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Terminus (Fringe Worlds #1) Kindle Edition

by Kevin Hardman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 1,217 ratings

Book 1 of 3: Fringe Worlds

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Master Sergeant Gant Maker was a highly-decorated and well-respected Marine - until his last mission left him as the sole survivor of an encounter with a vicious race called the Vacra. Served up as a scapegoat and drummed out of the military, he has since lived a life of seclusion with only an adopted alien as a companion.

Now the Vacra have returned. As the only person to have ever faced them and survived, Maker is reinstated in the Corps and given the onerous task of finding this enemy on a world located at the edge of known space. Assisting him is an unlikely band of military rejects, including a blind sharpshooter, an unstable psychic, and a genetically-engineered killing machine who refuses to fight.

Given that the Vacra have superior weapons and technology, Maker recognizes that his team is at a distinct disadvantage. But Marines are nothing if not resourceful, and Maker has an audacious plan that just may level the playing field – if it doesn’t get them all killed.

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The hero, in futuristic battle armor, faces off against enemies with advanced weaponry.

Sci-Fi Adventure at the Edge of Known Space!

Picturesque view of a massive ship in outer space with other craft and planets in the background.

Books in the Series

Terminus (Fringe Worlds #1)
Efferus (Fringe Worlds #2)
Ignotus (Fringe Worlds #3)

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Being the sole survivor of humanity’s first bloody encounter with the alien Vacra had cost Gant Maker his military career. But upon the Vacra’s return, Maker is reinstated and ordered to hunt this enemy down at the far feaches of space, assisted only by a band of military rejects, including a blind sharpshooter, an unstable psychic and a genetically-engineered warrior who refuses to fight.

More by Kevin Hardman

Kid Sensation series (Superhero Action)

The Warden series (Fantasy/Horror)

Three horizontal images showing, respectively, an armored space marine and two ships in deep space.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PIAD0V8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ I&H Recherche Publishing (November 11, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 11, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 413 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #609,785 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,783 in Space Marine Science Fiction eBooks
- #2,865 in Space Fleet Science Fiction eBooks
- #4,534 in Exploration Science Fiction

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The sixth of seven children, Kevin Hardman grew up with a love of all things fantastical: comics, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. If it was unreal or imaginary, he could relate to it. Over the years, he has found employment in a wide variety of professions, including - among other things - a stint in the military, working for UPS, in a research lab, as a waiter, and as a telephone survey taker. Somewhere in between all that, he found time to earn 3 degrees and foster his love of reading and writing.

He has always been a voracious reader, but recently crossed trade lines to become an author. Since then, he has published the Kid Sensation novels (superheroes), the Warden books (fantasy/dark fantasy), and the Fringe Worlds series (sci-fi). His titles are available in all formats: ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardcover. He is currently hard at work on the next book in each series, as well as the ongoing serial "Glimmerblade" - a dark fantasy story that's available on Kindle Vella.

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Max S. Cañez

Dang, this is one excellent action, military sci-fi book!

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022

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Suprising plot line, this went places that I did not see coming and is very well written and the editing is superb. No spoilers here but a particularly nasty and deadly alien race on the outer fringes of known space, secret mission out to investigate and a tough, but fair protaganist that I would follow into battle myself. This is the first of a series evidently. Could be a standalone book and thankfully does not end on a cliffhanger- ugh, I hate those. Great story, extremely captivating and entertaining.I highly recommend this book and this talented author. I look forward to reading more in this series.

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2015

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Great plot, great characters, great universe. Two problems though.
1. To short.
2. Protaganist is an idiot and doesn't match his reputation. He frequently gets distracted and daydreams in conversations. This supposedly decorated and veteran marine gets distracted in the middle of fights and needs to be snapped back to reality by others. This supposedly decorated and veteran marine gets tricked by a simple and common two pronged attack. This supposedly decorated and veteran marine needs a brand new marine on his first assignment to see through a disguise. He is supposed to be their leader but he has no command presence or confidence. He constantly demonstrates to his soldiers how not in control he is. He completely confides all his secrets in two civilians he barely knows, and when they show themselves to have no honor and be complete fools he does nothing, not even yell at them. They use the excuse of following orders to excuse not using their brains.

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Montzalee Wittmann

A.Great sci-fi adventure!

