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Homecoming Saga #4-5
Homecoming: Earth (Omnibus)
When refugees from a war-ravaged Earth first settled Harmony, they built a master computer as a guardian of the peace -- a machine designed to keep people from developing the technology that devastated their old world. Their descendants, genetically altered to receive the computer's transmissions, worshiped the voice within -- what they called the Oversoul. But after 40 million years, the Oversoul began breaking down. To be repaired, its core had to interface with the even more powerful master computer still on Earth. So it chose a group of men and women for a journey to that distant world, where they would establish a colony and, hopefully, thrive. But although it tried to provide for every eventuality, the Oversoul was a machine -- not always accurate with regard to the dangerous complexities of the human heart and mind...
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Nafai did not possess his borther Elemak's natural gift for leadership, but he also lacked his brother's capacity for envy and suspicion. While Elemak resisted the Ovesoul, Nafai was its willing tool--one reason he was put in charge of the expedition. For that, Elemak would never forgive him. Yet his hatred of Nafai went far deeper--a poison that ate away at the colony. And then it spread among those with whom humans now shared the Earth--two sapient races that had evolved from ordinary bats and rats. The colonists called them angels and diggers.
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The angel pTo feared the Old Ones, but even more, he feared they would ally themselves with the hated devils, who lived underground and preyed upon the angels' young. And so he dared approach the strangers who'd come out of the sky, though they had no wings--and nearly paid for such boldness with his life. An inauspicious beginning to a friendship that would endure for centuries.
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The digger Fusum was blood king of his people, and he despised the way they groveled before the newcomers. The root Mother said they were gods; Fusum knew better. They were strong, but mortal. He saw one die! So he would wait, forge alliances, and when the time was right, he would lead an army to destroy them.
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Nafai did not possess his borther Elemak's natural gift for leadership, but he also lacked his brother's capacity for envy and suspicion. While Elemak resisted the Ovesoul, Nafai was its willing tool--one reason he was put in charge of the expedition. For that, Elemak would never forgive him. Yet his hatred of Nafai went far deeper--a poison that ate away at the colony. And then it spread among those with whom humans now shared the Earth--two sapient races that had evolved from ordinary bats and rats. The colonists called them angels and diggers.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The angel pTo feared the Old Ones, but even more, he feared they would ally themselves with the hated devils, who lived underground and preyed upon the angels' young. And so he dared approach the strangers who'd come out of the sky, though they had no wings--and nearly paid for such boldness with his life. An inauspicious beginning to a friendship that would endure for centuries.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The digger Fusum was blood king of his people, and he despised the way they groveled before the newcomers. The root Mother said they were gods; Fusum knew better. They were strong, but mortal. He saw one die! So he would wait, forge alliances, and when the time was right, he would lead an army to destroy them.
614 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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Orson Scott Card
886 books20.7k followersOrson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is (as of 2023) the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.
Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.
Card, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979, and he won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories.
Card teaches English at Southern Virginia University; he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. He has taught many successful writers at his "literary boot camps". He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence.
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December 18, 2021
I found out this was the last 2 books in a 5 part series after finishing "Earthbound." I did not read the previous books. I ended up finishing both anyway. Just figured I'd make that disclaimer for this review.
Let me get one thing out the way: Everyone complaining about "misogyny" is being melodramatic and probably didn't even bother to read much of the book(s).
First, isn't Card religious? That should explain some. Second, he just has a traditional view on gender. I see no genuine misogyny on Card's part. Many female characters are just as well-written and contribute just as much as the male ones. Especially in "Earthbound."
The female characters will sometimes even have a good idea that the male characters can't think of because they're "thinking like men." No joke, that's more or less the language he uses.
Hell, there was a whole arc where the daughter of the king has a true dream, but has to get her brother to tell the king. After "fulfilling the prophecy" of the dream, there's a scene where the king is basically ashamed for his misogyny, more or less, and not listening to his own daughter.
So clearly, Card just has a very traditional view on gender. It's not woman hating. Especially when it was a big plot point of "Earthborn" to have equal treatment, more or less, of the sexes (and species). Everyone crying "misogyny" is probably chasing Twitter clout and didn't even bother finishing the book(s).
Also, people bashing on Card for taking inspiration from his culture/religion are being absurd. Many petty remarks on this sound like an ideological beef. It's only natural for a writer to take from his own experiences and put them into his writing.
Is it subtle? Definitely not, but I guarantee a great bit of these whiners wouldn't be complaining had he taken inspiration from something that wasn't Mormonism or, more broadly, Christianity. Let's just say if he ripped off Buddhist texts, a great deal of these people would probably be praising it for its "cultural and theological inspirations" instead. Mormonism, and Christianity more broadly, doesn't seem to get this kind of slack.
