Review: It Just Keeps Getting Better!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2013
First of all... WOW! This book starts off reeling you in emotionally. 'Chained' starts off in the depths of one man's personal hell, then brings hope, uncertainty, lust and perhaps love to two miss-matched beings.Kor is a lost soul who has been a slave for most of his life. The few he has loved or cared for, he has lost tragically. Despite these emotional losses and being a trained gladiator, he is a noble man. He is better than his cruel masters. The only comfort Kor receives from his tortured life is his dreams. He dreams of a woman and for a brief time he forgets his agony.Maggie is engaged to a cold man that plans out everything. He has strung her along along in their relationship for five years and still no date for the wedding. Yet her night's dreams are not of her life with her fiancé but are filled with the images of a tortured man. What does any sensible woman do when she's torn between a dullard of a fiancé that has their life on hold and "the man of your dreams" that's in her dreams? Why? Well, she goes for a six month scientific journey to an earth-like planet with a stop over at Yonnie Six to exchange one item for some important papers to the Kindred. Easy...Yes, the story returns to Yonnie Six and the over-the-top matriarchal society (male slaves included). What ensues is Kor's discovery is that his dream woman is real and in turn Maggie finds the man in her dreams.There are twists to this tale as they rush to save each other from present dangers, help break the bonds that enslave each other to their pasts and conquer personal demons.'Chained' invites old friends and vile villains from previous books back by allowing the reader to build on their knowledge (and yes love) for the Kindred. New aliens, worlds and societies are also introduced into the Kindred's ever-expanding universe.The one flaw to this book was that it ends too soon. I wanted more.This book fits well in the universe that Ms. Anderson has created. I can't wait for her next book.