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019

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Terminus by Kevin Hardman and narrated by Mikael Naramore is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary. This is sci-fi adventure and the action starts right away and doesn't end until the book does! Love the world building, well developed characters, (my favorite is a very unique creature that is in the care of the main character), great action, the science fiction aspects, and plot. The crew is a weird version of Firefly! Lol! Loved it!
The narrator was excellent in performing all the various voices and emotions! Made me feel like I was there!

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Michael Malloy

Great sitting by the fire on a snowy or rainy day read. Very enjoyable.

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2018

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I give this book a very strong 4. I hardly ever give a 5 to any book so, from me this is high praise. I really enjoyed it. It was one of those books that once I started, I couldn't put it down. Good story line and good characters. I read it in one sitting. Keep up the great work and I will continue purchasing and reading your books. It is nice to read a sci-fi book that is not only interesting but actually has some humor in it as well. and also doesn't waste a lot of words on what is in the mind of each and every character in the book. Overall a great little read that I enjoyed very much. Wish I could give it a 5 but, i will tell everyone I know to read this book.

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Roger Fauble

Great read, looks to be a good series

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019

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Terminus: Fringe Worlds #1, my tenth read/listen from author Kevin Hardman & the first book in a series that looks to be excellent! I don't restrict my reading to any particular genre. Instead, I'm a sucker for anything with memorable characters & a story that keeps me on the edge of my seat until the end. Reminiscent of Michael Anderle & Sarah Noffke’s Ghost Squadron series and Isaac Hooke’s Forever Gate series. Narrator Mikael Naramore’s talented narration added greatly to the book’s enjoyment. I was given an Audible copy of this book & am voluntarily reviewing it. Since I own both the Kindle & Audible edition I was able to follow along while being read to. I have to admit there were times I sped up the book because I couldn't wait to see what happened next. Different than his Kid Sensation series I’ll be reading more from this author & look forward to the rest of the series! (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

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A decent space opera

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017

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Pretty good action. Characters were interesting, plot line was well constructed, and the book kept moving along. It was a set up for the rest of the series.

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Xanlthorpe

Classic Scifi at its Best

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2019

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A great beginning for the series with a well written storyline and an interesting and captivating cast. Good character development for Maker and the primary players. Great use of some theoretical science and I especially appreciated that at no point did the author attempt to create drama by subtracting known technology from a story segment.

Ends on a positive note with a defined promise for the next book.

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J W Wilson

I enjoyed this: good military sci-fi

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019

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Not earthshaking writing, but great plot, aliens, marines, enemies, and action. A fun afternoon and good enough that I bought the next book and will start reading after I close this off. There is a lot of awesome character development potential here, and I hope this story is just the beginning of an excellent series.
This is the first and only book I've read by Kevin Hardman, so far.

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Vera Poirier

Good

Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2023

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Recommend.

Edward Bell

great ending, a stunning read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2024

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I am no writer unlike Kevin Hardman. This book is true space opera in the manner of Heinman and Clark. A great read and a refreshing story with shocking twists.

Mary Conlon

Excellent story

Reviewed in Australia on December 30, 2022

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This story is very much character centric and the characters are great. The main character Gant Maker is everything a good marine should be. The crew he gathers around him are all fab characters in their own right. There is plenty of action but we are not awash in details about armour and weapons, or explanations about how the tech works, which can get tedious. It’s just a good shoot ‘em up, blow ‘em up yarn. There is plenty of spacefaring aliens and humanities own ‘hub’ of planets. Again not bogged down in detail of how we got there. Just this is where we are not let’s have an adventure. I am looking forward to the next book.

Old Soldier

Not bad but could be better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2022

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It certainly is worth reading as the start of a series. However readable it it is very fanciful and a little Marvel Comics.

Arkrite

I really like the author's other works

Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2014

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I really like the author's other works.
Sadly this one leaves me cold.

The main character is an extreme badass soldier with a pet that should be illegal but... isn't.
Honestly the main character is actually the weakest part of the entire book. He comes across as more of a Mary Sue than an interesting character. In fact the world seems to bend over backwards to avoid the main character getting serious long term repercussions.

In a military setting if you go against orders, repeatedly, you don't get a command position. You get drummed out of the corps.

Strangely the rest of the cast, who really fit the misfit motif, are actually more interesting by far. Sadly they don't spend much time in the lime light.

I would suggest Warden (Book 1: Wendigo Fever) or Sensation: A Superhero Novel. Both are by the same author but are far better and far more entertaining books.

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