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Out of Fire: Hummingbird: Book One Kindle Edition

by Jonathan Crocker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.1 136 ratings

Book 1 of 3: Hummingbird

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At sixteen years old, Deacon Barnes had spent his entire life on the dusty moon of Ophelia, on the outskirts of Republic territory. The son of a farmer, Deacon’s lazy days are spent dreaming of adventure, of escaping his dreary life and visiting distant stars. That dream becomes reality, but hardly in the way he expected. It comes in the dark of night, in the form of fire. Flames bathe his home, his moon attacked by a powerful and mysterious alien race known only as the Ethereals. He’s left for dead, the lone survivor of a brutal massacre.

A chance encounter with the entrancing Diera Hawk, notorious smuggler and captain of the Hummingbird, gives Deacon a second chance at life – and the adventure he’s always dreamed of. But is Deacon cut out for the life of a rogue? And when Diera turns her focus to chasing rumours of the Ethereals across the galaxy - and beyond - can the crew of the Hummingbird stand against the might of the powerful aliens?

*Author's Note* I had previously published the first three entries in the Hummingbird series as part of a planned nine-book series. After re-assessing, I decided to publish the series as a trilogy instead. 'Out of Fire' comprises the previously-published stories, while 'Out of Phase' and 'Out of Time' are entirely new stories that round out the trilogy.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076RCRVL9
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 24, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1905 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 471 pages

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Aviar Savijon

Out of Fire

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2017

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A stunning masterpiece of sci fi fiction reading. An adventure that is only matched by what is learned in and by the journey. I Loved It!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017

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I haven't read a " new" story line in quite some time. This story line greatly impressed me and I can't wait for future episodes .

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018

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Book 1 was a fun read with errors throughout. The characters and plot was well done and grew throughout the story. The main character and plot was different than the normal space adventure, but was okay to read. The story is not what I expected, but the main character was also young and had grand thoughts of saving everything and not being able to be patient. I look forward to reading book 2.

On another note, I started book 2 and it is a better read than book 1. The main character is both new and from the first book and is better written than expected. I am enjoying book 2 more than book 1.

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Fire

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020

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How is it that so many charaters could come to life in 1 book loved this story looking forward to book 2 5plus 2

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2017

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I like good stories where the author doesn’t have to use a lot of sex or bad language to tell the story.

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Geoff

Worthless Main Character, Decent Plot

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017

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Well, I read the reviews, and they are right.

This main character, Deacon, needs to go. He is either stupid beyond belief, or aged up in rewrites from his original age of 7. He whines endlessly, mopes, knows literally nothing about anything except one side's spaceships are cool looking (no stats, just 'cool'), and is not only annoying, but also endlessly ungrateful.

Until he is all competent because the plot says so.

No. Just no.

For what it's worth, as a 7 year old, the book has other issues, but the character's responses and interactions are not on the list.

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Steven

Interesting premise, so so story

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018

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You knew something was different about the main character and the secret once revealed was exciting. I have issues with how much of a struggle it was to stay engaged with the story and how little sense there was in the budding love interest.

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Worst book of the month

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2017

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The story was written well enough and the ideas were ok, the problem was a horrible execution and plot holes you could drive a truck through. The main character discovers he has an amazing ability, is secured away for days / weeks on end but never tries to find out how to use them until the last two pages of the book and instantly solves all the problems. Pfff...