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For One's Own Cause (Alan Scott Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by J. W. Rolfe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.2 3.2 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
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A 2013 eFestival of Words Best Book Nominee
Living on a deep space colony, C. Alan Scott yearns for fame and fortune. For his entire life, he has lived in his father’s shadow and desperately wants to establish his own name. Hoping that an interstellar expedition will bring him just that, he plans to explore uncharted regions of the galaxy. However, he has to take corporate bribes and conduct illegal acts to make it happen. When caught, Scott is forced to depart early in order to evade capture.
Once safely away from the colony, Scott’s challenges are just beginning. An idealistic science officer and blood-thirsty mercenary commander threaten to unravel his expedition, which discovers the first alien civilization and with it, the most valuable resource ever encountered. Consumed by greed and regardless of the risks, Scott stops at nothing to acquire it.
Surviving capture, failed negotiations, and a massacre at the aliens’ capital do nothing to deter Scott’s ambition. Even a pursuit expedition intended for his arrest does not faze him. Unwilling to give up, he continues to pursue his goal of fame and fortune but at what cost? Scott must decide what means he is willing to take to achieve the ends he desires.
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    237 pages
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    English
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  4. Publication date
    September 14, 2012
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009B7SEBK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Steel Castle Press (September 14, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 14, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 691 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 237 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.2 3.2 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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3.2 out of 5 stars
3.2 out of 5
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Dave
3.0 out of 5 stars Dave
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013
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Good story
I liked the plot and the characters were interesting
But the ending fell short,it felt unfinished
I would read more from this Author
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E. Adams
4.0 out of 5 stars Avatar for Capitalists
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2013
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Imagine Avatar told not with the aliens as the protagonists but from the view of Wall Street's Gordon Gekko. From the first introduction of Alan Scott our normal tendencies of indentifying and sympathizing are turned upside down. I found myself looking for hints of growth, maturity and a change in basic attitude. I found myself hoping that the adventure and hardships would bring out more admirable qualities in Alan. Unfortunately Alan remained the same self centered, insecure, shallow person looking for justification through wealth and power. His disregard of not only the newly encountered aliens but seeing all others as tools to aid in his project or as obstacles to be overcome was to be expected as not everyone can overcome their sense of entitlement. J.W. Rolfe's novel is interesting, face paced and all too realistic as Alan corrupts many of those around him and escapes not only any serious repercussions but any feelings of guilt or remorse.

Overall I found it a most enjoyable read with a refreshing twist in that sometimes the Bad guy wins and the naive good intentioned scientist sells out being caught up in book deals, media attention and rationalization.
4 people found this helpful
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Mr. J. Doe
2.0 out of 5 stars still reading it
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2013
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-Over Narration
-Poor dialog (the author summarizes conversations...)
-poor character introductions (the author doesn't take time getting to know several key characters)

The opening was good, some good character interaction in the beginning. while the main character, doesn't seem introverted, the author, for some reason, will summarize conversations. this is usually done because the info is redundant, info the author has already told us in the narration, but a dialog would be much better than a narration to reveal this info. It tends to make things more suspenseful and dramatic when you don't reveal it all at once in narration, but slowly over time through several different characters.

ok so
will update again as i get farther along.

P.S. i should mention that i like the concept so far and that my criticism is meant to be constructive and not keep people from reading this book.
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Tally Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story!
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2012
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Really liked this story. It had interesting twists and turns right up to the end. Characters were well developed too. I hope this author writes some more books.
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James M Johnson
2.0 out of 5 stars Proofreading is not optional.
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2013
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The book had tons of promise and some excellent ideas, which I hope to see followed up upon in further novels in the series. However, seeing a published novel rife with grammatical errors, logical failures, improper choice of metaphor, and simple misspelled words was surprising. It takes guts and resolve to create the novel - don't skip the proofreading step!
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LKF
4.0 out of 5 stars Real Page Turner
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013
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Really enjoyed the story. It is real page turner. The characters are good too; I really like how some of the relationships played out.
2 people found this helpful
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Sammy
3.0 out of 5 stars For One's Own Cause
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
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The part the ship or the crew play is minor. The main plot is how human faults can be allowed to be our primary motivations. I feel for the innocent.
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Db0785
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2012
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I am not normally a fan of this genre, but this book was very intriguing and full of suspense. I could not put it down.
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