Review: Possibilities
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
This is a very well written SF book that to me doesn't get into a space opera, as it would be so very easy to do. The characters stay human when, at least for the Stuart brothers it would have been a cakewalk, the means of dominating Earth were given to them with the alien technology taken from the horde. That they didn't is explained by their heritage and the atmosphere they grew up in. Their disillusionment  with the American government strikes a very deep chord with us combat vets from our own experiences with actions that, to us in combat, made us wonder if our government and people wanted us to win.The total failure of our public school system was sort of hinted at, but anyone that tries to monitor the current public  schools record of failure can trace it back to the politicization of teachers that focused on longevity of their jobs, regardless of ability, instead of wanting our children to receive a quality education. This is another example of the Federal government's ineptness to leave something alone that they have no business trying to run in the first place. There is a part of our charter, set up along with the Constitution, that reads, "beyond being responsible for certain things, the government will have no other powers except those granted to them by the state's." That codicil may as well be stricken as the Feds have run roughshod over it for years.I wholeheartedly recommend this book and am hoping for a few sequels, as the story has been written well enough for a number of possibilities.Well done Mr. Nuttall as this is one of the best SF novels I've seen since Asimov!