A young woman, Ia, wakes one morning knowing that for the
next 300 years everything depends on her. She has to wait
for her destiny, so she trains herself to be the best she
can be when the time comes. Years pass and the time she has
been waiting for finally arrives and Ia fights to save
everything she knows. She has seen the future and there is
one narrow chance that she can save everything as long as
she does everything in her power. She gives up any chance at
a normal life and gives herself over to protecting mankind,
even if they will never know it.
Ia is a precog; she can slip into the time streams and see
what is coming. She can pick certain paths so that she will
be where she is needed at the correct moment. However, there
are millions of paths, choices and possibilities. She must
choose carefully and not look too long at people she knows.
Some she must guide and some she cannot save. Her goal
though is to save as many as she can while keeping what she
can do secret. There are others like her but none have seen
so far into the future. They are controlled and limited by
the people who think they know how to use them. Ia must not
fall into their hands.
She joins the Space Force Marines and earns the nickname
Bloody Mary because she throws herself into her plan whole-
heartedly and she must be careful. Everything depends on
her even the very fabric of her universe.
This is one of the best in a new series I have read in a
long time. We all have series' that we keep up with and this
is one you should add to your list. THEIRS NOT A REASON WHY:
A SOLDIER'S DUTY by Jean Johnson was a ride worth taking.
Every minute and every page keeps you entranced and reading,
wanting more and more. Watch for the second coming out in
August 2012, Theirs Not to Reason Why: An Officer's Duty.
Ia is a precog, tormented by visions of the future where her
home galaxy has been devastated. To prevent this vision from
coming true, Ia enlists in the Terran United Planets
military with a plan to become a soldier who will inspire
generations for the next three hundred years-a soldier
history will call Bloody Mary.
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