Review: The New World
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2012
Normally, I concentrate on novels and have read over 400 sci fi novels. A friend recommended "The New World" and it was terrific. It is a prequel to the young-adult trilogy, "Chaos Walking."As a second generation ship dweller, Viola has never seen rivers, trees, or the ocean. All she knows about living on a real planet, she learned from vids. Her family is chosen to be the first scouting party to land on New World. She is afraid, of course, because previous settlers have never been heard from. Still, she is hopeful--she has to be because the ship dwellers have nothing else in their future. This short story has a lot: passionate characters, moral questions, cliffhangers--all in a short story. It's a good read.