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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini has given us a wonderful story with a strong female character, Kira Navarez, a xenobiologist on assignment with a team of other scientists to verify that the planet is suitable for colonization. While the assignment is completed, there is one worrisome detail that she is sent to investigate shortly before the team leaves ??? to return to their home base – one of the drones that was sent out to gather visual information has disappeared. Kira is charged with finding the drone and, if possible, what happened to it. At the coordinates of the drone’s last transmission, she finds an interesting rock formation. Curiosity was both a blessing and a curse for Kira. She knows she shouldn’t stay to inspect the formation, and discovers its an alien relic with a purpose.
Paolini’s writing is outstanding, his characters well-developed as are the life forms that show up with domination on their minds. He has built a world where humans have scattered out to the far ends of the galaxy assuming that they are the only beings. Their arrogance is soon proven wrong. This book is tightly written with no wasted words, but his writing is so good that you’ll find yourself reading at every opportunity.
The ending clearly telegraphs that there will be another book in this series.
If you love hard-core SciFi, then this book must be at the top of your to-be-read list. If this is your first foray into the genre, this book and this author is a very good place to start.
My thanks to Tor Books and Edelweiss for an eARC.
Paolini’s writing is outstanding, his characters well-developed as are the life forms that show up with domination on their minds. He has built a world where humans have scattered out to the far ends of the galaxy assuming that they are the only beings. Their arrogance is soon proven wrong. This book is tightly written with no wasted words, but his writing is so good that you’ll find yourself reading at every opportunity.
The ending clearly telegraphs that there will be another book in this series.
If you love hard-core SciFi, then this book must be at the top of your to-be-read list. If this is your first foray into the genre, this book and this author is a very good place to start.
My thanks to Tor Books and Edelweiss for an eARC.