Review: Good sequel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2011
The storyline in "Regression", despite the flaws in the science, captured my imagination enough that I purchased the sequel. This book picks up 26 years after the first, but won't make a lot of sense if you haven't read the previous work.The Three Eleven Corporation has been working diligently on their plan to save humanity, with Adya/Dawn at the helm. She has been producing children as rapidly as possible, each birth a set of twin boys from one of the other regressees. Peter has become her parter, and finally they are having a baby of their own choice, Hope, a little girl. But the deadline of November 11, 2011, is looming and they still don't know what the threat to civilization is. However, the puppet master, Nicholas, has regressed for the last time and is about to answer most of their questions. Unfortunately, changing the timeline has changed the threat as well, as sensed by others with extrasensory abilities.In this book, Kathy Bell repairs some of the flaws in her science by steering firmly into the realm of fiction, and staying away from the deeper science that she doesn't know. Adding the mystical/paranormal touches was actually a plus from my point of view. One thing that is not explained well is why does Adya have twins this time around, and didn't in her past life? One other thing that is problematic is her willingness to give up on her relationship when she was so obsessed with her previous love life. If you enjoyed the first book, this is a worthy successor. I read them back-to-back, so I had no difficulty keeping up with the storyline. I'm intrigued enough to want to read the next installment.