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One's Aspect to the Sun de Ramsey, Sherry D

de Ramsey, Sherry D - Género: English
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Sinopsis

Captain Luta Paixon of the far trader Tane Ikai needs to know why she looks like a woman in her thirties?even though she?s actually eighty-four. She isn?t the only one desperate for that information. The explanation might lie with her geneticist mother, who disappeared over sixty years ago, but even if her mother is still alive, it?s proving to be no small task to track her down in the vast, wormhole-ridden expanse of Nearspace. With the ruthless PrimeCorp bent on obtaining Luta?s DNA at any cost, her ninety-year-old husband asking for one last favor, and her estranged daughter locking horns with her at every turn, Luta?s search for answers will take her to the furthest reaches of space?and deep inside her own heart.


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Actual rating: 3.5 stars

This review first appeared on Thoughts and Pens Book Blog.

Note: I received a free copy from the Publisher. THANK YOU!

One’s Aspect to The Sun is perhaps one of the weirdest Sci-Fi novel I’ve read this year. It’s a story of immortality set in a Star Wars environment. Luta Paixon, a captain of an inter galactic trader spaceship, is already 85 years old but still looks a 30-year old maiden. While immortality is cool, Luta didn’t feel that way as every day is a struggle to prepare herself for the death of her 90-year old husband or to face her daughter who looked older than her. Her problems were exacerbated by the fact that she’s being hunted by an Earthside company to take a sample of her blood. And her search for the person who knows the truth of her immortality is proving to be more and more difficult as the years passed by. In this world of wormholes, planets and aliens, how will Luta escape her hunters while searching for her mother, prevent the death of her husband and restore the broken bond with her only daughter? Find out!

Although I gave One’s Aspect To The Sun a 3.5 star rating, I can’t hide the fact that I struggled to finish it. There were a lot of strange terms particularly the planets’ names that had me confused and flipping back to the first page just to get a modicum of understanding about what the hell is happening. When I came to the point that I can no longer relate to a particular scenario, I decided to tackle the book in small increments. It worked but my attention is already flying into space.

As a sci-fi novel, One’s Aspect To the Sun is good but I didn’t feel the pull. It was there’s a barrier between us blocking me to reach out and hold this book. Maybe I am just being weird. Anyway, disregarding my emotions, there are a lot of things that I admire about One’s Aspect To The Sun. Though immortality is already an overused premise for Sci-Fi novels, Sherry Ramsey managed to make it interesting by interlacing it with familial and mystery issues. Luta’s journey in One’s Aspect to the Sun sends the message that immortality isn’t everything particularly if you see your better half dying every day, your children expiring before you and a psycho company is chasing your ass across the galaxy.

Despite my struggle with the terms, I guess I have to give this book a high five for the world building. It thoroughly described the order of the planets inside the Solar System and gave a vibrant account of the Tane Ikai’s route from Earth to the various planets. Minus Darth Vader, the Clone Army, the Jedi and the Phantom menace, this book could’ve been a Star Wars retelling. Hahaha. And well, I have to give the author thanks for widening my knowledge on the Skip, pinholes and wormholes albeit my initial confusion.

While the plot was solidly built, I felt that it lacked the intensity to make things more exciting. It was very linear and thus, failed to fully grip my attention.

It didn’t help that the characters of One’s Aspect to The Sun were kind of meh to me. Luta, the heroine and the narrator, spoke in clipped tones that it was hard for me to glean the extent of her depth as a character. Even Hirin (Luta’s husband), the villains and the secondary characters didn’t manage to break the ice surrounding me. The only one who managed to make a crack was Maja, the daughter.

Until now, I still don’t know how I feel about this book. I appreciated the premise, the world building, the other sci-fi elements and the astronomical knowledge Sherry has imparted but the X-Factor chose to be absent in this book.

To conclude, I highly recommend One’s Aspect to the Sun for hardcore sci-fi fans. If you’re missing the world of Star Wars but with no Darth Vader in it, then do not hesitate to pick up this book.science-fiction6 s M.D.Author 5 books12

From time immemorial, humanity has sought the secret to longevity and, ultimately, immortality. But what happens if you find that secret? Who does it belong to?

Sherry D. Ramsay's novel explores that very subject with a compelling story that blends drama with ethics.

Luta Paixon, Captain of the starship Tane Ikai,is over ninety years old, but doesn't look a day over thirty. Even with existing rejuvenation technology, this is extraordinary. Luta thinks she's had a little genetic help along the way and that's why she's been looking for her biogeneticist mother, who disappeared when Luta was a teenager, as a source of explanation. Even if she's been searching for fifty years without success, Luta is convinced her mother is still alive and could provide those answers.

