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Amidst Alien Stars (Milijun - A Gripping First Contact Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Clayton Graham (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 98 ratings

An unbidden journey to a new world. A mind-bending search for intergalactic empathy. Will mankind ever understand the true meaning of the alien interactions with Earth?

Amidst Alien Stars, the standalone second book in a spellbinding First Contact series from Clayton Graham, takes readers on an interplanetary journey to a strange and dangerous alien world. Fans of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact, and Arrival will be captivated by this gripping tale of mystery, betrayal, and alien intrigue.

★★★★★ "There is world building of such depth and lush detail that you could almost feel it."

★★★★★ "Not only is this an exciting, action-packed page turner—I love the intelligence reflected, the witty dialogue, and the genuine depth in the characters’ emotions."

★★★★★ "Admirable world-building and the unsurpassable, indefatigable, drive of the human spirit to not just survive, but to thrive, power this engrossing sequel to the author's debut science fiction novel, Milijun."

Following their terrifying capture from their home planet, Laura Sinclair and son, Jason, lead a group of desperate humans in a bid to forge their own future, and that of the entire human race.
Aboard an alien space station, orbiting a mysterious planet in a strange new galaxy, they find themselves as collaborators in a breathtaking scheme of cosmic survival—for aliens and humans alike. But who can they really trust as they struggle to understand the challenging and hostile environment that holds them in a grip of iron?
To succeed, they must solve the puzzle of extraterrestrial races in the throes of a perplexing and historic conflict. But will that be a bridge too far?

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Saving Paludis: A Military Space Opera

First Contact Series:
Milijun
Amidst Alien Stars: Milijun Book 2
Alien Whispers: Conflict and Communion

Science Fiction Short Story Collections:
Looking for Life
Silently in the Night

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FIVE STAR REVIEW: There is lots of intrigue, action, conflict and subterfuge in this energetic book that follows on from the first book, Milijun, and although the first book no doubt sets out the history to the current story, it works as a standalone with enough explanations to provide a smooth transition. Jason clearly has a destiny and we follow his journey in this fascinating tale.
The author, Clayton Graham, has a real skill in developing characters from the abducted humans to the taciturn various alien beings, to even hinting at character traits in the robotic RNasias. The descriptive writing is excellent, truly painting a picture of this other world and its strange inhabitants in the reader's mind and transporting them to a realm where anything could happen and probably will. Clayton Graham has woven such an intriguing story with such believable characters that he must have an incredible imagination. There is such real depth to the story that one could imagine looking out on a clear night and seeing the glint of the space station amongst the stars.
I must admit I would not normally read this genre, but Clayton Graham has reeled me in with his other-worldly creation, causing me to say unreservedly that lovers of science fiction/fantasy will relish this one, and if they have not already done so, have them racing to read Book one also. Be prepared to leave the world as you know it behind and enter another where an alien could become your best friend or your worst enemy.
Amidst Alien Stars: Milijun Book 2 by Clayton Graham is highly recommended by Artisan Book Reviews - 5 Big Stars!

FIVE STAR REVIEW: Author Clayton Graham has created a superbly exciting sequel in the throes of deep space, which encompasses the best qualities of both space opera personal dramas and the hard science fiction of alien wars and political battles. On the one hand, you have Laura and her fellow humans, terrified and determined to survive, who are portrayed with realistic grit and terror, their atmosphere oppressive and dark. On the other, we look into the wider world of the races that seek to control those alien stars and the worlds that look upon them, with a plot structure that makes good sense and leaves lots of room for twists, disasters, and dangers of its own. In this combination, Amidst Alien Stars becomes a fully rounded work of science fiction that is sure to tick the boxes for many fans of the genre: a recommended read.
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FIVE STAR REVIEW: Milijun Book Two: Amidst Alien Stars is finally here. Laura Sinclair and her son Jason desperately try to navigate the dangerous planet where aliens threaten not only their survival, but the whole human race.
I encourage you to read Milijun: Book One and follow it up with Amidst Alien Stars: Milijun Book Two. Author Clayton Graham will capture your imagination, take you on an adventure with characters that are both human and alien, with a story so philosophical that it almost defies fiction.
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As a youngster growing up in the cobbled streets of Stockport, UK, Clayton Graham read a lot of science fiction. He loved the ‘old-school’ masters such as HG Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov and John Wyndham. As he left those formative years behind, he penned short stories when he could find a rare quiet moment amidst life’s usual distractions.

