Review: Amish Sci-fi - unexpectedly two great tastes that taste great together!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
Jed Troyer is an eighteen year old man who lives in the Amish Country of Pennsylvania. He is going to travel to the promise that is New Pennsylvania, far outside our galaxy, in search of new opportunities, much like the settlers of old. Leaving behind everything and everyone he knows, he travels to Texas for the spaceship where he will hibernate for nine years until he reaches his new home planet. From there, he will then travel to the Amish Zone to begin his new life.If only it could be that easy.Once outside of the Amish country he knows, he leaves his comfort zone and encounters many new and strange things. The strangest, however, is what happens once he finally arrives on New Pennsylvania.  Once he lands and comes out of hibernation, his life is in immediate danger! Helped by mysterious allies, he learns that there is something sinister going on here as he is drawn into a conflict between opposing forces.For reasons unknown to Jed, and to the reader, the resistance is putting everything on the line to help him reach the Amish Zone. Once he's safe from the Transport Authority, but only for the moment, he then realizes something that forces him to question everything he thought he knew about this journey he has embarked on.Part one of a five part serial, this story drew me into its mysteries very quickly and deeply, fleshing out this world with interesting sci-fi concepts and Amish culture. This culture gives Jed a rich heritage and personality that truly illustrate how he is a stranger in a strange land. Throw in the fact that he is in over his head in more ways than one and you have a story that makes for a suspenseful tale, laying the groundwork of a more epic chronicle.