Review: 4.5 stars for an excellent story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
I can't remember the last time -- if ever -- I wanted to give an indie book 5 stars.  This book is skillfully crafted and well-written.  Even if you prefer an action-filled story, you might want to give this book a try.  The story is told with subtlety and mostly through dialogue, character interaction, and the slightly twisted psyche of the main character.  The humans struggle with all-too-human problems:  Expecting the enigmatic, resident aliens to want to share their land/planet, to trust humans and openly reveal themselves and their culture simply because humans expect it, to think and respond like humans, and to accept relationships with humans and even respect them as superior just because they have better technology.  My only quibble is that it was frequently difficult to tell when a transition between scenes had occurred, because they would often run together in the Kindle version, so I've given it a solid 4.5 stars.  But it's still excellent sci-fi.A main complaint of those who gave this book a low rating is that there are too many characters and they were hard to keep track of.  The author included an appendix at the end with the names and brief description of many of the characters, which I found helpful but really only referred to a few times.I felt this book compared very favorably with many I've read by well-known and established authors.  Ms. Wyle is a talented author who has a bright future.