He settled in Victoria, Australia, in 1982. A retired aerospace engineer who worked in structural design and research, Clayton has always had an interest in science fiction and where it places humankind within a universe we are only just starting to understand.

Clayton loves animals, including well behaved pets, and all the natural world, and is a member of Australian Geographic.

Combining future science with the paranormal is his passion. Milijun, his first novel, was published in 2016. Second novel, Saving Paludis, was published in 2018. They are light years from each other, but share the future adventures of mankind in an expansive universe as a common theme.

The sequel to Milijun, entitled Amidst Alien Stars was released on December 1 2019. The third in series Alien Whispers: Conflict and Communion was published in November 2022.

In between novels Clayton has published short story collections 'Silently in the Night' and 'Looking for Life' where, among many other adventures, you can sympathize with a doomed husband, connect with an altruistic robot, explore an isolated Scottish isle and touch down on a far-flung asteroid.

He hopes you can share the journeys.

His web page is: https://claytongraham.com.au/

You can also follow Clayton on Twitter @CGrahamSciFi

His Facebook author page is at: https://www.facebook.com/claytongrahamauthor/

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Customers find this sci-fi novel engaging with plot twists that keep them reading, and they appreciate its well-written prose that can be read as a standalone. Moreover, the characters are complex, and the book provides sufficient information. However, customers disagree on the complexity of the story, with some finding it extremely difficult to follow.

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25 customers mention "Plot twist"23 positive2 negative

Customers enjoy the plot twists in this sci-fi novel, describing it as an engrossing and imaginative story.

"...series, I greatly appreciated Graham’s succinct preface and opening chapters which I felt was intelligently crafted to allow for the second book to..." Read more

"...around sixty percent of the way through, I found myself actually enjoying the story...." Read more

"...It was an interesting premise, well-written, and presents the idea/possibilities of what else is “out there” but it lost me a lot along the way...." Read more

"...The characters are quite well-drawn. The action is well-described, but the action is also somewhat mild, and it is also a little repetitive in nature..." Read more

17 customers mention "Writing quality"17 positive0 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, with one noting its flowing prose and another highlighting its imaginative use of language, while others appreciate that it can be read as a standalone.

"...The author, Clayton Graham, does a fine job in writing a compelling story with interchanging parts bathed in suspense and speculation with a New Age..." Read more

"...The prose is good and the imagery vivid. Somewhere around sixty percent of the way through, I found myself actually enjoying the story...." Read more

"...It was an interesting premise, well-written, and presents the idea/possibilities of what else is “out there” but it lost me a lot along the way...." Read more

"...I think it is sufficiently self-contained that it can be read as stand-alone, although the several references back to book one happenings that were..." Read more

11 customers mention "Character development"11 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, noting that the characters are complex.

"...a somewhat slow-moving reflective plot and with well-drawn characters in nature and emotion...." Read more

"...The author particularly gives very vivid descriptions of characters and events so well that you're able to visualize everything that is..." Read more

"...The alien characters are interesting but focused on their agenda to the exclusion of other considerations...." Read more

"...Overall, this book was well written and the characters were complex, it just had some issues that made it a bit less enjoyable for me." Read more

6 customers mention "Readability"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be a great read, with one customer noting it's a fine sequel to Milijun.

"...All in all, Amid Alien Stars is a fine sequel to Milijun and a very entertaining, although somewhat lengthy, read for sci-fi fans...." Read more

"...The first book in the series was really good, and I found this sequel to be a great addition to an already good beginning...." Read more

"...-provoking plot, Clayton Graham’s ‘Amidst Alien Stars’ is a brilliant novel—fans of classic sci-fi (Asimov, Clarke, etc.) will not be disappointed." Read more

"...Kudos to the author for a good book." Read more

3 customers mention "Information quality"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the information quality of the book, with one mentioning that the science facts are well-described.

"...There is enough data to understand all situation, and therefore it can work as a stand-alone...." Read more

"This is a unique novel with lots of complex situations and science facts described...." Read more

"...while I went back and read the 1st Book in this series, he gave enough information and back story that you didn't need to...." Read more

8 customers mention "Aliens"5 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the alien elements in the book, with one customer appreciating the intriguing interplay between alien agendas, while another finds the names and relations extremely complex.

"...Also, the aliens in this book have different races and there’s bad blood between two of the races, with one feeling the “dominant” race is unfairly..." Read more

"...There’s a lot of action, mystery, and conflict, both between the aliens and humans, who are being used as hybrids in order to space travel, and..." Read more

"This book was a great read. New concepts and alien contacts. Disturbing and thought provoking, with an undertone of hope." Read more

"...that will capture you interested and full of challenges and conflicts with aliens. Strange new planet to survive on and raise hybrid children." Read more

6 customers mention "Complexity"3 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the complexity of the book, with some finding it complex while others say it's extremely difficult to follow.

