Jim O'Loughlin

I received an ARC of this book thru LT Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review.

The story is told in reverse order with each of three books having 3 stories within thru the point of one character. The book begins well in the future and tells the story of Station, a space station connected to Earth thru a nanotube Cord and Labicitta, a fictional land when the cord is connected to Earth.

Each of the three books tell three stories that take place in roughly the same time period. Then the subsequent book tells a story from prior to that that weaves in some of the later characters. For instance, one character’s father is in an earlier story. But there are myriad connections — a cord that runs thru the book, if you will.

There is a lot of science but not much of it is explained. Mostly it’s just taken as existing and there isn’t much explanation. (Which of course would be the case in a first person story — things are just what they are in the time period they exist.) As such the story is best summed as 9 individual first person accounts. It’s very well done. Certainly some thing lack development and others are explained too much never to return again but on the whole I really enjoyed this and would like to see the author explore parts of the story in subsequent books.

4 stars.… (plus d'informations)

Honestly, I found this book riveting. A story told in reverse, jumping between eras, the only thing that was disappointing was having to say goodbye to one set of characters before jumping into another's tale... but that quickly lessened as those stories intertwined. I was completely sucked into the life on the Station and the island it came from. The setting was fascinating and I felt as if I was there in either setting. Would have happily read a dozen more stories set in this universe and hope there's a chance the author will continue.… (plus d'informations)

I received a free copy of this book as and Early Reviewer on Library Thing.
I'm a bit disappointed in this story. I guess I expected a little more science, i.e., how the space elevator was built etc. The story just assumes the technology all came together to create this device.
When I received this book and saw that the chapters were presented in reverse order, I thought, here we go, another non-linear story. I can't say I care for them. This story is laid out beginning with Book III and going to the Prologue. After reading the entire story, I kind of conclude that the author had a good idea here, because if you read the story beginning with the prologue you will probably stop after Book II. Book III is really an epilogue detailing a possible future of the space station after the Marsites are defeated.… (plus d'informations)