After a memorial service to honor those fishermen
who died when their vessel was lost, the good citizens of
Moraine demand Linnea Kiaho leave their shores. Even Marra,
her sister has turned her back with the deeply religious
people.
She arrives at Middlehaven and Iain, her goal and
reason for hope. She admits she has been having deep rooted
dreams, visions of places she has never seen, sights that
came while she was in Otherspace. Iain recognizes that she
is suffering from Othermind, a condition some pilots are
afflicted with. It is valid for grounding because pilots
have jumped and never returned, lost to its madness.
The Hidden Worlds every able pilot. They are again
battling the Cold Minds, a war they can not afford to lose.
The Line Council refuses to see the possibility that if
humans still exist in Earth's solar system, they might have
a weapon to combat the Cold Minds. They won't risk sending
manpower or ships to investigate it.
On the way back to Paradais, their home base,
Linnea receives a new message. This time it's not just
images, but a jump point, a destination back to Earth's
solar system. Iain threatens to ground her. Before she can
steal his ship and leave he shares a secret. He's known the
visions were once real. He agrees to go with her, without
the consent or knowledge of the Line Council or they'll
both be grounded.
On the perilous long journey, the ship's systems
are shutting down, life support is barely adequate, but
they arrive at the wrong time. The pilot transmitting the
messages isn't on the boarding party, and they are treated
as possible hostile dignitaries. Brought back to health,
they are provided with limited access to their society and
how they survived in the solar system for the last few
centuries.
Guarded by the Tritons who wants her ship for
unknown reasons, Linnea is taken to the infirmary, and
kidnapped by the deepsiders. On the condition Iain can
leave with her ship and find her, he helps First Pilot for
Triton, Kimura Hiso, finally learning the truth. Their
price for freedom, for life, is too steep.
THE DARK REACHES by Kristin Landon is an adventure,
Sci-Fi novel that is character driven. Her book immediately
sucked me into the story. It is well written and thought
provoking. I look forward to reading her other books.
After the Earth was destroyed by ruthless machine
intelligences known as the Cold Minds, the remnants of the
human race sought refuge among the Hidden Worlds. Now,
renegade pilot Linnea Kiaho and her fellow pilot Iain sen
Paolo embark on a dangerous journey to Earth’s solar system,
where humans may have survived. But what they find is a
secret so powerful it may save the Hidden Worlds—or shatter
them forever.
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