Time is Precious.
Upon returning from the alien planet, the remaining crew of the USCS Tempest never could have anticipated this: their ship is in impeccable condition, almost like it never left spacedock. All signs of their former trials are gone.Due to a unique distortion in the planet’s atmosphere, Cas, Evie and the rest of the crew who visited the planet missed the last eighteen years of … of the crew who visited the planet missed the last eighteen years of history. But just because those who stayed aboard had time to repair the ship doesn’t mean all is good. Commander Sesster has fallen into a coma, and without him, they still can’t leave. Not to mention the fallout from Evie’s actions on the planet’s surface. Cas and Box are the only ones who witnessed the carnage, or so they think.
But their main concern is what might have happened to the Coalition in the past two decades. There’s been no comm traffic coming from Coalition space in all that time, leading Cas to fear the worst. To find out, they’ll need to find a way to travel without Sesster, at least until they can figure out what’s wrong with him. But the truth of what happened in those eighteen years may be more than any of them are ready to handle.
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The story opens back in the Coalition with a conversation between Fleet Admiral Arden Dix and a gossip reporter Zyrr Phax. It concerns the ever evolving story of the Tempest and its legendary crew and the exact ‘truth’ people should be informed of, regardless of any consequences of the secrets kept in the dark. Jumping back to the Tempest, with a reunited crew and a brand new ship augmented with new technology; yet as Caspian discovers something just doesn’t add up. How is it possible for the ship to be new when they were suppose to be dead in the water? Sesster has somehow fallen into a coma with no understanding as to why or how to help him. Despite that, the ingeniousness of the crew allows them to leap frog back to the Coalition. Eighteen years and the dark cruelty of the Athru to slaughter the human part of the Coalition has left it shattered; with shards of hope coming from survivors they discover. One has a distinct and consequental connection to Caspian’s past and why he was dragged back into the Coalition in the first place. They share dark stories of just how the Coalition and its alliances have been ripped apart; making it potentially impossible to find any real refuge. For Evie, the stakes are even more stark than before because of a controversial action Caspian took to protect her secret from the crew that unfortunately threatens her sanity and life once more. Even worse, a dark plan by some of crew could have cascading ramifications if it’s carried out. How do you have hope, when all but darkness surrounds you? A haunting story, profound and brilliantly written with motivations of the characters that are not only relatable but will leave you shocked as to reasons behind them. Highly recommended.
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.”-Charles Bukowski
“What was so special about the human race?” A question that seems to prevail above all. And to top it off, nerve wrecking situations, unsettling moments, nothing is what it seems on the reformed Tempest within the crew. I had this stomach tension the whole time! The moral and ethical of past and present actions are put into debate. Torn between what’s right or wrong for the best interests of the ship, the crew and humanity, it was a hard decision to make. The mistrust provoked by an uncertain future among the crew, the uncertainty, the secrets, the lies.. the dooming reality makes all the events come crashing down into an anticlimactic and vertiginous showdown. I think this has been the most conflicting and controversial installment in the series, how the future of a few surviving humans can manifest into a turmoil of different points of view, driven by despair, a sense of hopelessness, of loss, unrest..Tensión filled, fast paced, full of action and intrigue, thought provoking and exciting, gripping, immersive and engrossing, this premise has it all and more. I already want to read Memory’s Blade #8!
Received as an ARC (2019), this is an honest review. The story opens back in the Coalition with a conversation between Fleet Admiral Arden Dix and a gossip reporter Zyrr Phax. It concerns the ever evolving story of the Tempest and its legendary crew and the exact ‘truth’ people should be informed of, regardless of any consequences of the secrets kept in the dark. Jumping back to the Tempest, with a reunited crew and a brand new ship augmented with new technology; yet as Caspian discovers something just doesn’t add up. How is it possible for the ship to be new when they were suppose to be dead in the water? Sesster has somehow fallen into a coma with no understanding as to why or how to help him. Despite that, the ingeniousness of the crew allows them to leap frog back to the Coalition. Eighteen years and the dark cruelty of the Athru to slaughter the human part of the Coalition has left it shattered; with shards of hope coming from survivors they discover. One has a distinct and consequental connection to Caspian’s past and why he was dragged back into the Coalition in the first place. They share dark stories of just how the Coalition and its alliances have been ripped apart; making it potentially impossible to find any real refuge. For Evie, the stakes are even more stark than before because of a controversial action Caspian took to protect her secret from the crew that unfortunately threatens her sanity and life once more. Even worse, a dark plan by some of crew could have cascading ramifications if it’s carried out. How do you have hope, when all but darkness surrounds you? A haunting story, profound and brilliantly written with motivations of the characters that are not only relatable but will leave you shocked as to reasons behind them. Highly recommended.