When she hears a rumour that her mother was sighted on a distant planet, it leads Luta across the galaxy in yet another attempt to find her. This time, though, she's accompanied by her dying husband and her resentful daughter and plagued by PrimeCorp who wants to study her. Her trek through the galaxy leads her to love, family, discovery and the big question: what would be the consequences if everyone lived forever?

Even though the subtext of the novel is weighty, Ramsay succeeds in leading us to the end seemingly without effort, thanks in part to her well-rounded characters. Luta, despite being a tough, no-nonsense ship captain, has the qualities and flaws that make her struggle with being a daughter, a wife, a mother, and a leader. The rest of the cast is interesting and real, each with a distinct personality and his or her own secrets.

The narrative flows smoothly, allowing the reader to focus on the people in the story, even though the technology sometimes seems a bit arcane for someone who knows little about space. The ethical questions she poses makes the reader think and takes this novel beyond space opera: this is speculative fiction at its best.
sf5 s Brittany Marin55 1 follower

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.

I enjoyed every moment of this book. The whole thing was beautifully written. I especially enjoyed the way Sherry D. Ramsey handled the mother/daughter relationships. The universe she created was amazingly detailed and captivating. I d this book so much I was disappointed to see it end. I wish I could have spent more time in Ramsey's universe exploring the alien species, foreign planets, and politics that made the book so interesting.I look forward to ready more books by Sherry D. Ramsey.giveaway-wins4 s Blair Jerrett1 review

I loved this book. I am not a huge fan of science fiction, but I was drawn to the concept of a character that does not age, and all of what that might mean. This may have something to do with having recently celebrated a milestone birthday. The sci-fi genre seemed almost secondary to all the rich elements this novel offers - interesting and able characters, a quick-moving narrative, and a sensitive understanding of human nature. I found myself thinking of these characters during the day, when I was not reading the book. That's my litmus test for a great book. It was so refreshing to have a real, believable, female main character in such a powerful role. I wanted this story to go on after I finished it. This book would make a wonderful, modern TV episodic series. I would love to tune in each week to follow Luta and her team on their adventures racing through Nearspace as a big-bad corporation chases her in the hopes of acquiring the secret to her agelessness. This could be our next Star Trek. A quick and satisfying read. Sequel, please!3 s AmeliaAuthor 8 books85

I stayed up until midnight (way past my bedtime) finishing this book last night, so it scores well on the page-turner scale. I really enjoyed the characters, and the interesting effects of the main character's perpetual youthful looks on her relationships with her family and crew.

One minor problem I had with it was that the bad guys seemed too thoroughly evil, and I couldn't see how they would justify themselves.

I didn't inspect the scientific elements too closely, but they seemed fine. I also enjoyed the digression into high tech fashion in the middle of the book, which was a change of pace for a few pages. 3 s Darren Johnson1 review

I haven't read a true science fiction book in quite a while. This was a welcome return to the genre for me.

The author has fashioned, through care and attention to detail, a realistic and intriguing future universe as a backdrop for her tale.

The characters are fully fleshed and interact well and the details of the story are introduced at a good pace.

An intelligent and compelling read. 3 s Bea 2,011 135

3.5 stars


I don't read much science fiction but occasionally a book catches my eye. The blurb for this one was intriguing - a seemingly immortal woman who doesn't know why she's immortal and on a quest to find her missing mother. Science is not one of my better subjects so don't look to me for a critique on the science in this book. It seemed consistent, it worked for me, and that was good enough. :)

Luta is smart, loyal and a bit of a rebel. She's the captain of a trading space ship and willing to bend the law. She and mega corporation PrimeCorp are at odds with each other - they want her DNA and she's unwilling to give it. Her missing mother used to work for them and they believe that she injected something into Luta, something that she created for PrimeCorp and PrimeCorp wants it back. They try to lure Luta with promises of information on her mother but never deliver. Luta would prefer to keep her body and everything for herself and engages in a complex dance with PrimeCorp to keep her body her own.

