Spindrift

56 years have passed after the launch of the EASS Galileo. Many people have written her off as lost and the mission failed. But, there right before the Director General of the European Space Agency sits three survivors Theodore Harker, Emily Collins, and Jared Ramirez. Here sits all the information on what happened to them all this time, and why they have not aged one day over all this time. Only they know what happened to the EASS Galileo and what happened to the rest of her crew.

SPINDRIFT is a classic tale of Earth’s first space voyage after seeing signs of intelligent life. They launch their first spacecraft the EASS Galileo after spotting what could be alien life with the old and defunct SETI program. The captain seems to be a puppet with other people pulling his strings. The crew thinks he is incompetent in his job. Secrets and lies are why some people are on board the ship. Why do only three survive and return back to earth 56 years after they left? Why don’t they look a day older? What did they see? What happened to the rest of the crew? Who is really to blame for the ship disappearing? Did they even make first contact?

This is set in the same world as Coyote Trilogy, however the reader shouldn’t feel that they have to read the trilogy as SPINDRIFT is a stand-alone book. If you want a great and wonderful introduction in to the Coyote Trilogy this reviewer highly recommends getting this book and plan out a weekend to read it for you will not want to set it down.

If you are a Sci-Fi lover of Robert A Heinlein or Isaac Asimov then add Allen Steele to your list. He talks about human life, of the fear and excitement of first contact, of lovers living on board ship where they have to keep it secret, and an felon convicted of mass murder who comes to grips with what he did.

This reviewer gives it four and a half hearts and cannot wait to see if there is anything more out of this Coyote World he plays in.

May 2007