Review: Interesting and perhaps prophetic?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2013
The core premise in book #1 is the destruction of earth due to a fragment of a rogue planet hitting Mars and then Earth. A significant sub plot is the evolution of the political and social environment in the United States to destruction of the constitution and the imposition of rule based on protecting the people from terrorists. Corporations and government essentially merge to the benefit of the few. Subsequently a small group of people leave the earth to travel to another star in the hopes of establishing a new civilization...with the sub context that there will be a battle between those who had power and came along and those who want to restore freedom.The characters are lightly developed with the author touching on a number of people in an attempt to set the stage for the later books. From a style standpoint it flows reasonably well, choice of words and phrases generally feels right. No notable grammatic errors.I enjoyed #1 and will give #2 a read.