Review: Great start to new series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
Shalia's Diary Book 1 is told from the POV of a young  woman named Shalia.  Earth in this universe is ruled by a fanatical religious Church of the all God, and the church hierarchy has chosen to destroy their entire world if they are ever invaded from space.  When the Kalquorians break into Space around Earth the Pious Church sets loose a nuclear Armageddon which kills billions of people and lays waste to earth.  Under the teachings of this "Religion" women are very low second class citizens.  Any woman who breaks any of the church's rules concerning sex is given a death sentence (with torture,  beatings, and mutilations before you die).  The loss of such a world view would certainly not be missed by me.Shalia is a young woman who had worked for the world government, even though she did not believe their teachings.  Now Shalia, with her elderly Mother, Eve (who suffers from dementia), are struggling to survive alone in the nuclear wasteland of what was once beautiful mid Georgia.  They hide from both the savage earth men who survived the bombs and the Kalquorians spacemen who come to help and save as many survivors as they can.  Shalia and her Mother are rescued by one of the Aliens, (Shalia and Eve come to acknowledge the Aliens are the good guys). Shailia comes to accept the Kalquorian way of clans (3 men, 1 woman).  Also, Shalia finally comes to terms with loving an alien/aliens, however the ending leaves me thinking there will be more book with these characters in the future. Since there is only two men so far in the clan Shalia has come to love.  This is a well written fiction book and is quite a good read!What disturbs me is how the religion of this future earth reflects/mirrors some religions in our own day and time.  It would indeed be hell on earth if one of those religions ever took total control and all women grew up not having the right to just say no.