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  • 06/2018
  • 9781719187329
  • 392 pages
  • $15.99
Doug Walker
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Gaia Twist
Doug Walker, author

Adult; Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror; (Market)

Two worlds. Four friends. One impending disaster. 34 Jet and 31 Stoke are bright young pilots from Earth of 2816, a stratified, authoritarian society where everyone lives in massive indoor cities. Kessa and Marta are close but contrasting sisters from the planet of New Gaia, a naïve, egalitarian, rural Eden with no cities at all. The sisters travel to Earth and meet Jet and Stoke just as a mysterious and deadly toxin begins to appear in the planet’s food supply, threatening worldwide disaster. The crisis spins rapidly out of control and Earth’s authorities try desperately to cover it up, but the four new friends discover the secret and find themselves in a heart-pumping race to evade police, navigate each other’s strange worlds, find romance, and solve a scientific mystery in a do-or-die quest to save the planet.
Reviews
A mysterious toxin contaminating the food supply threatens Earth in 2816 in this mixed debut novel from physicist Walker, whose storytelling isn’t as innovative as his scientific concepts. Southwest Saskatchewan field monitor Galen Sjøfred, a stereotypical former hero fallen from grace, is alerted to the crisis when he discovers dead animals littering the soybean fields he oversees. The totalitarian Earth Authority’s Minister of Organic Resources is desperate to cover up the existence of Toxin X and orders the immediate arrest of Galen and his nieces, Kessa and Marta Dahlstrom, who are visiting from the planet New Gaia. Pilots Jet Castilian and Stoke Omroni join the cast of wooden characters when an inexplicably rash decision forces them to help the Dahlstrom sisters evade the government pursuit. Walker’s solid scientific concepts paint a believable vision of Earth’s future, but the combination of overly familiar plot tropes with two-dimensional characters detracts from the stimulating premise and thematic exploration of isolationism vs. community. (BookLife)
Elizabeth Powell

What a great story!

I loved this book. It was a fun race through space to save humanity. I loved the characters, the setting, and the future world envisioned by Doug Walker. The story kept me engrossed from the first page. It is a tale of two worlds, one technological and urban and one rural and natural, that come together to build understanding, love, and a solution to a deadly toxin. You will enjoy this book!

Wanderer

Great book!

This is a wonderful Sci-Fi novel. In fact, I couldn’t put it down. It is a whirlwind adventure that gives a glimpse into two near-future worlds, Earth and New Gaia. The story exposes both assets and flaws of the two evolving societies as it explores technology, governance, research, and collaboration. But it is the action sequences that kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Great book!

Formats
Paperback Book Details
  • 06/2018
  • 9781719187329
  • 392 pages
  • $15.99
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