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The Arks of Andromeda: A Darkly Humorous Space Opera (The Imperium Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition

by W. H. Mitchell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
"A quirky jaunt I would take again."

"The author’s lively dialogue and sense of humor are the book’s main strengths."

"The plot is complex, the characters are fascinating, the writing superb."

The Imperium is in turmoil! Seven centuries after the sleeper ships brought us to Andromeda, our human empire is plagued by war, intrigue, and a mysterious secret that may tear it apart!

Black sheep of the Imperial family, Prince Alexander finds himself thrust into a conspiracy to overthrow his father. Torn between a family that doesn’t trust him and a usurper from a family that wants him dead, the Prince must decide where his true loyalties lie.

Professor Jessica Doric, fired from her university job, gets hired by playboy Lord Devlin Maycare to search for rare xeno artifacts before the mega corporation Warlock Industries gets its unscrupulous hands on them.

Randall Davidson has dedicated his life, as member of the Robot Freedom League, to freeing robots from de facto slavery in the Imperium. But, once he succeeds, he finds the oppressed have become the oppressors.

A rich, complex set of stories set against the backdrop of the Imperium, from the richest nobles of the Five Families to the lowest dredges of the Underclass. Their adventures will take us to every crevice of Imperial society and beyond. In a galaxy where the strong rule the weak, it’s good to be strong!
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"A quirky jaunt I would take again.""The author's lively dialogue and sense of humor are the book's main strengths.""The plot is complex, the characters are fascinating, the writing superb."

About the Author

W. H. Mitchell is the author of the space opera series The Imperium Chronicles, including The Arks of Andromeda and The Dragons of Andromeda. With dark, dry humor, he explores the hubris of humanity through palace intrigues, mega-corporations, and occasionally confused robots. He has also written a humor book based on his tweets called A Little of Me Goes a Long Way, and a comic strip, A Frog Named Moss.

Born and raised in Omaha, NE, W. H. Mitchell has called Kansas City his home for more than a decade. With a degree in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mitchell's writing has been compared to "Frank Herbert through the eyes and voice of Douglas Adams." He currently lives in Olathe, KS with his wife and two cats.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074YB1G1P
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Willbot Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 18, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.8 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
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  • Book 1 of 6 ‏ : ‎ The Imperium Chronicles
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W. H. Mitchell is the author of the space opera series The Imperium Chronicles, including The Arks of Andromeda, The Dragons of Andromeda, The Robots of Andromeda, The Dreams of Andromeda, and The Elves of Andromeda. With dark, dry humor, he explores the hubris of humanity through palace intrigues, mega-corporations, and occasionally confused robots. He has also written a humor book based on his tweets called A Little of Me Goes a Long Way, and a comic strip, A Frog Named Moss.

Born and raised in Omaha, NE, W. H. Mitchell has called Kansas City his home for more than a decade. With a degree in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mitchell’s writing has been compared to “Frank Herbert through the eyes and voice of Douglas Adams.” He currently lives in Olathe, KS with his wife and two cats.

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Customers find the book engaging, with one mentioning it's never a dull moment.

