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Homeworld
Abigail, a modern-day nineteen-year-old who has struggled her entire life to fit in, undergoes a genetic transformation to treat her illness and becomes super enhanced. After the change, she gains unusual abilities that lead her to become the key to saving Earth's future and a link to humanity's ancient past. Ironically, her alteration makes it harder to fit in, but she does make a few new friends, including a mysterious alien broadcaster who is sending vital information to get humans into space on a new, advanced ship. Abigail makes history by piloting the first space mission to go farther than any previous space mission has gone before - Mars.
With a crew of two new friends, Silas and Gavin, who are each brilliant in their own way, Abigail pilots an expedition to pick up her pen pal, who turns out to be more alien than she expected. A trip within the solar system becomes interstellar when their new shipmate requires them to travel to the Kronos system to perform a rescue of a species whose planet is spiraling to its doom and who may also be linked to Earth's ancient past. Earth will never be the same once Abigail and her friends return home with half a million alien refugees.
See Earth through the eyes of ancient colonists who, despite deadly challenges, are determined to build a civilization on an exotic foreign landscape where life is incredibly diverse and abundant, sky water falls, and oceans are filled with magnificent and intelligent creatures. Will they repeat the mistakes they made on their Homeworld that led to its destruction, or will they find their place within the rich and balanced ecology of a new world?
With a crew of two new friends, Silas and Gavin, who are each brilliant in their own way, Abigail pilots an expedition to pick up her pen pal, who turns out to be more alien than she expected. A trip within the solar system becomes interstellar when their new shipmate requires them to travel to the Kronos system to perform a rescue of a species whose planet is spiraling to its doom and who may also be linked to Earth's ancient past. Earth will never be the same once Abigail and her friends return home with half a million alien refugees.
See Earth through the eyes of ancient colonists who, despite deadly challenges, are determined to build a civilization on an exotic foreign landscape where life is incredibly diverse and abundant, sky water falls, and oceans are filled with magnificent and intelligent creatures. Will they repeat the mistakes they made on their Homeworld that led to its destruction, or will they find their place within the rich and balanced ecology of a new world?
286 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2022
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May 4, 2022
I received this book as an advanced reader’s copy for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
In conversation with this author, I was informed that this book takes place in 2017, and that Ginn was inspired by the change in scenery when traveling from New Mexico to the Northwest. As a reader, I can see this impact throughout the story from the author’s discussion of the world’s politics to the environmental focus of the book’s characters.
The writing of this book is very simple, and reflective of a debut author. That makes this book very accessible in its reading, and this book skipped over several time periods of travel, making it a science-fiction that isn’t bogged down in details. While I often enjoy a more detailed journey, with as much as happens throughout this book I was happy to be able to skip over many of the more mundane details.
Ultimately, there was just something about this book that hit me. I’m not sure if it was the campaigning for environmental change, the relatability of the main character’s overwhelming anxiety, or the interesting evolutionary events that take place throughout the book. This book has something great, and while it takes place in 2017, it also feels very of the moment. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in science-fiction, whether a seasoned reader or new to the genre.
In conversation with this author, I was informed that this book takes place in 2017, and that Ginn was inspired by the change in scenery when traveling from New Mexico to the Northwest. As a reader, I can see this impact throughout the story from the author’s discussion of the world’s politics to the environmental focus of the book’s characters.
The writing of this book is very simple, and reflective of a debut author. That makes this book very accessible in its reading, and this book skipped over several time periods of travel, making it a science-fiction that isn’t bogged down in details. While I often enjoy a more detailed journey, with as much as happens throughout this book I was happy to be able to skip over many of the more mundane details.
Ultimately, there was just something about this book that hit me. I’m not sure if it was the campaigning for environmental change, the relatability of the main character’s overwhelming anxiety, or the interesting evolutionary events that take place throughout the book. This book has something great, and while it takes place in 2017, it also feels very of the moment. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in science-fiction, whether a seasoned reader or new to the genre.
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