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This Foreign Universe #2
Foreign Planet
After sending Aleron’s monster back to the fourth dimension, the survivors find unexpected friends and a terrifying threat.
After narrowly escaping Aleron’s monster, Tashon is left with a connection to the fourth dimension that grants him new insights and grand visions. What he sees leads to the discovery of two living, intelligent species on Aethera. One believes in pacifism above all else, while the other thinks Aethera belongs to them alone.
Tashon and Abe set out on a journey across the planet in hopes to befriend the violent species, while Smith stays behind to strengthen humanity’s alliance with the pacifists. In the end, the future of Aethera will not be what they imagined.
After narrowly escaping Aleron’s monster, Tashon is left with a connection to the fourth dimension that grants him new insights and grand visions. What he sees leads to the discovery of two living, intelligent species on Aethera. One believes in pacifism above all else, while the other thinks Aethera belongs to them alone.
Tashon and Abe set out on a journey across the planet in hopes to befriend the violent species, while Smith stays behind to strengthen humanity’s alliance with the pacifists. In the end, the future of Aethera will not be what they imagined.
368 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 13, 2021
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August 29, 2023
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I really enjoyed this book. I listened to it on Audible and the narration by Mr Landry was top notch, as was his singing of Mr Sherwood’s lyrics (full length LP when?????????).
Anyways, we get intro’d to two new alien species and the cast of human characters gets much bigger. Some of these additions, like Ballas and the Singers, were very welcome and very fun to learn more about. I didn’t like the Crawler species quite as much, but we don’t get as much time with them, so that could be why.
There are some really cool action sequences in the book. The ending is so good, so interesting, so climactic, it felt like I had to get thru it as quickly as possible, and when I did, I went back and relistened to the last few chapters just to savor them more.
I really enjoy how Mr Sherwood handles adult themes with deftness and delicacy. He takes all the best parts about YA and upgrades them for an adult audience.
There is a part of this book that, if Mr Sherwood hadn’t handled it so well, could have come across like dorm room stoner philosophy in the hands of a lesser author. Mr Sherwood, who to my knowledge has never partaken in hallucinogens, discusses the whole “everything is connected” and “we are all the same” tropes in a new and refreshing manner, the likes of which I hadn’t encountered dealt with in this way until reading Mr Sherwood.
Bravo Mr Sherwood. Bravo Mr Landry.
I have the next 2 books in the series as paperbacks and will hopefully be delving in soon.
I really enjoyed this book. I listened to it on Audible and the narration by Mr Landry was top notch, as was his singing of Mr Sherwood’s lyrics (full length LP when?????????).
Anyways, we get intro’d to two new alien species and the cast of human characters gets much bigger. Some of these additions, like Ballas and the Singers, were very welcome and very fun to learn more about. I didn’t like the Crawler species quite as much, but we don’t get as much time with them, so that could be why.
There are some really cool action sequences in the book. The ending is so good, so interesting, so climactic, it felt like I had to get thru it as quickly as possible, and when I did, I went back and relistened to the last few chapters just to savor them more.
I really enjoy how Mr Sherwood handles adult themes with deftness and delicacy. He takes all the best parts about YA and upgrades them for an adult audience.
There is a part of this book that, if Mr Sherwood hadn’t handled it so well, could have come across like dorm room stoner philosophy in the hands of a lesser author. Mr Sherwood, who to my knowledge has never partaken in hallucinogens, discusses the whole “everything is connected” and “we are all the same” tropes in a new and refreshing manner, the likes of which I hadn’t encountered dealt with in this way until reading Mr Sherwood.
Bravo Mr Sherwood. Bravo Mr Landry.
I have the next 2 books in the series as paperbacks and will hopefully be delving in soon.
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