Scorpio

Frontlines: Evolution, Book 1

By: Marko Kloos

Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle

On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion discovers that the greatest world-ending dangers aren’t behind her.

It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

But the tenuous hide-and-seek with the monstrous species known as the Lankies is about to come to an end for Alex and her close-knit crew of soldiers, techs, and friends. When a salvage operation goes catastrophically wrong, the Lankies home in on the humans.

With hopes of a rescue long faded, all Alex has left is will—and the fear that there’s so much more to lose.

©2023 Marko Kloos (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Kloos has created a believable universe and a fast-moving story of resilience, rescue, and reintegration that reads like a combination of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War (2004) and Andy Weir’s The Martian (2014).”—Booklist

“Kloos is well on his way to becoming one of the genre’s best assets.”—io9

“There is nobody who does [military science fiction] better than Marko Kloos.”—George R. R. Martin

Same universe different target audience.

Couldn’t get into this book. Enjoyed Marko’s other books in this universe just not this one so much.

A beautiful start

Firstly, the narration is fantastic as well as superb writing.

This is a fantastic start to a new series and I love the new perspective we are getting to see here. This series is going to be a great addition for any fans of Marko Kloos, so buckle up.

excellent continuation for the series

just as good as the previous books in the Frontlines series. Alex is just as well written a character as Andrew was, and it's refreshing to get a new point of few in a universe that I love. if you enjoyed the Frontlines series this book will not disappoint

Really good continuation of the story

I was sad that Andrew's story ended, but it was time and made sense. this was a great story and I'm excited to see where it goes.

Glad I stuck with it

This story was a roller coaster for me. It started out slow, picked up speed and became downright scarry in spots, and then had a long smooth drop to the finish. I was ready to stop at the scarry part, but perservered and it was worth it.. I wish there had been more of the dog though.

The next generation at the sharp end

Good opening for a new series; I expect at least the same attention to character and technique building as 1st seies.

Another good book

Carrying on the story from a different perspective. Would be awesome to have guest appearance of Luke Daniel’s voice with Grayson making an appearance. Hopping maybe the second book.

Enjoyable story and worth a listen, but...

To start I have to say I did enjoy the story and I will listen to the next story in the series. However, it kinda felt similar to Marko's other stories. Alex Grayson and his dog. I hope the series deviates from the similar plot lines.

Meh - Not Really Science Fiction

Not a terrible story, but it's not really military science fiction. The protagonist is a young female on a colony planet that was taken over by Lanky's, an extra large alien species. That's about all you get on the antagonist. They're big and alien. The whole story is really the main characters survival story, which was pretty flat.

A touch Feely view of science fiction

If you are into personal interactions and not science fiction this book is for you