Customer Reviews

Descent

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As a fan of the game, I was delighted to discover a book. Mr. Telep is a new author for me, and I was not disappointed.
His main characters could have used a little more developing, but they still became real as the book progressed.
The ethereal "Programmers" desire to understand humans by "afflicting" the drones with personality was a surprise. I am eager to see how this develops.
All in all, a very enjoyable few hours. I will be searching for more of Mr. Telep's books.

Peter Telep does a great job portraying detail in this book. The characters are believable, there are many very suspenseful parts in the book, it never gets tedious or boring, and the overall plot, though based on a game, stands alone as one of the best I have ever read. I highly recommend this book to any and all who enjoy thrilling science fiction. It's also good for all the DescentHeads out there!

When I started reading this book, I had absolutely no idea how a person could turn the immersive but sometimes confusing world of mines, robots, and destruction into an immersive novel as well. I soon found out how as Telep not only manages to create an addicting world of nonstop action and adventure, but succeeds in creating a gripping storyline where an ex-marine named Benjamin St. John must race against the clock and his senior employer, Saumel Dravis, to save scientists and a prototype targeting system stranded in the robot driven, virus-infected PTMC, or Post Terran Mining Corporation, flagship mine on the Earth's moon. Many deadly suprises await the intrepid rescuer, however...

This is one of my favorite books! I would definatley reccomend it to just about anybody. This book took me about two weeks to read. Most average readers would consider this a long time, but for me, who reads most books in about 3 months because I keep putting them down, two weeks is a very small time. I absolutley loved the suspense scenes with the Pyro-GX ships. It was absolutley outstanding!
If you're bored with other books or just bored with life itself, check this one out. You'll love it.

To be honest, I must say that I expected DESCENT to be worse than the game, as it was released after. I was horribly wrong. Every time I read this book (which is several dozen times a year), I feel like i'm really in the cockpit of an illegally modified Pyro-GX, blasting mechs apart with a vengeance. This is the best book I have read in a long time, save for the other two books, DESCENT : Stealing Thunder and DESCENT : Equinox. I only hope there is a fourth.

Peter Telep, I believe, is a great writer. I've read this book several times over, and have been equally impressed each time. Each time I climbed into the cockpit of the Pyro GX in the book, it made me want to load up my copy of Descent and play the game like it was in the book. A great novel all around. You won't get bored with this one. I am currently reading Stealing Thunder now, the sequel to Descent. I recommend getting all three novels in the series, Descent, Stealing Thunder, and Equinox. You won't be disapointed.

Refreshing for this aficionado of intensely technical SCI Fi... Fast paced action and reading... Interesting from cover to cover...

The concept of invasion through compter virus throws stones at the evil WINTEL empire and the brain-PC I/O's portends the next frontier for forward thinking humans. Particularly intriguing were AI's utilizing human memories and emotions. However, like every Sci Fi written, Telep underestimates the complexity of 11 billion neurons with more interconnections than particles in the know universe. Never the less, I give Descent two opposable thumbs up and have named my latest AMD'ed PC "Telep" after Pournelle, Niven, Thomson, Turner and Clarke.

I have read Descent and Descent: Equinox. I am in the process of getting Stealing Thunder. Mr. Telep suggested I write this. And I can tell you that these are the best books I have ever read. And I hope that more books are to follow. Thank you for your time.

The first time I picked this book up, I was sceptical about it. I've read books based on computer games, and my opinion was that they'd all flop. I was wrong. One time is all you'll need to pick this book up, as from then on you'll be stuck to this book, and your family'll have to tear this from you kicking and screaming. The is the most accurate pc-game based book I've ever seen. From the initial plot to the actual missions, this riveting novel is sure to have you spell-bound for hours on end!

I read ALL of Telep's books and have not been disappointed once. I was ,on the other hand, disappointed when I went to a certain huge book store and they did not have any Telep books in. It was not because they were out of stock, it was because they didn't "carry" Peter's book. What's up with that? He is a five star author that deserves all the credit in the world. Please read all of his books.