In Our Stars
Flash! Flash! I love you but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!
Well, his name is Kayl and it is 40 years, but you get the idea…
This drops you right into the action and pretty much doesn’t let up. There’s almost no back story, which comes out as we go along, although there is rather a lot of existential talk between the two main characters which can drag a little, although being fortunate never to have experience extreme predjudice I can still understand that it may well have a huge impact on your outlook on life and your future relationships.
My biggest gripe is that this has either a very unsatisfactory ending or is the first in a series but not advertises as such! Presumably the sub-title “The Doomed Earth” is going to be the name of the series?
Anyway, I’m not revealing anything beyond the first few pages to relate that the Earth is destroyed in 2180 but such is the violence of the event that our heroine, and part of her spaceship is catapulted back to 2140 to meet our hero, and between them they attempt to change history and save the Earth. There’s a lot of running about, scenes on multiple planets and some quite exciting set-pieces. So yes, grudingly, I will get the next one when it comes out (and knowing Jack, the following six as well - after all he does have 40 years to fill out…)