Colony Zero - Complete Series 1

Colony Zero #1-7

by Lisa Godfrees, Tracy Krauss, Travis Perry

The Complete Series Book I In 2810, they’re called Zeroes. Some Zeroes are born, somehow slipping through the genetic screening and purification tests in utero mandated by an overpopulated Earth. Others become Zeroes later, the worst murderers and thieves and abusers, despite the same genetic screening. Whether born or made, they are Earth’s outcasts, the dregs, sent to a perpetually dark rock orbiting a Y-class brown dwarf star by a society without the patience or desire to deal with them. The Relocation Ministry cites the humanity of the process, offering the Zeroes a chance at a new life. Yet the overcrowded world secretly knows with silent approval that they’re sent to Colony Zero for one reason: to die. That is until the RM ship Valkyrie 2 arrives on a routine survey mission to retrieve core samples. It is on that dark wind-swept planet that the crew discovers a far different secret

156 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2014

Reviews

[Anne Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with any series written by several authors, I enjoyed some parts of this book more than others--but I did enjoy it. I think you will find it well worth the small cost.

Colony Zero paints a picture of what I think our life might have been like if Hitler had won World War II--although that's just my surmise, not the authors' view. In the 2800s, Earthers have tried to scrub the world of people who are less than perfect in any way. In their "merciful" way, they've taken all these imperfect people--diseased, physically incapacitated, criminals, Christians--all of them, to a small planet of a dwarf star where they will probably die of starvation or lack of oxygen within a few days or weeks, at the most.

Their plan backfire. The colonists have discovered a way to live and even thrive, thanks to large economy-sized worms that eat the rocks and leave light-shedding crystals and oxygen in the tunnels they create. Thus far, the worms have been non-threatening, but suddenly they have begun attacking the people they encounter. What's happening? The thousands of refugees are about to find out.

All of you futuristic sci-fi fans out there--I think you'll love this.

[George Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book based on the authors'(there are several) comments on a blogtalk show (G-Zone). I'm partial to sci-fi and this was no disappointment. That it adds and supports the world it creates on Christian principles makes it more appealing to me.

Best part: I'm contracted to record the audiobook for this one! Excited.