Dark Star Origins by A.C. Ellas

4564darkstarorigins510w-430x645Title: Dark Star Origins
Series: Astrogator #1
Author: A.C. Ellas
Genre: Science Fiction/Action-Adventure
Length: Novel (181 pages)
Publisher: Extasy Books (September 21, 2014)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3Hearts
Blurb: Insanity comes in many forms.

Two young men travel separate paths toward their destinies. As one claws his way out of the deep hell that is his life toward something better, the other spirals down from the heights of luxury toward madness.

Will the two young men persevere long enough to realize their dreams? Or will insanity drag them into the depths of despair?

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0063-7

Product Link: http://www.extasybooks.com/a-c-ellas/Dark-Star-Origins/

Reviewer: Shorty

Review: Nick is a very bright young man living with daily abuse at the hands of his father until one day he kills him protecting his sister. His life turns for the better when Gilly adopts him and his sister. Nick is then accepted into the school of his choice and begins his training.

Jason is what is considered a brainiac who is bullied and beaten up at school. He begins to hear voices and goes to get tested for PSI. While waiting for the results, his father informs him he’s sending him to military school to toughen him up. Jason is upset and leaves only to be kidnapped after this begins the introduction of Cai who can’t remember anything before waking up in pain and not knowing who he is.

While the story was good, it bothered me that the Guild was able to take teenagers under the age of 18 without their parents knowledge or consent and do surgery on them, changing them. That was highly disturbing to me. Some of the terms used I didn’t understand.
The two young men meet when the cadets are taken to learn about the astrogators.

All in all, it was a good read.