There are two intertwined stories here; Luta's search for her mother, and the secret behind her (and her brother's) agelessness and seeming immortality. There's intrigue, espionage, secrets, family, friendship, loyalty, more secrets, action, and several twists and turns. Luta's relationship with her husband and their daughter is complicated while her relationships with her brother and her son are easier. There were times I wanted to smack Luta's daughter Maja for being such a whiny, selfish brat. Luta's crew is eclectic and engaging and good at their jobs. Ramsey does a good job of making each person in the story an individual, and someone you might encounter in your own life. Ramsey has a sense of humor which manifests itself in the story and in chapter titles; I particularly enjoyed chapter 14's title - "Schrodinger's Cat is Alive and Well and Living Under An Assumed Name". :D

There are some unly coincidences, the pseudo language that Ramsey creates is just annoying, and the story dragged a few times, but overall it was a solidly well-written story. The ending answers some questions while leaving others open. The publisher's site doesn't indicate if there will be another book but I hope so. I want to know more and spend more time with these characters. arc beas-book-nook kindle ...more2 s Joy1,408 20

Captain Luta has a strange predicament: she has stopped aging, and she has to hide it. As she lugs cargo around the universe via a system of charted wormholes, she searches for her mother, a geneticist who should be able to explain the situation. But PrimeCorp, an all-too-powerful corporation, is ruthlessly determined to wring an explanation from both of them.

I found Luta, her crew, and her family to be likable companions. I have bought the remaining two books of the trilogy.2 s Sarah (Workaday Reads)1,073 99

I rarely read space stories, but after reading this one, I question why I don’t pick them up more often. This was an exciting adventure featuring a strong woman who wants answers to her missing mother, and her seemingly inability to age.

The characters in the story were very entertaining and complete. Luta is the main character, but is far from being the only relatable one. All of the crew members are fully formed, with unique personalities. Luta’s family members, her ailing husband and headstrong daughter, are two of my favourite characters. The three of them interact as a believably dysfunctional family in all its glory and messiness.

The adventure parts of the story are exciting and fast paced. The action is understandable and adrenaline filled, especially the chase and fight scene. It was everything I could expect from a space fight.

Overall, this was a fun and exciting story in a setting I rarely read. There is more to this story than just adventure though, with well fleshed out characters, and several intermingled, complex plots. canadian read-in-20142 s NancyAuthor 12 books21

This is on my "Want to Read" list WITH a five-star rating, but that's because I was lucky enough to be one of the beta-readers for this awesome book. I've read and loved it, but I can't wait to re-read it in all its final glory as soon as it's published by Tyche Books (Fall 2013.)

It's a book with a strong, believable, able main character, Luta, who doesn't seem to age and doesn't know why...though she has her suspicions. She captains a ship with a loyal and eclectic crew and, on this particular voyage, has some family members aboard as well. The story takes us on a wild chase through space with accompanying intrigue, danger, secrets, both family and corporate, and many twists and turns--the result of dynamically-written wormhole travel as well as plot.

A fun, worthwhile read that I wholly recommend. 2 s Christopher Hoare3 3

“One's Aspect to the Sun” Review.

It was a pleasure to read a space opera that had interesting characters and a human-scaled plot. Luta Paixon and her family may own a star trader that travels the galaxy but their issues and problems were very real in our own world that comes daily more controlled by faceless and greedy corporations.

Luta has been searching for her mother since she was 14 and in “One's Aspect...” the search reaches its climax as PrimeCorp, the de-facto ruler of Earth and many more worlds, uses both legal and illegal tactics to learn the secret her mother, once a geneticist working for PrimeCorp, took with her when she became a fugitive. The secrets are hidden in the DNA of Luta and her brother, who are in their 80's but have bodies of thirty year olds. The drama of the story comes from the ruthless single-mindedness of PrimeCorp's managers who will do anything in their quest to study the secrets hidden in Luta's body.

The journey to a distant world where Luta believes she will find her mother covers all the panoply of today's science fiction, worm-hole travel, super-starships that seem to generate their own fuel, a society where the space-port is the centre of the universe, and aliens who are almost, but not quite, the same as us---but the chase is so well plotted and compelling that I followed without complaint. The crew of Tane Akai are well drawn and are as valuable to the reader's enjoyment as they are to the starship's journeys. The development of Luta's family in the story, from her ailing 90-year-old husband to her sometime infuriating daughter Maja, who balks at having a mother who is apparently younger than her, is a nice sub-plot that helps carry the story.

My own approach to SF took a hit when I used an early computer to calculate the pure energy required to travel as far as the closest star, Alpha Centuri, so my praise for space opera is not easily given. I'd to believe the mathematical fantasy that is modern cosmology, but made-to order short cuts across the galaxy are too far from real science. But as readers, we must leave our scepticism behind when we read any and all fiction, and I will gladly silence it to read SF as worthy as is “One's Aspect to the Sun”. I thoroughly recommend it.















