"Plains of Exodus" is has a well developed setting but suffers from overly dull characters. It has pretty good worldbuilding but has a bit of a cliched story. It's an okay read overall.

Full review to come.
I deeply apologize, but life is a handful lately and I'm using all my free time to read, not review. I hope everybody understands.

"Planes of Exodus" eBook was published in 2018 and was written by Robert J. Burnett. This is Mr. Burnett's first published novel. 

I categorize this novel as ‘R’ because it contains scenes of Violence and Mature Situations. The story is set in the far future. Earth has been destroyed and all that is left of humanity has been surviving as refugees in an overcrowded galaxy. The primary character is Jonah Mactier, a young smuggler. 

Mactier accidentally stumbles across an incredible find while trying to evade Imperial vessels. He discovers an unknown system with a human compatible planet. Not only that, he finds a spatial conduit to the Andromeda galaxy. A galaxy that seems to be devoid of intelligent life. 

He returns to his home on Alterhome, one of the colony ships that house the remnants of humanity. He makes his way directly to his mentor Jamie Kiernan and explains his find. , There he meets Tyran deMuelles, Kiernan's new protégée, with whom he instantly falls in love. 

Kiernan, deMuelles, and Mactier then work together to bring humanity to their new home without alerting Imperial forces of their plan. Their effort is not without challenges. 

I enjoyed the 10+ hours I spent reading this 541-page science fiction story. I enjoyed this story and liked the plot and the characters. The Imperial forces seem far more inept than I would expect. The cover art is OK. I give this novel a 4 out of 5.

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The Earth is a dead planet with the human population living in massive star ships. Humanity is hoping to find a new home. Then smuggler Jonah Mctier makes an amazing discovery.


Plains of Exodus revolves around the hero Jonah discovering an unmapped planet. His discovery also includes a wormhole to a new galaxy. His discovery not only could provide a home for humans. It might give humanity power in the galactic empire. An empire that wants nothing to do with helping people who survived Earth’s downfall.

Author Robert Burnett crafts an interesting new sci-fi world. Our galaxy has been ruled by an empire for millions of years. Earth is a backward planet few care about. Until that is Jonah finds a new planet with resources the empire would like access to.

With the help of friends and family Jonah works to keep the worm-hole secret. Yet at the same time the all of humanity starts the trek to the new planet.

There is a fair amount of backstory about how the empire works. There is also the history on how Earth came to die. The author did a great job with trickling out that information as it was needed. Never in reading this book did I feel bogged down in a technical information dump.

Overall the story is a well-paced adventure. The ending is satisfying and could work as the jumping off point to more stories. Personally, I would like to see more adventures of Jonah as he explores the other side of the wormhole.

If you are looking for a good sci-fi read check out Plains of Exodus.

A free review copy of this book was provided via NetGalley for this unbiased review.

While not quite a space opera, the book has a classic S/F scope to it. The story was good enough, but did not always maintain my interest. I was pleased however that love story was not a distraction from the overall narrative.

There is so much I want to say about this book, but I'll try and contain myself. A little.

First off, I loved the premise and I really connected with the characters. Even some of the secondary ones when Jonah is "invited" to meet with the Emperor. The pace was good, never lagging longer than the reader needs to catch their breath. 'Baby' annoyed the heck out of me at first, but I kept reading. In fact, I've had a difficult time putting it down. It is a longer book, and I'm so glad.
Mr. Burnett, I do hope there's going to be a sequel to Jonah's story, because as soon as I find this book in print, I plan on buying it. It's that good.
Yes, really!

Unable to finish. The epub format provided by the publisher did not allow changing font size. I tried to read the very small print but could not continue. What I did read would make me think this would be a well thought out story line with inventive characters.

Great story holding you on the edge of your seat. This book show the ingenuity of Humans and their knowledge of survival. I hope that the author will write another story to continue on where he left off.

Plains of Exodus is high quality science fiction that features a relatable and intriguing main character, while raising thoughtful questions. There’s also enough action and suspense the keep the reader plowing forward.

Plains of Exodus by Robert J. Burnett, a well written far off sci-fi book. Earth has been destroyed and the galaxy is overpopulated already, Humanity has no place to go. A smuggler fleeing the Empire finds a stable wormhole to another galaxy and then the trouble starts.