Review: Pure sci-fi adventure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2013
Daniel Atgard, the hero from the previous book "Right Ascension," is back on earth, his space ship is parked in his back yard. Life is good. It's been a decade since all of humanity was threatened with extinction by the energy beings called the Lucani Ibron. But this is an adventure novel so the disasters begin to strike, one after another. The pace isn't quite as intense as the first book but the intrigue builds. More characters are brought in to tell the story as the reader goes from one conflict in exotic places in space to another. It is true that David Derrico doesn't develop his characters in agonizing detail, but he does give them strength and depth enough to deal with grand challenges. This is a powerful tale of righting past wrongs and attempting to pull out of a trajectory of doom.