1 Sandy Lacey6

As always, I d Sherry's story-telling. She always tells a great yarn and creates some compelling characters. I enjoy her style of writing. The concept was original and I was absorbed in the book. My only real complaint (sorry, Sherry) was that it was too short. 1 Michael Hirsch443 5

This was a very good space opera. Assuming that the author writes more I will definitely read them. It is the authors first novel, and very well done.science-fiction1 Steve549 22

Luta Paixon looks about thirty and captains a spaceship. Her mother, missing for decades, was a researcher in longevity promotion for a huge corporation. That may explain why Lita is some fifty plus years older than she appears. The corporation for which her mother worked is after both the mother and Luta. Her crew is men and women she trusts in spite of knowing they have pasts she doesn't know about. Luta also has a brother, wise young-looking and two children who don't have that. Together, the ship and its crew deliver long-distance freight, often involving crossing through wormholes. Problems arise as the corporation does more and more desperate things to obtain tissue samples from Luta, crossing the line of legality and traipsing across space in pursuit.

This is sci-fi with a most pleasant human element. Luta and her crew are easy to , even when they come up short of candor with one another. Family elements ring true and add to the adventure. The corporation and its reps are evil, indeed, as greed and power-hunger obsesses them. Futuristic linguistic changes and the requisite techno-gadgets are used well here. I will definitely seek out book two in the series. Peter FooteAuthor 46 books78

Too often the stories I have been reading have been filled with throw away characters and mindless action, this story is certainly NOT that.

Don't get me wrong, there's action and lots of it, but is serves to progress the story and leads up to a well crafted climax. Speaking of characters, they feel real people, each with their own strengthens, weaknesses, and secrets.

At it's core, this is a story of family, whether they are blood or not. Family that has to deal with the realization that Captain Luta Paixon has been rendered nearly ageless and how that effects her family and herself.

Part detective story, part space adventure, and a great introduction to the "Nearspace Universe" crafted by the author.

I can't wait to start book 2. Nicole503 11

“One’s Aspect to the Sun” is science fiction at it’s finest.

Sherry D. Ramsey has managed to craft an intricate, tightly woven story that is a rollicking good time but at the same time, is also full of heart. Luta is a wonderful character, so rich and full of life – she jumps off the page with her personality. It is full of action and adventure, fun and diverse characters and wildly fascinating concepts such as immortal life.

Above all, this was a story about family, about the ties that bind and the lengths we go to in order to seek that connection or reconnection. It is about love and never letting go.

You absolutely cannot go wrong with this book.
Mike Haxton177

Interesting concept

An accidental immortal. Hoodathunkit. In. Universe where big corporations own planets it gets easy to think that the hey own everything. I will be interested in further adventures.
Karen FieldAuthor 9 books22

There was a time when I read a lot of science fiction, but that was long ago. everyone, my tastes changed and I found myself favouring fantasy adventures over space travel. However, the thing about taste is that you can yearn for something you haven’t tasted for a while and I’ve found myself wanting to return to the undiscovered worlds of aliens, space ships and technology.

Amongst the stars is Nearspace, which has many planets across galaxies connected by wormholes. PrimeCorp is a company all about money and greed, but they’d you to think their first thought each day is about you and your health. The two together make a good backdrop for Luta and her family secrets.

All families have secrets, but Luta’s are massive. She looks 30-something, but is actually 84. Her husband of over fifty decades is 90 and looks it. But the thing that causes the biggest problem within Luta’s family is that her children are starting to look older than her, which is difficult to explain. Hence, the secrets. And when Luta’s husband asks to die in space, instead of an old-people’s home, their daughter is NOT happy.

It took a while to set up the storylines, the world, the history and how they all fitted together. However, once that was done, I was totally absorbed and the book became a page-turner.

I particularly enjoyed the relationship between Luta, her husband and their daughter. I felt sorry for all of them. It wouldn’t be easy living their lives surrounded by secrets and missed opportunities. Maja, the daughter, was angry about so many things and I understood and accepted why. But so many children (even adult children), she didn’t understand the choices her parents made. And, so many parents, Luta and her husband never explained their decisions properly to their children, which never helps.

However, no matter what I felt in regards to the parent/child relationship, it was nothing when I thought about the relationship between Luta and her husband. To watch the person you love grow old. Knowing that person will soon die. Looking at yourself in the mirror and seeing a young face. It was heart wrenching. It actually made me feel choked up and incredibly sad for Luta ... and her husband!

