Review: An Emotional Journey
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2012
I had no idea what I was reading when a friend recommended this novel to me. Talk about panning for gold nuggets, well, I found one. A true Science fiction story. This novel is filled with adventure, a romance, story telling, and a dilly of a cliff hanger ending. This is a short story that I hope has a long life.Telenia is a planet that is not so very different than ours, just slightly modified. The biggest difference is the lack of technology in almost every area. Unless you are in the Royal Court, food is basic fruit and grain. The grain is orange, but I warned you it had slight modifications. A melon tastes like a pineapple, you get the idea. Vehicles are back to the horse/donkey and cart stage, yet there are 'signs' that they have a glancing knowledge of motorized vehicles. Medicine is way backwards.The story opens with a Mother telling her son a bedtime story. You quickly realize the heroine is the Mother, herself.Medical technician, Amanda Shelton is on one of her final medical evacuations from Mars to Earth when a ripple in the space fabric hurls the spaceship down. Later, injured, Amanda finds herself in a cell being tended to. The people speak differently and well, it is better that you learn for yourself.This book starts so gently then morphs into an adventure on a different planet. The pace picks up and you find yourself clicking (ebook) through at an astounding pace. Then, to my surprise, I found myself so into Amanda's struggle that I had tears upon my face.The cliff hanging ending that assures me the story will continue in 2013, was the only disappointment. Ebooks haven't a pre-order process and so I have to manage to keep the Author's name and title of this first tale somewhere safe to buy next year. Do not let this stop you from reading this first tale. It is truly a golden nugget.