Review: Galactic mission
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2013
This is a short novella about a mission to explore a new planetary system. I enjoyed the way the story jumps right into the action with the narrator waking as the spaceship reaches the new solar system. The way in which the crew is recruited and prepared for the voyage is a novel solution to the problem of such space flights being longer than a human lifespan. The narrator is an intolerant, unlikeable character who has done something in the past to alienate the rest of his crewmates so this inevitably leads to tensions aboard the ship. However, a larger problem is that the ship has lost contact with Earth and eventually the the crew must work together to solve this problem and ensure their own survival. The ending does feel a bit rushed and could have been further developed (and perhaps a sequel is planned).I received a free copy of this ebook from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.