*Book source ~ NetGalley
30 July 2013
Sci-Fi | Dystopian
511 Pages
My Rating ~ 4 bites
It’s the 23rd century and Darwin,
Australia is the last city standing. An alien technology has created a type of
elevator to space and it generates an aura that protects people from a
devastating plague that turns humans into primitive creatures. Humanity has
been decimated and those that are left scramble around Darwin just to survive.
Then there are those who live above the elevator, in space; the Orbitals. An
even smaller number of people are immunes. They can travel outside the aura to
scavenge what’s left without worry of contracting the plague. When the elevator
inexplicably begins to fail, Skyler Luiken and his crew of immune scavengers
are hired by Neil Platz, the richest man on and above Earth, to discover the
reason why. And Neil wants his protégé, Dr. Tania Sharma, involved in the
mission. Things get ugly quickly when a power-hungry despot throws a spanner in
the works and all of Neil’s plans fly out the window. Or do they?
True to the sci-fi genre this is an epic
sweeping tale of aliens mucking about with Earth and the consequences that
follow. The thing with this story though, is we know nothing about these
Builders who sent the elevator. They never showed their…faces? But Neil is
convinced that they will return. Alien technology, set in the future, race
against time, two plots running concurrently, a bleak dystopian world, and
great characters who never saw themselves as heroes makes for an all-inclusive
read. There’s much to love and hate (I’m looking at you, Russell) here as well
as mystery and action. It’s a bit long in areas and could have used a little
cutting here and there. Also, at times, it’s nearly too far-fetched, but
overall a great story.
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