The Clone Betrayal

View our feature on Steven Kent’s The Clone Betrayal. Lt. Wayson Harris was born and bred as the ultimate soldier. But he is unique, possessing independence of thought. And when the military brass decide to blame the clones for the decimation of the U.A. republic, Lt. Harris decides to stop being the scapegoat, with all the firepower he can muster.

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Wayson Harris, the infamous, deadly, and one of a kind Liberator Clone is back on Earth, after fighting for his life and a planet's freedom on New Copenhagen. As with the war against the Morgan Atkins Followers, the "natural born" officers fed their clone army into the war machine, not expecting, or caring, if any game out alive. It's two years later, and the idea that the Avatari, the mysterious alien conquerors, don't seem concerned with coming back after Earth or New Copenhagen, and Congress is looking to find a scapegoat for the failure to defend the other 178 Unified Authority worlds. Who does the blame fall on? The clones.

Congress decides that clones are no longer useful, with only two planets to defend, they aren't even necessary as a galactic standing military. Time to sweep their dirty laundry under the rug. They start by rounding up all the clones on Earth and putting them in a concentration camp in Texas, dubbed Clonetown. Harris, who is the only clone...Read more

After a year-long wait, I devoured this book within three days. I simply could not put The Clone Betrayal down -- it has been a while since I've been so reluctant to put a book down. I read quite a few books since the previous installment in the series was released (that was a 2-3 day affair as well), and thought I had forgotten a fair amount of stuff. But as I got to reading The Clone Betrayal, it all came back to me. I won't go and re-hash the plot here as reviewer JenMo covered that in depth, but I will say that it is very engaging. There was less action in The Clone Betrayal than the previous book, but that one set the bar quite high. Mr. Kent more than made up for that with some excellent character development. I really enjoy how every time I read a Clone book of his, it's something different -- no rehashing of the same bits over and over again. Each one builds upon the others and explores different topics, thus keeping the experience fresh and new (even though I'd already...Read more

This book is the 5th installment to the "Clone series" written by Steven Kent. Once again the author does not disappoint in the telling of this wonderfully crafted and unique story. The book picks up where the last one leaves off and brings you up to date with a unique time-line that was started in the last book. Harris, the hero of the story, remains very true to his character but still surprises with some of the drastic decisions he makes during the book (hint is in the title). The action is frequent and intense at times and constantly evolving so you'll never find yourself bored and wondering when it'll stop. Also, unlike some authors out there, Kent is not afraid to kill of a character and no matter how important they are to the story you need to remember that everyone is equally expendable. This just further adds to the excitement of the story where you really never know who is going to die. I think the only part of the story I didn't like was that the ending felt a bit...Read more