Deep Black: Titan Chronicles, Book 2

Fun, fast-paced and adventurous as the first book. Led by likable characters that explore an existence that could be reality. It is always enjoyable to explore another’s imagination and end up accepting the experience.

The storyline continues with some interesting and unexpected plot details. The changes kept me interested and wanting to read more. The characters are good, but not really developed deeply.

Sam, I enjoyed both Infinite Sky Books 1&2. I'll confess the story, characters, and your attention to believable SiFi hooked me. As I finished the second, I want to read another branch off of this series.What makes this series such a fun read, is how you writing creates a vivid image as I read. It's believable, within the boundaries of our technology, makes you imagine and think how close and how far we are to realizing space flight at this level.I signed up for the news letter, in anticipation of your future books.Chris

Just the kind of book, I like, to while away my idle hours. Worth a read but don't expect an Epiphany.

The most glaring scientific error was the author's description of the Saturn/Titan system. At the start of chapter 16 he places the astronauts at a distance from which Titan appears to be the size of a tennis ball. From the same position they observe Saturn as a bright point of light with little blips on the sides because of the rings. That is a fairly accurate description of how Saturn appears from Earth through a decent pair of binoculars. At a distance from which Titan has the apparent size of a tennis ball, Saturn would be the size of a large beach ball, not a bright little dot in the distance. This kind of rudimentary error in a supposedly “hard” science fiction book is hard to excuse. Another place the author drops the ball is on his description of the gravity on Titan’s surface which is in fact only a fraction of (not 1.5 times) that on Earth. The author conflates gravity and air pressure.But, since the story itself is quite imaginative, it makes for an interesting read nonetheless. For me, I found it more enjoyable to view it as fantasy rather than hard scifi. Think Marvel comics rather than Arthur C Clarke.Some other imponderables: 1) the Navy flotilla that takes control of the research facility in the Gulf of Mexico is under the command of a colonel. This is implausible given that the Navy has no such rank as colonel. 2) Somehow, the act of taking over the facility by force confers upon the colonel ownership of the facility. So far as I know, the government does not grant military commanders ownership of any cities, towns, bases or facilities they subdue. 3) The company that funds, plans, and executes the mission to Titan populates the crew with: two commanders, neither of whom is clearly in charge; crew members who are totally unaware of the mission; other crew members who have a mutually antagonistic relationship with one of the commanders as well as each other. Is it even remotely likely any organization with the resources to carry off such a project would be so careless in its crew selection? An author more concerned with plausibility would have arranged it so these antagonisms evolved during the mission rather than have them exist from the beginning.That's why I suggest you think of this as fantasy rather than science fiction. It's closer to "Avengers" than to "The Martian."

It is not often one can find a really good novel with no hidden agenda's or cultural appeasements. Unless it's really hidden, I didn't find these things with this one. I read for fun. I read to escape. It frustrates me when I have to gloss over and endure an author's personal commentaries peppered throughout what would normally be a good piece of writing. I didn't see any of that in this book (or in the first book of this series). I loved this novel! It is well written and fast paced. Just the right amount of humor and a believable cast of characters (not marred with the unrealistic "warrior princess" or "macho hero"). Just normal characters! No climate change plugs or religious stereotypes. Just plain solid science fiction. Bravo Samuel Best!

These were some of the best, most “ human”, & least “ high speculative” sci-fi gobbledygook, incomprehensible tech novels I’ve ever read. The suspense runs high, the characters are “ real “ people & the conclusions are extremely satisfying. Highly recommend, & personally , am eagerly awaiting the 3rd book in trilogy

A lot of unanswered questions remain at the culmination of this series to date. After the birth , those left behind and controlled fold space. Guess will have to read the next installment to find out. Was able to visualize the environment and was a worthwhile read.

A nice combination of hard science fiction with personalities and some fantasy thrown in. I need more, and would like to finish this three part series.

I finished reading Mission 1 a few weeks ago and was really looking forward to the next one in the series. Happily did not have long to wait as the next episode was published this month.Reading this is like watching an sci fi action film but better as you are closer to the action and have all the backstories from book 1. I would love to see an Infinite Sky movie, a tv series would be marvellous too.I love the characters and the science, can't wait for book 3 and find out what will be happening next, will we find out what happens to the 2 adventurers?Your books are ace Samuel Best

I enjoyed these two books immensly and am looking forward to the next book. dont forget toread the first episode!!

A great sequel to Mission One ,a Fantastic story I am hoping for a 3rd book in the series do yourself a favour and read both books

Read the book from cover to cover on the release date. Fast action and certainly kept my interest. As a fan of "hard science fiction" I could quibble with the details. IE I checked the surface gravity of of Titan and found it to be about 1/8 of earth, so the characters' antics on this moon would not be possible as described. But, it was fun and I enjoyed it, so that's what matters. Good to see there's a book three in the works. Mr. Best left several interesting options open to explore.