"...Speaking of people, Graham does an amazing job describing things...." Read more

"...It starts off a little confusing; the prologue introduces the storyline/does an overview of the first book in the series, however, the author is..." Read more

"...There's a lot of complexity, nuance and an interesting take on a subject that has been written about so many times before...." Read more

"...Unfortunately, their plan is not short of obstacles. Humans do not entirely trust their intentions...." Read more

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  • Stephanie
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book transports you to another world
    Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2020
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    Amidst Alien Stars thrusts readers into a foreign otherworldly setting where humans confront feelings of captivity by the Gliezan alien race while being housed on a space station orbiting an alien home planet known as Glieze. The story kickstarts readers into the confusions and tribulations of the humans being housed, allowing readers to slowly assess the backstory of situation that the humans currently find themselves in. Through a third person point of view, readers follow the story’s first protagonist, Laura Sinclair, and learn of the human’s perceived role in an alien-human hybridization program of which we find the humans to be extremely skeptical of to say the least. We discover that Sinclair’s son Jason, the story’s second protagonist, is what the alien race has termed as, “The First Seen,” and how this mother-son duo play distinct and significant roles in mediating between the interaction and dissemination of knowledge amid the humans and aliens while the human space survivors complete their purported mission of collaboration in galactic exploration with the Gliezans, set for an unsuspected amount of time before they are returned to Earth. The mystery of truth and trust between the spiritually advanced alien races and human race poses a conundrum throughout, while readers gain a deeper sense of character development as the plot thickens and the pressure is placed on the development of the hybrid children to be both physically and spiritually compatible to prove the experimentation and the future of human survival a success.

    The author, Clayton Graham, does a fine job in writing a compelling story with interchanging parts bathed in suspense and speculation with a New Age twist. Envisioning the different groups of characters - aliens, robots, and humans alike - was fascinating and I especially enjoyed the way that Graham portrayed the foreign entities as believable alien characters with a historical account of their own civilization. Although this is the second book in the Milijun series, I greatly appreciated Graham’s succinct preface and opening chapters which I felt was intelligently crafted to allow for the second book to hold strong as a standalone novel. The quality of writing in this book sparks enough intrigue and enjoyment to considering going backwards into the story and read the first book. I was impressed by the fact that while reading, my mind was begging for the storyline to be adapted into a motion picture. Graham’s descriptive writing in this outer-space Sci-Fi novel had me imagining how each scene, and the characters within, would look while interacting on the big screen. Thoroughly enjoyed, I highly recommend this novel especially if you are keen on being transported into another dimension.
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  • Guy Wheatley
    4.0 out of 5 stars If you like complex series with a lot of underlying lore, you will love this series
    Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019
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    I’m actually giving this a little better rating than my enjoyment would suggest. Let me start with my issues. This is the second in a series and I haven’t read the first book. I started out lost and stayed that way for more than half of the book. Secondly, the story relies on a lot of lore. Names and relations are extremely complex and it requires really digging into the history of the series to understand a lot of it. I like well developed characters, but I don’t have to go back to the primordial mud when the first single celled organism arose that would become the Rbuzen. (Yes, there is a little hyperbole in that last sentence.) Finally, the names of the races and individuals were similar enough that, already lost, I had a hard time of keeping track of the characters. I was never sure if the character was an alien, or robot. I realize that the naming convention is part of the lore and very important. I just didn’t want to put that much work into it.
    With that said, there will be some (many) readers who will love those things I disliked. There is as much here as you care to dig for. If you like these complex worlds, with loads of trivia, then this is a book for you. Surely you should start with the first book in the series. I’m pretty well certain it will make the second book more enjoyable. For you folks, this is likely a 5 star story.
    The prose is good and the imagery vivid. Somewhere around sixty percent of the way through, I found myself actually enjoying the story. If you like complex series with a lot of underlying lore, you will love this series. Like I said though, start with book one.
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  • Heath
    3.0 out of 5 stars Review on Amidst Alien Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2020
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    Amidst Alien Stars by Clayton Graham is a futuristic sci-fi novel about intergalactic aliens who abducted a group of humans to procreate a more sturdy hybrid species. It starts off a little confusing; the prologue introduces the storyline/does an overview of the first book in the series, however, the author is doing this with invented names/terms that are difficult to follow.

