Eva Pasco

5.0 out of 5 stars

Hard-Hitting Sci-Fi!

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2023

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Author J.S. Frankel pulls out all the stops in his brutally honest story pulsating with pervasive undercurrents of realism. Reiterated throughout this harrowing venture, echoes of 18-year-old protagonist Dar Havens’ astute realization:

“Bias, prejudice, discrimination against the different... the other... was ages old, and I was a fool to believe that it was only on our planet. We weren’t the only life forms in the universe, not anymore. We had to learn to co-exist... or else.”

Dar and the lot of diverse other-worlders in the neighborhood flee the town of Sinley, Idaho to escape a variety of humans out to pulverize them. You name it: local law enforcement officials, average citizens, and soldiers from a rogue branch of the government. All because of a narrow-minded unwillingness to accept those who are different, and a need to cast blame on innocent scapegoats.

I highly recommend this hard-hitting Sci-Fi novel which doesn’t pull any punches or harbor any illusions.