Review: From a Non Scifi Reader
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
It's not that I don't like scifi---I do, I do---but one gets stuck in a rut from time to time and it's good to get forced out. Especially was it good to be forced out in this case. This novel by Nicholas Rossis doesn't force me---or you---to grapple withnew language,devices,stale philosophies,BEM,alien invaders from another planet,et al.He simply tells a story of corruption, people struggling as pioneers seeking to do with what they have.The story framework is structured by a deliberate sabotage of a space ship in space, awash on the shores---and mountains and valleys---of an unknown [to them] planet, left as survivors to survive in a new environment.The classic struggle for leadership, both local and universal, haunts the ongoing story line. We see good vs evil interplay in communities fighting to form a generally fair and acceptable society. This must be done person by person and event by event. The measure of this book is that the triumph is not a textbook description, but a sense of a living struggle.This is a fun book to read, for while it stands alone as a great story, more importantly, it exists as a preamble to a number of following volumes in the series. Read it. You will enjoy it. I did even though I am not a regular scifi reader.