This was a complex and confusing story.
Far too many names and coincidences made this a hard read for me.
Overall a disappointment.

This is a good book. I really enjoyed it. The characters are well developed and the story is packed with action and adventure. The author does a great job delivering a story with a solid plot and interesting subplots.

As I began this novel it seemed as though I had mistakenly taken up a YA book. The author has a penchant for using silly almost childish names for alien species and individuals. Hard to see what the point of this is. This is written very much like a historical background to a greater world history. This is a good premise for a story but the author strays and uses long conversational dialoges that are unnecessary.

Excellent sci fi world-builder

I opened this book expecting more of a space opera but what I got was a serious science fiction novel.

I thought the space opera was what I wanted to read right then but I was wrong - I became thoroughly engrossed in this book quickly.

This book is a long, intricately woven story. It starts with criminals from six sentient populations across the universe (including humans) being sent to serve their sentences on the prison planet Rijel 12. At first, prisoners serve their sentences and then are sent back to their home planets. But after a while they ended up being used as slave labor in the mines on Rijel 12 and dying there.

This is a story of rebellion, battle tactics, brotherhood, group dynamics, leadership, and freedom. The story spans many years and features many interesting characters.

I enjoyed it very much and highly recommend it.

I received this book from Chandra Press and the Independent Book Publishers Association through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

A racous science fiction adventure. I'm always on the look out for new sci-fi authors and I was not disappointed with King Everett Medlin. This was a highly entertaining read.