Republic Falling: Advent of a New Dawn by Michael J Brooks is set on Planet Eden in the future. Randal Scott is a member of the Commonwealth Defence Force, which he joined because he is looking for revenge against the man who murdered his mother. He was especially linked with her through a nanochip which means he felt her death when she was atomized, leaving him traumatized and distraught. Forced to lie to the people he loves as he goes about his mission, things get more and more complicated for him. Everything is not what it seems and there is a much bigger conspiracy going on that he knows nothing about. He will have to decide who to trust.

Michael J Brooks has created a well-developed world with Republic Falling: Advent of A New Dawn. You feel for Randal and his plight and though he should seek help over what has happened, he wants to kill the man who murdered his mother, which is understandable. The story moved at a good pace and I enjoyed learning about this new world. There is plenty of action to keep the reader entertained. The author did not overcomplicate the book with long descriptions or a ton of backstory. The glossary at the front helped clear up the basics, allowing the reader to jump straight into the story. I think it would be enjoyed by sci-fi fans and possibly thriller fans too as there is a lot going on in the story. I would recommend it.

For its initial offering, Wars of the New Humanity Series presents Republic Falling: Advent of a New Dawn. At the core of Michael J. Brooks’ story is a deep and intriguing moral question: What happens to your psychological state if you're Linked (joined in mental communion) with your mother as she's atomized from existence? Randal Scott discovers it the hard way. His deep admiration for his father, Arson Scott, motivated him to enlist in the Commonwealth Defense Force. Arson is a revered war hero who made his family and compatriots proud, but he mysteriously disappears and rumors start sprouting that he has joined a terrorist insurgency. Randal is cerebrally linked to his mother when she was obliterated. Her inhumane and brutal passing has caused a deep mental and emotional wound that triggers him to go after his mother’s killer—his very own father.

Republic Falling: Advent of a New Dawn imagines a groundbreaking scientific procedure that can cerebrally link one person to another. Michael J. Brooks explores the sharing of thoughts, emotions, and memories through the implantation of a nanochip beyond human ingenuity that has a neorealist effect to it. It makes you ponder if the distant future can make it happen. The idea of revenge as the driving emotion that boosts the plot makes this novel plausible, as Randal is seized with a seemingly reasonable obsession to avenge his mother against a man that he used to look up to. During the course of the story, the plot moves freely but certainly in the direction where it wants to go. Despite its heavy military element, Republic Falling has an emotional center and intelligent angles that make it an irresistible read.