Steven L. Kent - The Clone Sedition

PRAISE FOR

Steven L. Kent

THE CLONE REDEMPTION

An exciting intergalactic adventure.

Sporadic Reviews

Fast-pacedFans of Ian Douglas, Jack Campbell, David Sherman, and Graham Sharp Paul should find plenty here to enjoy.

SFRevu

An awesome sci-fi story[Kent writes] his characters and story so well, as if readers are in the trenches fighting the bad guys right alongside the other soldiers. This is a story I enjoyed and would be willing to read again just to relive an alternate world of space wars, clone life, and the quest to save humans from an alien invasion.

Night Owl Reviews

THE CLONE EMPIRE

[Kents] dialogue is realistic, and his universe is well thought out and developed. The future he creates is both scary and fascinating. There is still a great deal of potential for development and exploration in future novels.

SFRevu

THE CLONE ELITE

Kent does a very capable job of rendering the difficulties, horrors, stress, and camaraderie of war through Harriss eyes. He also plausibly captured the internal conflicts, jealousies, and strong emotions within a military unit between superiors and officerseffective and entertaining.

sffworld.com

If you enjoy military science fiction, then this is the book for youfast-paced and hard-hitting. Punches, bullets, and nuclear bombs are not held back. The characters face hard choices and dont regret them after they are made.

SFRevu

THE CLONE ALLIANCE

Offers up stunning battle sequences, intriguing moral quandaries, and plenty of unexpected revelations[a] fast-paced military-SF book with plenty of well-scripted action and adventure [and] a sympathetic narrator.

SF Site

ROGUE CLONE

Exciting space battles [and] haunting, quiet moments after war has taken its tollMilitary-SF fans looking for stories that combine mystery, action, espionage, politics, and some thoughtful doses of humanism in exploring their not entirely human characters would do well to add Steven L. Kent to their reading lists.

SF Reviews.net

THE CLONE REPUBLIC

A solid debut. Harris is an honest, engaging protagonist and thoughtful narrator, and Kents clean, transparent prose fits well with both the main character and the storys themesKent is a skillful storyteller, and the book entertains throughout.

Sci Fi Weekly

The first sentence gets you immediatelyFrom there, the action begins fast and furious, with dark musings, lavish battle scenes, and complex characterizationsThe Clone Republic feature[s] taut writing and a truly imaginative plot full of introspection and philosophizing.

The Village Voice

A character-driven epic that understands that the best war stories are really antiwar storiesa smartly conceived adventure.

SF Reviews.net

Ace Books by Steven L. Kent

THE CLONE REPUBLIC

ROGUE CLONE

THE CLONE ALLIANCE

THE CLONE ELITE

THE CLONE BETRAYAL

THE CLONE EMPIRE

THE CLONE REDEMPTION

THE CLONE SEDITION

STEVEN L. KENT

THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP

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If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is

stolen property. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the

author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book.

Having grown up during the era of Muhammad Ali, Ive always wanted to write a novel about boxing. Last August, I finally put on the gloves, so to speak, and started writing.

Pleased with the results of that particular experimenta satirical novel that merged real boxing lore with four heavyweight champions of my own inventionI rushed the first fifty pages to Richard, my agent. He phoned back a few days later to tell me that while he admired my sports-writing abilities, the book was unsellable because no one buys novels about boxing. (For those of you willing to prove Richard wrong, the first third of the book has been released as an e-book called Long Live the Champion.)

Richard feared that I had lost touch with my readers. As his advice should always be taken to heart, I decided to spend the holidays working at my local Barnes & NobleCall it a paid internship. I met customers, stocked shelves, and received a first-rate education about the other half of the book business from people who genuinely know what they are doing.

One thing that I learned is that most people in the book-selling business are smart and well-read. With an increase in online sales and a growing apathy toward the art of reading, however, the business of selling books has become unreasonably difficult.

Steven L. Kent

January 5, 2012