Review: Sailing on into the breach...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
We rejoin the fantastic and colorful characters of Captain Marcus, the android Vlen, the Padre, Cmdr. Severus, the navigator Sirena and the rest of the crew first introduced to readers in Parts One and Two of "I, Human" as their colonization mission continues in the half-biological half-machine space ship "Veda"  into the outer reaches of the known universe.At first the Captain is at a loss to explain why the lovely Astra -- an Ingentum from the planet Gigas whose culture is far more ancient than Earth's -- would want to be given a tour of the Veda by the android Vlen to learn more about its  technology -- especially considering that Ingentum technology is far more advanced and she couldn't possibly hope to learn anything new from it.It doesn't take very long or much prompting, however, to get Astra to admit that she herself wants to share in their journey on their way to colonize the outer worlds. Besides, Astra has her own, compact and much faster and more maneuverable ship she can stow in one of the cargo bays for a quick return trip in case she gets homesick.Just why such a highly evolved being would want to tag along with the Captain, his crew and a bunch of future colonists only Astra really knows. Could it have something to do with the immense, fast-approaching blackness and accompanying sense of evil that begins to loom closer and closer and larger and larger at the furthermost reach of the Veda's scanners?I suspect we may find out in Part Four...