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Scout's Honour (The Covert Academy) Kindle Edition

by Peter Laurent (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A novella continuing the story of The Covert Academy...
Jayson Georgiou is a playboy pilot with little ambition beyond his own pleasure, safe within the shelter of the Academy and its students.
After Sarah and Joshua’s daring adventure into the heart of the Colonnade, Jayson and his assigned crew are ordered on a suspicious supply-run mission, deep into a Confederate drone production city. There Jayson uncovers a new threat to the Academy, challenging his allegiance.
Yet Jayson has a mysterious past driving him to chase after his illusion of security, desperate to hold on to it, until it is too late to turn back…
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DUK9LPC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 9, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2363 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 82 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Peter Laurent

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Author Peter Laurent was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand.

He studied 3D animation in Auckland, then worked full-time in Mount Maunganui.

Peter then formed his own company, Indiana Games Limited, and has been freelancing art and animation back in Auckland ever since.

“The Covert Academy” is his first novel, borne of a passion for creative storytelling.

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Rhiannon Myers
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, first Sci fi I've ever read in ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2015
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Great book, first Sci fi I've ever read in my life and I couldn't put it down.
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Kimberley Agnew-Beyer
4.0 out of 5 stars Good reading
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013
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Nicely written, good character development and continuity excellent story line. All around good read. Would like to see more from this author
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🐭 Miki101.Micha
5.0 out of 5 stars The Confederacy vs The Covert Academy - Act 2...
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2013
... "Scout's Honour" - the first of the "lost chapters", showing us more of the life of some others than the main characters while struggling for survival.

For the first novel  The Covert Academy  of the trilogy I wrote a very positive review, because it is a most astonishing debut novel and really new in the broad field of the blooming Dystopian visions.
Why that, You may ask?
Simple: It covers a vision of the world that may be not too far from our own, together with most amazing New Technology absolutely understandable also for the less technically gifted of us. And often based on devices that are yet covering not only the skies but also the streets of our always more and more controlled planet. But it also contains the personal stories of children forced to grow too fast in a world more and more hostile to her human inhabitants, each one of them coping in their own special way with the very different environment they're living in. And adds three of the most foul of human flaws: Personal greed and the craving of omnipotence paired with the pure lust of killing. Which leads our heroines and heroes to acting almost permanently in a high speed modus.
Read  The Covert Academy  and learn more! The book is a real tour-de-force through all genres of thrilling literature You can imagine (or not :)... As I said above - an astonishing debut novel by the young New Zealand author Peter Laurent, and an absolute pager-turner.
And there have to come two follow-ups, the second novel at the end of 2013, as the author announces...

In the meantime he has published this short novella to connect the first book with its sequel. The main character is Jayson Georgiou, a pilot who always only wanted to fly. He has run from his past and joined the Covert Academy - and now flies, mostly for his personal pleasure... "Just enjoy yourself" is whispering his inner voice.
But this time he and his crew have a new assignment: A supply-run, suspiciously not at the usual destination, but in the close proximity of a drone production city. What follows is death and disaster. Yet one of the enemies - a young girl, who recognises him - invites him to join the Confederacy again - to be with the winners, as she says. Returning to the hiding place, he starts to think of the offer - and then the Confederacy forces find the Covert Academy, and they are highly motivated to blow the adversaries into oblivion. So now the time has come for Jayson to make his decision...

This novella gives the reader a totally different perspective than the first book did. It shows that this war between the Confederacy and the Covert Academy has become more and more a conflict fought by children. Children who are forced to grow up in great haste - losing their innocence yet at the age of six...
This time it's not about lovely heroines and tough heroes and equal fighting - it's about the desperate resistance of some rebels against a far superior enemy.
And if You want to know how the second book of the trilogy begins - after the novella there is a sneak preview of Chapter One of Book 2. Which tells us more about Jayson, again...

Full five stars for the characters, the action, the scenes that ran in my head like a movie - and the tears I wanted to shed for the victims of a future where "having kids is totally incomprehensible" - opinion of Jayson Georgiou, pilot for the Covert Academy...

(This review is for the kindle version I bought over amazon.de)
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Books4Tomorrow
5.0 out of 5 stars SCOUT'S HONOUR
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2013
Imagine earth ruined by industry; thriving cities now dedicated to the development of arms and military equipment and very few places of beauty remaining. In a futuristic world ruled by one power, The Confederacy, Jayson Georgiou is only interested in women and flying. On a supply run for The Academy, to a drone infested Hong Kong, he discovers a vital secret. A secret that links him to his homeland, Greece, and puts his loyalties in question.

