Review: Complex and intriguing sci-fi.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2012
"Resistance" takes place thousands of years in the future (I surmise) and in outer space. Brett, our protagonist has a mission that involves exploring a foreign planet where the people live in a collective consciousness. The planet has beautiful cities and highly developed systems of transportation. In addition, they have perfected nanotechnology which allows them to infuse "nannies" into the bloodstream, giving people the ability to learn rapidly, communicate telepathically, etc. Brett is convinced by Ariel to have the nannies implanted, sort of like an undercover narcotics officer that finds himself in a situation where he has to take drugs. The episode and ensuing consequences with Brett and his relationship with Ariel set the stage for an ending that I don't want to spoil.Weisman creates a world that does not exist and I could picture his settings in my mind. He wields a knowledge about medical technology and infuses it into the story in a masterful way. As with many sci-fi novels, you will never understand all of what is presented and you need to accept that going into it. The only reason I could not give it a five star review as I felt as though it could have benefited from one more round of revisions as some of the scenes did not advance the plot and their removal could quicken the pace. However, that would not deter me from reading more and I do hope there is a sequel to "Resistance" in the works.