Review: A Great Concept
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2012
I have been reading McElhaney's Mystic Saga and have thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact I'm anxiously awaiting the release of the next installment. One thing I liked about his saga was the lack of gratuitous sex. When I read his biography I understood why. This prompted me to look at his other books... hence my reading Beyond The Event Horizon.  I have always been fascinated with the Bible's end-of-the-age prophecies. I have studied the prophets, Jesus' own comments and John's penning of The Revelation of Jesus Christ.Scott did a great job of conveying the marriage supper of the Lamb... the joy of which we will never fully comprehend until we are there.The concept that one man, after having traveled forward in time, was now the only remaining human left in the universe was intriguing. The concept that a person would jump forwards in time beyond the second coming of Christ was hard to digest. However, this is science fiction so I let that slide. ;)I did feel the character of Skylar Rains was a bit underdeveloped. His time on Earth after the time jump as well as on the starship were, to me, important. I expected him to spend more time on Earth (he did have a month's worth of food) gathering information the reader would use to piece together the puzzles.I felt the best portion of the book was the story of the CetiDrifter. This portion was well done. The characters were fresh and believable.All in all, I loved the book! It was good to read a book from an author who knew he could create an enticing story without gratuitous sex and violence... a realization even the best of sci-fi authors need to come to.