Now for the review...
"Earthbound" was better than "Earthborn," in my opinion. The characters and the drama is more interesting. Definitely some more suspense going on. I also think it was less preachy. There was also a bit more world building since they had just arrived on an unrecognisable Earth.
If you like more political world building, the second book has more of that with all the kingdoms which inhabit specific regions. The end also goes into great detail about the geography and how the current-day Earth turned into the one in-universe.
I thought "Earthbound" was a 4 star. Good characters, good suspense, good dialogue, and not too many issues in the writing.
"Earthborn" was not as good. For starters, it's a lot more preachy and overt in its message. At certain points, the messaging is so overt that it almost literally defies logic. There's a section where Edhedeya, I believe, basically berates Akma for using too much "logic" and "reasoning" and not just going with the "simple answer," which is to "believe in the Keeper." Yup, it's that overt in its messaging. I didn't have to explain a thing about the story and I'm sure you got the point. That's just about the language used as well and it's said as if it's profound and convincing.
"Earthborn" also has a lot more "ass-pulls," as my weeaboo friends would call it. Namely sudden and extremely unrealistic changes of heart. Akma and the King's sons encountering the Keeper was also a bit of an ass-pull. It sounds as if it was Shedemei in the Cloak, but it was never explicitly revealed. Shedemei even speaks of this occurrence as if it were not her.
I probably would've liked it better had it been Shedemei, since that would preserve the mysticism around the Keeper of Earth. It'd also leave the Keeper's existence more up to interpretation on behalf of the reader. Some readers might take this as proof for the Keeper's non-existence. Others would say it was an act Shedemei had to put on for the Keeper's plan to get back on track, especially since the Keeper's plan seems rather benevolent. It would've felt a lot less preachy this way, in my opinion.
"Earthbound" had a few ass-pulls too, and I suppose you could argue the Oversoul convincing everyone counts as ass-pulls, but the Oversoul's power and influence was brought up several times in detail and I found it to build interesting suspense since you wanted to see how much power the Oversoul really had over the chaos that was ensuing and whether or not he could actually handle the situation and get everyone to re-colonise Earth safely.
I also just thought the characters in "Earthborn" were a bit less interesting. It wasn't horrible. Card seems pretty good at writing characters and dialogue. It might've just been a byproduct of the more preachy nature of the book. The sudden changes of heart will also stifle realism in characters and there were plenty of those.
"Earthborn" was more of a 3 star. I have some issues with the writing and preachiness, but the characters, dialogue, plot, and world are still interesting.
EDIT: By the way, there is incest in this book. I'm not including that in my review here because it's such a negligible part of the plot. Truthfully, it maybe shouldn't even be there. It doesn't add much of anything, but the characters do discuss their concerns over it and the Oversoul makes sure there won't be any genetic abnormalities. At least Card is somewhat self-aware to how weird this is, I suppose. I chose to just ignore it for this review.
Averages overall to 3.5.
Let me get one thing out the way: Everyone complaining about "misogyny" is being melodramatic and probably didn't even bother to read much of the book(s).
First, isn't Card religious? That should explain some. Second, he just has a traditional view on gender. I see no genuine misogyny on Card's part. Many female characters are just as well-written and contribute just as much as the male ones. Especially in "Earthbound."
The female characters will sometimes even have a good idea that the male characters can't think of because they're "thinking like men." No joke, that's more or less the language he uses.
Hell, there was a whole arc where the daughter of the king has a true dream, but has to get her brother to tell the king. After "fulfilling the prophecy" of the dream, there's a scene where the king is basically ashamed for his misogyny, more or less, and not listening to his own daughter.
So clearly, Card just has a very traditional view on gender. It's not woman hating. Especially when it was a big plot point of "Earthborn" to have equal treatment, more or less, of the sexes (and species). Everyone crying "misogyny" is probably chasing Twitter clout and didn't even bother finishing the book(s).
Also, people bashing on Card for taking inspiration from his culture/religion are being absurd. Many petty remarks on this sound like an ideological beef. It's only natural for a writer to take from his own experiences and put them into his writing.
Is it subtle? Definitely not, but I guarantee a great bit of these whiners wouldn't be complaining had he taken inspiration from something that wasn't Mormonism or, more broadly, Christianity. Let's just say if he ripped off Buddhist texts, a great deal of these people would probably be praising it for its "cultural and theological inspirations" instead. Mormonism, and Christianity more broadly, doesn't seem to get this kind of slack.
Now for the review...
