Review: Brilliant!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
The Phantom in the Deep touched me in a way no other science fiction story has ever done.It is the story of the last human being left alive after the whole of humanity has been obliterated by an alien race. He goes by the call sign: Rook.Rook has been barely existing, hiding inside an asteroid in a mammoth field of asteroids... and now, a ship of the 'cerebrals', the aliens who destroyed humanity, is there hunting for the last human. The human they refer to as the Phantom.Huskins tells the story from the viewpoint of the 'ghosts of humanity' who are witness to this final stand of the last human against the destroyers of several races.The telling of this story very eloquently conveys the dire hopelessness of the lone human. Knowing that he is the last of the breed brings Rook to the edge of madness an even beyond as he hatches a brilliant but far-fetched plan to make one last devastating strike against his nemesis.Being a chess master, Rook uses strategy from the chess board to make his attack. In the end, he discovers an unusual ally.This is a story of the desolation of the human soul and the redemption and triumph of the human race.Read it!