Review: Another great book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2011
The Sword of Sophia is set in the postwar landscape of Vega 3. The planet has been ravished by war. Its people are demoralized and oppressed. Three years of occupation is slowly changing the once peace loving, liberal planet into a brutal clone of Sirius. The Sirian government forces a policy of indoctrination on Vega. This policy involves slavery and systematic rape. Rape is made legal, and the male population, who had once been taught to revere women, is encouraged to abandon the old teachings of Sophia, their female deity, to embrace the new ways of the occupying regime. After years of brutal occupation, the once Jewel of the Galaxy" starts to sink into a depraved and violent society.During the war Erik Norgaard had been a Vegan Guardsman, one of his planet's elite fighting men. After the war he was just another ex-POW trying to reconnect with his family and friends. However, he found his home and his people corrupted and changed. He'd fought to defend his planet; he'd put his life on the line to preserve his planet's way of life. The war had failed, now his battle would begin.The Sword of Sophia is yet another great book from author John Bowers. John really manages to put across the hopelessness a person would feel when under the heel of an oppressive regime. That feeling of despair would be enough to drive some to great acts of heroism, or terrorism. The line between the two depends on which side of the line you stand. This is such a compelling book, I highly recommend it.