"Earthbound" was better than "Earthborn," in my opinion. The characters and the drama is more interesting. Definitely some more suspense going on. I also think it was less preachy. There was also a bit more world building since they had just arrived on an unrecognisable Earth.
If you like more political world building, the second book has more of that with all the kingdoms which inhabit specific regions. The end also goes into great detail about the geography and how the current-day Earth turned into the one in-universe.
I thought "Earthbound" was a 4 star. Good characters, good suspense, good dialogue, and not too many issues in the writing.
"Earthborn" was not as good. For starters, it's a lot more preachy and overt in its message. At certain points, the messaging is so overt that it almost literally defies logic. There's a section where Edhedeya, I believe, basically berates Akma for using too much "logic" and "reasoning" and not just going with the "simple answer," which is to "believe in the Keeper." Yup, it's that overt in its messaging. I didn't have to explain a thing about the story and I'm sure you got the point. That's just about the language used as well and it's said as if it's profound and convincing.
"Earthborn" also has a lot more "ass-pulls," as my weeaboo friends would call it. Namely sudden and extremely unrealistic changes of heart. Akma and the King's sons encountering the Keeper was also a bit of an ass-pull. It sounds as if it was Shedemei in the Cloak, but it was never explicitly revealed. Shedemei even speaks of this occurrence as if it were not her.
I probably would've liked it better had it been Shedemei, since that would preserve the mysticism around the Keeper of Earth. It'd also leave the Keeper's existence more up to interpretation on behalf of the reader. Some readers might take this as proof for the Keeper's non-existence. Others would say it was an act Shedemei had to put on for the Keeper's plan to get back on track, especially since the Keeper's plan seems rather benevolent. It would've felt a lot less preachy this way, in my opinion.
"Earthbound" had a few ass-pulls too, and I suppose you could argue the Oversoul convincing everyone counts as ass-pulls, but the Oversoul's power and influence was brought up several times in detail and I found it to build interesting suspense since you wanted to see how much power the Oversoul really had over the chaos that was ensuing and whether or not he could actually handle the situation and get everyone to re-colonise Earth safely.
I also just thought the characters in "Earthborn" were a bit less interesting. It wasn't horrible. Card seems pretty good at writing characters and dialogue. It might've just been a byproduct of the more preachy nature of the book. The sudden changes of heart will also stifle realism in characters and there were plenty of those.
"Earthborn" was more of a 3 star. I have some issues with the writing and preachiness, but the characters, dialogue, plot, and world are still interesting.
EDIT: By the way, there is incest in this book. I'm not including that in my review here because it's such a negligible part of the plot. Truthfully, it maybe shouldn't even be there. It doesn't add much of anything, but the characters do discuss their concerns over it and the Oversoul makes sure there won't be any genetic abnormalities. At least Card is somewhat self-aware to how weird this is, I suppose. I chose to just ignore it for this review.
Averages overall to 3.5.
April 2, 2024
So, after more trials and tribulations, the group of humans flee Harmony for planet Earth. After more trials and tribulations on their ship, they arrive at Earth and the after some orbits, the Oversoul finds a place for them to land.
They find that there are already sentient species on Earth near where they settled. One are the 'sky people', descendants of bats, and the 'earth people' descendants of rats. They exist in a symbiosis that keeps both their numbers in check because of an unnatural sexual organ seemingly added to their genetics by something unknown. Of course, the humans 'free them' from this and show them how to grow food and other technologies. Population explodes, and tempers flare.
When Volemak the human 'chief' eventually dies, the violence between his sons is imminent. Nafai and his followers flee in the night and start their own kingdom with the sky people, leaving Elemak and his followers to stay and rule the earth people. They hate each other. Shedemei, as the last outsider, takes the starship back to orbit as the new starmaster and deep sleeps, awakening every generation or so to check on things.
And so generations pass. Suddenly the story is about the mighty kingdom that descended from Nafai's people. It's another set of characters that are strong in their closeness to the Oversoul. Only now, we learn more about another power sending dreams too, which is named the Keeper of Earth. The Oversoul AI doesn't know what it is, but thinks it's a more powerful AI like itself. More trials and tribulations.
Finally, Shedemei does something she could have done at any time... she uses the Oversoul and technology to appear before the 'bad ones' who have rejected the Keeper of Earth. She appears as the Keeper of Earth and tells them to repent. Then some mysticism happens, the people are saved. Then the story ends. Why now? It's just another trial and tribulation that signifies nothing more important than any other, really.
In short, the ending was a huge let down for me. Apparently the Keeper of Earth is never fully revealed, but implied to be the something unseen that uses the magnetic fields of Earth's magma to draw its powers. Even across light years to planet Harmony. Almost implying it is god or some "Earth spirit", but no hard evidence to back it up, like when the godlike Oversoul was shown to be a computer AI that could interface with humans because of their dna link. But yet they have similar powers? So disappointing.
