Gravity: Journey to Nyorfias Book 2

Journey to Nyorfias #2

by Terry Roy, Terry Roy

Sergeant Rett is yet unaware of the motivating forces behind the long war in the Nyorfian system, much less her role as a Player in a game of gods. All she knows is that once she and F-troop arrive on Epnoce with the rest of the 2023rd, a harsh climate and heavier gravity are the least of her concerns. Pam is gone--just when she could use the support the most. Jaq wants a transfer. Ariam is acting evasive. Her longtime best friend Evetez seems to be doing all he could to get her in serious trouble--and succeeding brilliantly. All she needs now is a close encounter with an old nemisis from the past...

Series Reading Order: Convergence, Gravity, Stratagem, Carakenne, Kyarta Girl

481 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2010

About the author

Terry Roy has written fiction under the pen names Terran Moffat, Sharona Troy, and T.M. Roy, but has recently decided to ditch all those and sign off on her works with her everyday name. As a child, she'd run out of reading material quickly so, in-between trips to the library (which was fifteen miles away at the time), she'd read encyclopedias and non-fiction and just about anything else she got her hands on without her parents knowing. This practice evolved into writing her own stories or continuations of favorite stories, complete with illustrations.

Nowadays, Terry lives just north of St Paul, Minnesota, with her two parrots. She freelances as a book designer for pixel and print books when she isn't writing. On the side she has an extensive garden and enjoys canning and freezing the bounty. You might catch her selling her hot pepper jams (and a few books) at a local farmer's market.

Reviews

[Debra Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second installment in the “Journey to Nyorfias” series. GRAVITY picks up not too long after book 1, “Convergence” ends. Rett is a Sgt. in a Nyorfias elite commando group, F-troup and their orders are to travel to the sister planet of Epnoce with the rest of the 2023rd to try and defeat the Yixolyrn Coalition, an alien race, once and for all. The planet Epnoce seems to be against them with its harsh climate and heavy gravity, but Rett is affected by more than planetary anomalies. Her ego-merge Pam is gone, her sister and lover are acting strange and she’s running into problems with her long-time friend and commander, Evetez. Everything appears to be against her and Rett is struggling to cope with adversity while keeping up with training in the heavier gravity.

What Rett doesn’t release, however, is that she is a major player in the game of balance between light vs. dark in the universe. The deity of this universe, Pheasyce, is forced to watch as Rett is stripped of support from everyone who cares about her. Rett must reach deep within herself and rise above the confusion and depression that threatens to overwhelm her or the deity, Xonomer, will win.

The author does an excellent job of letting the reader inside Rett’s head to feel her outrage as she struggles to keep it together to her utter dismay as one thing after another is stacked against her. Her combat skills are legendary, but is it because of love and respect of the soldiers under her command that would willingly die for her or is she a lone wolf who needs no one’s support to accomplish the impossible?

The book has its fair share of intense battles against the Yixolyrn Coalition including an epic battle of wills between Rett and her old nemesis, Avok. There is a lot more going on in this book besides battles to defeat an evil enemy. To say any more would be too much of a spoiler, but suffice it to say, T.M. Roy, keeps you entertained and throws some unexpected curve balls into the mix. To fully understand what has happened in the past, I would recommend that you read, “Convergence” first, but even without reading book 1, GRAVITY is one that scifi fans will enjoy. Recommended.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the second book in this series and I'm quite enjoying the series and looking forward to book 3. I like the author's character development but I did find some parts of the book a little bit drawn out. I was also a bit dissapointed that the main character didn't get the satisfaction of taking out the villain. I was hoping for a better showdown at the end but overall it was still pretty good. There were, however, quite a few errors that were not caught in the editing process.

[Ken Weinert]

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