The story is very well written. It reminded me of a mystery set in space. I d how the author allowed fragments of the whole picture to come through at just the right moments. They were twists in a plot that would send the characters spiralling in other directions. The technical side of the story was totally convincing, I had no trouble believing any of it. However, what sold this story for me were the relationships; absolutely loved the interaction between the characters.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves science fiction.

Oh, and I believe the author has been contracted to write a sequel. I look forward to reading that one too.

Brett Boerner47 1 follower

I won a copy of the book from the author at Audible.com, so this review is of the audio version read by Shannon Burgess.

Overall, I enjoyed the story, especially the familial relationships between the main character, Luta, and her daughter and husband. Another positive for me was that the story jumped right in and didn't get bogged down in info-dumps so often "required" as part of a hard SF story. This had the necessary elements without trying too hard to get me to understand all the technical "mumbo-jumbo". After reading a lot of that type of story, this was refreshing. It was also good to know that the main character had a similar attitude about technology. She didn't need to know how everything worked, because she has a crew who can do that. :)

I don't writing with spoilers, so I'll just say that Luta's apparent age and actual age being so different certainly added a unique aspect to the story, especially because this is one of the main motivating factors for her in making her journey. Also, this mystery is one of the major plotlines in itself.

I can't give a full review of the book without also sharing my disappointment in the reader. I'd be "warned" in advance by looking at a few on Audible, and I have to agree with them. It seems clear the reader was also her own director and sound editor, and has some work to do if she will continue to read books. Her voice acting wasn't bad as narrator and Luta, but her other voices ranged from absurd to annoying to hilariously stereo-typed. At times, I wanted to both laugh out loud as well as pull out my hair. I think the biggest problem was that she tried too hard to make each voice extremely distinct, and the male voices were almost all very silly and/or overdone.

The other issues I had were with pacing and pronunciation. Sentences tended to run together, and the cuts and splices were often done with almost no silence in between, causing the words to come on so fast that it was unnatural. A person couldn't start with the next sentence or paragraph so quickly without pausing for a breath. One common example of a pronunciation issue was the word "jettison". It was pronounced "jetson" every time. Also, the main character's named was spoken so it sounded "Luda", and I didn't know for sure how it was spelled until I checked the book synopsis/teaser.

As stated above, I did enjoy the book, and I tried to give a fair rating that ignored the issues I had with the reading. I would recommend the book to readers who don't super-dense SF or those who are new to the genre and want to just enjoy a good narrative.giveaways reviewed Tristan Healy3 3

I'm finally making my way through my Hal-Con book haul from this year (so many books. SO MANY BOOKS!), and if the speed with which I read One's Aspect to the Sun is any indication, it's not going to take me very long -- if I'd been able to keep my eyes open, I'd have finished this last night before bed.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed OAttS. The world-building is interesting, and I'm fascinated to learn more about Nearspace in the next book (currently also sitting on my shelf!); there are a few times I'd have d a little more exposition, to help flesh out my understanding of how the Nearspace universe works, but all-in-all, Ms. Ramsey portrays a reasonably-well fleshed out sci-fi world.

There were a couple of twists that I saw coming such as the identity of the 'traitor' on board the Tane Ikai, and I feel Captain Paixon's crew isn't as well fleshed out as they could be. At this point in the series, a lot of my understanding of them comes down to some broadly drawn character traits, with not a lot of nuance. That said, a lot of that stems, I think, from Luta doing her best to keep an emotional distance from them -- it's stressed a few times in the narrative that she feels no rights to their secrets, not least because of all of her own, and that's contributed to by the first-person POV. I'm hoping to see the crew in more depth in the next book, because I'm definitely interested in all of them.

Luta's relationships with her various family members made a lot of sense to me, especially that with her daughter Maja; I'm hoping to see more from her brother Lanar in the next book, and I'd to see Luta's son get some 'screentime' -- he's the only member of her family we haven't really had a chance to meet yet.

All in all, flaws aside, this was a good solid first novel, and definitely enjoyable sci-fi. I'm looking forward to picking up the next book, Dark Beneath the Moon. Diane1,145 58

(Review originally posted on Amazon.com, 12/06/2013.)
A well-written sci-fi adventure with a unique take on immortality

I rarely buy books before they've accumulated enough in-depth that I can pretty reliably pre-judge what they'll be , but I'm very glad a sale price led me to read a blurb for this book. The interesting premise was enough to make me try the sample, and that was enough to prove she knew how to write a plot and protagonist that draw you right in. To make a long story short, I bought it, read it nearly in one gulp, and really enjoyed it, so I came back here to help build her online "rep". Considering the massive number of books I've read (many being SF/F) and the just-a-handful of I've posted, I don't bother very often. It's not quite polished/deep enough to merit the rare 5-star rating, but it's well worth the read.

