The sixth entry of Daniel Arenson’s Earthrise series opens
with the ship, the Marilyn, traveling through a black hole, at whose other side
its crew encounters a world still stuck in medieval times with human-appearing
inhabitants, giving them the theory that they had been thrown back in time. Kemi’s
mechanical hand has damage, and the group kills a unicorn for want of its meat,
due to having not eaten for a while. Marco continues to lament his relationship
with Addy, given their separation since living on the derelict human colony
Haven.
In the meantime, Marco’s adoptive sister Addy guides her human resistance
convoy through the snowy mountains of Northern Ontario, while HDF leader
Brigadier-General James Petty keeps a lookout for the fabled Ghost Fleet that
Marco had been searching for in prior books. Earth’s retaliation against the
marauders begins with a bombing of planet Mars, with several battles following
including one in the atmosphere above Earth, after which comes the ultimate
showdown with the aliens, their leader Malphas making a den where Marco’s Earth
home in Toronto used to be, another alien, Nefitis, afterward wanting human blood.
Overall, I definitely enjoyed the box set of the first six Earthrise books, and
would gladly be willing to read more of it in the future, given its endearing
characters and storyline that never becomes convoluted, given the relatively-limited
number of parallel plotlines. There are even occasional reminders of what the
marauders look like, not to mention a few decent twists later on in the book. Granted,
it’s not the most original science-fiction story, given the central goal of
saving the Earth from alien invaders, but I would definitely recommend it to
those who enjoyed its precursors.
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