The Engines of Dawn

Rating:
Summary: Intelligent and engaging read.
Review: This little book carries a lot of serious weight. It has great ideas to begin with. It is set on a spaceship which is a travelling university, flitting from human planet to human planet in the colonised universe. We have an engine accident. The aliens who run the engines seem to be killing each other, but behind closed doors. There is a planet which was civilized but is devoid of life. Someone has sabotaged the messaging system. The university president is lying to the captain. The campus security seem to be working for the religious orders. The university free press has been closed down. Administration and faculties are at each others throats, and behind all of this you get the feeling that what happens here will impact upon the future of mankind.

Plots, sub-plots and potential conspiracies abound in a taughtly written and engaging book. I challenge anyone to be able to call the ending of this one. It is just not a predictable read. Well worth the purchase, this is one of the good ones!