The very beginning of this book (20 pages) is good. It sets up the scene and dilema quite well. The middle is slow and gets quite tedious. There is action in the form of dig sites and the risks involved in that activity but other than that the story is a plodder. I waited and waited for something...
I would have given this book a full five stars just because of how much I enjoyed the story, but I couldn't bring myself to do that since the quality of the writing itself isn't the highest (we rolled our eyes every time some character "pulled a face"). But man, through most of this tale I just ...
Since I’m trying to avoid any spoilers for Earth Girl, there are only vague hints about one important detail in this story. People who’ve already read Earth Girl should know exactly what that detail is. Part I Last month, I’d celebrated my twenty-fourth birthday surrounded by smiling family ...
His face barely reacted as Colonel Stone explained the theory about the chimera, and his voice was perfectly calm as he spoke.‘Let me check I fully understand this. It’s possible the true home world of the chimera is in Zeta sector?’‘Yes, sir,’ said Stone.‘The chimera infiltrated an alien ship an...
I headed straight into the mobile dome, and there was a moment of pure blizz when I changed into my sleep suit and crawled into my sleep sack. I lay there whimpering. Fian appeared after a while, in his impact suit with the hood down. ‘They’re starting the cooking outside....
I gazed open-mouthed at Keon, completely grazzed. “Keon, you’re amaz!” I said. “He’s totally zan!” said Issette. Keon gave a smug smile, reached out, grabbed a hand from each of me and Issette, and kissed them in turn. “It’s a pleasure to help two such elegant Alphan vid stars.” He laughed at our...