I read this thrilling, fast-moving novella in one go and spent most of the time on the edge of my chair. I suggest that anybody who wants to read Scout's Honour, should read The Covert Academy first. The story ties in brilliantly with The Covert Academy and continues the story a touch further. The death, destruction, and betrayals in this novella emphasize the ruthlessness of war and despotic power. The use of highly advanced weapons, special combat and antigravity suits, force fields, and drones that can do amazing things on their own, will appeal to any reader who likes futuristic technology.

The author has a fantastic gift for creating a sense of crisis at the appropriate moment. A few humorous conversations and incidents make the story so much more realistic and the characters more human. The main character, Jayson, is remarkably well-crafted. At first he appears to be a shallow playboy but, when his co-workers are killed, he shows an extraordinary depth. When a meeting with an old acquaintance and a yearning for his homeland makes him ambivalent about his loyalties, it endangers himself and many others. It doesn't pay to be indecisive in times of war.

For a read that will give even an adrenaline junky a few heart-stopping moments, I highly recommend Scouts Honour, and happily give it five stars. Let's hope to see the next book in the series soon! (Ellen Fritz)
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Pat Ritter
5.0 out of 5 stars Scout's Honour
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013
Peter, I'm pleased to write this review and give it the maximum five stars. My reason for giving you these many stars is because after reading your first book (The Covert Academy) I gave it five stars because this one is as good as the first. This book is similar and kept me alive with your story. One thing I must mention you have a way with keeping the story going at a fast pace.

As I've mentioned before I don't normally read these type of books but found your story to be interesting and adventuous. Not knowing who was being killed next and what was going to happen.

Thank you for affording me the opportunity to read your book. Keep up the great work you are doing.

Pat Ritter
Author/Self Publisher
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Bobthe golfer
5.0 out of 5 stars Scouts Honour
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2014
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a good continuation from the first book, keeps you waiting for the next chapter-well written n and recommended to some of my friends
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🐭 Miki101.Micha
5.0 out of 5 stars The Confederacy vs The Covert Academy - Act 2...
Reviewed in Italy on July 11, 2013
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... "Scout's Honour" - the first of the "lost chapters", showing us more of the life of some others than the main characters while struggling for survival.

For the first novel  The Covert Academy  of the trilogy I wrote a very positive review, because it is a most astonishing debut novel and really new in the broad field of the blooming Dystopian visions.
Why that, You may ask?
Simple: It covers a vision of the world that may be not too far from our own, together with most amazing New Technology absolutely understandable also for the less technically gifted of us. And often based on devices that are yet covering not only the skies but also the streets of our always more and more controlled planet. But it also contains the personal stories of children forced to grow too fast in a world more and more hostile to her human inhabitants, each one of them coping in their own special way with the very different environment they're living in. And adds three of the most foul of human flaws: Personal greed and the craving of omnipotence paired with the pure lust of killing. Which leads our heroines and heroes to acting almost permanently in a high speed modus.
Read  The Covert Academy  and learn more! The book is a real tour-de-force through all genres of thrilling literature You can imagine (or not :)... As I said above - an astonishing debut novel by the young New Zealand author Peter Laurent, and an absolute pager-turner.
And there have to come two follow-ups, the second novel at the end of 2013, as the author announces...

In the meantime he has published this short novella to connect the first book with its sequel. The main character is Jayson Georgiou, a pilot who always only wanted to fly. He has run from his past and joined the Covert Academy - and now flies, mostly for his personal pleasure... "Just enjoy yourself" is whispering his inner voice.
But this time he and his crew have a new assignment: A supply-run, suspiciously not at the usual destination, but in the close proximity of a drone production city. What follows is death and disaster. Yet one of the enemies - a young girl, who recognises him - invites him to join the Confederacy again - to be with the winners, as she says. Returning to the hiding place, he starts to think of the offer - and then the Confederacy forces find the Covert Academy, and they are highly motivated to blow the adversaries into oblivion. So now the time has come for Jayson to make his decision...

This novella gives the reader a totally different perspective than the first book did. It shows that this war between the Confederacy and the Covert Academy has become more and more a conflict fought by children. Children who are forced to grow up in great haste - losing their innocence yet at the age of six...
This time it's not about lovely heroines and tough heroes and equal fighting - it's about the desperate resistance of some rebels against a far superior enemy.
And if You want to know how the second book of the trilogy begins - after the novella there is a sneak preview of Chapter One of Book 2. Which tells us more about Jayson, again...

Full five stars for the characters, the action, the scenes that ran in my head like a movie - and the tears I wanted to shed for the victims of a future where "having kids is totally incomprehensible" - opinion of Jayson Georgiou, pilot for the Covert Academy...
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