Other gripes:
The unnatural symbiote sexual organs of the bat and rat people are never explained. Nor why they were needed for the story. The Oversoul just happened to choose the place to land on Earth where they were located? No particular reason given.
In a tiny paragraph towards the end there is mention of the original colony ships send to different planets - 40 of them! At least one of them returned to Earth before the people from Harmony, but they destroyed themselves because they made the "wrong choice". Apparently it added a backstory for the Harmony people to "get it right" or another colony would be summoned back. Why?
A main story point has been the Oversoul has been charged with keeping warlike technology from the humans on Harmony so they don't destroy themselves. When the Oversoul sends its humans to Earth after 40 million years it wants to find a way to repair its damage so it can continue its mission. Instead, the Keeper of Earth has them send a probe back to Harmony with instructions to let the humans discover technology, so that one day they can repair the Oversoul themselves and join them on Earth. WHAT? What about destroying themselves like what happened on Earth?? Well, the possible answer was found in another small paragraph in the FOOTNOTES. Apparently, though everyone thought the Earth was destroyed from nuclear war (which did happen), the real reason was the massive and rapid rise of tectonic plates in Central America causing massive volcanic activity, burning the atmosphere and eventually making Earth uninhabitable. Thus the exodus. In the footnotes!
Finally, after reading the book and I went online to find other thoughts and reviews. I found out the Homecoming saga is loosely based on the Book of Mormon which I have not read, and the author is a Latter Day Saint. Perhaps the author wanted to demonstrate why people believe in God or whatnot, but my first thought was the Book of Mormon must be more made up stories like these.
TLDR: Starts off great like the other books, ends in an unsatisfying mess.
They find that there are already sentient species on Earth near where they settled. One are the 'sky people', descendants of bats, and the 'earth people' descendants of rats. They exist in a symbiosis that keeps both their numbers in check because of an unnatural sexual organ seemingly added to their genetics by something unknown. Of course, the humans 'free them' from this and show them how to grow food and other technologies. Population explodes, and tempers flare.
When Volemak the human 'chief' eventually dies, the violence between his sons is imminent. Nafai and his followers flee in the night and start their own kingdom with the sky people, leaving Elemak and his followers to stay and rule the earth people. They hate each other. Shedemei, as the last outsider, takes the starship back to orbit as the new starmaster and deep sleeps, awakening every generation or so to check on things.
And so generations pass. Suddenly the story is about the mighty kingdom that descended from Nafai's people. It's another set of characters that are strong in their closeness to the Oversoul. Only now, we learn more about another power sending dreams too, which is named the Keeper of Earth. The Oversoul AI doesn't know what it is, but thinks it's a more powerful AI like itself. More trials and tribulations.
Finally, Shedemei does something she could have done at any time... she uses the Oversoul and technology to appear before the 'bad ones' who have rejected the Keeper of Earth. She appears as the Keeper of Earth and tells them to repent. Then some mysticism happens, the people are saved. Then the story ends. Why now? It's just another trial and tribulation that signifies nothing more important than any other, really.
In short, the ending was a huge let down for me. Apparently the Keeper of Earth is never fully revealed, but implied to be the something unseen that uses the magnetic fields of Earth's magma to draw its powers. Even across light years to planet Harmony. Almost implying it is god or some "Earth spirit", but no hard evidence to back it up, like when the godlike Oversoul was shown to be a computer AI that could interface with humans because of their dna link. But yet they have similar powers? So disappointing.
Other gripes:
The unnatural symbiote sexual organs of the bat and rat people are never explained. Nor why they were needed for the story. The Oversoul just happened to choose the place to land on Earth where they were located? No particular reason given.
In a tiny paragraph towards the end there is mention of the original colony ships send to different planets - 40 of them! At least one of them returned to Earth before the people from Harmony, but they destroyed themselves because they made the "wrong choice". Apparently it added a backstory for the Harmony people to "get it right" or another colony would be summoned back. Why?
A main story point has been the Oversoul has been charged with keeping warlike technology from the humans on Harmony so they don't destroy themselves. When the Oversoul sends its humans to Earth after 40 million years it wants to find a way to repair its damage so it can continue its mission. Instead, the Keeper of Earth has them send a probe back to Harmony with instructions to let the humans discover technology, so that one day they can repair the Oversoul themselves and join them on Earth. WHAT? What about destroying themselves like what happened on Earth?? Well, the possible answer was found in another small paragraph in the FOOTNOTES. Apparently, though everyone thought the Earth was destroyed from nuclear war (which did happen), the real reason was the massive and rapid rise of tectonic plates in Central America causing massive volcanic activity, burning the atmosphere and eventually making Earth uninhabitable. Thus the exodus. In the footnotes!
