Author: Dan Baram
Pages: 36
I really liked how everything came together! If you’re looking for a short, scientific, and intelligent story to stimulate your mind, this is it. To people not into that, the bravery of Samuel and his need to figure out the truth is quite endearing. Plus, it really makes you think… after mankind has destroyed all resources, is this what it will come to?
It blows my mind that scientists send volunteers to a planet, Terra Nova Antares or Waterworld, without any proof that life can survive there. It’s incredibly risky. There has to be a stronger reason on why the risk is so well worth putting over a hundred men and women’s lives in that kind of danger. Especially if there is no real chance of survival if you go. The reason for the mission, it seems as if they want to have the volunteers use an organic compound to create a growing environment for the seeds. If they grow, it shows life will be able to survive. I guess the only way to put it is, if the volunteers can get the plants to survive, everyone will live. If the plants don’t survive, everyone’s dead.
What sucks is, they do everything they’re supposed to do and come up empty. They are all getting irritated while trying to come up with solutions. Then, the first death arises, Joseph Brown, and it starts stirring up a lot more stress and fear in the volunteers. Samuel seems afraid to find out the answer as to why Joseph’s figure seemed to be equivalent to the image carved into a tree.
Let’s talk a little about Samuel. What I am realizing about Samuel, the main character, is that he comes off as being a loner, being weak and fragile. He seems as if he lets everyone step on him yet he still tries to keep his head high. He reminds me of a boy that’s trying to blossom into a man. He has this building need to figure out who he is and what he wants out of life, more so out of a life that risks being cut incredibly short.
As the story continues and starts to release more detail, I feel myself trying to analyze how the story will end. There’s always a detail or two missing that prevents confirmation for where my thoughts are heading. There are a few curveballs to the story. The curveballs turn out to be highly important details. They are the key to figuring out how everyone may have a chance at survival. The root of why Joseph’s body was discovered the way it was after his tragic death took me by surprise.
I hope there is a book two. The whole time, I kept saying out loud, “I can seriously see this as a movie. I hope the author continues!”
Star Rating: ★★★★
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