Title: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Author: Christopher Paolini
Genre: Sci-fi
Plot: Kira Navárez is a xenobiologist working to help colonize a new planet. She stumbles upon an artifact and starts to investigate. Then the artifact comes alive an attaches itself to Kira. The government is quick to keep everything hushed. While in the government Kira learns the thing that attached itself to her is alive and also protecting her. When Kira escapes the faculty, she learns aliens have started a war with humans. Now Kira must find a way to stay out of the alien and her own government’s control. Both want the technology attachment that Kira found. Kira must also learn how to control her technology in order to help everyone. Soon Kira learns that the technology she has can help stop the war with the aliens. But she must convince both sides that it’s possible and that she’s the only one who can do it.
Rating: 4.0 – a different take on aliens and alien tech
Opinion: This was a very good book. I was hesitant to read it because it’s over 800 pages. But I was very impressed that the story very well paced. The science was well explained and not over bearing. It was nice to have a reference guide for the places and terms in the back. The characters were great and likable, at least the ones who were supposed to be likable. I liked that the ending of the book was different than the standard sci-fi ending. It was a better fit for the book. This book is supposed to be the start of a series so I’m curious about where the author takes it. This is a great book and I recommend it for anyone who loves sci-fi and can handle big books.
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