Book Review: A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars #1) by Sylvain Neuel (four stars)
Was all of it for nothing? Every cell in her body was aching for an answer. She needed to know if our lives meant anything.
“Quantum Leap” through post-World War Two history. A different sort of alien contact story. Excellent research and integration of a single set of players into actual history.
Take them to the stars, before Evil comes and kills them all.
A few quibbles, such as mistakenly thinking layers of glacier ice equate to years, but over all a nuanced and engaging story.(Spoiler: The protagonist started the Space Race. Both sides. Intentionally. Well done.)
I’m nineteen years old and I dream of being seventeen. I would trade places with a child right now if it meant I could be normal.
Makes a point of demonstrating how profanity is offensive but beats that stake all the way into the turf. Lost a star.
“Because you don’t do that, you pudding-head! You never give up on the people you love. When the storm comes, you hold on to them and you don’t let go.”
As a Matter of Fancy 