Review: Skillfully done, quality sci-fi
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2012
Particle Horizon follows the rules and themes of the sci-fi genre with great skill.  It's the writing though that really sets this book apart.  The descriptions of the amazing science that mankind has used to make these worlds livable are vivid and alive.  So many sci-fi novels are dry and academic in their world-building, not this one.  The Angelhaven asteroid comes to life in an artist's vision of color, texture, and sound.  I found myself in reverent awe imagining the beauty as well as the destruction.  The author has clearly taken time to consider every detail of the science and life in these worlds, and it shows.  All the new and unfamiliar technologies were absolutely believable.Even the seemingly been-there, done-that plot is creative and new.  I wasn't sure which destructive force would most likely kill us off first, or if we'd even survive the book at all.  I wasn't even convinced that the survival of mankind would be the best outcome; Armageddon at one point seemed the preferable solution.  The plot flowed fast, action packed, sometimes brutal and sometimes poignant.  I had a hard time putting it down.This is a polished and sophisticated novel.  Don't let the fact that it's a debut work put you off.  This book easily holds its own with the big boys, and is well worth the purchase.