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A review by jenpaul13
Salvation Day by Kali Wallace
4.0
An abandoned spaceship is haunted by a deadly viral past, but the wide-spread orders for citizens to remain away from it make it seem as if it could be a relatively safe harbor from governmental interference in Kali Wallace's Salvation Day.
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A decade ago, House of Wisdom, a large exploration vessel was abandoned after a deadly outbreak of a virus that infected and killed nearly everyone aboard in a matter of hours. The lone survivor, Jaswinder has spent the last decade of his life haunted by the horrors he witnessed aboard the ship as everyone he knew was dying from the unknown virus. Zahra and her chosen family led by a charismatic man named Adam have devised a plan to commandeer the ship to serve as their new home away from governmental influence so they can live in peace, which includes kidnapping Jaswinder in order to unlock the ship with his genetic signature. Upon entering the ship, the terrifying secret obscured for years by the government threatens everyone's lives as the virus awakens from within the already used dead bodies with the promise of new, living bodies to overtake.
Navigating between two perspectives of the young people directly connected to and personally impacted by the deadly events of ten years past on the abandoned spaceship, as well as interspersed snippets of historic documentation of the crew's last moments, this story offers a compelling tale for readers that explores the complex decisions and political games that have shaped this potential future of Earth and its space colonies. Dealing with a variety of topics prominent today that still carry over into this projected future version of society, as is a common trait in science fiction stories, the novel has a close focus on relations between governments and refugees while also including the frightening concept of alien beings that can control humans. With the numerous secrets being kept from society at large, as well as the smaller group of characters who comprise the focus of the story, there could have been more offered in building the world and providing context for a greater understanding of the background events that led to the current situation that served to drive the characters' actions forward.
Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
A decade ago, House of Wisdom, a large exploration vessel was abandoned after a deadly outbreak of a virus that infected and killed nearly everyone aboard in a matter of hours. The lone survivor, Jaswinder has spent the last decade of his life haunted by the horrors he witnessed aboard the ship as everyone he knew was dying from the unknown virus. Zahra and her chosen family led by a charismatic man named Adam have devised a plan to commandeer the ship to serve as their new home away from governmental influence so they can live in peace, which includes kidnapping Jaswinder in order to unlock the ship with his genetic signature. Upon entering the ship, the terrifying secret obscured for years by the government threatens everyone's lives as the virus awakens from within the already used dead bodies with the promise of new, living bodies to overtake.
Navigating between two perspectives of the young people directly connected to and personally impacted by the deadly events of ten years past on the abandoned spaceship, as well as interspersed snippets of historic documentation of the crew's last moments, this story offers a compelling tale for readers that explores the complex decisions and political games that have shaped this potential future of Earth and its space colonies. Dealing with a variety of topics prominent today that still carry over into this projected future version of society, as is a common trait in science fiction stories, the novel has a close focus on relations between governments and refugees while also including the frightening concept of alien beings that can control humans. With the numerous secrets being kept from society at large, as well as the smaller group of characters who comprise the focus of the story, there could have been more offered in building the world and providing context for a greater understanding of the background events that led to the current situation that served to drive the characters' actions forward.
Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.