Review of Homecoming

[Marie Navarro]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Homecoming" by Jude Austin.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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In this second book of the series, Homecoming, Project Kata’s faces new dangers and uncertainties upon gaining freedom. He will have to fend, not only for himself but for Tau as well, as he navigates new challenges. This journey takes him to face his greatest fears, which are not his persecutors but the family that left him behind for dead. Both Kata and Tau strive to overcome PTSD while discovering who they are now after surviving the Institute. With the help of a powerfully connected doctor, Kata learns how to trust others once more, but how can he also trust them with Tau’s wellbeing. This book contains more worldbuilding than the last and we learn about the conditions of Kata’s upbringing and what exactly made him such an enticing project for the Institute. The Institute is desperate to recover their projects lest the universe and governing authorities discover a chilling secret, even more forbidding than the creation of clones. Tau starts discovering himself as a unit separate from his scientists and other Projects. He develops self-awareness and strives to learn how to function with free will. I like that this book has a realistic approach towards the legal and real-world aspects of the character’s actions. Things are not neatly resolved with a bow on top just because it’s a work of fiction. This makes the story line believable and capable of immersing the readers in speculation of how current events can reflect the actions of the entities depicted in the book. This book does contain profanity adequate to the situations presented as well as violence and descriptions of torture. At the end of this book the reader is left wondering how Kata will obtain motivation in a universe where Tau no longer needs his guidance and how Tau will survive an existence that no longer requires his submission. I give this book a 4 out of 5.

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Homecoming
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