I’ve abandoned more traditionally published books for their poor editing than Harris made mistakes in his novel. While Indie books can get the bad rap of poor editing, I don’t think this is the case for Harris’s novel. He can grow, as all writers can, but the mistakes he made were minimal and the types I’d suspect from a new author. I always have an eye on the writing of the books I read and I have no qualms abandoning a book for grammar that makes my head spin, but Harris pulled me in and kept me. I was able to tear through Ascension Point rather quickly and didn’t have to spend hours wondering when the climax would finally arrive. While I read, Harris’s use of humor throughout the novel reminded me of Douglas Adam’s “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Not only did Ascension Point bring out genuine laughter in me, but the plot, though epic in nature, was handled in a light and refreshing way, similar to that of Hitchhiker’s. I don’t know much about traditional publishing, but if he were to pursue that path, I’d recommend a YA overhaul for a better chance at success. Ariadne, the only teenager, is filled with the mystical wisdom of the Seryn and dangerous discrimination of her people her growth is minimal throughout the novel, though her youth is apparent in her wonder at the rest of the world.Ĭould Harris easily shift this to a YA novel? Yes.

Luc, Neela, and Abe aren’t teenagers, Ariadne is, so what made it feel YA to me? Their character arcs-Luc, a Titan neophyte receives the results of his final test, mirroring a transition into manhood Neela is a senator but she follows in the footsteps of her father, a politician, and “chas a legend from her family’s past” working, by the end of the novel, towards a different path Abe, an outcast, seems young compared to the rest of the Collective and journey’s towards finding his place in the universe. Why? Luc, Neela, Abe, and Ariadne, make up the Chosen, representatives of their races to read the Book of Ascension and achieve enlightenment and immortality. As I read through the novel, I felt more and more that it was a YA novel. It is alternatively defined as the ascension (point on the celestial equator which rises with a specified celestial object) as seen from any point on the Earth's equator, where the celestial equator intersects the horizon at a right angle.Ascension Point is science fiction in the “it’s the future” sense of the genre, with the Seryn race, Harris mixes in a bit of fantasy. H = LST − α, where LST is the local sidereal time.Īlong with declination, right ascension determines the direction of a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system. The hour-angle, H, and the right ascension, α, are related by the simple formula

1988, Peter Duffett-Smith, Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator, page 35,.

Similar to levels throughout the campaign, youll earn Ascension points by defeating enemies and completing activities. in cases where great accuracy is required, as is now done in the Nautical Almanac for 24 of the brightest stars for 10 days in the year, and those numbers in the Nautical Almanac are to be preferred. Ascension is an endgame progression system introduced in the Worldslayer expansion that allows you to convert XP into passive bonuses for your character.

The right ascensions and declinations obtained by the preceding calculations, are the mean values, to which must be applied the corrections for the Nutation and Aberration Tables XLII. 1826, Nathaniel Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch, American Practical Navigator, US Hydrographic Office, page 280,.The sun's right ascension in time is useful to the practical astronomer in regular observatories, who adjusts his clock by sidereal time.