518 pages
Español language
Published by Alamut.
Una carrera por la supervivencia entre las estrellas.
Los últimos restos de la especie humana dejan una Tierra moribunda, ansiosos por encontrar un nuevo hogar entre las estrellas. Siguiendo los pasos de sus antecesores, descubren el mayor tesoro de una era remota: un mundo terraformado y preparado para la vida humana.
Pero este nuevo Edén no es tan ideal como parece. En los largos años desde que el planeta fue abandonado, el trabajo de sus ingenieros ha dado frutos catastróficos. El planeta no se encuentra intacto ni deshabitado. Sus nuevas dueñas lo han convertido en refugio de la peor pesadilla de la humanidad.
Ahora dos civilizaciones se encuentran en rumbo de colisión, y ambas afrontan los límites de lo que harán para sobrevivir. El destino de la humanidad pende de un hilo. ¿Quiénes serán los verdaderos herederos de esta nueva Tierra?
Po Kleci dusi od stejnyho autora sem cekal mistama slozitejsi pasaze. Celkem originalni knizka, kdy se jeden experiment trosku vymkl a zbytky lidstva se s tim experimentem o par tisic let opet potkaji. Mozna castecne i sonda lidstvi (ne zrovna pozitivni).
Zaokrouhlime nahoru na 4 hvezdy.
I enjoyed this one a lot. The ending left a little bit more to be desired, but overall it was a great read.
Very intriguing story and great world-building on the green planet. I was really fascinated by the cities and technologies made from silk.
But I never felt too much sympathy with the protagonists, because they either only came up for a short period and then disappeared in time, repeating the same names (Portia) for different characters didn't help. Or because they were not very likeable. There was hardly any backstory on the crew of the ship, and emotional storylines like the relationship of classicist and engineer were rather subdued, never made it into my heart. The storyline was foreseeable in many parts, even the rather abrupt ending. I found myself skipping lines and paragraphs towards the end.
This may sound negative, and honestly, the book leaves me somehow unsatisfied, even though I can't point out a singular reason. Nevertheless, I would recommend reading it, it's entertaining and gripping in most parts, …
Very intriguing story and great world-building on the green planet. I was really fascinated by the cities and technologies made from silk.
But I never felt too much sympathy with the protagonists, because they either only came up for a short period and then disappeared in time, repeating the same names (Portia) for different characters didn't help. Or because they were not very likeable. There was hardly any backstory on the crew of the ship, and emotional storylines like the relationship of classicist and engineer were rather subdued, never made it into my heart. The storyline was foreseeable in many parts, even the rather abrupt ending. I found myself skipping lines and paragraphs towards the end.
This may sound negative, and honestly, the book leaves me somehow unsatisfied, even though I can't point out a singular reason. Nevertheless, I would recommend reading it, it's entertaining and gripping in most parts, and as said before, the world-building is full of original, great ideas.
What a great book. I'm so happy I went back to it, and I'm looking forward to starting the second book in the trilogy, probably in the new year.
I would highly recommend this to any and all sci fi fans.
Incredible! "The smartest evolutionary world-building you'll ever read", indeed! I was not expecting that wonderful ending. I was bracing myself for an ending I would not like, but I was wrong!
I can't wait to start the second book.
