A heroine's journey of a young astrophysicist who searches for personal answers in Peru and stumbles upon a deeper mystery related to Incan acllas (ak-yas), the so-called "virgins of the sun," that has greater implications for her life than she could ever have imagined.
Assessment:
In Adams-Little’s uneven novel, a high-powered senator concerned about the purity of his progeny meets with his future daughter-in-law about her hidden family secrets. While character conversations aren’t dry, too much exposition takes place in unbelievable back-and-forth dialogue with little sense of the characters surroundings. The detail woven in—on matters of science, Peru, Washington DC, etc.—is quite impressive, though descriptive flair is often lacking; both plot and prose are at their strongest when focused on the main character’s area of expertise—astrophysics.
Date Submitted: June 23, 2016