    The novel follows mother and son Laura and Jason Sinclair, as well as other humans who have been taken for the purpose of creating this new race and who long to return to earth, as imperfect as it is. While the aliens tell the humans that this durable new species is meant to create harmony and give them the ability to travel through space, the humans are suspicious of their hosts and and mistrust their motives.

    I stuck with this novel in the hopes it would get less confusing, but overall I found it extremely difficult to follow. The alien names, continents, peninsulas, characters, it was all very confusing. It also seemed like the characters asked a lot of questions; I understand maybe the author was trying to create that sense of confusion and tension, the problem is it felt like the characters never got answers, therefore, neither did the reader.

    It was an interesting premise, well-written, and presents the idea/possibilities of what else is “out there” but it lost me a lot along the way. I usually like the sci-fi genre but this was a little beyond my grasp—maybe others will feel differently.
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  • Kat W.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sci-fi content
    Reviewed in Australia on March 25, 2020
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  • Fifty Sheds of Books
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amidst Alien Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2020
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    Amidst Alien Stars is a thoughtful piece of science fiction that should appeal to lovers of the genre. The characters are well defined and they draw you into the story while the descriptions are vivid and paint a colourful picture of the author’s world.

    The story builds in mystery and intensity through the author’s excellent prose. Furthermore, there is an emotional depth to Amidst Alien Stars that is not always prevalent in science fiction.

    Although this is book two in the series it is sufficiently self-contained to read as a stand-alone.

    Overall, Amidst Alien Stars is an original and well-crafted novel.
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  • Meenaz Lodhi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!
    Reviewed in Spain on January 20, 2020
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    “Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.” -Nelson Mandela.
    Surprise after surprise! I was utterly confounded! This premise is so intriguing, so many riddles..I love it! The writing is smart, clear, and, at moments, really lovely. Extremely well written and chock full of intrigue, suspense, spies, murder and wonderfully descriptive characters, places and events. This novel is fast paced, exciting and edge of your seat stuff! Not only is this an exciting, action-packed paged turner - I love the intelligence reflected, the witty dialogue, and the genuine depth in the characters’ emotions. This is an impeccable, perfectly-paced, emotional and gripping read, with a fantastic world building. I hope there’s a sequel to this series, to see how the different types of aliens and humans interact in a devastated Earth.
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  • Mandy Parmenter (MP Book Reviews)
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great second book in the Milijun series
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2019
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    Laura Sinclair and her son Jason, plus a group of desperate humans abducted from Earth in the previous book awake among the alien stars somewhere else where they are trying to forge a new future both for themselves but also for those back home on Earth. However, they are not with the one alien race and so have to solve the riddle of the group of races they are encountering and try not to become embroiled in their historic conflict that seems to be as valid now as it was many years before. The problem is who should they trust (if anyone) and what is the real plan for the hybrid children that have been brought into existence? Add to that there is a constant worry in the back of their minds - will they ever see Earth again and get home?

    This is once again a complex story with many layers for you to dig through as you read this second book in the series - although you could get away with not reading the first one I really do think you need to read the first one to make sense of the events in this book as early as you can. I enjoyed the way they were sometimes working independently but were always working towards a common goal that would make sense of what was happening to them all. I enjoyed the mini-stories within stories that were very enjoyable. Well written it was very clear and easy to understand.
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  • Rebecca
    3.0 out of 5 stars Should have read the first book in the series first!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2020
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    I will say from the start, I should have read the first book in the series before launching straight into the second book. It has a great premise and as a science fiction lover I really appreciated the refreshingly different concepts, however I found the level of detail daunting and I struggled to get into the characters and plot. I do think if I had read the first book I would have enjoyed this book so much more.

    The idea that an alien race had created hybrid beings on a space station set a long way from Earth, with the aim of the human strengths complimenting the strengths of their race was interesting. Rather than the usual alien v human, to think that there could be partnership was really good. However, the humans, trapped on the space station and longing to return home, are seeking meaning and purpose as they fear for their role in the future where the aliens seem to hold all the cards. The adventure deepens as they seek answers and the stakes are raised.

    As I said, I wish I had read the first book as I may have engaged better with the main characters, Jason & Laura. I may have understood more of what they had already gone through and I may have felt less like I was wading through an overly complex narrative where I felt confused and lost. It often felt like I was jumping into the middle of something where everyone else knew the back story but me. So my strong recommendation is to start with book 1 to get the most out of this excellent premise and high quality writing.
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