Review: Lots of torture
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2013
I would have liked this book much more if the author hadn't enjoyed torturing it's main character so much. I read the sequel (The Patent Mine) first and was struck by how much the main character (Shadona)was made to suffer. Through most of that book and this prequel, Shadona suffers, and suffers and suffers some more, until it seems like all hope is long gone. Then why, you may ask, did I read a 2nd book by this author? Because this person, this T.R.Nowry is an absolutely fantastic writer. The story is riveting and the characters are really solid. I just hope that, in future stories, he or she learns that in great Sci Fi novels, there always should be hope. 'nuff said.