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  • M. C. Hanover
    4.0 out of 5 stars A quirky jaunt I would take again.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2017
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    I haven't read a lot of science fiction, but I do enjoy the imagery produced by passages such as "The eight blocks along Emporia Street assaulted a person's eyes with electronic signs, three stories high, bleeding digital words and images from the roof down to the sidewalk." I also enjoy the author's humor such as when one of the characters, witnessing the destruction of a space yacht, notes this captain, more than most, "knew the effort that went into building a vessel. Now seeing it violently torn apart under his orders left him strangely empty. On the other hand, blowing things up was a lot of fun." I had no idea what to expect of a first novel, but this was quirky jaunt that I would happily take again. I look forward to the next in the series.
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  • M. James Cullinan, "startoter" and "sixpoints" my handles)
    5.0 out of 5 stars The good thing about this book is the number of events taking place and Get they are all connected. Never a dull moment.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019
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    The Arks of Andromeda have both good, bad and indifferent individuals all with their own purpose yet they will end up all in accordance with the Chronicles to follow. I enjoy the twist and turns that the author blends to make things both clear at times and then blurred at times. I found it hard to put the book down even though I was bone tired. I'm glad I found the book. Now it is on to the next installment. Grab your copy and enjoy the ride with me a so many others. Kool SY/FY is what I wanted and found it here. All 5 Stars from me here.
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  • BritMick
    3.0 out of 5 stars complicated read
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2018
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    This could be a interesting series of books, the first takes the reader in a lot of different directions all at once. A little difficult to keep track of what is happening
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  • Matthew B Veatch
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great first novel. Looking forward to the sequel
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017
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    Humans sent into space on giant sleeper ships survive, prosper, and form relationships amongst themselves and the other races they encounter. Robots of all levels of sentience serve the new republic, evolving to a point where some start to question their subservience. Alien technology enthusiasts compete with mega corporations for rights to new "discoveries". Swashbuckling pirates and stealthy assasins keep the action lively. Corruption and the divide between rich and poor has emerged over millennia in the new republic. The various plot lines weave in and out of each other nicely. Mitchell's characters stayed with me and I'm looking forward to what comes next for each of them.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars I was delighted with the interactive dialogue style enabling me to involve ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2017
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    Book Review: Joanna Baxter
    The Arks of Andromeda the Imperium Chronicles Book One
    By W.H. Mitchell
    I admit Mitchell’s novel is my first venture into the science
    fantasy genre. Consequently, I relished the information in the
    glossary and list of characters investing myself fully.
    I was delighted with the interactive dialogue style enabling me to involve myself
    by anticipating replies and giving me opportunities to mutter
    humorous asides to Mitchell’s droll wit and sarcasm. His intereactive style
    guarantees fast and energetic reading.
    Mitchell’s novel offers swirling action, specific descriptions,
    curious ethical dilemmas, and foreboding clues to his future work.
    Did I gain “psionic” mental abilities? Perhaps, but definitely more
    enhanced brain cells
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  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019
    It was ok, but way too many pov's. Sometimes more than one on the same page, seemed like every few paragraphs it switched to a different character, the story was ok, but with all the switching from one set of characters to another none of them really get enough time to be interesting.
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  • R
    4.0 out of 5 stars Book 1
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021
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    I love the idea of Colonization planets with sleepers prepared to start new on a planet far away. The book is mainly ruling politics of the various races trying to keep control plus androids, machines, and pirates involved. The book had so many threads of various characters all doing something or other to follow that it was easy to get distracted with other characters.
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  • Stewart F. Hoffman
    4.0 out of 5 stars An ambitious debut from W. H. Mitchell
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2018
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    This is an ambitious debut from W. H. Mitchell. He certainly likes to keep a lot of plates spinning that’s for sure! The Arks of Andromeda, covers a lot of ground: universe building, a plethora of characters, locations, and schemes (The character list and glossary came in handy). Sometimes it got a little confusing, but the various story threads are pulled together nicely at the end. The author’s lively dialogue and sense of humor are the book’s main strengths.
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  • Elara
    4.0 out of 5 stars Slow Burn Science Fantasy Space Opera.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2018
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    “It doesn’t matter whether there’s blood in your veins or hydraulic fluid, it’s everyone’s right to be free.”

    In a galaxy where humans have moved out from Earth and taken over, dominating all other races, the ruler of all is the Emperor, who always comes from one of the top five noble houses. But the present Emperor Hector Augustus is facing issues from both within his family and from their opponents. Whilst his son Richard is a reliable sort, his other son Alexander is a ne’erdowell, wildcard and his daughter Katherine has her own inconvenient ideas about marriage.
    Meanwhile, there is a competition in the hunt for alien xenotechnology between the grasping Lord Skarlander of Warlock Industries who is ruthlessly pursuing his own route to power and the ebulliently fearless Lord Maycare.
    Then there is the Robot Freedom League seeking to liberate self-aware robots from enslavement and promising them freedom as part of the Cyber Collective on Bettik ...
    This is a book which has a tremendous amount going on from the start. There is a real sense of a vibrant galaxy just waiting to be explored.

    ’The empress preferred to keep men like them around. They were both pleasing to the eye and handy if a jar needed opening.’

    What I Really Liked:
    - The humour. There are some very funny moments in this book, well woven into the overall fabric without feeling forced or bolted on.
    - The worldbuilding. A complex interwoven tale of political shuffling for advantage and the impact of that all the way down to street level. Both the impact in terms of the decisions made, but also showing how the way the ruling elite behaves sets the tone for an entire society.
    - The ethical question. The big question that ran through the whole book was whether sentient robots should have rights and the issues around truly independent self-aware AIs.
    - The writing style. This is fluent and fluid and makes the book really easy to read.

    “Your findings were amateurish, but your grammar was impeccable.”

    What I Struggled With:
    - The pace. To say the pace was glacial would be an understatement. In my opinion, the entire first half could have been compacted down to a couple of chapters to the benefit of the whole and would then have earned an entire extra star from me.
    - The story. Lots of things happened, but the way they were presented made them seem random and unrelated. There were even examples of repeating events from slightly different perspectives which slowed the whole even more whilst adding next to nothing to the reader’s understanding of the story. At halfway through the book, I was still not at all sure what the story was supposed to be about. After that, however, it gelled more and things took much better shape.
    - The extreme number of characters. Almost every chapter of the first twenty odd seemed to introduce a new character, some only appearing for that chapter and dying at the end of it. It made it impossible to figure who the main characters were supposed to be for much too long.
    - The presentation of the characters. They were all written in a very ‘distant’ way and we flicked between them at speed, making it hard for me to feel deeply involved with them or their issues. This meant I struggled to find any real stake in the story.

    Overall:
    A very slow burner of a book, until about halfway in, when the shape of the real story begins to emerge. It’s as if the author expected readers to be deeply invested in the world, the characters and the story from page one rather than trying to give them a good reason to be so. After that halfway point it becomes a much more involving read and the ending is very well done.

    Star Rating: 3.5

    Who Would Enjoy this Book:
    A lover of story-driven space opera who enjoys broad worldbuilding and the kind of book that slowly pieces together myriad separate tessera into the final overall picture.
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