So, you know the old saying: "Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover?" I know that's a true statement, but I have to admit covers play a substantial role in which books I explore a bit deeper. This is a book whose cover almost kept me from reading it.
It kept drifting to
bottom of my "To Be Read" pile. But since it's a Kindle Unlimited book, I finally decided I'd give it a try and ditch it quick. Well, that proved to be very wrong. Here's my Amazon Review:
A Science Fiction Novel in the Great Old Tradition
This novel reminds me of the great science fiction masters. It talks about big ideas, it has a scope as wide as the distance between stars. It brings up new ideas about what it means to travel to the stars and to travel back. It is on the hard Science Fiction side, but not the kind of hard Science Fiction that is so filled with science that it takes a front seat to the story.
If you like novels like the Foundation Trilogy and Gateway, this will be a treat for you.
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I'm convinced that this is a stand alone novel.
Colin Alexander, at least as far as I can see, has only written stand alones. The novel follows Leif Grettison. (If you look at the cover it says "The long strange journey of Leif the Lucky." --- Another reason I almost did not read it. That sounded too corny for words.) about a 100 years into the future. Things are not wonderful on earth, still a lot of war, and the big powers have just pulled back from the brink of an extinction level war. But all is not hopeless.
Why did I borrow it in the first place? app. 350 4-5 star reviews. I thought that had to be meaningful because there was little in the blurb or the cover which made me want to read it.
I won't say more about the story, but that it's the kind of book that is staying with me days after finishing it. I awarded it 5 stars (and most of you know that I don't do that lightly). Perhaps the most significant thing I can say is that I picked up his latest novel and have started it right away.
Sigh! the cover on it is horrible as well.
