![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative is divided into five sections labeled “Tier One” through “Tier Five.” Since in Jordan’s scenario all sapient intelligences in the galaxy are ranked from Tiers One to Five, the book promises an escalation of complexity, and it pretty much delivers on that promise. Additionally, it resonates with that great SF novum of humans as an underdog minority (even a minority of one!) in the galactic milieu, as seen in such classics as Laumer & Brown’s Earthblood, Heinlein’s Have Space Suit-Will Travel and Citizen of the Galaxy, and in more recent works like James Cambias’s Arkad’s World. ![]() Zack Jordan’s debut novel is a highly accomplished postmodern space opera that manages to adroitly blend the SF humor of Robert Sheckley and Douglas Adams with the pathos of Simon Jimenez ( The Vanished Birds) and the state-of-the-art high-tech speculative ambiance of Peter Hamilton and Alistair Reynolds. ![]()
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