Winter World

Many heroic characters are not flashy. This is the way I like to cast them in my novels. The principal characters in this fast-moving SiFi novel are that way. The story is revealed using a first-person approach, each chapter being in the voice of a particular character. I like the breezy nature of the dialog that allows emotional depth to gradually make an impact without getting bogged down in psychoanalysis. While the earth is frosting over with a new ice age and civilization grinds towards an uncertain future, national alliances are forming with the associated grasping and competition for limited… show more.

I admire a book that leads me on a journey into space that's exciting without leaving physics behind. This is one I couldn't put down. It's a new Ice Age and, for a change, it's not humanity's fault.

The spaceships are cool, but I loved following the characters as they struggle and sacrifice. Instead of survivors of the catastrophe on Earth trying to kill each other – such a cliché – they organize and tackle life together. The story makes me proud to be human. The ending is breathtaking and believable. It satisfied my heart and my brain.