Review: Excellent science fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
This is a long and involved novel at the start of what promises to be an epic series.This is a war story, but not a straight forward one side against another. The Ven seem to be intent on enslaving anyone they can, often performing experiments on them. But the species opposed to the Ven are often fighting each other as well.Kala is a Xenonian slave girl who falls in love with Yatrell, a soldier of the enemy Dentonians. This is also a love story between aliens who have never met.I recommend this excellent book to all lovers of science fiction.In this story there are many types of intelligent aliens. Although complete descriptions of them are not given, it appears that the Xenonians and the Dentonians are similar, and possibly the same species since the idea of a Xenonian and a Dentonian falling in love does not seem to excite sort of emotions in the characters as would be expected with different species. We know that both species have two hearts, a greater heart and a lesser heart, but most of the other things said about them suggest that they are basically human in shape.I personally do not think that humanoid aliens not having a common origin with us are likely. In this I am in agreement with some science fiction authors like John Michael Greer, Arthur C. Clark and Fred Hoyle, but based on most science fiction books and films, definitely in the minority of those who think about the subject.My own science fiction books have only non humanoid aliens, but I still appreciate a great book written with imaginative humanoid species in it.