An enemy—or a friend? No way to know except the forbidden touch of an alien mind.Kena is the only human in a multi-racial starship crew. She’s admired for her navigational skills, but her race is viewed as problematic. Cultural differences abound, seasoned by unexpected similarities. Those lacking telepathic abilities have another disadvantage. Kena presents the crew with a paradox. She cannot be … with a paradox. She cannot be a telepath, and yet she is.
Their challenging mission strains every limit and claims lives. When an enemy discovers their presence, Kena is captured. As both guest and prisoner, she finds the PitKreelaundun race much harder to comprehend than any she has known. They entwine kindness with cruelty. Worst of all, their telepathic practices are intolerable to a human, threatening Kena’s sanity and life. Mutiny is forming among her captors, rescue is impossible, and diplomacy fails. There is only one way out—something that Kena must never do.
Diverse Similarity is the first novel in a compelling science fiction series by Sharon Rose. If you are intrigued by alien cultures, rich characters, and dangerous adventures among the stars, this book is for you. Read it today and explore not only outer space, but the spirit within.
more
You will want to read Diverse Demands next.
Kena is a human navigator going on a fact-finding mission with 11 other planetary species or races working on the space ship. The scientists are investigating the cause of exploding planets.
Kena is a telepath of sorts, speaks many languages, and look for how the races are similar instead of different. She is a peacemaker and makes friends quickly.
The mission is going smoothly, until Kena and her copilot rescue an infant alien on a dead ship. The child is the only survivor. In an attempt to keep advanced technology for the Collaborative’s spaceship from the child’s native species, Kena does a manual swap carrying the baby to a docking station on the Pitkreelaundun alien craft.
It should have worked; it did until they decided to detain her and see how she communicated with the child.
Read and find out what happens next, it is out-of-this-world. Shades of StarTrek, this needs to be a movie, using the next book too.
I received a free ARC of this book. I am thrilled that I had the next episode before I read the first one.
Kena is the only human navigator on a space ship full of alien races. She is not a native telepath. All of the aliens are. The development of her relationships with the folks on her ship is a delight to experience. She has a big heart. And humans are physically faster than the aliens because of adrenaline. Nice. No other race can sing! The Christian emphasis is awesome without being preachy. No cursing, No sex. Can’t recommend it enough.
**** SPOILER ALERT ****
“Diverse Similarity” ( Diverse #1 ) is a wonderful story that balances action and exposition. Rose does a superlative job of world building and character development. Nay, I should change that to universe building as that is what the author did. I was very quickly drawn into this universe that Rose built.
Along with seeing friendships bloom as Kena adjusts to her new ship and mission. Throughout, the author gently shares a vitally important message without beating the reader over the head with it. There’s plenty enough action to be had to satisfy the “space jockeys” among us along with enough blooming relationships between a human and an array of diverse beings to satisfy the culturalists among us.
I truly enjoyed this story and I highly recommend it to anyone. I look forward to reading the rest of the volumes in this series.
In the interest of transparency: I was given a free review copy of this book and I am voluntarily sharing this review.
It is my own honest opinion.
In the name of love of peace. Review of Diverse Similarity.
41/2 stars. Keena is human and is assigned to a multi-racial spaceship. She is a respected navigator on the ship, however, is still viewed as a troublesome occupant of the ship to the rest on board. In addition, Keena has to hide the fact she is a telepath when she can not be. It is an intense challenge for Keena and the other races to get along and defeat the true enemy that is out to kill them all. I’ve always liked this kind off Sci-fi novel. It reminded me of Star Trek. The different alien species living on one ship; having to get along and work together. I like how strong Keena was. She was smart as well as strong. The story flowed easily with some slow parts which i just skimmed over. (Not many really). lol. I didn’t realize the book was so long. There was a book one and a book two. I didn’t expect that the book was going to be that long. lol. It made it more epic than just a plain novel. lol. This is the first novel I’ve read from this author and will not be the last. I will certainly search for her other novels to read. I received a complimentary copy of this novel from Hidden Gems in exchange for an honest review.
In the beginning of the book, I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to “get into it” so to speak. But I kept reading, thinking that this book would be a great movie. As I continued reading, I was captivated. There were a few small “spiritual” things in there that caught my attention and lots of spiritual truths. Kena was the only human aboard a space ship of aliens and she went out of her way to get to know them, their language, customs, etc. Not going to say a lot more due to don’t want to spoil the story. But whether you are into science fiction or just Christian fiction, this is the best of both genres, all in one book, in my opinion. I’m really looking forward to the next book!!!
I was gifted this book but all opinions are my own.
If you like Star Trek, you’ll love this book!! Reminds me of the old Lost in Space, and all of the Star Trek family, with the added component of faith. It shows that if we accept each other, we can always find some type of common ground. Just because we are different, doesn’t mean we can’t see things the same, even if we arrive from different viewpoints. A little longer of a read than I’m used to, but well worth the time and effort.