Review: This One Hits Close to Home!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2013
"Solar Storms" by Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the prequel to his novel, "Orbs", and all I can say is, if "Orbs" is half as good as "Solar Storms", you won't want to miss reading either of them. I was gifted a free copy of "Solar Storms" by the author, in exchange for my honest review.I titled this review "This One Hits Close to Home", NOT because it might happen soon, but because of the very obvious incompetence displayed by the Government while they try to weasel their way out of yet another mess they've managed to land us in. In this case, they refused to listen to a leading specialist in solar weather, down-playing her attempts to warn people as just another "chicken little" crackpot. Even after things played out worse than the specialist warned, the government continued spewing forth political-speak, assuring folks they've got everything under control, yada, yada, yada.In "Solar Storms", the event in question is actually a mega-monster storm on the surface of Sol, which blasts right through Earth's atmosphere and hits America's bread-basket with a massive overdose of radioactivity. When I remind myself "Solar Storms" is only the Prequel to "Orbs", I can't imagine how enthralling "Orbs" is going to be!I heartily recommend "Solar Storms" for all you SciFi fans, and all you dystopia fans. Then I think I will also suggest you remember the author's name (Nicholas Sansbury Smith), because I suspect he will be quite well known before he retires from writing.This is one series that is going to be good, people!