3 out of 4 stars
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This is a Sci-Fi novel where teleportation, artificial intelligence, wormhole warping, space travel at hyperspeed, among others were common occurrences. And also where ancient myths and legends were given credence. For ironically enough, despite all the advances of science, the theme still relies on ancient prophecies to fulfill its ends.
The prologue is narrated by Solaris, a spaceship, but not just any ordinary spaceship, for that matter. It has an intelligence of its own and has feelings like any sensitive lady. Solaris speaks with a feminine voice, rebukes a wrongdoing like an elderly woman does, and becomes irritated on certain occasions, showing it outright. Solaris could rightly suit the pronoun “she” by these criteria. And she is the ready refuge for Rynah at the most critical moments.
Rynah is a young woman, happy and carefree while employed as Security Officer of Geolab in Lanyr until she met Klanor, who professed love for her, and who caused all her troubles. As a backgrounder, Lanyr is one of the planets of the Lanyran Sector. And Lanyran Sector is one of the 12 sectors of the known universe at the time, known to Marlowe, the grandfather of Rynah, the builder of Solaris. But, oops correction, according to Solaris there were actually 13 sectors. The 13th sector being the Terran, where Earth, our planet, is supposed to be situated.
Rynah’s trouble in particular, and the catastrophic event for the whole of Lanyr, in general, stemmed from the stealing of the crystal by Klanor, just a few weeks after Rynah got an engagement ring from him. With the crystal gone, Lanyr was plunged into chaos because its temperature and weather processes went haywire. It is dying. It is now imperative upon Rynah to recover the crystal quick, with the help of Solaris and four earthlings prophesied in an ancient text.
Four people then from different time periods on earth were teleported to the spaceship. Solon is one of them. Plucked from the period of philosophers of ancient Greece, he provides bits of advice and ideology to the group. From a futuristic time period, 2099 AD, to be precise, they got Tom Sanderson who is an inventor. From the present time, they got Brie Reynolds, a tender girl of 16, a high school student. And from the Viking kingdom, circa 1000 AD, they got Alfric son of Erik. Or simply Alfric. Alfric is a fearless warrior. That is just natural for Norsemen who believe in the glory of dying in battle. Odin reserves for them a place in Valhalla.
It is with this motley group that Rynah embarked on the quest of finding the crystal. And all these times, Klamor and his men, were not remiss in their job of making it harder for Rynah and her group aboard
Solaris. And to add to the trouble, the ancient texts specified further that there were in all 6 crystals to be recovered, lest they fall into the wrong hands.
There were some missing words, and some words interchanged with another similar sounding word. But these nary detract from the readability and comprehensiveness of the novel. And may I bring up this one flaw I perceived with the storyline. I was appalled by the seeming lack of medical facilities in the spaceship, given the advanced technology it professes to have. Nothing for accidents like gas poisoning? Another point for discussion: will it be realistic to think that a civilization, light-years, and light-years away developed a pill for a headache also named “aspirin” as in earth? Notwithstanding all the aforementioned, I rate this novel 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend this for the reading of all Sci-Fi fans of all ages.
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Solaris Seethes (Solaris Saga book 1)
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