Finally, after reading the book and I went online to find other thoughts and reviews. I found out the Homecoming saga is loosely based on the Book of Mormon which I have not read, and the author is a Latter Day Saint. Perhaps the author wanted to demonstrate why people believe in God or whatnot, but my first thought was the Book of Mormon must be more made up stories like these.
TLDR: Starts off great like the other books, ends in an unsatisfying mess.
August 14, 2023
Truly disappointing.
This series started of promising, with interesting characters and interactions, even if its world-sense was difficult to believe in. The series continually degrades as it becomes more and more obviously a retelling of the The Book of Mormon, even though I've never read it. The last two books are really terrible, without really any traditional centralized plot. The two non-human species and cultures are never developed adequately to be of interest, and neither is the Earth of 40 million years hence. The appendix at the back was incredibly pointless, describing the geography and politics of the world with information that was barely mentioned, if at all, making wonder why Card spent so much developing these scenarios if he never used them. Maybe I shouldn't blame him but whatever hack wrote the original source material.
This series started of promising, with interesting characters and interactions, even if its world-sense was difficult to believe in. The series continually degrades as it becomes more and more obviously a retelling of the The Book of Mormon, even though I've never read it. The last two books are really terrible, without really any traditional centralized plot. The two non-human species and cultures are never developed adequately to be of interest, and neither is the Earth of 40 million years hence. The appendix at the back was incredibly pointless, describing the geography and politics of the world with information that was barely mentioned, if at all, making wonder why Card spent so much developing these scenarios if he never used them. Maybe I shouldn't blame him but whatever hack wrote the original source material.
January 7, 2025
Orson Scott Card has created yet another fantastic universe with great characters in his 5 book long Homecoming Saga.
Personally I was unbothered by the heavy Mormon inspiration that is throughout the entirety of these books but it may not be for everyone. Orson Scott Card is a devout Mormon after all.
One problem to me with this series is that there is a noticeable time jump between the 4th and 5th book in the series which I found to be quite jarring. There were conflicts between characters I would have liked to have seen resolved before the time jump.
This series would have benefited greatly from a shorter novel bridging the gap between the 4th and 5th book or even just some more exposition about the distant past in book #5.
Regarding the characters I believe they’re well written and mostly likeable though some seem irredeemably evil while others seem near morally perfect. Some may find this off putting.
In conclusion, if you enjoy Orson Scott Cards other works you’ll most likely enjoy this as well if you give it a chance.
Personally I was unbothered by the heavy Mormon inspiration that is throughout the entirety of these books but it may not be for everyone. Orson Scott Card is a devout Mormon after all.
One problem to me with this series is that there is a noticeable time jump between the 4th and 5th book in the series which I found to be quite jarring. There were conflicts between characters I would have liked to have seen resolved before the time jump.
This series would have benefited greatly from a shorter novel bridging the gap between the 4th and 5th book or even just some more exposition about the distant past in book #5.
Regarding the characters I believe they’re well written and mostly likeable though some seem irredeemably evil while others seem near morally perfect. Some may find this off putting.
In conclusion, if you enjoy Orson Scott Cards other works you’ll most likely enjoy this as well if you give it a chance.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 14, 2020
This story is so unique and twisted and amazing. I read it years ago but think about it at random times. I plan to do a re-read very soon because it was just that good. Highly recommend.
June 4, 2008
Finally finished; an OK book. Basically interesting story, interesting ideas, but too much overt ideology discussion - too preachy, and a lot of the plot and characterization was, to me, inconsistent. The main character in the later part of the story reminded me of St. Paul and his conversion on the road to Damascus - probably deliberate. So, while St. Paul's conversion is acceptable, this character's was not, especially in light of earlier characters who never "saw the light."
May 25, 2015
the first three in the series were so good, what happened? I could not have been less interested in these characters at this point. I kept putting this down and had such hard time forcing myself to finish it.
July 1, 2009
Not as good as the ender series, of course, but okay.
January 26, 2013
Reading this book makes me wish I had read the first three books in the series, something I absolutely would have done had I realized earlier I was starting off in the middle of a series.
June 14, 2010
This entire series is actually loosely based on the BOM. It's obviously not spiritual, but there's an interesting tidbit. You might see some resemblances.
April 30, 2013
More so that the first omnibus of this series, these contained a lot of the characters discussing philosophy which apparently I have little tolerance for.
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