I've gotten kind of sick of every other character in current fantasy being an immortal supernatural creature of some well-known race, generally w/species politics and stereotypes that are getting all too familiar, but here we have a likable "ordinary" woman captaining the idiosyncratic crew of a merchant space vessel (occasionally on the grey side of the law), with just one big difference: she hasn't aged for about the past 50 years!

The book is as much a touching and ultimately hopeful exploration about how that trait has twisted and shaped her family, as it is a fun space opera of their attempts to elude the ruthless quasi-governmental corporation that wants her secret. The dynamics between Luta Paixon, her elderly husband, their resentful daughter who looks older than she (Luta) does, and the driving enigma of her scientist mother (vanished into hiding when Luta was a child) who may still be alive and hold all the answers, make this work feel fresh and original.

Oh, there's one more point in its favor: a completed, satisfying resolution, NOT a cliffhanger! Jo-Ann20 5

One's Aspect to the Sun is the first book in Sherry D. Ramsey's Nearspace Trilogy. It is based on a future where space travel is routine and the science to make immortality a reality is big business.

Science fiction or speculative fiction is not my first choice of reads, but I found this well written story completely captivating and hard to put down. Not only is the world building phenomenal, it is filled with mystery and family secrets.

The characters all had their own interesting backgrounds and stories, whether they were the ship's crew or her own family members, even other species that exist in this universe.

I was thoroughly drawn into Ramsey's world, a universe that is extensively detailed and captivating with planets, wormholes leading to other galaxies and pinholes.

The main character, Luta Paixon is the captain of an intergalactic cargo trader. She is a very real, believable character who prefers jeans and a t-shirt to a biosuit. We come to learn of her struggles as a mother, a daughter and a wife, all made more complicated by the fact that she does not look her age.

Luta does her best to evade PrimeCorp, a mega corporation that wants her DNA. In the meantime, she desperately continues the search for her mother in the hopes of finding answers.

When she finally gets a major lead to her mother's whereabouts she must dodge PrimeCorp. To complicate things, her husband is dying, and his last wish is to make one final trip into space. He does not expect to come back.

Wonderfully written, I give One's Aspect to the Sun five stars.

S.A. GibsonAuthor 38 books350

Very well written and crafted story of anti-aging technology in the future. We travel through space with realistic people with an difficult challenge. A huge corporation wants the secret to longevity that the Captain has flowing in her veins.

How the crew deal with the problems that come up in space and on land is an interesting story to follow.

This book is suitable for reading from middle school and up. There is mention of sex and some deaths, but little direct violence. It is an enjoyable read. Kevin8 2

It's been awhile since I've read in this genre and was quickly taken in by the story, the world, and the characters.

Sherry Ramsey has a light and precise hand with the science which often pushes me away from his type of story.

I read for the characters and they how move through through their lives, interacting with people, technology, and enjoyed imagining how this story could unfold in a very believable universe.

KM Krista D.Author 61 books300

I really enjoyed this book. A lot of space operas feel distant from the characters; even moreso when it gets into the harder aspects of SF. This book firmly sticks with its first person POV - a nice change on its own - and keeps the family theme firmly in the plot's foreground.

Very engaging, an easy read, and rather uplifting. J. ¯\_(?)_/¯1,289 46

Maybe a 3.5

The story wasn't bad. There were many ideas combined in an interesting way.

The narration was mediocre except for the narrator's male voices...they were atrocious.

Same age or not, the physically young woman getting it on with the physically old guy...eww.own Hannah SteenbockAuthor 45 books72

I really enjoyed this story. Strong female character. Complex supporting cast. Great technology. Well-thought out universe. A tad of romance. Amazing plot.
This is how I SF.
More, please. Steve StantonAuthor 15 books30

A quest for the secrets of medical immortality across an interplanetary stage--an excellent debut novel by Canadian author Sherry D. Ramsey. Bruce Miller18 2

An excellent adventure/mystery! It's been a while since I read an SF novel, but this one makes me want to read more--and to encourage Sherry to write the sequel. I recommend it to all SF fans. Jack148 1 follower

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