bickleyhouse's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book, by the author of Ship of Fools. The story follows the life of a boy named Cale Alexandros, whose father is killed when the ship they are on is attacked. Cale was 5 when this happened. His father sent him and his guardian, Sidonie, down to the planet they were going to in a shuttle, but it crashes. Cale is taken by a bunch of rogues and is shuffled from place to place and group to group throughout this story. It held my attention very well, and was difficult to put down.
ashesmann's review
1.0
This idea was pretty cool, but as with may sci-fi books the concept didn't completely come to fruition. Cale crash landed on a planet as a child. His destiny is apparently to find a Codex that would not only help translate ancient alien manuscripts, but would prove to be the key to the aliens return. This book was overly violent. Descriptions of violence that weren't important to the story. The main probelm I found though was I really didn't care about Cale. He wasn't an empathetic character. His nursemaid and lifelong supporter is an attempt to show his humanity, but it doesn't. Also the conclusion just made me feel like the whole journey was pointless. The aliens are back. Great. The end? Just kind of disjointed.
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