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As such, you have to be a little more
on the ball when it comes making the various connections and it'll have to be
up to the individual reader as to whether they can figure it out or just read
on. I ended up doing a little of each. The Angel Stations of the title are scattered throughout the galaxy that enable instantaneous travel across the cosmos. They are also one of the artefacts left by beings whose symbol represents, well, it looks like an angel with crossed legs. Humans are quick to use these stations to travel the galaxy but the only alien species they discover lives on Kaspar and it's decided to let them evolve in peace without any intervention.
Into this mix, we chiefly follow the lives of three characters: Elias -
an ex-modified super-soldier with a perchance to heal people, Kim - a pilot who
becomes depressed over her dead lover and Ursu - an alien priest. We also get
the perspective of various other characters to clue the reader in as to what is
going on from their perspectives. At the Kaspar Angel Station, there
is a sudden invasion of what can loosely be described as metallic locusts that
are determined to remove anything that wasn't originally there, which means the
human inhabitation. It is the unification of these characters and Elias' following
the frozen body of his mentor, Trencher, in order ultimately rescue the human
race. I've probably said too much already. It can be very difficult to describe elements of this story without giving away vital threads to this plot. From one perspective though, there is a lot of misdirection with various incidental characters that lead away from the main plot. It's something you have to bear to step away from the red herrings as things lead to a head and things aren't quite as they seem with areas that you think aren't important. The Kasparians
are an odd but likeable species and there is a lot more development there that
wishes author Gibson stayed longer before scurrying back to the human problems. GF
Willmetts
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OTHER REVIEWS - September 2004
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This
book is a fragmented novel. By that I mean, you don't have a singular hero or
heroine sorting out the problem but following different characters as they put
the parts of their jigsaw together.
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