too much for some readers, I\u2019ve never read a series with a scope as large as this one.\u00a0 It would help to explain a few things a bit more: the author tends to insert new things from his imagination (and they are well-imagined), but they just appear without narrative paragraphs to really clear them up.\u00a0 While things start to make sense as the story progresses, it would help to offer more details up front.\u00a0 The Fate Lines are a prime example, I\u2019m still not really sure how those work, and how the characters use them.\u00a0 The Barrier is another example: it was not in the other two books, and some background would have helped, as it is such a big part of the story.\u00a0 There is a lot of mental, psy-type material in the book, it\u2019s tougher to grasp than tangible things.\u00a0 Clearing these areas up would help propel the story to the next level.<\/p>\n

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Bottom line?\u00a0 It\u2019s still very good and worth the read for fans of the series, but could use a few tweaks at this point for clarification, so readers don\u2019t get totally blown out of the water.\u00a0 Recommended.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/p>\n

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