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Lacuna
Faith
Hundreds of years before the Toralii attacked Earth, destroying the cities of Beijing, Tehran and Sydney, before they developed the voidwarp technology and destroyed their homeworld, they warred amongst themselves.
The hills of the occupied Kaater Mountains were home to thousands of prisoners.
Including Tami.
The hills of the occupied Kaater Mountains were home to thousands of prisoners.
Including Tami.
8 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 2, 2012
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About the author
David Adams
54 books74 followersI've always been writing in my mind. I have way, way, way too many stories to tell and far too little time to tell them.
I've been involved in Star Trek roleplay-by-emails for a few years, where basically I learned my craft, but it's only last year that I actually started putting these thoughts to paper.
By day I'm a software engineer. But by night I write a little science fiction, a little fantasy, a little humour and comedy, and a little erotica under pen names.
I've been involved in Star Trek roleplay-by-emails for a few years, where basically I learned my craft, but it's only last year that I actually started putting these thoughts to paper.
By day I'm a software engineer. But by night I write a little science fiction, a little fantasy, a little humour and comedy, and a little erotica under pen names.
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
January 13, 2013
Interesting little snippet of the Lacuna world. Made me want to read more.
April 14, 2023
Another short story from the Lacuna universe.
This one wasn't quite as good as Magnet in my opinion, but it's was interesting nonetheless.
An alien's concept of the afterlife, and the escapism from unfavourable conditions through the wholehearted believe ("faith") in said afterlife is a good topic for a short sci-fi story. I liked it.
I will certainly be reading more snippets from this series in the future, to see if the pieces start to connect, and to see what else the author has to explore through this lense.
This one wasn't quite as good as Magnet in my opinion, but it's was interesting nonetheless.
An alien's concept of the afterlife, and the escapism from unfavourable conditions through the wholehearted believe ("faith") in said afterlife is a good topic for a short sci-fi story. I liked it.
I will certainly be reading more snippets from this series in the future, to see if the pieces start to connect, and to see what else the author has to explore through this lense.
March 18, 2025
The child was nine, yet knew so much about the dark place in which they had found themselves…far too much for a child of her age.
Set in a Neralanese internment camp.
Tami, 9, is a malnourished human girl.
Guardian Antani Silari is a Toralii priest.
Talks of God and the afterlife as prisoners are escorted to the incinerator.
Impoverished. Rags for clothes. Starving…and brutality.
Sad story, but with a solid ending.
“That’s what they told me—that’s what YOU told me—and I believe it it.
“I have faith.”
Set in a Neralanese internment camp.
Tami, 9, is a malnourished human girl.
Guardian Antani Silari is a Toralii priest.
Talks of God and the afterlife as prisoners are escorted to the incinerator.
Impoverished. Rags for clothes. Starving…and brutality.
Sad story, but with a solid ending.
“That’s what they told me—that’s what YOU told me—and I believe it it.
“I have faith.”
January 9, 2025
The love of a child
Faith is a beautiful representation of the love of a well-loved child and a mother and how that carries on into the next lifetime. David Adam’s writing is heartbreaking even if it’s beautiful.
Faith is a beautiful representation of the love of a well-loved child and a mother and how that carries on into the next lifetime. David Adam’s writing is heartbreaking even if it’s beautiful.
May 10, 2021
Religion of the aliens.
Author freebie. Suitable for teens and adults. Set in the Lacunaverse. A little alien girl travels to see her mother. Depressing.
Author freebie. Suitable for teens and adults. Set in the Lacunaverse. A little alien girl travels to see her mother. Depressing.
August 8, 2014
I certainly hope this isn't the best work in the collection of short stories that take place in the Lacuna universe. As a stand-alone story, it doesn't offer much. If you like death stories, I guess it's worth reading, but for me, it was a waste of time. Told from the point of view of a little alien girl, it tries to offer up a quandry of a little girl wrestling with her understanding of the universe when her mother dies when she is just 9 years old. Since they lived in (basically a concentration camp) her mother used her body to get extra food for the little girl from the guards, and when she died, the priest explained all about the balconies in the sky where the mother is now looking down on the little girl watching her. Well, duh, then the priest is surprised when the girl enters the cremation furnace, and activates it? Yeah, I don't think so.
Perhaps there's more to the story, more subtext, or additional lessons I didn't take away from it, but honestly, the only thing this sort of story does for me is make me not want to read anything else by an author. I'm sure there's some deep meaning buried in there somewhere, and folks will think me dense for not getting it, but I'm a practical sort, and reading about kids commiting suicide just isn't my cup of tea.
Perhaps there's more to the story, more subtext, or additional lessons I didn't take away from it, but honestly, the only thing this sort of story does for me is make me not want to read anything else by an author. I'm sure there's some deep meaning buried in there somewhere, and folks will think me dense for not getting it, but I'm a practical sort, and reading about kids commiting suicide just isn't my cup of tea.
February 22, 2014
A heart-rending short story that introduces the author's world, well written, well edited, and well produced. I haven't read any of the author's other books, and I had no difficulty understanding the situation and setting. The climax is kind of predictable, but the ending isn't. Say 3.5 to 4.0 stars, and thanks for the read, Mr Adams.
February 7, 2016
3.5 stars.
It's hard to rate a 1900 word story, but it was good at starting its own story and giving it a satisfying ending.
It's hard to rate a 1900 word story, but it was good at starting its own story and giving it a satisfying ending.
March 23, 2014
If only there where two 0s missing after those 8ths
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