Review: Desperate for More
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
Thomas Robins' first work outside Hugh Howey's World of WOOL takes us on a journey into space and a journey from the inner city of Chicago to the International Space Station as our main character, Ineeka, is literally desperate to escape the life she was destined for on earth for the journey of a lifetime in space.Immediately after docking with the station, Ineeka loses power to her shuttle and has to employ her problem-solving skills to 1) Get into the station and 2) survive -- oh, and she's got an annoying tourist along for the ride as well.As one part of a proposed four-part story, there is much that Robins is sure to reveal in future installments, but I'll say the revelation Ineeka hears towards the end of Part 1 is a doozy and will leave readers scratching their collective heads. I loved the parallel stories of Ineeka, both on board the shuttle and then from her childhood in a lower-income Chicago, displaying multiple aspects of her personality and life. Robins did a fabulous job showing the danger she found herself in as well as the fear she had of being just a statistic in the 'hood.I look forward to Part 2 and all the revelations that accompany it.