Review: Hey everybody, I didn't read the description
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2013
I bought this right from my Kindle after finishing a disappointing read, Ghosts of Ophidian. I did not really like that one and did not want to finish the series. However, I remembered that I did like the Mystic Saga so I thought I would give this author another chance. Hey, for 99 cents how wrong can you go?Boy did I ever get an answer to that question. I was doing OK at the beginning even though there were clues along the way. However, when we moved to the ship it really started to go downhill.OK, yes, I should have read the description and no I don't want my 99 cents back. That said this is one of less than five books EVER I have not been able to finish and I have read a lot of books including the Bible. Although that is one of the five :)I really was trying to tolerate the overly Christian nature of this book but I just could not do it. Basically, here is the message I got:1. Children a thousand years in the future raised without religion will instantly see the logic of the Bible. Really? I think the opposite is true. I am an Atheist and while my kids know that I have encouraged them to find their own truth. One is skeptical of the Bible and the other two outright laugh at it.2. You can justify killing a thousand innocent people with a deadly virus in order to save a handful of criminals because they happen to be Christians.Sorry, this book just illustrates the problems I have with Christians (and Muslims as well) in the first place. Anything goes as long as it is in the name of your religion.Let's say in this fictional world that God is real. So, he allows, in his name, a deadly virus to be released that kills most of the people on the ship. Then when the kid captain finds a hidden Bible she instantly converts. Oh, and then her, want to be boyfriend, also converts. I kinda did the same thing in high school and most likely for the same reason this boy did ;)  A testosterone filled teenage boy will pretend to believe a lot of stuff for a pretty girl. It worked out pretty good for me while it lasted. I did not read far enough to see how it worked out for him :oAnyway, she then uses her power as Captain to ignore the (admittedly over the top law) and break her boyfriend out of jail. I wonder if she would have done the same thing for an non-Christian who was not her "friend".All of this is just my opinion. If you like your Christian fiction mixed up with your Science fiction then this may be the book for you. Personally, I'll take mine just like I want my government and religion, separate.