Review: True Strength
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
Amber Bierce is known as fat girl and has very few options left to her since her mother's passing. Amber and her sister Nikki take a chance on being pioneers in a new space adventure. Nikki leaves everything up to Amber making no decisions for herself at all. Amber continues to fight and defend her choices and situation no matter the consequences. Just two years and change into their voyage, their spaceship crash lands on a planet where nothing is as it seems. Amber and rest of the surviving passengers need to come to grips with this new reality. Just when it appears things can't get any more worse a second tragedy strikes~spaceship blows up. Amber and 48 other people are all that's left. Now it's a matter of banding together for the greater good. Everly Scott(Scott) becomes person of authority but the power he possesses goes to his head and thensome. Scott and Amber butt heads constantly because Amber is a practical person and doesn't want to give false hope to the others. Amber continues to do things her way much to everyone's dismay. Amber discovers life form that can help them. Uyane Meoraq, Sword of Sheul, a lizard man is seeking pilgrimage to hear Sheul's voice. Being a Sword of Sheul requires alot of Meoraq's time and energy. When Meoraq sees towering flames in the sky, he knows that he must investigate it. Meoraq's journey takes unexpected turn upon meeting Amber and her people. Meoraq takes these people under his wing because it's the will of Sheul. Meoraq has to do plenty of breathing technique of six calming breathes while in the company of Amber's people. Can these two cultures come together? What will Amber learn about herself? How far will Scott go? Where does Meoraq fit in? Your answers await you in The Last Hour of Gann.This book was recommended to me by a friend because of all the rave reviews she kept hearing about it. I honestly didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book. I realize the whole alien planet crash landing with no way home has been done before but not like this it hasn't. I'll be honest I completely despise Scott and Nikki maybe loathing would be a better word to describe them as characters. I kept hoping that maybe their characters could have some redeeming qualities yet I couldn't find them. I simply adored Meoraq and Amber! They are both incredibly strong people that will move mountains to see a simple thing accomplished. I didn't expect several events in the book but I refuse to spoil it for someone else. I recommend this book for fans of the unusual.