Galactic Breach

Book two in this series. Republic Marine Recon Lieutenant Magnus has been stranded on an alien planet. They are enemies of the Republic. He has crash landed on the planet with a Republican Senator, his wife and daughter. The senator was killed in the landing. They have been captured by and alien force and taken prisoner. The warlord knows of LT. Magnus from a prior encounter and respects him. Magnus helped someone the warlord respects like family. From this prior encounter he agrees to help Magnus locate and rescue Marines taken prisoner from another warring clan on this planet. Slowly through battles they have fought in their respect for each other grows. Brothers in arms. Friends. This is an amazing read full of action, intrigue it has it all! Enjoyed immensely!

Piper = Prisma
Aywen = Mother Ree
Abimbola = Okindo Bombassa
The Admiral = Casper
Muldark = Goth Sullus
The Senator = Kael Maydoon
The Jujari = The Ghee
The Indomitable = The Indelible Six
TO-96 = Ravi
The Unity = The Quantum
Charge Mags = Charge Packs
Magnus = Chunn
Ezo = Garret Glover, grown up and pretending to be Keel (not wraith)
Valerie = Andien Broxin
OTF = KTF

There are some notable characters missing (or haven’t yet been introduced), including SIlas Devers. But They’ll probably pop up in subsequent books.

All that said – this is not the worst book. R. C. Bray does an amazing job of narrating the audio version, even though he wasn’t necessarily given much to work with.

Ruins of the Galaxy was a pure Masterclass in the Mil Sci-Fi genre, with exceptional characters, providing gritty, powerful and detailed stories of the 79th Recon Republic Marines attempt to get their asset to a meeting with one of the most feared species in the Galaxy for peace talks, and the extraordinary events that followed when these talks are decimated by multiple terrorist bombs.
Galactic Breach, part 2 in the series, had a lot to live up to as the sequel to one of the best Mil Sci-Fi books of 2019, and it does this easily, being just as outstanding, if not better than the original story.
At the end of Ruins, the story arc had split into two main streams, and this continues in Galactic Breach.
We start by following Magnus, still technically a Lt with the 79th Recon, even though he has bio-tech eyes, as he has not been formally removed yet. Magnus somehow not only managed to survive the events in the Mwadims tower, but also kept Awen alive, and together the two of them escaped Oorajee, thanks in kind to a warlord known as Abimbola, who had a debt to Awens family. He organised transport with a Scoundrel (I can only think of a type of Lando Calrissian type character when I think of Idris Ezo), for Awens escape and return to Worru, where she was to be debriefed about the events on the Jujari homeworld.
Without giving too much away, Magnus ends up back on Oorajee, going to find the rest of his team, as there is intel that they are still alive. With little to no support, he turns to the one person he knows will help him, and can get the job done, and one of the best characters in this series Abimbola!!
I dont want to go into too much detail about this section of the story, as I dont want to ruin it for anyone, but needless to say, when Magnus and Abimbola join forces, hell hath no fury like an enemy scorned!!
What follows is some of the BEST action sequences I have every read, from chapter to chapter, you are seriously just glued to the page as they fight to achieve their goals. The descriptive writing is just so intense, you not only feel like you are running, sitting or flying along with them, but that you can smell the burning flesh of dead enemies, the ozone of the weapons, and feel the heat coming from over-worked weapons. It is gritty and powerful, and whilst it is obviously Sci-Fi, it is written so well that it has a very strong realistic feel to it. The Authors have provided real depth in their portrayal of these scenes, showing the brutal truth of close combat warfare with a race of incredibly powerful canine creatures from the depths of hell. If you want to read a truly masterful bit of combat writing go no further.
On the other side of the coin, we have Awen, Ezo, Sootriman and T0-96 who are through the looking glass so to speak, having jumped through the wormhole to the other Galaxy in hopes of finding something special.
They have indeed found something special, a very old and amazing city, that has unfortunately been abandoned for centuries, the inhabitants, long dead, or maybe evolved into a higher life form. For now, at the start of this book, this leaves our intrepid explorers trapped on the other side of a wormhole with no way to get home. What is worse is, there is a hostile force that has followed them, that wants them dead so that they cant tell anyone about what they have discovered.
The complexity and sheer detail of the world-building that has gone into creating not just this particular piece of the story (which in itself is just totally mind-blowing), but all the different aspects of the story, from the Jujari, to the Luma, (Sure, everyone has pretty little space marines but not as cool as Magnus), but the attention to detail, and the quality and meticulous nature of the story writing is just extraordinary.
It really gives the story a whole extra level, above and beyond what you normally expect with this sort of story, and makes it that much more enjoyable.
Supporting all of this, is some exceptional character writing, both in the Main Characters Awen and Magnus, but also all the secondary characters. Abimbola is just extraordinary, so much fun, and yet so serious, especially when it comes to his men. He is very lighthearted, unless you insult his work ethic, or something else he holds dear, then look out, otherwise, he is just a full on laugh, adding a comical element to a book that could easily get too serious or lost in combat sequences.
Ezo is similar, but has Sootriman to keep him honest.
The character development, in this book and series is clever, creative and makes for captivating reading, they are just enthralling
Overall, this is just an incredible book, from the quality of the characters, to the depth of detail, and the raw, gritty and superb battle scenes that leave you slack-jawed, and in some cases, re-reading them as you are not sure you read it right the first time round. This will be a series that is remembered for a long time, make sure you have read (or listened) to it, as you will not be disappointed.

Galactic Breach picks up from where book one finished and I have to say, while I have come to the Ruins story a little late, I am glad I have discovered this series. Chaney and Hopper have written a story that is expansive, filled with interesting characters and plot that is…ok, well is totally awesome and I just wanna know what happens next. I like the adventure – the finding out interesting things, getting to the bottom of a mystery which is pretty much what Awen is discovering while being marooned on the Novia’s planet in the multiverse. Wow, those Novia could do amazing things with the Unity. Meanwhile, Magnus has come to the rescue of a Senator and his family which ultimately could impact the balance of power in the Galaxy and have consequences for Magnus. With the Republic, Galaxy and Multiverse all in danger, will Awen, Magnus and their allies save the day. I guess I’ll just have to keep reading to find out the answers 🙂

A gripping story that kept me reading until I finished the book in one sitting. This is the second book in the Ruins of the Galaxy series and it built well on the foundation established in the first book. Really looking forward to the next.

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